Do you still have a CDL?

[BIGNASTY]

I had to prove that I could still drive a Class 8 truck when My Doctor reported (by law) that my amputation was a possible reason for my CDL to be taken away when my Med Card came due. I asked if my International (with automatic) would qualify for the exam? They said No it had to be a Class 8 of a certain weight, that the International didn't meet.

I thought you said you LOST YOUR LEG IN COMBAT? And I thought you said you drove class 8 for 27 years without that leg? You must have forgot what you have said or some people on this site got it wrong?

I will run this by your little mind again ATA ( I have an abbreviation that fits that but TDR wont let me, but it is funny)

OK here it goes ONE LAST TIME STUPID!! yes I did loose my leg in VN it was below the knee, I drove with a prosthetic limb on my left leg. (good so far?) Having a knee that I could move made that possible. A while back the knee needed to be replaced and it was thought that I could keep it like it was, the new knee wasn't going to happen because of the bone on the lower part of my leg (from the knee down) had splintered, It was talked about before the surgery that if it could be done they would, if the bone was to far gone then the amputation would be just above the knee. (still with me stupid?) Well when they took the leg ABOVE the knee, I didn't think that I could move my foot (the fake one, still with me?) to the clutch. This is true with the new prosthetic limb that I have it is to sensitive and unusable in this case. When I got the notice from the DMV I was kind of upset, not that I plan on driving for a livelihood any longer its just a matter of pride with me (something that im sure you have no idea of) I had been driving my Ford tractor using the clutch and using my Mechanical Prosthetic limb. I CAN move the foot (again the fake one) on to the clutch and by putting pressure on the limb with my upper leg it operates the clutch. As you may have read (if you can) I wouldn't want to get into a traffic jam ( More than 1 or 2 cars), but I can do it and proved to the DMV that I can. There is an adjustment on the limb to make the knee swing fast (AKA loose) or slow (AKA tight) If I tighten it that is how I can move the foot onto the clutch.

Just for your info I drove the very same truck that I tested in a few times with the new prosthetic limb. I cant depress the clutch but had my buddy stop his truck on a small hill (facing downhill) Released the brakes and rolled a little slipped it in gear and drove for at least 4 or 5 hundred miles. I sure hope that this help with your fascination with me and my life. It seems that for somebody that hates me like you do you sure keep up on my life.


So I hope that you and SOME PEOPLE on this site got it that time, Please tell Dresslerd and Flog the log to read this and keep up on my life so I dont have to keep repeating the same things over and over to you

 

[ata]

Ok, But in the fall of 2012 you posted a picture of your TOES gone and said that is what you lost in COMBAT? But then in Feb. of 2013 you said your leg. Your stories just don't match-up?

 

[BIGNASTY]

Hah! BIG, I was wondering how long you could refrain from getting on this thread! No offense taken; I had more of a question about whether or not Canada would be requring anything special in the future, (rumors?), instead of why I should keep what I've got.

But, I've got to admit there have been times when I wondered why I ever got behind the wheel. Being pulled out of the front office and told to deliver concrete in an all-wheel ready-mix truck is an eye-roller. One of my last thrills was backing down a mountain with concrete flowing out of the crow's nest (loading chute), the front wheels bobbing off the ground and the new-cut road on the side of the mountain breaking away. It was the only load I ever delivered when I just stopped the mixer from agitating and the load hit the ground without putting it in discharge. LOL, It ain't all chrome, beautiful paint jobs and asphalt.
- Ed

Thanks Ed

I should have looked at who wrote it first and then replied

Ed I could have done other things in life, when I was rehabbing in ME I was told to look at a desk job because that's where I would park my A** and make a living. Im not one that can do inside work, the wife says its because im not fully house broken.

I went for a ride with a truck driver one day and was hooked, I had to do this and I knew I could. When I got my Class 1 I bought me a truck and went to work driving as an owner/operator, The very guy that let me use his truck to keep my Class 1 ticket is the Son of the man that gave me a chance pulling his trailers using my tractor. I worked for him for about a year, bought my own trailer and found work within the state of CA, saved some cash and got the authority to haul and bid on jobs out of state 11 Western states. For some years I did this, I loved the freedom of the road, no boss telling me to do this and that, and nobody looking over my shoulder except the DOT and anybody with a little bit of creativity and a couple of log books can make them people out to be the fools that they are.

