Loose objects + Braking = Crumbnut dent
So my friends...there are first for everything...
First breath,
First step,
First word,
First truck,
First dent on said truck...
DANG IT!!!
Oh well, what can ya do...so here's the story...quite not interesting...
So I was at work and it was around 2:00, which is the time that neither the Men's shelter in town, nor the drop-in center are open. Since it is like 40 degrees here (literally...it was 41 earlier) I decided to take a cooler...fill it with water bottles, put it on my truck (as the work van was being used for something else)...Since I bought bungee chords yesterday I thought about tying it down...but then I knew I wasn't going very far so I decided against it. I put the cooler near the back of the truck, as it was heavy, and thought it was heavy enough that it wouldn't slide easily...boy was I wrong. A little breaky break later and BOOM!!! sliding cooler...all the while I'm thinking 'man I hope it didn't leave a dent'. So I got out when I got to my location...took a look and then broke down crying and screaming...okay...no crying...but I was a little miffed...
So I went around and handed out my water...and then when I put the cooler back on the truck I tied it down with bungee chords...lesson learnt
Until next time...drive safe,
Jer
posted by Jerthom at 9:19 PM
14 Comments:
I saw a great truck ad a while back that said these things aren't dents, they're scars. I think it's a great way to think of things with a truck. A scar in the line of duty.
Thinking about it this way allows you to use a truck the way a truck is meant to be used. Not some prissy little car thing that needs to be protected from every little dent and scrape and kept off of gravel roads and not used for haulin' stuff.
But the first cut is the deepest. Wait, isn't that a song? The first scar is the worst scar but there will be others. Guaranteed!
And, if you at least get a rubber mat liner for the floor of the bed, that will help keep things from sliding around so you don't have to bungee everything.
Have a great day!
My friend Greg taught me a valuable lesson about transporting materials. Always push them to the front of the box. He used to deliver paint and one of his first trips he had all these 5 gallon buckets at the back of the truck. Someone cut him off on the freeway, he slammed on the brakes, and Kaboom! Paint everywhere.
Using the word crumbnut made your post at least five times cooler. I am sorry about your loss though. But it could have been worse, I suppose. You could have had, say, paint or something spill all over the back of the truck.
Dan makes a great suggestion. Push the stuff right up to the front of the truck box. When we load the trailers at the mill we are actually more concerned with rolls sliding forward, toward the front of the truck than backward. The g forces are much greater under braking than under acceleration, especially in a Ford....(you know, low g force acceleration...now if you have a Chevy you have to worry about that also.)
Oh yeah. I forgot something. When are you going to change the links on your sidebar. The edit me, edit me thing just shows a complete lack of nerdness, I mean, cool.
If you need a lesson, just ask. It's pretty simple but you have to edit your template and need a fractional knowledge of HTML.
Plus, here's a tip for you and your friends, (I read some of Nater's blog and he complained about Blogger not letting him post pictures. That happens on occasion.) Blogger has a status blog that is worth checking from time to time, especially is things don't seem to be working. The address is: http://status.blogger.com/
Check it out and pass it on.
Your dad is right. The first cut is the deepest, but now that it is out of the way the next one won't be a big deal. It was going to happen sooner or later, there is no preventing it. So when are you coming back to town? Looking forward to the next opportunity to hang out with my boys. Catch ya later!
psst... jer... dont look now, but i think your dad is a blogger.com nerd.
Jerami,
We've established that a long time ago.
Jer
I just noticed, so before Kathleen does, you may want to change her link calling her Kathy. She hates that. She'll snap, she'll lose it! She'll give you a left, then a right, then a clean uppercut with a Costa Rican Tuna. Ever since she's been the champ.
you tell me to update my blog and you haven't updated yours for a week and a half!??!!?!?
Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
Uh, excuse me, but did someone call me a nerd?
Knowledgeable, yes? Brilliant, maybe! But I don't own any pocket protectors and my glasses have no tape holding them together.
And by the way, glad to see you added some links. Without my help even.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Which reminds me of a poem:
TREES by Joyce Kilmer
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Dad...you're awesome..
I think genius runs in the family
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