I read this many years ago and recently ran accross it again. I thought some of the younger drivers out there might enjoy this.
Sometimes when meeting new people, the conversation turns to, "And what do you do for a living?" Up until about a year ago, I would always reply my standard, "Oh, I deliver new cars from the factory to the dealer," and leave it at that. I would try to be careful not to use the words "Truck driver" in my description. Past practice had shown me to do so would have me sitting there listening to hundreds of not very funny, fat, half-educated, big belt buckled, JB jokes.
Then one day after being introduced to a self-proclaimed, very important, button pusher, I answered the question like this, Using 25 levers to move 50 cylinders to build 11 decks, I take up to $400,000.00 worth of new cars,(which would be over 200 feet long, lined up end to end), and place them in a 75 foot long, 13 1/2 foot high box with four inches clearance, top and bottom, side to side, that will ride like that for 500 miles damage free. I do this rain or shine, day or night, hot or cold. I'm the biggest, slowest thing on the road. Whatever the obstacle, be it low bridges or tree limbs, traffic jams, breakdowns or road conditions, I'm up to the challenge, arriving on time, safe and sound at my destination. I often face next to impossible unloading, that includes working out in busy streets, where motorists give me the same respect that they give to a snake trying to cross there. As numbers go, there are not many like me; as people go; there are not many that can do what I do
"I'M A CAR HAULER!"
I'M A CAR HAULER
BY Jeff Hammons
BY Jeff Hammons
Sometimes when meeting new people, the conversation turns to, "And what do you do for a living?" Up until about a year ago, I would always reply my standard, "Oh, I deliver new cars from the factory to the dealer," and leave it at that. I would try to be careful not to use the words "Truck driver" in my description. Past practice had shown me to do so would have me sitting there listening to hundreds of not very funny, fat, half-educated, big belt buckled, JB jokes.
Then one day after being introduced to a self-proclaimed, very important, button pusher, I answered the question like this, Using 25 levers to move 50 cylinders to build 11 decks, I take up to $400,000.00 worth of new cars,(which would be over 200 feet long, lined up end to end), and place them in a 75 foot long, 13 1/2 foot high box with four inches clearance, top and bottom, side to side, that will ride like that for 500 miles damage free. I do this rain or shine, day or night, hot or cold. I'm the biggest, slowest thing on the road. Whatever the obstacle, be it low bridges or tree limbs, traffic jams, breakdowns or road conditions, I'm up to the challenge, arriving on time, safe and sound at my destination. I often face next to impossible unloading, that includes working out in busy streets, where motorists give me the same respect that they give to a snake trying to cross there. As numbers go, there are not many like me; as people go; there are not many that can do what I do
"I'M A CAR HAULER!"
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