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19:11:23 04/21/11
Australian Road Train
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After breakfast we headed out to the bluff cause dude told me i might be able to get some good shots of the the city with the new/old camera. It was a nice bluff with a good view, but I wonder if we can get down there...
The Freightliner plant was only about 100 yards away, at the bottom of the hill, below the bluff , under the sky, on the earth. They had dozens of trucks parked outside, prepped and ready to be shipped out. I should say, there was one particular truck that got our attention. It was a bright red and yellow Western Star with two air intakes sprouting out of the hood like smoke stacks. Australian Road Train - Truck?
We hiked down the hill and ended up right next to the fence which was 4 feet away from the beast. Like going to the zoo and standing behind a fence while staring at the Elephant, just 5 feet away. Right side steering, four fuel tanks, some cryptic abbreviations on a white piece of paper taped to the window shield. I cant remember exactly what was written on it.
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19:11:23 04/21/11
Underneath a Trailer
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While i was getting unloaded this week i was under the trailer, mounting a camera to the belly of the beast. How did i mount the camera to the belly you ask!? By using this thing i created.
The video i was hoping to get flopped. I was hoping to video the sea of cars passing during rush hour. The camera was pointed in the wrong direction and it was all washed out.
What i did get was this.
It does not feel safe or relaxing being under a trailer while a forklift drives in and out while unloading. The ribs on the underbelly flex like rubber. And this was NOT a heavy load. Some forklifts are big some are small. This was just an average sized forklift! Next time i get one of those heavy ass paper loads I'm filming it. I suspect we will see the belly sag like a bloated beer drinking beer drinker with a beer belly, lying on his stomach, after eating too much turkey, during thanksgiving.
Download this Movie here
Location: Portland, OR
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19:11:23 04/21/11
Bat Country
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I do not think i posted this back in the day.
Blip.tv takes 4 minutes to do it's thing.
I'm sorry this ass dumb blog takes so long to load. Hopefully Vimeo will make it better.
Ill add a description later. I am on vampire time, its noon which is my midnight.
Go away Sun, go away.
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The stunt camera (which is on its death bed, barely a pulse but still able to see) was mounted on the boom, above the grapple. Why did I just type that? It is obviously mounted. Im not sure what else there is to say about this video. That is my end dump they are loading. All that scrap slides out the back when you deliver / dump / tip it.
That was with another company, not the one I am with currently.
I have been shuffling around and adding blog links over there to the right. Added to the list are,
A couple more cab drivers
Some EMS drivers
Some cops
A bus driver
Some 911 dispatchers.
One of the EMS guys has a podcast called Confessions of a EMS Newbie . He talks about the process of getting certified and licensed while going through training. It is very well done and the audio quality is top notch. I learned a couple things while listening to the show.
Nurses like Cops! (like as in wink wink nudge nudge) Paramedics do not like Nurses. (the way a truck driver might not like his/her knuckle-headed dispatcher) And if you cant feel someone
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19:11:23 04/21/11
Bobtail
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This is my tractor.
When a tractor is moving down the road without a trailer, it is called bob-tailing. When the tractor is hooked up to a trailer it is called a tractor trailer or a semi. If there is no freight in the trailer (the trailer is empty) it is called deadheading.
So your dispatcher might say, bobtail up to the Jubitz truck stop and grab the empty trailer that is named "Trailer82" out of that lot, then deadhead up to Longview and drop that empty trailer in their yard and pick up trailer 9292 and deliver it to Simpson in Tacoma.
And if you were taking to long, your dispatcher might say: Bob, get your tail up to Tacoma, and don
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19:11:23 04/21/11
June 18th 2010 Fuel Stop
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When i was a kid i used to stuff things into plastic film containers and bury them, like a squirrel. Small time capsules with severed G.I. Joe hands, headlines of that days newspaper and small notes describing my life, at age 9.
Consider this a time capsule. Viewable on your Internet Media Computer Device.
Some people drive more, some drive less. This is what it takes to keep this truck moving Two Hundred and thirty four bucks, here, now today, June 18th, 2010.
