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OT Driving stck shift
On 6/29/2014 11:33 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 6/29/2014 12:33 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 6/29/2014 10:23 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 6/28/2014 10:11 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2014-06-28 20:11, wrote:
>>>>> On Saturday, June 28, 2014 4:26:09 PM UTC-7, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I used to drive trucks. In fact, my main trucks for a number of years
>>>>>> were dual stick 5x4 transmissions. When bobtailing I could start in
>>>>>> 3rd
>>>>>> gear high range.
>>>>>
>>>>> Were they cabovers? Those really bob without a trailer, as I recall.
>>>>
>>>> Some of the electrical crew trucks were cabovers. The tractor trucks I
>>>> drover were conventional cabs. They are pretty rough riding when bob
>>>> tailing.
>>>
>>> LOL I wonder how many other people here know what bob tailing means. 
>>> I do, because we had to add a special sub-category to the liability
>>> software for one of the clients.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I do because I drove truck. Still have my class A CDL with endorsements
>> for doubles, triples and tankers. :-)
>>
> I knew you'd know, Janet. For some reason it's hard for me to
> picture you as a trucker.
>
> Jill
It was a brief career.
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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
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