Posted by EX 450 Owner on December 10, 2011 at 10:30:55 from (50.96.222.179):
In Reply to: OT: Trucker Question posted by 2x4 on December 09, 2011 at 17:51:02:
There are 3 large Rock Quarries 7 miles south of us, the highway coming north in the summer time, when DOT sets up inspection stops they usually report 90 to 100 trucks per hour (some of these guys are running a 15 mile round trip so some trucks get counted 2 or 3 times in that hour).
A lot of them are tri-axle Mack’s and Freightliners pulling tri-axle pups, about a ½ dozen of these drivers have the low seats and the strange thing is most of those drivers are pretty tall. I have never asked anyone why they do this; it does look strange to me.
One of the neighbors who is about 6’4” use to run a sharp looking Pete with dual chrome stacks (straight pipes), a visor that hung way down, a ton of marker lights, and the low seat that left his eyes just above the rim of the steering wheel. At the time he was pulling a grain trailer and he loved to come by and rattle ours and the other neighbor’s windows with his Jake brake.
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