PDX-SEA-Eugene-PDX
528 miles a night.
78 Gallons @ $2.22
6.7 MPG
In the past year:
* 110,703 miles in 11 months.
* 18,720 gallons of diesel per year.
* 550 trailers pulled to and fro.
* This truck has 658,696 miles on it, it is a 1995 Freighliner.
* The Earth is 25,000 a-round. It might take 2 Years 147 Days and 77,015 miles to drive around the Earth
* 2 cups of coffee a night @48 oz a week = 82.8 gallons of coffee per year. 199MPH?
The Bill of Lading for this here time capsule.
Hi Lisa.
I am a truck driver down in Portland Oregon. I havea blog where i . http://truckdriverblog.blogspot.com I would love to interview you.
What will you be doing one year from now or five years from now? I
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19:11:23 04/21/11
Australian Road Train
[LESS INFO] 1 VIEWS | ADDED 19:11:23 04/21/11
After breakfast we headed out to the bluff cause dude told me i might be able to get some good shots of the the city with the new/old camera. It was a nice bluff with a good view, but I wonder if we can get down there...
The Freightliner plant was only about 100 yards away, at the bottom of the hill, below the bluff , under the sky, on the earth. They had dozens of trucks parked outside, prepped and ready to be shipped out. I should say, there was one particular truck that got our attention. It was a bright red and yellow Western Star with two air intakes sprouting out of the hood like smoke stacks. Australian Road Train - Truck?
We hiked down the hill and ended up right next to the fence which was 4 feet away from the beast. Like going to the zoo and standing behind a fence while staring at the Elephant, just 5 feet away. Right side steering, four fuel tanks, some cryptic abbreviations on a white piece of paper taped to the window shield. I cant remember exactly what was written on it. “Aus” was in there somewhere. The truck was a beautiful work of art! I didn't have the camera, so i came back and took the pictures you see.
I believe it is a Linfox truck. I wish I could tell you more, I called more than one person at Freightliner (Daimler) asking if they give plant tours, if I could get a plant tour. They said no and no and or I got NO reply. Frustrating! I called the Kenworth plant up in Seattle and they said Hell ya! Get your butt up here. So, im working on that one.
This is the world famous OzStickMan with a little tour of his AB Triple .
The Bluff
Random Link: motor cop blog
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19:11:23 04/21/11
Bat Country
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 19:11:23 04/21/11
I do not think i posted this back in the day.
Blip.tv takes 4 minutes to do it's thing.
I'm sorry this ass dumb blog takes so long to load. Hopefully Vimeo will make it better.
Ill add a description later. I am on vampire time, its noon which is my midnight.
Go away Sun, go away.
..........................................................................................................
The stunt camera (which is on its death bed, barely a pulse but still able to see) was mounted on the boom, above the grapple. Why did I just type that? It is obviously mounted. Im not sure what else there is to say about this video. That is my end dump they are loading. All that scrap slides out the back when you deliver / dump / tip it.
That was with another company, not the one I am with currently.
I have been shuffling around and adding blog links over there to the right. Added to the list are,
A couple more cab drivers
Some EMS drivers
Some cops
A bus driver
Some 911 dispatchers.
One of the EMS guys has a podcast called Confessions of a EMS Newbie . He talks about the process of getting certified and licensed while going through training. It is very well done and the audio quality is top notch. I learned a couple things while listening to the show.
Nurses like Cops! (like as in wink wink nudge nudge) Paramedics do not like Nurses. (the way a truck driver might not like his/her knuckle-headed dispatcher) And if you cant feel someone’s pulse, put slightly more pressure on the finger closest to the heart (using two fingers) This creates a (cant think of the word, starts with a V) effect so that amplified pulse can be felt by the second finger. It is not a comedy show, they cover a ton of topics (in graphic detail at times), the who-likes-who stuff was from a short segment. I give it 89 stars out of 100.
Another podcast i just found is called WTF with Marc Maron Podcast . He is a stand-up comedian. Like most things in life, what goes on behind the curtain can be more entertaining than what is happening on the stage.
