Arfcom truckers. What are you hauling today? (Page 6 of 12)
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Originally Posted By Dan1918A2: What did they say ended up being the issue that caused the breakdown? Uh, yeah. About that. The Peterbilt service lady sady they found no active faults but there was 50 amp fuse -not sure which fuse- blown in the battery compartment. This couldn't have been the direct cause of my two shutdowns, because... well, fuse. The Peterbilt techs were tracing wiring looking for a short or chafing and got into some of the carhauler-specific wiring and called our shop for guidance and our shop lead told them not to pursue it any further because of warranty issues I figure something tripped a circuit breaker or something straight up overheated. I would bet it's something in the cab controller circuitry because every Peterbilt I've ever driven- and I have well over a million miles in Peterbilts- has had some bullshit with the cab controller. "Shop says they couldn't find anything and they test drove it. Good luck, Jason." The miles-long no shoulder construction zone on I-57 south of Mount Vernon made me nervous. |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: Uh, yeah. About that. The Peterbilt service lady sady they found no active faults but there was 50 amp fuse -not sure which fuse- blown in the battery compartment. This couldn't have been the direct cause of my two shutdowns, because... well, fuse. The Peterbilt techs were tracing wiring looking for a short or chafing and got into some of the carhauler-specific wiring and called our shop for guidance and our shop lead told them not to pursue it any further because of warranty issues I figure something tripped a circuit breaker or something straight up overheated. I would bet it's something in the cab controller circuitry because every Peterbilt I've ever driven- and I have well over a million miles in Peterbilts- has had some bullshit with the cab controller. "Shop says they couldn't find anything and they test drove it. Good luck, Jason." The miles-long no shoulder construction zone on I-57 south of Mount Vernon made me nervous. Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: Originally Posted By Dan1918A2: What did they say ended up being the issue that caused the breakdown? Uh, yeah. About that. The Peterbilt service lady sady they found no active faults but there was 50 amp fuse -not sure which fuse- blown in the battery compartment. This couldn't have been the direct cause of my two shutdowns, because... well, fuse. The Peterbilt techs were tracing wiring looking for a short or chafing and got into some of the carhauler-specific wiring and called our shop for guidance and our shop lead told them not to pursue it any further because of warranty issues I figure something tripped a circuit breaker or something straight up overheated. I would bet it's something in the cab controller circuitry because every Peterbilt I've ever driven- and I have well over a million miles in Peterbilts- has had some bullshit with the cab controller. "Shop says they couldn't find anything and they test drove it. Good luck, Jason." The miles-long no shoulder construction zone on I-57 south of Mount Vernon made me nervous. You called that outcome. Word for word, you were told what you expected to hear! |
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Originally Posted By Seabee_Mech: Ooof. Don't ever accept a load into Casper, WY from what I hear from the guys we broker it's almost impossible to find a load going back out. They usually have to deadhead up to Billings or down to Colorado to get a load. Originally Posted By Seabee_Mech: Originally Posted By CornfieldCong: Shit, at least you're not in Minnesota. Apparently there's no freight there. I sat for almost 4 days over the weekend in Clearwater with my student waiting on a load. Now we're running a load of steel from Gerdau in Wilton, IA to Willmar, MN...  That's been my experience in Casper too. Took a 3 day reset there last summer. |
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Not hauling squat today. Was supposed to have a 4 load day, probably about a $450 day, but it cancelled. My customer’s customer determined that the jobsite was still too soggy from the weekend rain to be pouring 400 yards of concrete. All good. Took the kids to school, I’ll probably hit the range for a couple hours, I’ll swing by the grocery store, and pick the kids up. All of this will free up the wife’s time, so she’ll spend more time at work and recoup some of the difference. 