I drove because I loved it and still do, I really enjoy the sights that I have seen wheat fields in the Dakotas like waves on the ocean with the wind blowing the wheat in all different directions, miles and miles of corn and more wheat in NB, the mountains in CO, ID, MT, WA. I found something in every one of the 11 Western states that I could enjoy except TX, I did finally did find something in TX that I liked and that was the sign of Welcome to another surrounding states border :-laf

I found the best thing in MT she married me and it was great for awhile until she said ME or the TRUCK. She felt better and looked like something that might be kind of nice to have around. I went to work pulling Fuel and for awhile I hated this crap passing gas in LA calif SUCKS. I did that for 27 years (ask ATA and Other on the site ) :-laf when they canned the drivers they said they would move me into the Safety Dept. (everyone knows that safety is for people like ATA with no other option in life) I really don't think that I could have sat behind a desk, It would be like prison to me or a lab rat in some kind of cubical maze with Corporate A Holes throwing me rat food to make me move to their beat of the drum. I was really wondering what I was going to do at 58 years old, then the wife came up with this WEIRD idea of Retirement!!!

It beats the hell out of the cubical maze, I really don't understand how people can do that day after day after day without playing Russian Roulette with an Automatic. Driving a truck isn't the most glamorous job but it paid well for me anyway. I found it a challenge after a few years of driving in So. Calif and my office window had an ever changing look.


BIG

 

[BIGNASTY]

Ok, But in the fall of 2012 you posted a picture of your TOES gone and said that is what you lost in COMBAT? But then in Feb. of 2013 you said your leg. Your stories just don't match-up?

Your toe bones connected to the foot bone, the foot bone is connected to the ankle bone, the ankle bone is connected to the calf bone, (wait mine was blown off) so the knee bone is connected to the thigh bone the thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON

ATA I really don't know what your smoking but do you have anymore? :-laf

I want some your home planet has to Pluto because your REALLY OUT THERE!!!

Is this the picture your talking about that is my right knee replacement!!! the other thing with the TOES is not actually mine but mine is IDENTICAL TO IT ,Notice it has FAKE toes. Smoke some more im sure you'll see them eventually :-laf

I know what it is Most people that walk upright have two legs ATA I have 1 and a 1/2

I will tell you a secrete I dont have to cut my toenails on the left leg and I don't get fungus foot either!! But the wife and daughter painted toenails on with polish one time when I was asleep, Wait that's it Harvey Barlow blew chunks when I put that picture up, let me see if I can find it for your delight.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Sorry ATA I cant find the painted toenails for your enjoyment right now, I take many many pictures and have many files of things that it could be in, I will however keep my eyes open for it, Just in-case Eyes are those things on each side of your nose, and below your eyebrows and next to your ears that some people like me hang glasses on!!! Yep Yep its no BS, I have glasses.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Maybe this looks like a foot to you? I would really like to get some of what your smoking ATA. I have a CDL but im not employed so I don't have to worry about Golden Flow tests coming up Positive!!!

While uploading the LEFT KNEE!! and LEG!! I found these that were cut around the time frame your hallucinating about in 2012 they are called FINGERS!! very useful for picking your nose, ears, butt, hopefully with a good washing with a germicidal soap between uses, It looks like I could use a good manicure don't it

Maybe not I wonder what I was picking just before that picture was taken

 

[BLNRAY]

have had a CDL since they came into existence,before that it was called a chauffeur licence,got mine in 75,maintain the CDL for work somtimes have to road test a 40 ft bus.i also maintain the endorsments,doubles,passenger,every thing but hazmat,just incase the call of the road overrides my good judgement AGAIN.

