Lord of the Flies: CHECK YOUR TANDEMS
The fly had been trapped in the cab with me all night. I rarely lowered my windows when parked, mostly because of insects and curious beggars (or worse) who might poke their heads or fingers inside (or worse). This fly had come in through a crack in the window I’d left because it had been…
Check Your Tandems: Why can’t I slide my tandems here?
Why do so many shipping and receiving yards care if you slide your tandem wheels? When driving a big truck with trailer into a shipping/receiving yard, in my trucking tenure I estimated that about a third of them required you to slide your trailer’s tandem wheels all the way to the doors. This was usually…
Lurv Bridge Collection
Bridges I done seen… Dumb car tricks Slip-seat trucking
Check Your Tandems | Dumb car tricks: Passing hazards
Part memoir, part tall tale, part instructional manual: Chris DeBrie’s “Check Your Tandems” is from the perspective of a truck driver as he moves from newbie “greenhorn” to seasoned professional. Most automobile drivers are careful to move aside when they see a policeman’s blue flashers up ahead on the highway. They are careful when they see the red…
Check your tandems | Trucker Logs: Slip seat
Part memoir, part tall tale, part instructional manual: Chris DeBrie’s “Check Your Tandems” is from the perspective of a truck driver as he moves from newbie “greenhorn” to seasoned professional. What is “slip seat trucking”? It is for the tractor trailer driver who does not own a truck. This variety of driver is known as a…
Creature Feature: Unknown Yellow Bug
What is this thing? While traveling in a big rig, this bug, this moth, ran into the grille of the truck. Thirty minutes later, at a fuel stop, it was still there, alive and struggling to free itself. It is amazing what flies around at night, which we rarely see. Makes me wonder what else…