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Worked half a day yesterday -bullshit- delivering some Toyotas to Arlington, TX. Loaded up some Hondas and an Acura this morning at Ft. Worth/Alliance and delivered them in Tulsa. It was a beautiful day. Attached File Tomorrow? 550 miles over to the Toyota plant in Princeton, IN for some Highlanders and Siennas back to Houston. |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: Worked half a day yesterday -bullshit- delivering some Toyotas to Arlington, TX. Loaded up some Hondas and an Acura this morning at Ft. Worth/Alliance and delivered them in Tulsa. It was a beautiful day. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/PXL_20230501_140611978-01-01_jpeg-2802536.JPG Tomorrow? 550 miles over to the Toyota plant in Princeton, IN for some Highlanders and Siennas back to Houston. You ever make it over to the Honda plant in Lincoln, AL? I rarely head that way these days, but if you do, you will definitely see our trucks hauling cement between Birmingham and Atlanta. And plenty of other bulk tankers running the same route. |
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Today I drove from Tulsa, OK to Princeton, IN and loaded up my eight Highlanders out of the Princeton Toyota plant. I'm now at the bar next to my hotel where they offer $5 Jack and Coke pitchers. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: Today I drove from Tulsa, OK to Princeton, IN and loaded up my eight Highlanders out of the Princeton Toyota plant. I'm now at the bar next to my hotel where they offer $5 Jack and Coke pitchers. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/PXL_20230502_214146137_jpg-2803645.JPG Where might one find this bar, if one were to take their 34 nearby? 
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: I-64, exit 25A on Hwy 41 in Evansville. Pip's Pub. Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: Originally Posted By CornfieldCong: Where might one find this bar, if one were to take their 34 nearby? I-64, exit 25A on Hwy 41 in Evansville. Pip's Pub. Damn! I was just in Evansville last week! |
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Empty from Rogers, AR to Crawfordsville, IN. Another load of Texas-boumd Subarus in the morning. Attached File |
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So far this week, I’ve been hauling multiple loads each day out here to Lake Sinclair, GA. A small lakefront community here is getting their roads paved, and I’m supplying the cement for them to spread on with the dirt so it hardens up sufficiently before it gets asphalted. 4 hours round trip for each load, including loading and unloading. 92 miles each way. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Attached File Parked at my hotel in southern Missouri. #daycablife 600 mile day tomorrow to deliver these to the DFW area and get to my hotel. Easy peasy. |
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Attached File More Subarus tomorrow including three manual transmission WRX. Heading back home to Houston. Probably heading east again next week, this time to pick up some Camrys out of the Toyota plant in Georgetown, KY for a gravy 1,000 mile haul back to Houston. |
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Originally Posted By OverScoped: Man i hate more than a 2 hour run. How do you do it all day? I guess after a couple million miles I'm used to it. I'm not going to lie- coming into Dallas 550 miles deep in the day I really didn't want to unload. But I sucked it up, kicked the cars off in 35 minutes and drove to the hotel. |
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Originally Posted By OverScoped: Man i hate more than a 2 hour run. How do you do it all day? While the repetition can get old sometimes, I think of the pay for each load. Music, podcasts, and yapping on the phone with my truck driving buddies helps pass the time. |
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Attached File Fuggin' manual transmission WRX cars. Just have to send it, though. My 6'4", 225lb, size 15 self and three wee pedals don't get along. Attached File |
 Well, we were trying to get a 150k lb transformer into a substation in Commerce City, CO today but it's been raining for over 24 hours. This happened when I tried to nope back out of the access road. |
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"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
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Originally Posted By Seabee_Mech: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/119852/IMG_20230512_080125509_HDR-2814090.jpgWell, we were trying to get a 150k lb transformer into a substation in Commerce City, CO today but it's been raining for over 24 hours. This happened when I tried to nope back out of the access road. Damn! Pics of the recovery setup? How long did it take to get it squared away? |
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Originally Posted By Dan1918A2: Damn! Pics of the recovery setup? How long did it take to get it squared away? Originally Posted By Dan1918A2: Originally Posted By Seabee_Mech: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/119852/IMG_20230512_080125509_HDR-2814090.jpgWell, we were trying to get a 150k lb transformer into a substation in Commerce City, CO today but it's been raining for over 24 hours. This happened when I tried to nope back out of the access road. Damn! Pics of the recovery setup? How long did it take to get it squared away? There was an electrical vault in the ground right next to where my driver's side steer tire is sunk. As the ground gave way it pulled me towards the vault. With all the rain I sunk deep enough my bottom step was touching the ground, my fuel tank missed the corner of the vault by a couple of inches. It almost was a real bad day. The transformer were were going to install is loaded on a 13 axle, he's around 230,000 lbs GVW, we called the job off until the weather improves we would have hopelessly buried the transformer truck trying to get into the sub. The aftermath: You can see the vault I almost fell into. 
