gant
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Post by gant on Jan 13, 2009 20:40:17 GMT -5
I dont know the details but one of the senior guys at my plant rolled a truck today..Bad thing is it wasnt his truck.. it was a lower guys.. I didnt work today so I dont know everyting.. I'll let ya know
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Post by concretejoe on Jan 13, 2009 22:41:37 GMT -5
Man, that always sucks to hear. I take it everyone is o.k.?
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gant
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Post by gant on Jan 14, 2009 8:01:56 GMT -5
yeah hes fine dont know much else
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Jan 14, 2009 17:36:14 GMT -5
Glad to hear no one got hurt. Hope the lower guy gets a better truck. 
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gant
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Post by gant on Jan 14, 2009 20:34:49 GMT -5
All the trucks are the same.. 04-07 Volvo's with Kimble mixers..He was turning on a city street and turned it over on a bus stop/shed thing.. no one was in it luckily..
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Post by concretejoe on Jan 14, 2009 23:22:20 GMT -5
Is this the truck that has a lot of build up in it?
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gant
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Post by gant on Jan 15, 2009 9:08:59 GMT -5
^^oh yeah.. atleast 2 yards in it.. I told them about it yesterday when I went in to BS that all that buildup probably had something to do with it.. It's like hauling 12 yards.. I was thinking a big piece might of came loose and when he was turning it slammed into the side of the drum and knocked it over..
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Post by mauserman on Jan 15, 2009 11:31:12 GMT -5
I wonder if he was making a right turn? With all that buildup + drum rotation being to the right......  |
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gant
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Post by gant on Jan 15, 2009 14:00:39 GMT -5
nope left turn
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Post by gant on Jan 18, 2009 19:04:03 GMT -5
he was let go.. driver error..
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Jan 19, 2009 22:41:03 GMT -5
Wow
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Post by mixedupdiesel on Jan 20, 2009 17:39:36 GMT -5
I don't get something.
We have a driver, who also happened to train me. I respect him, but he keeps a very nasty truck, I mean wayyy beyond "it's a concrete truck, it's gonna get some concrete on it" we're talking like..... a chute having 2" of buildup on the backside. Yeah.... Washes out using what's left in his water tank only, never goes up top to rinse down after pouring, and had a tick over 2 yards in his truck last time we got chipped out. Guess what? He's got the nomination for Driver of the year, and there are people who keep their truck spotless (me cough me) and who only had less than 1/4 yd in their truck and we're not even on the honorable mention list. Weird I say. I haven't hit a single thing, have not ripped a single tire. Sure I've blown every damned brake chamber out on the truck, but I haven't hit anything or anything. I wonder what they are looking at to determine who is nominated for this.
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gant
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Post by gant on Jan 20, 2009 18:58:26 GMT -5
we dont do the driver of the year thing.. The guy has been with us for about 6 years.. but they dont care.. ohwell
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Post by concretejoe on Jan 20, 2009 23:10:34 GMT -5
mixedup,
There are several things that go into that, but I would say the key is y.p.m.h. You can have the dirtiest, nastiest truck out there, but as long as you are hauling the mud you are doing good in their eyes.
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