Professional drivers

[teeroy]

Id never do it BUT then again I never had to. Good starter job sure you betcha.

yep, throw the chains on and leave 'em on for a month or so, hook onto your shack and haul it to the next spot. lather, rinse, repeat....until breakup.

 

[GYMBRAT]

yep, throw the chains on and leave 'em on for a month or so, hook onto your shack and haul it to the next spot. lather, rinse, repeat....until breakup.

Exactly, I just remember the poor Vac drivers back in my rig days getting picked on sooooo bad LOL. But its surely changed nowa days no doubt.

 

[adamg]

Is this the place where I vent about all of the vehicles with one headlight on the roads? Frigging things are everywhere. Fix your damn headlights you cheap lazy bastards. Drives me insane. I swear I counted 8 vehicles with blown headlights in a 2km stretch today, and twice they were tail to bumper! Even saw one with a blown fog light (in perfect visibility conditions), I laughed at that one. If cops can write fines for this (not sure either way) they could make tons of money and afford like 10 new city cops just to run blown headlight duty.

Thanks for letting me vent.

 

[Bounce]

I don't know what's going on in Alberta, over here in BC big trucks are never in the ditch. Weird.

Can you please tell me where the realty series "Highway to Hell" is filmed? Sorry maybe it is really realty TV.....

 

[SHREK1]

The reality is that retards walk among us in all fashions, the quicker you realize it the easier it is to stay out of thier way. I have been passed in the stupidist spots by everything from the mini van with the car seat, a super b to a tow truck.

 

[joekikass]

You can't stop the Chop !

 

[RMK Junky]

Hwy 43 east of Crooked Creek at Clarkson Valley was shut down yesterday for 2 hours because of six trucks spun out on the hill. Two wiped their feet and the other clowns just had to try and get by. This is where I have a problem with drivers, inexperienced or not why do they do this I have no idea other than plain 'ol stupidity. Now traffic is backed up for miles in both directions. It's a wonder no one was killed after all those impatient drivers got going ....

 

[GYMBRAT]

Yup my motto at an early age of truckin has ALWAYS been, "if you THINK you need jewlery on!, its already too late!"

 

[Stompin Tom]

Hwy 43 east of Crooked Creek at Clarkson Valley was shut down yesterday for 2 hours because of six trucks spun out on the hill. Two wiped their feet and the other clowns just had to try and get by. This is where I have a problem with drivers, inexperienced or not why do they do this I have no idea other than plain 'ol stupidity. Now traffic is backed up for miles in both directions. It's a wonder no one was killed after all those impatient drivers got going ....

Is that considered a hill?

 

[GYMBRAT]

Is that considered a hill?

It is for a greenhorn I guess LOL...pitiful

 

[teeroy]

Is that considered a hill?

pretty sure gravity works the same way in BC as it does everywhere else. freezing rain, someone has to be the first to find out. doesn't take much of a hill when it's that slick, one cross threaded super b and everyone waits

 

[GYMBRAT]

pretty sure gravity works the same way in BC as it does everywhere else. freezing rain, someone has to be the first to find out. doesn't take much of a hill when it's that slick, one cross threaded super b and everyone waits

Kinda how most AB rds have been lately huh man!!! Bad out here atm again as well!

 

[magnet]

It's because all of the inexperienced guys can't get a job driving truck in BC so they start out in Alberta where most places will hire you if you have a license and a heartbeat.

Bc drivers are no better than Alberta drivers IMO. We have hired two now from bc one has 5 yrs hauling sticks followed him with the lowboy a couple weeks ago every hill was brake lights all the way. Wtf. You have a jake brake for a reason
Asked him why he doesn't use it. Says he was taught, in bc, to not use it except in extreme cases otherwise use your foot brakes.
I dunno I'm no instructed but IMO your foot brakes are for last resort. If your depending on your jake for when your foot brake isn't enough your already to late that jake brake is useless by then
Just sayin. 90% of these new guys gettin class 1s can't drive because they have never had too with no lockers, no fancy 18spd transmissions, no 600hp engines. We all went the same places then with less truck so what's the problem nowadays. The trucks got better drivers well not so much I guess

 

[GYMBRAT]

Funny Story! ......I was truckin out on Van Isl for my pops again as usual for a bit last spring during breakup here in AB. All his drivers are from Van area "mainland" or Van Isl! Well they would non stop "like EVERY FKN other yr" tell me how carefull I NEED to be when it snows in BC or drops to 0 or -1 because the snow is COMPLETELY different than AB' snow.

