redneckchevy9 Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 Not much for excitement today...ran in rain all day long. Some of these dairies are not the place to be if you wanna keep your truck clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Thanks for sharing, I bet your much happier now! Looks like things are working out well for you with your new company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
660 driver Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Keep em coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 15 hours ago, TomH said: Thanks for sharing, I bet your much happier now! Looks like things are working out well for you with your new company. Tom, yes I am so much happier and while I still have plenty of stress in my life, but it is not because of work. Just coaching fall sports for the kiddos and usually stuff. Things are really working out and I can honestly say that I have not missed the lumberyard once since July 26th (my last day). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 15 hours ago, 660 driver said: Keep em coming! I will do my best sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR.EVIL Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 When I drove over the road out of Davenport, one of the runs I made pretty frequently was taking a load to Eagle Foods, Lucky Stores Westville Indiana warehouse, load would be anything from a load of plastic bags, ketchup, dog food, then we delivered a 45,000# load of groceries to a suburban Chicago-land Eagles store. 22 skids in a 45 ft trailer, light weight paper goods in nose and back, HEAVY canned goods in the middle, actually saw an Eagle's trailer in the intersection of 79th Street and Western Ave that the center of the trailer buckled and dropped onto the pavement from being loaded like that. Then went to a Chicago area warehouse, loaded and dropped the load at Eagles in Milan. For a while I ran 3-4, sometimes 5 of those trips a week, helping push those skids out of the trailer and into the storage area in the back of the store took close to an hour, I got a sharp stabbing pain between my shoulder blades any time I tried raising my arms above my head from pushing those pallets. Took a couple years for that pain to finally go away. Seemed like I got more than my share of Finger-print loads, either breakfast cereal loads, couple times I had piggy-back trailer loads of wine and spirits to help unload. As much as possible our company hauled loads on slip sheets 4 ft x 4 ft cardboard sheets. Occasionally that back-fired on the driver when the grocery warehouse didn't have a fork truck with the slip sheet attachment and the fork truck driver didn't know how to get the skid on the slip sheet on his forks and slide it onto a pallet. Winter is the worst for keeping your truck clean. The bulk feed truck I drove I had a farm delivery over by Kewanee one day, was supposed to unload into feeders out in the hog pasture, I made it out there loaded, came out empty at the end of a chain with a 4020 on the other end. Glad they had tow hooks on the truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 1 hour ago, DOCTOR EVIL said: Winter is the worst for keeping your truck clean. The bulk feed truck I drove I had a farm delivery over by Kewanee one day, was supposed to unload into feeders out in the hog pasture, I made it out there loaded, came out empty at the end of a chain with a 4020 on the other end. Glad they had tow hooks on the truck. From the sounds of it, the previous driver, who is kinda like me, liking to keep his truck nice...inside and out, has laid a little groundwork for me with some of the place I go. They wanted him to behind a shed, or around back, etc.. in the mud and muck. After once or twice he just simply said no and now most places are pretty good about keeping on the gravel or at least out of the 12" deep mud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 This is the first I've seen in person...near Signourny, IA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 Was a nice today and only got a few pictures...no tractors, but I did see a cool 686 NF that I gotta get a picture of. #1 worlds largest M (part of UW Plateville tradition) #2 Belmont Mound #3 He was giving me the evil eye #4 This just looked cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art From Coleman Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 7 minutes ago, redneckchevy9 said: #3 He was giving me the evil eye Is that how she 'self-identifies'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 4 minutes ago, Art From DeLeon said: Is that how she 'self-identifies'? Darn autocorrect....I need to proof read in between washing dishes as I type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_Guy Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 6 minutes ago, Art From DeLeon said: Is that how she 'self-identifies'? Nooooooo, not the cows too. Be easier to educate Redneck on bovine gender identity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 26 minutes ago, 12_Guy said: Nooooooo, not the cows too. Be easier to educate Redneck on bovine gender identity I forget one letter and the wolves come out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_Guy Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, redneckchevy9 said: I forget one letter and the wolves come out Sorry just yanking your chain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 7 minutes ago, 12_Guy said: Sorry just yanking your chain Just be worried if I snap a picture of me milking a bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes806 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, redneckchevy9 said: Just be worried if I snap a picture of me milking a bull we'll all take note of this and keep a eye out. hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainman Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Is that boot still stuck in that rock wall cut north bound on US 151 near Belmont? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR.EVIL Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 If you can get in the area, We met our friends for supper one night at the Breitbach Restaurant in Balltown, Iowa, be a great place for you to grab lunch, and just north and west on Balltown Road of the restaurant is a scenic overlook to catch up on paperwork in and snap a couple pictures. Bet you can see 2-3 miles across the valley. I tried to take another way home some days when I was driving, but hard to maneuver a 45 ft trailer some places on the Scenic River Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH Forever Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 5 hours ago, DOCTOR EVIL said: If you can get in the area, We met our friends for supper one night at the Breitbach Restaurant in Balltown, Iowa, be a great place for you to grab lunch, and just north and west on Balltown Road of the restaurant is a scenic overlook to catch up on paperwork in and snap a couple pictures. Bet you can see 2-3 miles across the valley. I tried to take another way home some days when I was driving, but hard to maneuver a 45 ft trailer some places on the Scenic River Road. Breitbach’s is very good although it’s probably been 10 years since i’ve been there. The overlook is worth seeing, very pretty for Iowa standards. Another good place to eat in that area is the brewery at Potosi WI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckchevy9 Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 22 hours ago, Rainman said: Is that boot still stuck in that rock wall cut north bound on US 151 near Belmont? I'm not sure, it is near Mineral Point exit. The other guy mentioned it to me and said keep your eye out....he remembers like a 2x4 shoved in the wall with jeans and 2 boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new guy Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 On 9/11/2018 at 8:47 PM, redneckchevy9 said: Just be worried if I snap a picture of me milking a bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pid 1831 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Doctor Evil. You mention, "Finger print loads." What may I ask are finger print loads.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pid 1831 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Awesome thread. Just love looking at the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1586 Jeff Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Pid 1831 said: Doctor Evil. You mention, "Finger print loads." What may I ask are finger print loads.? Hand loaded/unloaded. You have to “fingerprint” each piece of freight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Im assuming he means unloading by hand with no fork truck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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