Posted by RBoots on August 19, 2015 at 19:35:04 from (173.209.212.199):
In Reply to: The debate rages on posted by John in La on August 19, 2015 at 18:45:45:
I used to load construction equipment (disassembled) into shipping containers hauled by trucks to the docks. Most of the "real" American drivers were great, no problem being tight and square to the dock to slide stuff in. Now, on the other hand, MOST, not quite all of the foreign drivers were TERRIBLE! Even with a 40' wide dock, straight lines painted 75' out from the dock, and hundreds of feet to maneuver, they could even get close to the dock. Let alone square and tight. An inch is a lot when you are using a loadall to push PC200 excavator parts into a 40' container. Tilt the upper structure and the entire lower frame/track frame (tracks off) and weld a frame under them so they set at a 45 degree angle, and then shove them in. Barely fit. It was so hard to try to communicate with the foreign drivers that didn't know a word of English, and try to get them to figure out how to get the truck in the right place. Even had to back a few of THEIR own trucks to our docks. I don't understand how these guys can even get a CDL, especially not knowing how to speak the correct language that should be used here. These guys are not ALL of the truck drivers that give all CDL holders a bad name, but in their own group, they certainly take the cake. I drive truck for a living, different things all the time, but varies between a tandem dump, a 40' tanker, a 38' end dump, and a set of double log trailers on the weekends that consists of a 30' lead and 28' pup. I feel I would have no trouble with a set of 33' doubles.
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