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USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
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Hey, whaddya know? More cars. Attached File An out-and-back load for Monday morning and then I'll reload to head towards KY. And I beat the inbound rain. Attached File Edit: first light leaving work. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Seabee_Mech: I was a little busy and just snapped that quick picture but believe it or not a F550 and a Ram 1500 pulled me out. Thank god I have full axle locks on my drives and not just a power divider. With the Goldhofer SPMT I had loaded I'm at 143,000 lbs, I was really expecting we would have to call out a wrecker. There was an electrical vault in the ground right next to where my driver's side steer tire is sunk. As the ground gave way it pulled me towards the vault. With all the rain I sunk deep enough my bottom step was touching the ground, my fuel tank missed the corner of the vault by a couple of inches. It almost was a real bad day. The transformer were were going to install is loaded on a 13 axle, he's around 230,000 lbs GVW, we called the job off until the weather improves we would have hopelessly buried the transformer truck trying to get into the sub. The aftermath: You can see the vault I almost fell into. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/119852/IMG_20230512_082738759_HDR-2814084.jpg Originally Posted By Seabee_Mech: Originally Posted By Dan1918A2: Originally Posted By Seabee_Mech: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/119852/IMG_20230512_080125509_HDR-2814090.jpgWell, we were trying to get a 150k lb transformer into a substation in Commerce City, CO today but it's been raining for over 24 hours. This happened when I tried to nope back out of the access road. Damn! Pics of the recovery setup? How long did it take to get it squared away? There was an electrical vault in the ground right next to where my driver's side steer tire is sunk. As the ground gave way it pulled me towards the vault. With all the rain I sunk deep enough my bottom step was touching the ground, my fuel tank missed the corner of the vault by a couple of inches. It almost was a real bad day. The transformer were were going to install is loaded on a 13 axle, he's around 230,000 lbs GVW, we called the job off until the weather improves we would have hopelessly buried the transformer truck trying to get into the sub. The aftermath: You can see the vault I almost fell into. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/119852/IMG_20230512_082738759_HDR-2814084.jpg Oh I saw the vault. That could’ve sucked real bad. Glad the outcome wasn’t too bad! |
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Loaded up for a couple of dealers in Arkansas. Attached File First stop is getting the TRD PRO Tundra and the Camry on the bottom. Come see me and I'll learn you how to back a truck down into the belly with just a wee bit of room to spare. In the rain, natch. Attached File My older son (now at Texas A&M) gave me Animal when he (my son) was a little kid. Animal has seen about as much out the windows of a Peterbilt as I have. Attached File |
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Attached File At the hotel. Nine Camrys out of TMMK Georgetown ready for the 1,000-mile ride to Houston. Easy money. The loading setup couldn't be easier. Attached File Park in yellow, pick nine cars from the blue behind the truck. In and out in under a hour. It only took that long because I had to scan the VIN QR codes and generate the load. Basically self checkout. Trivia: Toyota Georgetown, KY is Toyota's largest manufacturing plant in the world. |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/PXL_20230517_193854053-01_jpeg-2819850.JPG At the hotel. Nine Camrys out of TMMK Georgetown ready for the 1,000-mile ride to Houston. Easy money. The loading setup couldn't be easier. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/Screenshot_20230517-161025_2_png-2819853.JPG Park in yellow, pick nine cars from the blue behind the truck. In and out in under a hour. It only took that long because I had to scan the VIN QR codes and generate the load. Basically self checkout. Trivia: Toyota Georgetown, KY is Toyota's largest manufacturing plant in the world. That’s pretty damn cool. Is that typical of Toyota? I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that their setup is efficient. |
