J.C.,
I hear you there. I went to pick up a can of soda and it looked like I had a Popeye forearm. Burned like the dickens too.
Doc wants to try and avoid surgery. Those tugs have a twist throttle and you have to use one hand to pull the hitch pin. The tug wheels are solid and get flat spotted from sliding on the concrete floors. You really have to hang on tight when you are towing 15,000 lbs of freight with 3,200 lbs of tug.
Here is a picture of my "office":
http://northamerica.yale.com/yna_produc ... trucks.asp