"That kid that don't know nothin"

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{"text":"I started running pneumatic bulks monday for the first time, after running alongside them in a hopper delivering frac sand. Figuring there wasn't much too it, i was given the chance to jump on it and did - and ended up jumping face first down a rabbit hole from hell.\n\nActually, it's not that bad. Only some paranoria and anxiety attacks. You see, i was told someone would be at the unloader to train me. By someone they meant 'ask one of the guys down there to show you'.\n\nImagine their faces when I tell them its my first day on a pneumatic and I have no trainer in sight. It was nuts, lol. So they all came out to help me and thankfully some other drivers were plenty happy to show me how to do things. They get me started and show me what all the levers do then they just... leave. Quite the stress to throw on a newbie i'd say. \n\nTook me 3 hrs to unload 23 tons of flyash. Im my defence the plant restricts psi to 11. But they also wanted to ban me for taking too long. And gave me the nickname \"turtle\".\n\nAnyway, that was monday. As I type, on wesnesday i've delivered 4 loads and i've immediately reduced my time down to 45 mins - 1 1/2 hrs. How? I have no freaking clue. The entire time i'm unloading, i just do the starting motions, then get the product going and pray it doesn't plug up. So far I haven't plugged anything yet, and I hope I don't because i've got no clue what to do when that happens.\n\nI'll be updating this thing regularly. Stick around, it's gonna get wild. ","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"Hi turtle🤪","replyToPid":0}