Ghost drivers

While dispatch can't track them.

You can bet your last dollar, they're being tracked.

The only thing I can add to it. An incident several years back, where local yahoos in Arkansas decided they wanted to take a look inside a sealed trailer. I'm sure probable cause weighed heavily in this.

But they were heavily outgunned before the doors were pinned back.

Just another trucker tale...for those that are interested.

 

####, I could never do that with my flatbed. It would mean me shooting everyone that just looks at the trailer.

 

The operations are under the Department of Energy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Secure_Transportation

 

Well their secrete is safe cause I don't know jack. Nothing to add. #### they're good

 

I've loaded them more times than I'd like to think. They are federal agents and for many years they would not hire truck drivers. They do their own training on a simulator which is way too cool. I really can't go into too much detail but the movements are not as much as before. They run with three drivers in the cab and they work in 8 hour shifts. They are tracked and they would have to let us know 1 hour before they get to our site. They can only open the trailer doors in an emergency and under normal operating conditions someone else opens the doors for them. The same people that track them.

We were not allowed to go past the back of the trailer until they were on 60 minutes and then they would lets us look into the cab. Of course we would hear all the road stories when they came in and the best one they told us when they were approached by a state cop to pull over and they made a call from their cab and he was notified to back off.

I've been out of the program for many years now but when I was there they only had 1 rollover from bad conditions and the load stayed put. It hung from the ceiling! We had our job to do as weapon techs and I really got uneasy when I was in the trailer. They are only 5 foot wide on the inside. I will say this nobody is ever going to hop in this truck and drive it away.

When they were real busy they would work 6 months out of the year and they showed us their pay stub and they made some coin. But I heard from so guys I used to work with that they just don't have that much work anymore. They are not required to stop at any scales but they do so they don't raise suspicion. BTW the proper name for the trucks are SST's (safe secure truck or trailer)and they have railcars which are SSR's (safe secure railcar).If you do decide to go to them for work you are the type they look at so good luck. There training besides the truck is just like the FBI and you have to be in top shape.

 

The "ghost fleet" are tsmt trucks.

 

I have a family member that drives those. I am not aloud to go into any details, but it is interesting, Lets just say that they have more of an escort than one would believe, They are NOT alone out there.

You Got it Gashauler, and yes, the pay is GREAT, but home time sucks

My opinion, a bit to much Info there.