 

[mwilson]

Sorry ATA I cant find the painted toenails for your enjoyment right now, I take many many pictures and have many files of things that it could be in, I will however keep my eyes open for it, Just in-case Eyes are those things on each side of your nose, and below your eyebrows and next to your ears that some people like me hang glasses on!!! Yep Yep its no BS, I have glasses.

I remember that picture, I'll hunt for it while I'm in transit tomorrow. Have to fly to Orlando for a Freightliner event (dog and pony show).

Mike.

 

[jhenderson]

Here in RI it's a pain in the butt. Must present med card in person. Every time. Medical good for 2 years. CDL good for 5. 3 trips to DMV in 5 years. People in office haven't got a clue what it costs to abide by their rules. And what's more, they don't care. No wonder have a bad attitude.

 

[Killgore]

I used the open road for therapy for almost forty years. It was the only time that I ever felt relaxed, free and excited; it was a time to think. When I worked for the Dept. of Defense, I still drove part time rolling building materials between stores for Home Depot. My last stint after I retired was hauling broken homes and broken dreams to a burn pit after a tornado went through Harrisburg, IL.
- Ed

 

[SnoKing]

I always felt more relaxed after dumping my load of gas at a station! BUT! In reality I had just gone from a large Roman Candle to a bomb! My father hauled gas most of this life and lived through a head on accident. He was almost stopped and on the shoulder when drunks going the other direction at around 100 MPH went under his little 3000 gal semi and out the back corner. They rebuilt the 56 Diamond T and he drove it for many more years. I was 13 or 14 and almost was in the cab with him that day. He would never let me ride with him after that. He sold his part of the business in 76 and I went to work for the other partner for 3 years. Chris

 

[Killgore]

I hauled bulk ammonium nitrate out of Yazoo City, MS for years and never gave it a second thought. My only concern was that it was a quick haul and paid well.

 

[Wayne M.]

I got this video about a week ago. I was sitting on it, deciding on weather to put it here, but since we're in auto rotation (sorry Ed) and on the topic of HAZMAT, here it is. Sheds new respect on compressed cylinders. I don't know the material- I'm guessing acetylene due to the rich black combustion.

 

[Killgore]

Ouch! That gives new meaning to hauling a hot load. Wayne, I can't figure out how to put the website on here, but google the Texas City Disaster of 1947. If I recall the propeller off the ship was found over a mile away.

 

[SnoKing]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH7t4X9hgBc

 

[Killgore]

Thanks, Chris. A terrible tragedy!

 

[Wayne M.]

That's not just a disaster... A Great disaster, like the tagline said.. At the bottom of the related videos there, there was another version of my video with the description of LNG propane.

 

[RVTRKN]

Hey Big, thanks for the explicit picture, I WAS enjoying my breakfast. :-laf:-laf:-laf:-laf:-laf:-laf:-laf

 

[BIGNASTY]

I remember that picture, I'll hunt for it while I'm in transit tomorrow. Have to fly to Orlando for a Freightliner event (dog and pony show).

Mike.

Please do Mike, Im sure it was Chile Pepper Red, Wife and Daughter got together when Daughter came home on leave from the Air Force, and caught me sleeping in the easy chair and painted my Real toe nails and put some on my fake foot, also got one hand done before I asked them if they were having a good time. Scared the Crap out of them :-laf

How long is the Dog and Pony show, its not one of those, Buy This truck and be the envy of the Highway shows is it? Cant remember where it was ( I think St. Louis) we stopped one time for a giant trucking show, had trucks, trailers anything BIG TRUCK. Kind of cool to see all the new ones and tons of gadgets

 

[mwilson]

No, this is a dealer meeting. Parts and service have seminars, we get to discuss what is not working vs. what does work. The service guys will get updated on new warranty procedures, etc.
The best part for me is meeting vendor reps, all of the big players are there such as Cummins, Eaton, Meritor, Horton, Hendrickson, etc.. We talk, exchange cards, maybe even tip a couple at the bar. The result is I have shortcuts to people that can help me. Sometimes it works the other way, the reps will contact us for our input in the real world.

It really is worthwhile, plus I think that they are taking us all to Universal Studios Monday night.

It lasts for four days.

Mike.