I forgot to put my fuel cap on after fueling........

Woopsie. I bet someone has done that once and again.

Never done the fuel tank cap but accidently left my side door open for a hundred or so miles. Luckily nothing fell out and the wind pinned my side door to the cab.

KH

 

I lost a cap early on in my o/o career. Aluminum foil and baling wire twisted around the spout worked until I got to a Freightliner dealer.

 

Bin there, done it twice so far; first time the cap disappeared! Was worried about my job; still got it! & by the way, one time, I bent a windshield wiper ...won't say how that happened, but, there is a reason why I wear a Fool's cap! ...humbly Hamish.

 

Another reason to keep your CB on. Had a fellow pass me a few months back, and his passenger side fuel cap was hanging by the chain. Grabbed a handful of channel 19 and luckily right before we hit a rest area. Feller thanked me and pulled off. I highly doubt it would hurt anything but your pride.

 

I think almost every driver has done that one. I am guilty. Along with leaving a side compartment door unlatched and few others I don't even want to remember. Point is to learn from your mistakes even if takes a couple of times.Sometimes it seems like working the truck is harder than driving it. Have a system and don't get preoccupied. I catch myself drifting off into other subjects, only to realize that I'm not focused on the task at hand. That's when it goes South on me. Nothing pisses me off more than making a mistake. You call yourself a professional! Your an IDIOT! Trucker rule #9-It you can make a recovery without an incident it never happened.

 

1. I left the passenger cap off for 10 miles from a fuel stop to my next pick up. Drop the trailer, go to hook the outbound and see the cap off the tank when I walk around to that side of the truck to check lights and tires.

2. Left a drop, in a hurry.....forgot to close my roll up door. Crossed the scale at Hudson on the MN side and they never batted an eyelash. A 4wheeler flagged my down and let me know. Got it closed right quick, after that.

3. I'm at this fuel stop. Get a call from my brother, while I'm fueling the only tank on this particular truck (which is on the off side) I have the main pump on to activate the slave, with the main side nozel wedged between the body and the top of the pump. I end the call, hang up the slave side. Walk inside to pay and the cashier reminds me that I didn't hang up the main pump.




What this all boils down to, is that we are all human, and we all make mistakes.

 

Once I forgot to roll up the landing gear... Drove don't know how many miles on hwy till a four wheeler driving side by side with me, rolled down his window, pointed to it and kept making gestures... I immediately found a place to park and saw the foot of the landing gear almost all the way down to the ground... Oooops!!! Thankfully there was no damage at all... But from that time on, I always check and double check after a drop & hook...

 

LOL! Yep, I bet this goes to 8 pages at least.

 

I've done that too, once had a tank strap break, and a 4 wheeler pointed it out to me, tank was inches off the ground. But the all time winner, I knew a guy that drove a cabover( remember those?) and forgot to latch the cab, hit the brakes and the cab came up about 1.5 feet and came back down!

 

I've done this to my DEF cap and fuel cap. It happens. The hook on caps work so much better!!!