Message from @DragsterDan1987

Discord ID: 720440707088777266


2020-06-10 12:37:34 UTC  

Well I'm going to be a little generous here and explain from a trucker's perspective a video that made its rounds a little bit

2020-06-10 12:39:34 UTC  

So from the start of the video the trucker has obviously driven into a group of protesters, this is a severe problem tractor trailer trucks are very limited in the routes we can take, when you are 75ft+ long and weight 80,000 lbs the number of Roads you can drive on is very limited because they have to be engineered to handle us because we will crack pavement.

2020-06-10 12:40:19 UTC  

We need space to maneuver and we need roads designed to handle our weight.

2020-06-10 12:41:05 UTC  

The next thing here is that they're yelling at a FedEx truck driver to back up, I wouldn't even backup my rig in this situation, we cannot see what is directly behind us in fact most of the times and were backing up we curved ourselves to be able to see what was behind us when we start backing but then we can't see directly behind us

2020-06-10 12:41:16 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/719777555242287115/720256270531166248/FB_IMG_1591191587171.jpg

2020-06-10 12:41:50 UTC  

But this FedEx truck cannot backup at all

2020-06-10 12:43:41 UTC  

He is driving what are called Doubles, double trailers, or pups, or in cb lingo Wiggle Wagons, cannot possibly backup more than about 10 to 15 ft before they start going completely out of control

2020-06-10 12:44:49 UTC  

They are only good for going forward, not that I would go backwards even with a single 53-foot trailer because with this many people around me with this much going on around me to back straight up I would have to be getting out of my tractor trailer truck to look what is directly behind me because you could park a car behind me and I wouldn't be able to see them

2020-06-10 12:49:59 UTC  

So he did exactly what we are trained to do in and have orders to do, don't stop, go slow and keep moving, don't let our equipment get disabled and drive through the crowd to safety then stop where it is safe

2020-06-10 12:50:41 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/719777555242287115/720258639344041994/FB_IMG_1591191897238.jpg

2020-06-10 12:51:56 UTC  

And the funny part is is you can put a car in front of us and we will just move it out of the way, the weight of a car is basically a heavy pallet to the amount of power we have

2020-06-10 12:54:54 UTC  

I had a car slide out of control on winter roads and slam into me head-on at about 25 miles per hour while I was stopped, the car was totaled the driver had to be put in an ambulance and taken out, and I had to use two zip ties to stabilize cracked front bumper to drive it a 150 miles to get fixed which was basically just put a new front bumper on

2020-06-10 13:10:22 UTC  

My best advice is don't block the roads, we don't stop quickly, we weigh a lot more than you think, we have more power than you think, and we know what happens if a mob pulls us out of our truck, and at the end of the day none of us want to hurt anybody, but we want to get home at the end of our shift like any other worker.

2020-06-10 13:34:37 UTC  

John Ward does it again. This needs to be watched by everyone! I just think it's rude to use that tag.

https://youtu.be/hppEQDWPYwE

2020-06-10 13:40:52 UTC  

Vulgarity in the outro. Be prepared

2020-06-10 22:33:49 UTC  

Omg! If you saw my "I have honest questions" rant regarding defunding the police then you know I predicted the future!

https://youtu.be/Ii8HjB9GWmE

2020-06-11 00:15:09 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/719777555242287115/720430892778258522/FB_IMG_1591832528386.jpg

2020-06-11 00:16:05 UTC  

<#707963490526298112> @Gorillaman

2020-06-11 00:54:09 UTC  

So glad to see a server with intelligence on it

2020-06-11 00:55:07 UTC  

Its still new...

2020-06-11 00:56:21 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/719777555242287115/720441259067703406/image0.jpg

2020-06-11 00:56:49 UTC  

Give it like 10 days in and we will see then, hopefully it isn't like that

2020-06-11 00:59:56 UTC  

*notes to self*
since when did people learn what I think about

2020-06-11 01:15:53 UTC  

Hello

2020-06-11 01:22:45 UTC  

Hello all 🇺🇸

2020-06-11 01:59:39 UTC  

AMERICA!!!!!

2020-06-11 03:47:32 UTC  

I think this is where I'm supposed to share this: https://youtu.be/SvAUa1FcvDk

2020-06-11 03:51:02 UTC  
2020-06-11 03:51:15 UTC  

Stumbled across this...

2020-06-11 03:51:24 UTC  

I think he actually thinks it will work

2020-06-11 04:27:04 UTC  

Omfg. Lol. They actually did it

2020-06-11 04:30:36 UTC  

It sucks that I have to share a re-upload but welcome to the outrage culture

https://youtu.be/ZiIvwWYWLrU

2020-06-11 04:41:35 UTC  

Amazing work from lars