Yet I think they may have forgot snow is snow and that theyve never been to AB in the winter let alone during the spring melt. AND yes even here in AB itactually does warm up and the snow gets slushy. Its not always -40 and all nice and fluffy!!! LOL anyways I was sooooooooooo sick of hearing just how "different" BC' snow is as compared to AB' snow.

 

[Summiteer]

Bc drivers are no better than Alberta drivers IMO. We have hired two now from bc one has 5 yrs hauling sticks followed him with the lowboy a couple weeks ago every hill was brake lights all the way. Wtf. You have a jake brake for a reason
Asked him why he doesn't use it. Says he was taught, in bc, to not use it except in extreme cases otherwise use your foot brakes.
I dunno I'm no instructed but IMO your foot brakes are for last resort. If your depending on your jake for when your foot brake isn't enough your already to late that jake brake is useless by then
Just sayin. 90% of these new guys gettin class 1s can't drive because they have never had too with no lockers, no fancy 18spd transmissions, no 600hp engines. We all went the same places then with less truck so what's the problem nowadays. The trucks got better drivers well not so much I guess

you are probably right magnet. Older trucks without all the fancy chit took some skill to drive. Now any idiot can hop into a new rig and figure out how to pass the test.

 

[Riverjet]

Where is around here?

Around here chip truck driver is a starter job as well. Lowest paying local driving job = lowest quality drivers.

Long haul drivers, well, thats where you get most of your "new canadians".

 

[Riverjet]

What hill?

Hwy 43 east of Crooked Creek at Clarkson Valley was shut down yesterday for 2 hours because of six trucks spun out on the hill. Two wiped their feet and the other clowns just had to try and get by. This is where I have a problem with drivers, inexperienced or not why do they do this I have no idea other than plain 'ol stupidity. Now traffic is backed up for miles in both directions. It's a wonder no one was killed after all those impatient drivers got going ....

 

[Caper11]

Hwy 43 east of Crooked Creek at Clarkson Valley was shut down yesterday for 2 hours because of six trucks spun out on the hill. Two wiped their feet and the other clowns just had to try and get by. This is where I have a problem with drivers, inexperienced or not why do they do this I have no idea other than plain 'ol stupidity. Now traffic is backed up for miles in both directions. It's a wonder no one was killed after all those impatient drivers got going ....

It's a different type of hymarking I guess.


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[tranquillicer]

you are probably right magnet. Older trucks without all the fancy chit took some skill to drive. Now any idiot can hop into a new rig and figure out how to pass the test.

I don't know about the rest of Canada but here in flat ole Sk I believe you can get a 1A driving an Auto shift but there will be a restriction on your lisence for ONLY auto shift operations. I'm sure no one would argue that there's a hell of a lot more to being being a good driver than to be able to shift and 18spd trans. I really believe auto shifts are taking over a large part of the market and it's not just because they allow greenies to get a job, but rather that they improve safety and dramatically reduce maintenance costs on the unit.

 

[GYMBRAT]

I don't know about the rest of Canada but here in flat ole Sk I believe you can get a 1A driving an Auto shift but there will be a restriction on your lisence for ONLY auto shift operations. I'm sure no one would argue that there's a hell of a lot more to being being a good driver than to be able to shift and 18spd trans. I really believe auto shifts are taking over a large part of the market and it's not just because they allow greenies to get a job, but rather that they improve safety and dramatically reduce maintenance costs on the unit.

we had one of the 1st autoshifts on a location trying to climb "empty" up a short but steep grade hill with no real run at it. He finally had to get pulled up. They have theyre place but not in the field imho. Highway sure