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I’m waiting to hear back from our shop manager. My coolant overflow tank has a crack in it. Part will be in tomorrow morning. Based on what I have to do tomorrow, I REALLY don’t want to take the spare truck. Gonna be a long day. I’m hoping they can rob the coolant tank off another truck just as a stopgap. My truck = 3 load day. Spare truck = 2 load day. Let’s hope for the best. Not a lot I can do but accept it, whichever outcome presents itself. |
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Originally Posted By Dan1918A2: That's pretty damn cool. Is that typical of Toyota? I wouldn't be surprised to learn that their setup is efficient. Yup. I can be in and out of Toyota plants in under an hour, and I'm not particularly fast at loading. Nissan, Hyundai, Kia? Not so much. And the loads are already built and assigned. |
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@PhuzzyGnu Very curious in the upcoming Toyota Stout launch. Assuming you’re not under NDA or whatever, if you happen to see any while you’re picking up at Toyota, or hauling them, could you let me know? Wondering when they start moving to dealer lots for a ‘24 model year release. |
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Originally Posted By Woodchuck1: @PhuzzyGnu Very curious in the upcoming Toyota Stout launch. As soon as I see one I'll let you know. I sometimes have access to new Toyotas as soon as they arrive.  Attached File This was Tundra prototype #9: Attached File And this was the pre-production TRD Pro that the YouTube journalists got to molest: Attached File  The 2022 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro Is a Tough New Raptor Fighter |
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Up to Tulsa after my 34 and then over to Toyota in Georgetown, KY for nine more Camrys. Attached File I'll be back Wednesday afternoon. Attached File |
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Attached File Another day, another Antonov. I don't speak Ukrainian (I hesitate to call it Russian) but I figured out they want me to back my trailer up inside the plane tonight. Should make a cool pic later.Attached File |
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A quick Austin area load then back to Houston to pre-load for Monday. Had to stop for my breakfast tacos on the way out of town. Attached File Big load with the Tundras and the hybrids. 79,700lbs gross, 90' long and 14' high. |
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I know it's shocking, but more Toyotas. This time it's mostly a Tacoma fanboy load. Six on this load and I did a shuttle of eight this morning. All 2023 models. The 2024 models haven't shown up yet. Attached File |
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New job site, just a few miles from the last one. Attached File Attached File And I gave the old gal a bath this morning. Attached File |
 Still moving prefab modules around location for Microsoft, I'm never getting out of here it seems, they're months behind schedule. |
USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
 I got diverted to pick up a load of Mustang Mach E EVs. There are 1,000 of them that need to go to the port for export. Attached File Attached File The railhead was just off the highway on the way to the hotel I was planning to land at anyway. A couple of hours work and a couple hundred bucks added to the day. Transport mode and restrictions mean we can't play with them (you can see the spring spacers in the wheel well) so I can't really report on anything. My dumb ass couldn't figure out how to open the door because the button is hidden under the protective plastic on the B-pillar. Once inside I found the interior to be rather sterile with just a large central portrait-mounted touchscreen (which seemed laggy trying to get the A/C running) and a small gauge screen. There is a rotary-knob gear shift with indicator lights you can't see in bright sunlight. Meh? Maybe not if it is uncorked. But meh. |
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Originally Posted By PhuzzyGnu: Oh yeah. Seriously, this is weird: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69748/IMG_20230602_100813_jpg-2837598.JPG |
USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
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I ain't hauling a damn thing until Monday morning. Attached File A couple of stops in southern Louisiana and then I'll wave at Midcap and his chonks as I drive by on the way over to Hyundai in Montgomery, AL. |
Another back up generator (110,000 lbs) for Microsoft, this time on my Self Propelled Platform Trailer/RC Car  |
USN Retired: APR 1988 - MAY 2008
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch
"My center is giving way, my right is falling back, situation excellent, I attack." —Ferdinand Foch