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19:11:23 04/21/11
Bobtail
[LESS INFO] 1 VIEWS | ADDED 19:11:23 04/21/11
This is my tractor.
When a tractor is moving down the road without a trailer, it is called bob-tailing. When the tractor is hooked up to a trailer it is called a tractor trailer or a semi. If there is no freight in the trailer (the trailer is empty) it is called deadheading.
So your dispatcher might say, bobtail up to the Jubitz truck stop and grab the empty trailer that is named "Trailer82" out of that lot, then deadhead up to Longview and drop that empty trailer in their yard and pick up trailer 9292 and deliver it to Simpson in Tacoma.
And if you were taking to long, your dispatcher might say: Bob, get your tail up to Tacoma, and don’t listen to The Grateful Dead, they blow. (if you name was Bob)
This picture has not been altered.
Now, can You People please comment?
I used to get 8, 9, 10 comments on posts about nothing back in the day when no one was blogging!
I will give everyone who comments a HD camera and send you all $10.
Minus $10.50 postage and handling.
puscifer
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19:11:23 04/21/11
Underneath a Trailer
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 19:11:23 04/21/11
While i was getting unloaded this week i was under the trailer, mounting a camera to the belly of the beast. How did i mount the camera to the belly you ask!? By using this thing i created.
The video i was hoping to get flopped. I was hoping to video the sea of cars passing during rush hour. The camera was pointed in the wrong direction and it was all washed out.
What i did get was this.
It does not feel safe or relaxing being under a trailer while a forklift drives in and out while unloading. The ribs on the underbelly flex like rubber. And this was NOT a heavy load. Some forklifts are big some are small. This was just an average sized forklift! Next time i get one of those heavy ass paper loads I'm filming it. I suspect we will see the belly sag like a bloated beer drinking beer drinker with a beer belly, lying on his stomach, after eating too much turkey, during thanksgiving.
Download this Movie here
Location: Portland, OR
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19:11:23 04/21/11
June 18th 2010 Fuel Stop
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When i was a kid i used to stuff things into plastic film containers and bury them, like a squirrel. Small time capsules with severed G.I. Joe hands, headlines of that days newspaper and small notes describing my life, at age 9.
Consider this a time capsule. Viewable on your Internet Media Computer Device.
Some people drive more, some drive less. This is what it takes to keep this truck moving Two Hundred and thirty four bucks, here, now today, June 18th, 2010.
PDX-SEA-Eugene-PDX
528 miles a night.
78 Gallons @ $2.22
6.7 MPG
In the past year:
* 110,703 miles in 11 months.
* 18,720 gallons of diesel per year.
* 550 trailers pulled to and fro.
* This truck has 658,696 miles on it, it is a 1995 Freighliner.
* The Earth is 25,000 a-round. It might take 2 Years 147 Days and 77,015 miles to drive around the Earth
* 2 cups of coffee a night @48 oz a week = 82.8 gallons of coffee per year. 199MPH?
The Bill of Lading for this here time capsule.
Hi Lisa.
I am a truck driver down in Portland Oregon. I havea blog where i . http://truckdriverblog.blogspot.com I would love to interview you.
What will you be doing one year from now or five years from now? I’m thinking I will be fueling a truck, at a truck stop. And the diesel will probably be more expensive.
Location: Tumwater, WA
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16:44:20 07/02/10
Underneath a Trailer
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While i was getting unloaded this week i was under the trailer, mounting a camera to the belly of the beast. How did i mount the camera to the belly you ask!? By using this thing i created.
The video i was hoping to get flopped. I was hoping to video the sea of cars passing during rush hour. The camera was pointed in the wrong direction and it was all washed out.
What i did get was this.
It does not feel safe or relaxing being under a trailer while a forklift drives in and out while unloading. The ribs on the underbelly flex like rubber. And this was NOT a heavy load. Some forklifts are big some are small. This was just an average sized forklift! Next time i get one of those heavy ass paper loads I'm filming it. I suspect we will see the belly sag like a bloated beer drinking beer drinker with a beer belly, lying on his stomach, after eating too much turkey, during thanksgiving.
