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Posted: Aug. 04 2005,3:11 am |
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| Quote (mspencer55 @ Aug. 03 2005,11:42 pm) | Ya know, there's a law prohibiting drinking & driving, it's been proven over & over that it's unsafe and causes deaths.
There's also a law prohibiting overweight trucks. Do you think maybe, just maybe it's also been proven that overweight trucks are unsafe as well ? 
Bragging of hauling 152,000 lbs. is just wrong! The nerve of any truck driver, or dispatcher for that matter, to take it upon himself  (being the highly intelligent mental giants they are) to determine, on their own, that an extra 40,000 lbs. is NOT unsafe & routinely put that truck on the road, jeopardizing all those around him, you, me, my kids ect. Â
Imaging trying to stop 140,000 lbs. of rolling stock in order to avoid hitting the SUV that just blew a tire ahead of you.
I hope your mother is not in that SUV. |
Let me explain something here, I'm not running an "illegal", overweight truck. I'm permitted to run this long, heavy combination in Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and 29 miles of Arizona. This weight is evenly spread on 34 tires (new, not recaps), 9 axles, between two 45' trailers, and I have no problem locking down the 18 individual brakes when it's deemed necessary.
I could go off on a long rant here, but I'll just bite my tongue.
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5-01-2024 Three Word Post.....The Next Generation.... (Rep.#18,909) from: GoFastRacer
are you kidding? read the thread. I think that rig is within the laws of the states he travels this is not "jurk off trucking " it is a high profile chain that must abide by all laws. you should get your facts in order before you make such ignorant statements. also I think the "highly intelligent mental giants " you are questioning may have a couple hundred thou. behind the wheel. as a CDL class A holder I take offence to your comments. If i'm wrong blast me on the boards 
How does it pull the hills with a 120,000lbs?? 
I've pulled that hill more times that you can shake a stick at, and when you're maxed out and you come up on a rig that's going slower and you back off it's all over with, that's why you'll see a rig passing real slow, he's got it to the wood and that's as fast as he can go. And no matter what speed it is wheter it's 35mph or 50mph a two mile an hour pass is the same!.. 
and I do all I can to stay clear. the worst thing is loss of momentum and if keeping clear so they can keep moving helps I do. thats the worst part of the drive. 
and calmed down 
"Hot Fix" program.
sometimes I wish everyone could take a 2 to 3 week hammer down to understand what its like but then I think 
I'd probably kick them out after 5 minutes. 
 but what can you do ??? guess they got us all over a barrel 
