most amazing thing you'll see today
stay on the lookout my friends... you never know WHAT you might see, or save
Found on http://tdff-us.com/?p=284
Meanwhile, in trucking news, a trucker was hit in the head by a bullet, possibly accidental, OR he is as hardheaded as his friends know him to be, as it was a direct to the head impact that didn't crack his skull
Just outside Canton Ohio, a trucker was getting into his cab at a loading dock, and bam! Bullet to the head.
He was able to get inside the building and get help, and was rushed to the local hospital, and is doing ok.
http://www.timesreporter.com/article/20150622/NEWS/150629900
This is a reminder that truckers aren't yet allowed in America to carry a pistol... for self defense, though they are frequently in sketchy locations and deal with some screwy problems, like women trucker drivers on the long haul deliveries that sleep in their cabs overnight. It seems like it's mostly the trucking companies not allowing drivers to protect themselves
I just talked with a trucker friend o mine, and ol shipmate, and he's worked for about 6 different trucking companies, Swift, Schnieder, Keen, etc, and its the trucking companies that don't allow their drivers to carry a gun.
Some or most states won't agree on what a carry permit ought to require, ammo in or seperate from the gun, etc...
There is a truckers coalition trying to get the ATF to issue a national permit for truckers, in response to the deaths of truckers who've been murdered http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/01/truckers-dont-yet-have-right-to-carry.html
He was able to get inside the building and get help, and was rushed to the local hospital, and is doing ok.
http://www.timesreporter.com/article/20150622/NEWS/150629900
This is a reminder that truckers aren't yet allowed in America to carry a pistol... for self defense, though they are frequently in sketchy locations and deal with some screwy problems, like women trucker drivers on the long haul deliveries that sleep in their cabs overnight. It seems like it's mostly the trucking companies not allowing drivers to protect themselves
I just talked with a trucker friend o mine, and ol shipmate, and he's worked for about 6 different trucking companies, Swift, Schnieder, Keen, etc, and its the trucking companies that don't allow their drivers to carry a gun.
Some or most states won't agree on what a carry permit ought to require, ammo in or seperate from the gun, etc...
There is a truckers coalition trying to get the ATF to issue a national permit for truckers, in response to the deaths of truckers who've been murdered http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/01/truckers-dont-yet-have-right-to-carry.html
T&T trucker stops a car chase decisively, nobody hurt, bad guy not going to get away and possibly hurt anyone in a longer car chase
This is T and T truck from Bakersfield CA.
He moved in front of the car on purpose.
He also ended up getting fired for damaging the truck.
He got in absolutely no legal trouble and was actually praised by the police for his actions. This video is what ended up getting him hired back on because it got the company so much press.
He did the right thing. That person could have caused a lot of harm to others by being so reckless. The driver made the right move knowing that his truck could protect him of the impact as well as possibly save others lives.
Samsung anticipates trucking companies wanting to make it safer for cars to pass truckers. Wishful thinking and trying to invent a market to improve sales?
We've all been stuck behind a truck on a small road for several miles after we've run out of patience.
With this great temptation to overtake the truckers, but faced with the reality that visibility and trucks do not always mix, Samsung has placed on its trucks in Argentina a revolutionary screen.
This system called "Safety Truck", motorists can know when to pass safely. A camera placed in front films the road in front of the truck and screens placed behind display the view ahead of the semi to reveal when motorists may overtake safely.
http://www.lavenir.net/cnt/DMF20150616_00665018?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialVV&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=seeding
why is a gooseneck trailer hitch, and the 5th wheel semi trailer hitch called a "5th Wheel"?
here is what the originals looked like, above, the mocked up prototype, below, a finished working replica for the 1914 model t
When Otto Neumann and August Fruehauf invented the semi-trailer in 1914, they created a version of a 5th wheel coupling which they used until 1916. Then they adopted an improved version of the fifth Wheel offered by the Martin Rocking Company in Massachusetts.
above and below, the Martin 5th wheel
which was improved on until it became the common and ordinary hitch you're used to seeing
http://www.singingwheels.com/the-5th-wheel-and-its-origins.html
I just wonder how in the world this was accomplished
reminds me of the supermagnet in the uhaul, in Breaking Bad, season 5... something completely unexpected, and never done before.
Found on https://www.facebook.com/Truckdriverwtfmoments
Funniest thing you'll see today, how to sell a truck, NSFW, or kids, etc, and likely to offend, pretty much everyone that doesn't drive a Freightliner or curse like a sailor
How in the world?
Not swinging wide around high curbs and big boulders is my guess
Found on https://www.facebook.com/Truckdriverwtfmoments?fref=photo
Worth clicking through to watch this transformation from 10 to 18 wheeler
Posted by Camion decorati, e mezzi pesanti- on Wednesday, October 8, 2014
I doubt this video is going to post correctly, click on the link though to see the video
