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Oct 13, 2011 | 09:43 PM

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wpnaes

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Great story for tday Trey.

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Oct 13, 2011 | 10:11 PM

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One never knows when a skill will come useful. I was but a wee lad when an elderly gentleman gave me a bit of advice. Says he, "Gene, never turn down an opportunity to learn something new".

Oct 13, 2011 | 10:22 PM

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One never knows when a skill will come useful. I was but a wee lad when an elderly gentleman gave me a bit of advice. Says he, "Gene, never turn down an opportunity to learn something new".

Thats why I stuck around. I had time to kill and wanted to learn something new. Unfortunately they didnt figure out what the problem was.

Oct 13, 2011 | 10:25 PM

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Not a total loss. If nothing else, you learned that a wrecker can pull a truck & trailer to the side of the road despite the trailer's brakes being locked

Oct 13, 2011 | 10:27 PM

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If nothing else, you learned that a wrecker can pull a truck & trailer to the side of the road despite the trailer's brakes being locked

The trailers brakes were free, the tractor's brakes were locked. That was the problem. I talked to the driver and we both agreed that if the trailer brakes locked up he could have just drug the trailer to the side like the wrecker did.

When he tried to go the drive axles wouldnt budge and the torque of the motor looked like it was gonna rip the cab off

Oct 13, 2011 | 10:27 PM

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Those brodies will be there for a while. You'll always know the story behind 'em.

Last edited by wpnaes; Oct 13, 2011 at 10:33 PM. Reason: Who the heck uses the word Brodie anymore? Well, I do, yeah, but no one else does. Maybe some old guy here knows about 'em.

Oct 13, 2011 | 10:30 PM

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Honestly the reason I went over there was to pull the guy out of the street, because CHP was angry and its a busy street. He had the hood rolled forward and looked like he was struggling to turn over the motor. (Turns out the clutch fan just kept engaging and disengaging because of the heat). I was going to offer to pull him back into the parking lot. I was fairly sure I could have done it. His trailer was empty too. But when I heard the brakes were locked I threw that idea out the window

Oct 13, 2011 | 10:30 PM

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So, what did we learn?

The state's "professional" drivers are too stupid to drain their air tanks daily?

Apparently, many, many of them didn't drain this one, monthly (or yearly)!

Pop

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Oct 13, 2011 | 10:31 PM

#234

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Quote:

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So, what did we learn?

The state's "professional" drivers are too stupid to drain their air tanks?

Apparently, many, many of them didn't drain this one!

Pop

Agreed Pop. But it happens a lot more than you'd thing

. It wasnt this guys truck, and he'd only been working there for 2 weeks. But regardless, checking the tanks is part of the pre-trip check list.

Oct 13, 2011 | 10:34 PM

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Right! Before you drive it away, you do the pre-launch checks!

Pop

Oct 13, 2011 | 11:05 PM

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A/Ox4

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Its there for a reason!

Oct 14, 2011 | 03:45 PM

#237

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Won myself a free Thoroughbred Diesel T-Shirt today.. Yay facebook.

Oct 14, 2011 | 04:36 PM

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The Seal Beach press conference this morning was very moving.

Oct 14, 2011 | 04:38 PM

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Steve I hear you are doing so work on your truck this weekend.

Oct 14, 2011 | 04:38 PM

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The Seal Beach press conference this morning was very moving.

Oh I wish I saw it.