Download this Movie here
Location: Portland, OR
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07:38:47 06/19/10
June 18th 2010 Fuel Stop
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Hello Sir, Ma'am.
Would you mind if i dig up your yard with this here trowel? I used to live in this house as a kid. I planted a couple dozen film canisters around those shrubs. Time capsules. I must recover them.
I remember putting news paper headlines and coins and other objects a 9 year old might find interesting in them.
If some truck driver parks his truck outside your house in Oswego Illinois and knocks on your door with a trowel in his hand, its me. Let me dig!
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Consider this a time capsule. Viewable on your Internet Media Computer Device.
Some people drive more, some drive less. Two Hundred Thirty Four Dollars, Eighty Three Cents. That is what it takes to keep this truck moving, here, now, today, June 18th, 2010.
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PDX-SEA-Eugene-PDX
528 miles a night.
70 - 80 Gallons a night
Avg 6.32 MPG
In the past year:
* Driven 110,703 miles in 11 months? I dont remember when i reset that GPS
* Used 18,720 gallons of diesel.
* Pulled 550 trailers.
* Drank 82.8 gallons of coffee.
* This truck has 658,696 miles on it, it is a 1995 Freighliner.
The Bill of Lading for this here time capsule.
Here is another message - sent in a bottle when i stopped to see an old friend in San Diego.
Circa 1995
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blip.tv is taking its sweet time to load these videos lately. I would use youtube but they yank most my videos because of music copy write violations. Im trying to find a new and better way to show the videos. Sorry bout the page lag.
Location: Tumwater, WA
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15:25:19 06/16/10
Eugene Zombies
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Dear people of Eugene Oregon.
I would like to mention how much I enjoy your fine town before I continue. Your industrial area is laid out in a clean and simple grid. There is always room to park and you guys have none of those “no truck parking” signs on the streets.
Very truck friendly.
Good people.
Eugene is not too big, not to small.
It’s like a perfectly heated bowl of porridge.
I could see myself living here someday possibly. Someday possibly if there weren't Zombies everywhere.
Unfortunately I have never tried the porridge in Eugene because the only businesses open at 4am (when i arrive) are the porn/sex store, a Shari's restaurant, a 711 and the Walmart.
And the only people working outside that I see, are the truck drivers delivering Doritos to the 7-11 and a trucker at the post office. Why then, are there so many of you people walking and riding bikes at 3:45 in the morning? It feels like people are out enjoying the sunshine on a Saturday afternoon every time I pull into town. Minus the sunshine and minus 8 hours, 15 minutes and 4 days. I hear Dave Attel’s Insomniac song playing in my head as I drive down 6th street.
Count'em 13 people strolling around at 3:45Am on a Tuesday morning.
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Yes, i know i didn't come to a complete stop at that stop sign. Sometimes people like to grab the door handle and try to jump in. Kids usually. Possibly drunk ones. It has happened. I aint skeared of no kids but if you drive around with your passenger door unlocked, it will happen! It has happened, but i had the door locked.. So, frat who boy yelled Dude Bro, Bro Dude, Bro Brother, Bro, Bro - 9 years ago in So. Cal as i was pulling into a Target parking lot to make a delivery, im sorry. Im sorry i couldn't give you a ride in the passenger seat. You probably wouldn't of gotten much out of it and i dont like strangers hopping up on my truck. I think i made him cry when i yelled get the F off my truck. The guy was a wobbling erratic mess. Some people shouldn't drink and walk.
Eugene Oregon Population as of 2008, 154,520 + 100 Zombies.
Random link---> Renegade Ruby
Location: Eugene, OR
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14:54:40 06/02/10
Failure to Maintain Logbook
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US regulation 395.13 (b) (3) states:
"A driver failing only to have possession of a record of duty status current on
the day of examination and the prior day, but has completed records of duty status up to that time (previous 6 days), will be given the opportunity to make the duty status record current."
