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jon f mn

jon f mn

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Boss; Jon, will you deliver a container today after 5pm?
Me; sure boss!
Boss; Awesome! Just back it in this driveway

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Around this tree

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Without hitting this tree

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Or these trees

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Or these

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Then down the path, around another corner, down the Sandy hill, and between this tree

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And this tree

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Me; no problem boss. Lol. Some days are a challenge.
 
yeah, but that don't take much to be better after about 4 or 5 hours. Lol. This stuff I like.
 
Looks like that was quite an adventure to get it where they wanted it. But you settled in and got it done.
 
I just have to reply. That looks like total B,,s k8nd of stupid
people. I would be to the point of telling your boss if he thinks it
is an easy job... YOU drive the truck. Glad you have the patience.
Just got done fixing a pressure steamer here at work. The control box
got water in it and BLEW up. Nice 120 volt wires, water level control
board, timer module, sugar cube latch relay, and plenty of soot.
Started on 8t around 4:00 pm and just finished a little before 10 pm.
Do you remember when you were a little kid and your mom would spit on
a klenex to wash the dirt off your face? Spit has moisture, enzymes,
and some other neat stuff. Works pretty good removing soot so you can
see the wire color codes. What a mess. I am pooped for the rest of the
shift. First picture sure is pretty. This is before the paper towel
and spit treatment. That terminal block....see where a 120v terminal
used to be? You can see how things are actually seeable after some
spit.
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Dang, jonf, you're talented...
I could barely manage backing through that obstacle course in a sub-compact car. LOL
 

Kudos to you, Jon! I would have loved to see you do that. I have long believed that anyone who is good at what they do (no matter what it is) is fun to watch. Whenever I see anyone who is really good at operating a piece of equipment I am just in awe watching them.
 
Reminds me of delivering hay and you want it
where? Worst was delivery of wagon load of
square bales had to back around a silo
through a barn yard etc and this with a
small pickup without power steering.
 

After I parked the truck yesterday I went to take a look at where I am supposed to be delivering to this AM. The guy that is hiring the truck explains things in a kind disjointed way over the 'phone. When I got there a guy was going back and forth backing his tri-axle around a 45 degree corner 12 ft wide with a ledge on one side and a tree on the other.
 
I moved a portable screening plant out of a remote gravel bank with a road
like that once, but I was going forward. I made it okay, the next time it
was moved the guy doing it flopped it on it's side.
 
Piece of cake, it wasn't even dark out yet :D

Ever notice that people who are good at backing up trailers are usually good pool players as well?

Must be something to do with being able to accurately predict what is going to happen when your ball or trailer proceeds to change direction of travel 3 or 4 times in reaction to your 1 movement.
 
And you still have both of the mirrors. I used to haul pulp length firewood with a Tandem and Pup trailer. I ran into those problems all the time. Boss just got me a brand new Mack Elite with all that shiny chrome and dual exhaust and a new Sircle 7000 pulp-loader on the back.
He sent me to deliver a load where I never was. First day with the new rig. When I got to the the location, it was as bad as yours. Low limbs and narrow with brush on both sides.
I took a walk down the drive-way and I decided that was not going in there. I probably would have bent my Loader joy-sticks and scratched the hack out my new truck.
I did unload the wood at the end of his drive-way.
 
I know just how you feel. I do the same thing a lot with a drop deck hauling for an auction company. Many, many tight spots. Backing up a mile is common. Went through a couple woods like that. I told the boss it might damage the mirrors and paint but I plowed through. There were 3" diameter limbs on the trailer after I went through. Had to drive across the end of a corn field to get out, got stuck, but pulled it out with a 4x4 truck. Took pictures of the corn and gave them to the boss to asses the damage incase the owner asks for compensation. Hauled out of a very tight site with a couple of other semis. Waited for one to come out and finally gave up and headed in. Met him half way and had to back out through the curves and onto a T road. That was with a long wheelbase twin screw and a 53' flatbed. It is surprising what you can do when you have to. I have rubbed a few gate posts and missed a street light by about an inch.
 
You"re lucky it wasn"t winter- 5pm would be almost dark! Next time, put the SC in the container, drop it off, and skid it in?
 
Well the good thing is you don?t have to worry about
them trees turning from two lanes over to make a
right turn right in front of you lol but it is still tough to
get around them
 
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