Backing up in reverse and hitting the brakes brings up good ole memories. When I was in high school (15 years old) and for a few years after I worked for the parks department as a maintenance guy. Great job. I was lucky and got stationed at the local recreational reservoir. Lot of pretty girls to look at and meet everyday. Anyway, the first thing we did each day was a trash run to empty 55 gallon barrels used as trash cans around the lake. Heavy and usually nasty. Behind one of the dams we had what we called the compound. That's where we put unused or unneeded things and also where we stacked the trash to be picked up by the trash company once a week. I figured out that if I backed up fast and hit the breaks unloading was easy. One day the park manager caught me doing that and had a fit followed by don't ever let me catch you doing that again. A few weeks later he needed the truck, but I hadn't emptied it yet. I told him let me empty it and I will be right back. He said ok and that he would go with me to help empty it out. He drove and when we got to the compound he did the old reverse and hit the breaks trick only he missed the mark and trash went flying everywhere. He was laughing like a kid. I looked at him and he said I only told you not to let me catch you doing it. If I don't catch you then you are fine wink wink. That truck was an old International Scout and tough as nails. You just couldn't ever wear it out or hurt it. Not to make excuses for mistreating it though. It was a good old truck. Never let me down. They bought me a brand new one two years later. 1979 chevy 4X4 step side. Nice truck and at 17 I was in heaven driving a brand new truck. It was my baby. They didn't want it left out at the lake after hours each night like the old one due to vandalism and told me to take it home each day. Pretty sweet deal for a kid.
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