http://judysbookshop.com/trucking For my fellow travelers Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:02:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://judysbookshop.com/trucking/2009/12/12/sam-tanksley-trucking/comment-page-1/#comment-18456 Allen Lutman Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:02:56 +0000 http://judysbookshop.com/trucking/?p=217#comment-18456 I worked for Tanksley From 1985 till they closed i realy miss them I worked for Tanksley From 1985 till they closed i realy miss them

]]> http://judysbookshop.com/trucking/2009/12/10/wives-and-girlfriends/comment-page-1/#comment-17909 Tomiko Quinby Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:50:51 +0000 http://judysbookshop.com/trucking/?p=157#comment-17909 Thanks for sharing, please keep an update about this info. love to read it more. i like this site too much. Good theme . Thanks for sharing, please keep an update about this info. love to read it more. i like this site too much. Good theme .

]]> http://judysbookshop.com/trucking/2011/01/19/heads-up-for-the-truckers/comment-page-1/#comment-17877 admin Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:19:35 +0000 http://judysbookshop.com/trucking/?p=365#comment-17877 Oh yeah. They're out there. Seems to me to farther east, the worse it gets. I got nailed by one of them in Tulsa. I'll never forget it. Oh yeah. They’re out there. Seems to me to farther east, the worse it gets. I got nailed by one of them in Tulsa. I’ll never forget it.

]]> http://judysbookshop.com/trucking/2010/02/10/those-blank-4-wheelers/comment-page-1/#comment-17876 admin Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:17:38 +0000 http://judysbookshop.com/trucking/?p=305#comment-17876 Ha! I've seen and been in scenes like that one and I know that 'sucking up the seat' feeling, just hanging on until the crisis part is over. :) I can just imagine that guys stomach about then. :) Ha! I’ve seen and been in scenes like that one and I know that ’sucking up the seat’ feeling, just hanging on until the crisis part is over. I can just imagine that guys stomach about then.

]]> http://judysbookshop.com/trucking/2010/02/10/those-blank-4-wheelers/comment-page-1/#comment-15970 Chad Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:53:31 +0000 http://judysbookshop.com/trucking/?p=305#comment-15970 Had a scary one happen to me a couple winters ago during a big snow up in a place we call Mount Weather. Mount Weather is accessed by a four lane highway which takes you about two miles up the mountain. Then you turn onto a skinny little two lane with at least a six or seven percent grade going up another two miles. I had made the delivery up there that day, and was on the way down, but was unable to beat the storm. By the time I got back on the road, there was about four inches of snow on it. I had no snow chains, and an empty rollback truck. Lots of empty, weightless room between the engine and drive wheels. The plows were only handling the uphill side of the two lane, so I kept my left wheels on bare pavement and my right wheels were on snowpack. Turned off the jake, though I usually use it on that hill, and kept to third gear (out of a six speed Fuller Eaton) Stab braking the whole way. Got to the four lane road, and it too was snow covered, only it had icing before the snow hit, so it was extra slick. Pulled out, started downhill, looked to my left, saw a red sedan coming. Glanced ahead, then left again, and saw that the red sedan was in fact, going backwards down the hill, at about thirty miles an hour! Well, he slid across the highway in front of me, so I started gently slowing. The car hit the guardrail, spun again, and bounced back in the road about a hundred feet ahead of me. No braking in a rollback on ice, so I stayed calm, eased the gas, gently steered left, and as I passed him I could see that his eyes were as big as pies. I'll bet someone loaded his pants that day, but because I stayed calm, didn't hit the service or jake brake and steered gently, a potentially serious accident was avoided. It's simple. When driving in snow, ice or even an everyday rainstorm, stay calm, keep your wits about you and watch out for the little guy, for he knows not what he does. Had a scary one happen to me a couple winters ago during a big snow up in a place we call Mount Weather. Mount Weather is accessed by a four lane highway which takes you about two miles up the mountain. Then you turn onto a skinny little two lane with at least a six or seven percent grade going up another two miles. I had made the delivery up there that day, and was on the way down, but was unable to beat the storm. By the time I got back on the road, there was about four inches of snow on it. I had no snow chains, and an empty rollback truck. Lots of empty, weightless room between the engine and drive wheels. The plows were only handling the uphill side of the two lane, so I kept my left wheels on bare pavement and my right wheels were on snowpack. Turned off the jake, though I usually use it on that hill, and kept to third gear (out of a six speed Fuller Eaton) Stab braking the whole way. Got to the four lane road, and it too was snow covered, only it had icing before the snow hit, so it was extra slick. Pulled out, started downhill, looked to my left, saw a red sedan coming. Glanced ahead, then left again, and saw that the red sedan was in fact, going backwards down the hill, at about thirty miles an hour! Well, he slid across the highway in front of me, so I started gently slowing. The car hit the guardrail, spun again, and bounced back in the road about a hundred feet ahead of me. No braking in a rollback on ice, so I stayed calm, eased the gas, gently steered left, and as I passed him I could see that his eyes were as big as pies. I’ll bet someone loaded his pants that day, but because I stayed calm, didn’t hit the service or jake brake and steered gently, a potentially serious accident was avoided. It’s simple. When driving in snow, ice or even an everyday rainstorm, stay calm, keep your wits about you and watch out for the little guy, for he knows not what he does.

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