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Parking-Signature867@reddit

I personally dont like going underground after working a coal mine. Above ground stick me in an engine bay just big enough to fit in im good. Put me underground im claustrophobic.

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Referring to cave loads, which are frequently pretty tight spaces and extremely close quarters. Not a rookie job, but also not the hardest thing in the world. Personally, I love taking cave loads every so often

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Hard-Coconut-@reddit

cheese caves?

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Easyfruit123@reddit (OP)

SubTropolis in KC

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Own-Load-7041@reddit

I can understand that. There are tons of idiots who nearly stop before going through a tunnel on an interstate.

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saywhat181@reddit

Man, driving a box truck through there was nuts. I couldn't imagine driving a full length rig through there.

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Easyfruit123@reddit (OP)

Superrrrr wide turns and have to watch the wall when backing it’s not fun

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Rag3QuitnRob3rtGame@reddit

Depends on which one, tbh. Some have a bunch of room, just follow the one way signs, others are tight af

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vbceejayy@reddit

Right my first time was in a box truck before my CDL and i was amazed to say the least!

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TankAndFalco@reddit

Wants you to bang his wife… Gotta be able to enter that cave.

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Always_Shifting_4459@reddit

And successfully get back out of that same cave too 🤣

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LanceWasHere@reddit

Is there a legitimate reason this would be a requirement? Are there people who cannot enter/exit caves?

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p38fln@reddit

Some drivers are VERY claustrophobic and will not go in the caves no matter how big they arw

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CygnsX-1@reddit

Some drivers are skeptical about driving their rig into a cave. I did it once and was amazed how large it was down there.

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MrPotato4217@reddit

I come from a long line of cave dwellers. This would be no problem.

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mxadema@reddit

The cheese cave ?

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truckeredditor@reddit

No. Subtropolis, and all the others, house all different types of warehouses. Not just the famous cheese caves.

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mcmain4@reddit

And Carthage, Mo caves!

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Koreatown94@reddit

lol

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unftp-0@reddit

Some people are allergic to caves! Jk

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J-Kensington@reddit

I've known a few drivers who are vets from the war in Afghanistan, and they get severe PTSD from caves.

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LLCoolDave82@reddit

There is a large infrastructure of underground caves around Kansas City. It basically stays around 75 degrees year round so it's great for storage.

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Easyfruit123@reddit (OP)

Yeah I live in kc been there more times than I wanted to

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Rezolution134@reddit

Not a trucker, but I’ve been in those caves before and they are actually pretty neat. Not many people would expect a huge underground cave network near KC.

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Easyfruit123@reddit (OP)

Didn’t know about it until I became a trucker lol

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DukeBradford2@reddit

Same. Do you have to drive on the opposite side still?

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Exact-Leadership-521@reddit

Any video I seen looks like really wide 1 ways

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Easyfruit123@reddit (OP)

Haven’t been in almost a year so I’m not sure tbh

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Megalodon7770@reddit

What a bunch of dirtbags🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Roughrdr@reddit

We have a driver with us that is claustrophobic as hell, and nearly had a breakdown in one of those Missouri caves. From what he told me, between the dimmer light and lower ceilings and narrow lanes, he felt like the whole place was closing in on him. Said it wasn't bad once he got to a dock and inside the office, but stayed there until he had to leave. Doesn't go underground anymore.

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llkey2@reddit

It’s a thing.

Long story short.

Scuba instructor. Shop owner asked me to dime master for ice diving class for local fire and PD joint dive team.

Guy came up from Sacramento to go ice skating on Donner lake. Which was but he was on 3 foot stilts.
He felll and kept falling. Out of area dive team had to come recover the body.

I am basically there on a 10 foot tether off the main line to respond in case of a panicked or disoriented diver and get them back to hole in the ice.

Only had one guy panic. Not bad. Grabbed him. Looked him the eyes. Gave the turn around signal and back to the hole. He was ok after that.

I think it was a combination of being out of his comfort zone. Managing line communication. Could not afford full face mask and comm gear.
So essentially pulls on the line to communicate

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Wizard_with_a_Pipe@reddit

I have been in several cave systems since I got into trucking.

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SnooChipmunks6620@reddit

So.. you have to be Batman!

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Royal-Application708@reddit

This sounds like some kind of government bunker shit

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brandmonkey@reddit

I've been to the caves in KC,Springfield MO and I Illinois. All with a trainer who did the docking. I'm looking forward to going back and docking myself.

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AndromedanPrince@reddit

wanna dock together bro?

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brandmonkey@reddit

Damn bro, at least buy me dinner first and call me pretty

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GeneralBS@reddit

Been a while since i had a good chuckle at a comment chain like this.

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unloader86@reddit

😂

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Key-Specific-4368@reddit

Batman?

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CompetitionStock4598@reddit

Those caves are cool! Hard to believe how big theyg are..

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bigskycaniac@reddit

The caves part made me lmao

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HipKat2000@reddit

Kansas City Limestone caves provide natural cold storage. I went in there many times

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unloader86@reddit

Assuming they are talking about the caves in Missouri, those are a cake walk. Plenty of room to maneuver.

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LeadGlad4961@reddit

Sorry for .60 a mile I can’t do that.

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delawder29@reddit

Unga Bunga has entered the chat 🦧

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ConsciousAwareness69@reddit

Is this job posting by the reptilians ?

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planetbuster@reddit

well, 60 cpm aint bad but that underground storage facility theyre clearly talking about seems like a high point. sometimes you have a tight turn or a bothersome parking area to deal with.. wouldnt you rather that be in that cool cave complex instead of the usual?

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cromagnone@reddit

I guess I’m wondering who *wouldn’t * be able to go into a cave?

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Easyfruit123@reddit (OP)

I’m assuming new drivers who gonna damage that truck and trailer 😂

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Jimmychanga2424@reddit

Spelunking trucker

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Idiotwithaphone79@reddit

That's $1,746 or so per week. Gross.

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possibly_lost45@reddit

I understand why they put that. I refuse to go into the caves. I'd rather d3adhead 1000 miles.

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Easyfruit123@reddit (OP)

😂

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NFLTG_71@reddit

I went in there one time and they tried to put me in a dock they had a post in front of it after about 20 minutes. I went inside and asked for another door. All the other doors were open. There were like 10 doors around me that did not have a truck in them or a trailer and these fuckers wanted me to go to the dock door. They had a goddamn pylon in front of it. After arguing for 30 minutes, they finally relented. I told them either put me in another doctor or I’ll just take this fucking thing and go.

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Easyfruit123@reddit (OP)

Yeah it’s fucking hell . I had to drop my trailer and go park at a empty dock so this guy can squeeze next to me, his tandems were all the to the rear I just hope he slid them before he left 💀

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iTNB@reddit

Is this for that cave place near independence?

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Easyfruit123@reddit (OP)

SubTropolis

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Kappanapa@reddit

Gotta watch out for Team Rocket in Mt Moon.

Rock Tunnel is no easy feat either

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.... Maybe me exit cave

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