Disaster day yesterday

Murphy's law

Back last fall I was picking up a SUV (don't remember the model) at a different wrecker yard, it was raining hard, so hard I couldn't see out my mirrors, the yard was tight. It took what seemed forever to get the trailer square with. Usually I'm good on the first shot and always look like a pro no matter the angle or obstacles, this day I'm sure the guys at the yard thought I was an idiot. I dropped chains and boomers in the water, I know I had problems loading it but I don't remember the details. When I finally got home I went to loosen the winch and I saw bare wires, yep probably lost the controller in the wrecker yard. I've had others that sucked but this one was in front of professionals. Needless to say i never had another call from them

is it just me, or is this starting to sound kinda funny ? (haha ; )

or maybe as my grandpappy used to say, "you might as well laugh, cause it sure isn't gonna do ya any good to cry"

I use to do quite a bit of commercial snow plowing with a one ton and sander on the flatbed. I'm usually real careful putting out stakes to mark driveways, yards etc. I get a new business - a library built out in the country. No need to stake cause there are wood posts around the parking lot (but no rails). I'm pushing snow to the edge when I feel a "thump". (This can't be good). I hadn't paid attention to the posts and just drove the front end off a 15 foot sheer drop. Fortunately, it's 7:00AM and the wrecker driver is up. He comes out and says "No problem, I'll just winch you out". The front axle is resting on the edge and the plow is buried in snow. He starts winching but only pulls HIS flatbed backyards. Check my transmission position, etc. All ok. He puts the truck legs out for stability. It still pulls his truck backwards. I dig out the plow A-frame and put the truck in reverse and with me backing and him driving forward, it finally comes out. Not a "professional moment" for either of us.

A few days before, I'd gotten a call to sand an icy driveway. This driveway was steep and pure ice. No problem - I start down, sanding as I go. All of a sudden, the truck loses all traction and I'm just sliding. Manage to steer it to the grassy edge for traction and follow the edge to the bottom. I was just hoping the home-owner wasn't watching my less-than-professional job performance.

Originally Posted by gamedayron

Lol mick those are good ones , I saw a guy plowing with a sander on the pickup bed but he was using a 4 cyl ranger when I'm on the way back home I see him broken down with his rear end snapped in half

I can only laugh and shake my head when I see a 2-yard sander on a half-ton. Even more amazing is an eight foot sander in a six foot pickup bed. Then these intellectual giants wonder why it's hard to steer as it gets emptier and emptier.