Idiots renting U-Hauls

1968rt said:

What's scary is these people are breeding!!!!

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& vote

440RUSH said:

It seems like the renters should have some type of CDL to rent the bigger trucks.

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No. The 27-footer is rated at 26K#. No CDL required. Hell, look at the blue-hairs driving 55K# motor coaches! No commercial license, bit they do require Class C or D non-commercial licenses in about half the state's.

if you rent any truck; be it U-Haul, Penske, Ryder, etc GET THE INSURANCE! Depending on your carrier, you might not be covered in a rental truck.

moparedtn said:

Dude drove like he was scared of being arrested....or seriously high on something?
(Yes, as a 40 year fire sprinkler guy, visions of $$$ danced in my head whilst watching this. )

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As a Fire Guy, would you say that the sprinkler system had not been tested or flushed in a while?

Lots of rusty water came out when the pipe was first hit.....or is that considered acceptable build-up?

kiwigtx said:

As a Fire Guy, would you say that the sprinkler system had not been tested or flushed in a while?

Lots of rusty water came out when the pipe was first hit.....or is that considered acceptable build-up?

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I’m a facility maintenance guy. When Simplex is here and we do the annual checks, water always looks dirty to me.

Dave6T4 said:

A few years ago, my son and family were moving, and he went to U- Haul to rent a truck. They said they had a big truck, but it had a manual transmission. They asked him if he could drive a manual, and he replied he could. They rented him an International with tandem axles and a 9-speed Roadranger transmission. To the uninformed, this is an synchronized compound tranny commonly found in big highway rigs. He barely got it out of town, with a lot of gear crashing. Once he got it up into 5th gear, he was at a loss what to do next. In desperation, he called me to see if I had ever experienced this kind of setup. Luckily, the VFD I was with had the same transmission in its water tanker, which I had learned to drive. I have him a quick lesson over the phone, and he managed to get to my place with it, where I could take him for a drive and show him some of the tricks of shifting it. I think the rental agency did him a big injustice in sending him out in a truck like this ; it was very unsafe. Likely no-one at the rental company could drive it either. Truck should have had an automatic in it for rental use.

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One of many reasons truck rentals are ALL automatic gas trucks. Considering over 80% of current drivers have no experience with manuals, rentals have become almost stupid-proof.

kiwigtx said:

As a Fire Guy, would you say that the sprinkler system had not been tested or flushed in a while?

Lots of rusty water came out when the pipe was first hit.....or is that considered acceptable build-up?

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I was thinkin that was all the crap that accumulated on the top getting rinsed off?

Now I understand why the call it **** For Brains

Do you want insurance?

kiwigtx said:

As a Fire Guy, would you say that the sprinkler system had not been tested or flushed in a while?

Lots of rusty water came out when the pipe was first hit.....or is that considered acceptable build-up?

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To be expected, really - dry pipe systems are perfect "petrie dishes" for generating rust.
You have concentrated amounts of oxygen (compressed air, about 40 psi), lots of condensation and tasty black steel
pipe - the perfect storm for corrosion from within, so when the water comes, it flushes out all the wonderful rust.

Duckmanreno said:

I’m a facility maintenance guy. When Simplex is here and we do the annual checks, water always looks dirty to me.

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Even on the "wet" systems, the water sits stagnant for long periods of time (unless there's a rupture or fire, of
course) until the next inspection - which don't do much to flush the whole system anyways.
Corrosion/rust in water is black - that plus the hydrocarbons of manufacturing, the stagnant bacteria of stale
water and even sometimes a phenomena unique to sprinkler systems - MIC (microbiologically induced corrosion),
which looks like a gray shiny slime inside the pipe.
So yeah - sprinkler water is typically some seriously vile stuff and it'll get ya sick if you ingest it.

I've actually witnessed a factory evacuate when sprinklers were being inspected - an unknowing safety wench
got a whiff of the smell of sprinkler water, thought there had been a chemical spill and ordered full evac.
It was hilarious....well, at least to me.

Actually, large RV's only require a class B CDL if they have an air brake system.

The industry is designed around keeping units under 26k# GVWR, to keep a CDL out of the picture for Uncle Bill and Aunt Sally. I sold them for a decade. I understand...it's scary as hell, some of the geriatrics behind the wheel of these monsters!

So, years ago, I'm on my motorcycle on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Gorgeous road, great for motorcycle riding. Came on a dead stop in traffic. Like, people standing next to their cars dead-stop. Come to find out, there's an overpass ahead. If you've never been, the BRP has old-school arched stone overpasses, which have (as arches do) lower clearances on the sides than they do in the center.

And, signs to that effect are all over the place.

I start walking up towards the reason for the backup, and I'm wearing full riding gear - full-face modular helmet, armored jacket and pants, riding boots, gloves, you cannot miss that I'm on a motorcycle. Get to the blockage, and some putz has gotten his fifth wheel jammed under a bridge because, while it fit in the middle...the corners caught on the arch and got stuck. I looked it over...and told the jackass who was driving to give me five minutes and I'll get his camper un-stuck.

"But, you're on a motorcycle...this needs a big wrecker to pull it through, how the hell are YOU going to get it out?"

I walked back to my bike, where I had a tire kit under the seat. Grabbed my valve stem core remover, and pulled all four of his camper's valve stem cores. As all the tires bled down, I handed him the cores, told him to shut up, get in the driver seat, and get his **** out of everyone's way.

"butbut...there's no air in my tires, what am I supposed to do NOW??"

Not my problem, dude. Get in the truck and move it, or I'll do it for you. Buy a compressor, and learn to read road signs.

He must have figured something out, because when I rode through on my way home later that day....he and his camper were nowhere to be seen. Maybe the "big wrecker" he called had an air compressor on board...

I did the same thing at the motel parking garage on a trip where a put my ten-speed bicycle on the roof rack of the Jeep Cherokee I was driving (but no damage/leaks to the pipes).

Triplegreen500 said:

Actually, large RV's only require a class B CDL if they have an air brake system.

The industry is designed around keeping units under 26k# GVWR, to keep a CDL out of the picture for Uncle Bill and Aunt Sally...

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There are over 20 states now that require a non-CDL Class A or B for RVs that exceed 26K#. With or w/o air brakes.

If you're OVER 26k, yes.

In the RV world, that is rare.

Triplegreen500 said:

If you're OVER 26k, yes.

In the RV world, that is rare.

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Rare??? And you say you've sold them?