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OT Driving stck shift
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 14:13:11 -0500, Janet Wilder >
wrote:
>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.
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>It was a brief career.
Any pics of you in a truck Janet? I'd never have guessed you drove
trucks
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