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Ever sit outside a truck stop - and just watch and listen?

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Old May 15, 2007 | 05:34 PM
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my grandfather drove for about 30 years way back in the day, he passed in 91, god have i heard some stories about the stuff he has done in a truck. flipped a grain trailer trying to get a cigarette off the floor lol, broke a bell housing in half cause he forgot to take the truck outta gear at the grain scales cause he was in a hurry to dump.
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Old May 15, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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From: lewis center, oh
Originally Posted by RickG
It really sucks when you park far away from reefers then an hour after you fall asleep the truck next to you leaves and a reefer backs in the spot . Then there's truckstops right next to railroad tracks with trains rumbling by blowing the horns every couple of hours .
hey, thats my kinda luck... i don't sleep in the truck stops anymore, now i stay on a customers lot-backed into the door i get loaded out of in the morning. pretty sweet deal except for the rare occasions when somebody mistakenly unloads me at 3 or 4 in the morning.
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