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KY Jim
sorry , repost ignore this post
Hey, that\'s what happens when you make the shithead co-workers LOOK OBVIOUSLY like shitheads. Back in the Nineties in my First Go Around as a Coal Hauler, I ran the Ragged Edge, pushing the Envelope like a stunt pilot in an Extra 300. I would throw that old Mack Superliner into curves on US52 in WVA like it was a Formula 1 March or Brabham, making the trailer tires on the inside come off the ground 4 to 6 inches. The Old Hands were needless to say MORTIFIED when I did this, as it WAS Radically EXTREME, even for Coal Haulers, sort of like doing a back-flip on a dirtbike DURING a race. But I had the same load count as the guys who had Big Hosses and never went home. But, The Big Boss eventually began to hear Rumors, and saw my load count, and decided to follow me Down The River in his 56,000-dollar diesel pickup. When I ran off and LEFT him through the curves and he could only catch me on hills, and PASSED his Big Hoss Petes and KW\'s where I could, making his Old Hands look like they weren\'t Trying, he let me go. THEY had 425-horse Cat engines and 15-speeds. I had a weak 350 Mack with a 13-speed. THEY hauled ass around the hill loaded or empty, being HARD on his tires, brakes, and springs, while I eased around the hill and caught back up with them on the blacktop, being EASY on his tires, springs, and brakes. At the end of the day, he came up and asked me, \'Raider! Buddy! WHY the Hell do you drive like you do?!\" I didn\'t understand what he was getting at, so I said, \" Because I CAN?\" He was all upset about the Wheels-Up thing, understandably, but when my comparisons of my breakdowns made no visible difference, I began to suspect an Ulterior Motive. I busted only three tires in a month, as opposed to the other driver\'s 6 to 12 tires per month, and the tires I popped had the steel cord hanging out when I got in the truck. Other guys would break 1 or 2 spring racks per month, while I broke only ONE in two months, and it had two leaves broke when I got the truck. And my trailer was the same size as everyone else\'s, so we were pulling the same loads, 65 to 75 tons. In short, I had the Shit Truck, but was hauling the same and sometimes a load more than the Aces, and costing him less in parts, too. Then, when some of the Seniors called the local Prick Cop on me, the cop nailed almost everybody BUT me that month for Speeding, which I STILL can\'t figure out. Two days before they let me go, the cop met me at a little store by the road and asked me if I was the Raider, I admitted to it, and he asked me where I\'d been, he\'d been looking for me. Well, I\'d been out there every damned day HE had except Sundays, and seen HIM every day, so I didn\'t know what he was talking about. He wanted to know how I made that old POS Mack run like he was hearing it was, and I just said, \" I don\'t know, now that you mention it. It seems to run pretty good for ME.\"
So, NO, it don\'t pay to make the co-workers look bad. Also, not a Good Idea to spook The Boss\'s mules, either.
KY Jim
Disclaimer; Due to excessive shrinkage of testicles, I can no longer do the Wheels-Up trick intentionally. Also, Loaded Speeds in excess of 125mph make my blood pressure rise to the point where my eyes bulge out and lose focus.
Hey, that\'s what happens when you make the shithead co-workers LOOK OBVIOUSLY like shitheads. Back in the Nineties in my First Go Around as a Coal Hauler, I ran the Ragged Edge, pushing the Envelope like a stunt pilot in an Extra 300. I would throw that old Mack Superliner into curves on US52 in WVA like it was a Formula 1 March or Brabham, making the trailer tires on the inside come off the ground 4 to 6 inches. The Old Hands were needless to say MORTIFIED when I did this, as it WAS Radically EXTREME, even for Coal Haulers, sort of like doing a back-flip on a dirtbike DURING a race. But I had the same load count as the guys who had Big Hosses and never went home. But, The Big Boss eventually began to hear Rumors, and saw my load count, and decided to follow me Down The River in his 56,000-dollar diesel pickup. When I ran off and LEFT him through the curves and he could only catch me on hills, and PASSED his Big Hoss Petes and KW\'s where I could, making his Old Hands look like they weren\'t Trying, he let me go. THEY had 425-horse Cat engines and 15-speeds. I had a weak 350 Mack with a 13-speed. THEY hauled ass around the hill loaded or empty, being HARD on his tires, brakes, and springs, while I eased around the hill and caught back up with them on the blacktop, being EASY on his tires, springs, and brakes. At the end of the day, he came up and asked me, \'Raider! Buddy! WHY the Hell do you drive like you do?!\" I didn\'t understand what he was getting at, so I said, \" Because I CAN?\" He was all upset about the Wheels-Up thing, understandably, but when my comparisons of my breakdowns made no visible difference, I began to suspect an Ulterior Motive. I busted only three tires in a month, as opposed to the other driver\'s 6 to 12 tires per month, and the tires I popped had the steel cord hanging out when I got in the truck. Other guys would break 1 or 2 spring racks per month, while I broke only ONE in two months, and it had two leaves broke when I got the truck. And my trailer was the same size as everyone else\'s, so we were pulling the same loads, 65 to 75 tons. In short, I had the Shit Truck, but was hauling the same and sometimes a load more than the Aces, and costing him less in parts, too. Then, when some of the Seniors called the local Prick Cop on me, the cop nailed almost everybody BUT me that month for Speeding, which I STILL can\'t figure out. Two days before they let me go, the cop met me at a little store by the road and asked me if I was the Raider, I admitted to it, and he asked me where I\'d been, he\'d been looking for me. Well, I\'d been out there every damned day HE had except Sundays, and seen HIM every day, so I didn\'t know what he was talking about. He wanted to know how I made that old POS Mack run like he was hearing it was, and I just said, \" I don\'t know, now that you mention it. It seems to run pretty good for ME.\"
So, NO, it don\'t pay to make the co-workers look bad. Also, not a Good Idea to spook The Boss\'s mules, either.
KY Jim
Disclaimer; Due to excessive shrinkage of testicles, I can no longer do the Wheels-Up trick intentionally. Also, Loaded Speeds in excess of 125mph make my blood pressure rise to the point where my eyes bulge out and lose focus.
- with a $100 commission minimum. Up the road at Hyundai, the guys got a flat commission no matter what was left in the car - $150 for an Accent, $300 for a Sonata, etc. And we were paid weekly with cheques, no direct deposit :nuts:[/QUOTE]
I think I\'m about to die... took 4 different cold medications and I swear my heart is beating as fast as a humming bird\'s heart! :lol: :wtf: Can\'t be too good. Must hold out until 4 (last meeting) then I can crash for the weekend.
