Cool, nice story. Alex the dog.
Thanks. I worked the night shift there with several other guys, half were on Huber Law work release and couldn’t drive a vehicle. We staged grocery orders and started putting the orders on delivery trucks and semi trailers around 4am. Well when all the trucks and trailer were full we slowed until a driver came in to spot another truck or trailer. One morning I offered to swap out a trailer in dock 3 of 5 and my Supervisor was not buying it. I bet him a box of frozen Snicker bars that I could do it. Little did he know I grew up working on a farm
He had to show me how to start the Mack yard dog and get it hooked up because I didn’t know how to do that. I pulled the refer trailer loaded no problem and he was looking a bit nervous watching me. Got an empty refer hooked up and once I had it straight it was a piece of cake to back in watching the dock lights on either side. I was kinda nervous myself! After that the Plant Manager found out my background, had me sign off on driving and I ended up spotting trailers half my shifts plus a little pay bump.
Dave