Missing Gears Ice Road Truckers

texican · #21 09/03/09, 09:56 PM

My only complaint about the Alaska edition... they mention the end of the season... Well, it is the end of the ice road... however, the haul road is open in the summer, and I daresay it's just as dangerous. Heck, the ice on most of the road makes it mostly smooth riding. In the summertime gravel roads gets washboarded and potholed... and dusty as all get out.

hunter63... I'd watch HVAC Wars... I'm always lamenting that I can build or fix pretty much everything...........except HVAC stuff.

ace admirer · #22 09/04/09, 12:56 PM

its a tv show....every thing has to be played up to be overly dramantic ......why o why is this stuff on the history channel.....

hunter63 · #23 09/04/09, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ace admirer

why o why is this stuff on the history channel.....

LOL

'Cause it they screw up, they are "History" right?
Sorry man, but couldn't resist.

plowjockey · #24 09/04/09, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayne02

I think you will find that every truck driver past and present thinks they are the greatest driver, never miss shifts etc, and that every other truck driver sucks. If you don't believe me, just ask them...

I'm a tanker driver.

You stole my thoughts EXACTLY!

big rockpile · #25 09/04/09, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by plowjockey

I'm a tanker driver.

You stole my thoughts EXACTLY!

Yea I had a Guy get crosswise right in front of me on I-25 South of Colorado Springs at the Scales.He got it lined out.We stopped for some Coffee right after.He was going on about how it was skill to get out of that mess

Yea Right Bud you just got very lucky.

Yea you hear so many talk you would swear they was Born behind the wheel.

While on the subject which would you say is the worst vhill in the Lower 48 on Major Trucking Routes? I never like Cabbage Mountain.

big rockpile

Truckinguy · #26 09/05/09, 12:59 AM

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If most auto drivers ever experienced the dynamics of liquids moving in a tanker, they would stay far away from them...every time they are forced to hit the brakes hard there is this 2nd push from the liquid weight stopping against the front of the tank. It is enough to push an almost stopped truck forward another few feet...

You got that right! I drive a tanker and when it starts to get sloshy it's a real challenge. If you can shift with the forward wave it's pretty good, shifting is easy, but if you mess up the rhythym and start shifting against the wave, it's a real challenge.

If you have to come to a quick stop, the liquid hitting the front of the trailer sounds like a sledgehammer hit the back of the cab. Then while I sit at the traffic light the truck is slowly rocking back and forth. When we have half a load in an 8000 gallon trailer (no baffles) that's 40,000lbs rolling back and forth. It takes some practice to shift with that.

plowjockey · #27 09/05/09, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Wis Bang

The owner's brother told the Mack dealer he wouldn't buy a new Mack unless he removed the air seat and power steering as he wanted the driver to feel every bump the truck felt...too bad these 'old fashioned' truckers are all dead now...

Sound's like a show idea for upcoming Ice Road Truckers.

They could call it "The Horror of Hemorrhoids"

fantasymaker · #28 09/05/09, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by big rockpile

While on the subject which would you say is the worst vhill in the Lower 48 on Major Trucking Routes? I never like Cabbage Mountain.

big rockpile

No question Whitebird hill........ at night.

Of the Us or interstate Highways....................
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Wis Bang · #29 09/05/09, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Truckinguy

You got that right! I drive a tanker and when it starts to get sloshy it's a real challenge. If you can shift with the forward wave it's pretty good, shifting is easy, but if you mess up the rhythym and start shifting against the wave, it's a real challenge.

If you have to come to a quick stop, the liquid hitting the front of the trailer sounds like a sledgehammer hit the back of the cab. Then while I sit at the traffic light the truck is slowly rocking back and forth. When we have half a load in an 8000 gallon trailer (no baffles) that's 40,000lbs rolling back and forth. It takes some practice to shift with that.

Product density can make it worse, the heaviest I was involved with was Titianium Dioxide Slurry @ 22lb/gal [2,350 gal = 45,000#] but the best one was watching a Sulfuric acid [15.45lb/gal] driver 'get' a new night mechanic.

He found a flat and came back to the shop & stopped on the ramp up into the shop and rocked the load a few times b/4 pulling in and locking down the brakes.

He grabbed the new kid by the arm and stuck his head down to see the flaw in the tire. I was standing there listening to the product rebound off the back head. When it hit the front the whole rig slid forward about 1.5 feet w/ the locked wheels laying rubber on the floor and squeeling. The new kid jumped about about two feet straight up!

I always enjoyed to look on trainees faces when I told them not to apply the parking brakes on the scale & would walk away w/ the rig slowly rolling fore and aft about 6" - 8" allowing the scale to weigh the product and not the liquids motion...