88Nightmare
02-20-2007, 07:51 AM
for those who care, im alive and kickin. for those who don't care, go to hell. I got a temporary job as a pilot car for a semi carrying an oversized load. we started out in south milwaukee, wi around 7am saturday and our final destination is houston, tx. I was finally able to get wireless internet here on my laptop. we are currently in mt. vernon, il. on our way into kentucky, then through tennessee, mississippi, louisianna, and into texas. for those who don't know, a pilot car is like a "spotter" and "blocker" for oversized loaded rigs. I help block traffic when he needs to make turns, run up ahead and block traffic on narrow bridges for him to pass...etc. it pays $1.25 a mile, and so far the driver, who is a really cool guy has paid for all the hotel rooms and meals so far. hes an older guy, bout 70 years old, but he drives like the wind and has a nutsack the size of a bowling ball when it comes to this load. its 14.5ft wide. it is even on the driver side of the trailer, but hangs off 5.5ft on the passenger side of the trailer. the whole truck is about 120ft long. including the tractor, there is 10 axels. total weight from front to back is about 198,000lbs. yup, thats right, 198k pounds. I got plenty of pictures, but they arent digital, its a kodak disposable:rolleyes: after I get paid from this deal, ill go buy me a nice digi cam again, hopefully I wont leave it on the roof of the truck...
anyway, we only got as far as we did because in illinois, on saturday, if you have an over dimensional road, you can only drive till noon, and no travel on sunday. otherwise you have to drive sunrise to sunset. plus we were having massive tire problems on the trailer so we had to stop at multiple truck stops for that. otherwise we hope to get through tennesee today now that all the troublesome tires have been fixed. it'll be fun. when i get back home i will post up pictures. but now you boys can sleep at night, your local post whore is alive!! and yes I have outwhored joe reichard. he even pm'd me the other day asking how I did it, and commended me on such a great job I am doing.
anyway, we only got as far as we did because in illinois, on saturday, if you have an over dimensional road, you can only drive till noon, and no travel on sunday. otherwise you have to drive sunrise to sunset. plus we were having massive tire problems on the trailer so we had to stop at multiple truck stops for that. otherwise we hope to get through tennesee today now that all the troublesome tires have been fixed. it'll be fun. when i get back home i will post up pictures. but now you boys can sleep at night, your local post whore is alive!! and yes I have outwhored joe reichard. he even pm'd me the other day asking how I did it, and commended me on such a great job I am doing.