Portland, Oregon: 6:45pm, arrive at work
The papers said, 8000 Hewlett Packard Printers, 709 Red Swingline Staplers and 200,000 paperclips. Destination: Seattle. A brief call to my attorney, Harvey Wireman , he advised me to head north, deliver the goods.
7:32 I realized that I might be heading in the wrong direction? This customer has two locations in Seattle. I need to pull over and check the paper work again, don't want to deliver this crap to point A when point B is expecting it. And i needed to update my log book.
7:36 I pulled into the Ridgefield rest area on I5.
All of a sudden there were cops everywhere! Four officers, three Department Of Transportation trucks.
A check point.
They were hiding!
I couldn't see them from the freeway.
Bad waves of paranoia.
Madness.
Sit up straight. Name Rank and Truck number
I said a quick prayer. YOU BETTER TAKE CARE OF ME LORD, CAUSE IF YOU DON'T, YOU'LL HAVE ME ON YOUR HANDS.
Hello officer.
What’s you name, he asked.
My name? Aaron the Truck Driver, on the list, free lunch, total coverage.
Let me see your log book.
I smiled and nodded. Then he asked for my telephone number. I hesitated. You, need. my..
Is this part of the new homeland security, i thought to myself?
Is he asking me out on a date?
Should i lie?
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I gave him my telephone number and he handed me a ticket for $179 dollars and off I went.
At least he didn't ask me for a kiss...
"As your Attorney i advice you to drive North, and DON’T STOP AT ANY MORE REST AREAS, YOU FOOL” and then he hung up the phone. And what about the $179 ticket? Hello, hello, Harvey? Bastard!
He has yet to fail me.
If this ticket sticks I'm gong to fire that old fart.
Why did they have a road block at the rest area? The scales, The Port of Entry, was four miles up the road from that rest area. They could just pull every driver into the scales. Well, ya, but If you needed to update your logs, or take a break to let your hours catch up to you before crossing the scales, you might stop at that rest area. Rest-Area-Check-Point. An excellent strategy on the cops part. They got two other trucks while I was sitting there, admiring the shape of the officers skull. As I looked down on him, as he jotted down my number. Why did he need my number? I still don’t get that part. Someone reading this, any ideas? Ill ask my attorney next time I talk to him. There is about a 12% chance that ticket will stick. I was running legally, so he didn't shut me down. Typically they look at your logs, hand them back, and then growl, “update this”. As they go off and do the rest of the inspection.
Come back in a month or so and I’ll let you know the verdict.
Location: Ridgefield, WA
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20:17:29 05/29/10
Domestic Tranquility
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From high atop the OHSU building on SW Moody Ave.
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I walked into that building because i wanted to be higher, get a better prospective on things. Walked into the elevator, punched floor 9. I was ready to give my name, rank, and press affiliation, but no one asked .
A balcony on the top floor? Yes! It stretched the entire length of the top floor. After i took these pictures
i put the video camera on the tripod.
Trucks, there are trucks in this video. Watch it.
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02:49:12 05/26/10
Let the poison out, Bababooey
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I do two things every night, i drive this truck and i listen to the Howard Stern show. If you used to listen to Howard when he was on regular radio, after the show ended the local station took over with their regular programming. On Sirius Satellite radio, when the show ends, they do The Wrap Up Show.
They = Gary Dell?Abate and John Hein.
I noticed a while back that Gary Dell'Abate talks 800 miles per hour on the wrap up show, like a quarterback after the Superbowl, out of breath and trying to thank God and Jesus and his mom and the entire team. At times it is dizzying, i get out of breath just listening to him. The power of those big choppers is Phenomenal! Thing is, if Gary were to cut out all the fat, all the "Listen"s and the "Let me put it this way"s all the "Again's", and all the "I gotta tell ya's", he could talk as slow as Richard and still say the same amount.
I recorded a couple shows and cut out all of DJ Gary's Faafaafumbles. This is Gary talking to Lily from Manhattan. Its about 3 minutes long.
Yes, he DOES say "listen" that much!
You are listening to 120 cuts from two show's.
Bababooey to yall!
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The MP3 file -- > Listen.mp3
05/26/10