Funny things drivers have done

[nightcreacher]

Sitting here thinking back on my trucking experiences,just remembering some of the people that have driven my trucks,and what they have done.
I'm not going into all instances, but here are a some funny ones,of course at the time,not so funny.

Had 40000 lbs in trailer,driver went up Jellico mountain in high gear,woke me and said motor was running hot,yep, really hot,here's your sign.

Lady driver,sorry ladies,but it was.She showed me her new tire guage,it read at highest point 50 lbs.When I asked how you check 100 lb tires,yep, that's the answer,you stick them twice,here's your sign.

Ok,here's one I did.Truck wouldnt start,so like all us know it alls,put the ether starting fluid to it,then heated the glow plugs,you should have heard the boom.

There are others,but would take the rest of the night to list them.I'm curious if anyone elses drivers did such things

 

[Doggie Daddy]

Nope.............

 

[Bruno]

Well, I got my one truck stuck in the mud in our drive way. So I went and got a chain and one of our other trucks to pull it out and got it stuck too. The farmer across the street pulled both trucks out. Now my wife wont even let me around any mud. lol

 

[cheri1122]

I snagged a couple overhead cables that got caught in a loose strip of metal above the box doors. Then I compounded the goof by asking Moot to bring some wire cutters over, (I knew he & Bryan were at the Indy J), and I failed to ensure that Moot wasn't carrying his camera....
The photo he posted the next day of the cables stuck on my truck had me snorting my beverage all over the laptop, lol.

 

[CharlesD]

Mistaking St. Charles, IL for St. Charles, MO and driving over halfway to St. Louis before realizing my mistake.

 

[nightcreacher]

i can equal that.At my first job,took load to Alsip IL.Couldnt find on map,but according to the map,should have been southeast il and south west indiana,then i found out the asterix meant should have used Chicago city map.Wasnt late,but didnt get any sleep either

 

[usafk9]

How about accidentally walking into the women's restroom tonight instead of making one more step to get to the hallway/coffee bar I needed to be in? I thought it odd that there were a whole lot of women in there to be getting coffee this late at night. Then I saw the mirrors.

Yep. I got a ways in there.

I'm thinking I should have stayed and helped the Puerto Rican with the laundry, instead of looking in on the basketball game.

 

[FIS53]

Driver went to an industrial site for a delivery. Got two flats on an onsite roadway. Called the office got another driver to come out offload and finish delivery. Gave directions to follow..... same way he went... yup now 2 trucks with flats in same place and delivery still not done.... called tow truck... gave same directions.... at least the tow truck looked and thought about it and went around to the otherside and towed them out (for a hefty bill).
Rob

 

[hondaking38]

guy i went to panther school with, was worried about his first load, when it beeped across the qc he looked at the adrdress and raced 150 miles to the pickup in his van.....when he got there, they asked him where the freight was???in his excitement and nervousness of being late for the pick-up he went to the cons instead of the shipper...dang near did it myself when i was a newbie..

 

[nightcreacher]

thats like my friend,he went to drag races,instead of lining up the front wheels on the starting line,he tried to line up the rear ones

 

[Scuba]

I was pulling a flat bed years ago and I got a new dispatcher. Well his first day I called him I was in Ky and he told me he had a load for me in LA that I was picking up at the grange there. The load was going to fesites<<[ spelt the way he pronounced it] but he wasn’t sure where MO was and he had to ask. So at this point I told him ok so I going to LaGrange KY to pick up a load of hardwood going to Festus MO and by the way MO stood for Missouri. I hung up the phone and called the terminal manager you could still hear the other people in the office laughing at him because he asked what MO stood for. I told the manager that I was firing the dispatcher and I wanted my old dispatcher back. He said he couldn’t do that I put 2 and 2 together and asked who the kid was related to. Of course he was the owner’s son in-law. So now off to call John to tell him what happened and that I was firing the new idiot in dispatch. I pretended that I didn’t know that they were related. I got my old dispatcher back that day I was tight with the owner thank god.

 

[Wingnut]

My first week on the road with hubby, we dropped in Moline. I asked him why we didn't go to Davenport, since that was the layover option that came across the QC. Duh!!!!!!! He still laughs about that.