Truckerfag Thread

>>16252673
Why do I get in more trouble with the law in Illinois if I have a CDL than not?

My dad got pulled over for 10 over the limit, had to spent like $340 on a lawyer to drop the charger, or he would have gotten his license suspended.
Something they not telling me, or is this how it is?

>>16252685
No, if you aren't driving a commercial vehicle then you will still get the same tickets as you would without a CDL. But it could get you shitcanned from your job and won't look good when you are applying places.

>>16252698
Sorry, forgot to add. My dad has a CDL, but has not used in 10 years. He got pulled over in a normal car for the first time in a long, long time, and got a very heavy fine because he is a CDL owner?
He dropped his CDL right after.

I dont get it.

>>16252710
Idk, maybe there is some bullshit in IL. That would suck. I know all the fines are different for commercial vehicles compared to cars, like your $100 ticket for doing 65 in a 55 in the car will be lighter than the same charge in a semi truck but you shouldn't get the fat charge even holding a CDL if you are driving a car.

>>16252685
because Illinois is a fucked state. why anyone would live in Illinois over any of the states right next to it is beyond me.

>>16252734
Well most of the states around IL are pretty shitty too. WI isn't too bad or maybe KY but Indiana is a shithole and Iowa is too. Most of the Midwest is awful.

That's why I left and have no desire to go back.

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>>16252673
Honestly, I love getting cucked. I will go out of my way to make sure it happens, at home, at work, you name it. NTR IS WHERE I SET THE BAR

>>16252747
Im in St. Louis, cheap smokes and cheap booze. Missouri is ok starting Jan 1 you wont even need a permit to CC anymore. I would be ok living someone with mountains though.

>>16252565
>"""""""""""""clean""""""""""" inspection
>company puts it in as negative
Sure buddy. Why would anyone lie on the internet?

>>16252634
>>16252666
Still hoping for answers, if anyone knows. Wish I would have tried the mystery ones before I quit, but was too tired on the last day to remember.


Short story with happy ending:
>Some fucknut crashed on the I-5N just south of Tacoma, WA
>Whole freeway was shutdown for 3 hours.
>Averaged 1km/h during that time.
>Crash cleared, scales closed because late
Fortunately customs took pity on me and pushed me through in 30 seconds.
>Opened trailer doors in parking area before border
>Pull up, shut down, hand passport over
>CBSA guy looks back at open trailer doors
>Empty?
>"Yep"
>Buy anything?
>"Nope"
>Have a good night.
>pull forward, close doors
>120km/h all the way back to the yard
>Arrive at midnight
>Started at 5:30 that morning

>>16253060
I passed that northbound about 9am. Shit looked gnarly.
>show up at safeway in auburn
>bunch of people checking in late due to snoqualmie getting shutdown last night
>guy whinging and moaning about how much time he's lost, and how he needs to get somewhere south of portland by the afternoon or his weekend is fucked
>tell him about the wreck
>show him google traffic
>he just hangs his head and starts mumbling curses for the next 10 minutes.

>>16253060

Think of it as 3 transmissions in one:
A normal 5 speed (lever)
A low-high box (front flappy toggle)
A direct-overdrive box (red thumb toggle)

The 5 speed transmission is like an old wide-ratio Borg Warner or Muncie transmission, with their extra-low first gear.

The low-high box acts as a transfer case in a 4 wheel drive pickup would, except instead of engaging a front axle, it just does reduction and direct. Now you have a transmission with 9 usable forward gears (L in high range would be somewhere between 3 and 4 in low range) plus a reverse.

Now add in the direct-overdrive box. It does what you might think it does, and adds another 2-speed box to the 9-speed transmission. 4 more usable forward gears, turning it into a 13 speed box, with reverse.

Now, take this with a grain of salt because I've never really had much to do with Roadrangers. The last big thing I drove was a clapped out IHC Westcoaster with a twin stick 5+3.

>>16252565
Surely you can contest that.

>>16252673
Any XPO/YRC drivers here?

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How2 get rid of shitty Pepsi restrictions on iPhone?

4chan isn't blocked at least

>>16253511
They give us an iPhone and tell us it's $600 if we break it or lose it. No app store, no texting (although I can receive texts and read them in the window on the lock screen), can't even do the fingerprint lock, can't download GPS to find stops. Wtf?

I would rather just have the $50 Nokia brick with the battery that lasts a month.

Oh, and they claim the iPhone will eventually replace our handheld computers. They say probably Q3 by next year which really means spring of 2019.

>>16253270
I better be able to contest it, I bet the lazy asses at my home terminal didn't even bother to read the entire report. It clearly has N/N marked for Violation/Citation.

>>16253511
If they let you take it home you can try and jailbreak it. It will remove all the Pepsi apps though, they had the same shit when I worked at Lowes.

>>16252673

>>new Eminems on deck ready to get rekt

ayyy

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Im not sure if im impressed or disgusted.

Have you transcended the piss bottle?

Everybody on board with autonomous trucking?

>>16253869
That's what I think I will do. Because the sales program and shit isn't even on there, we still use the handheld computer for everything else.

But when they eventually switch to the iPhone as our handheld, I need to come up with an excuse for them to reinstall everything. Or maybe I could save a backup of the Pepsi format on my computer before trying to wipe it to factory new stats.

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>>16254128
Impressive. My greatest accomplishment was shitting in a Pringles can.

>>16254153

Or you could not be a fucking vile leech and use your own phone to text and browse the internet.

>>16254144

No. Robots are fags.

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>>16253060

Low gear stick position with the high range selector up is basically fourth gear, but in the high range, making a shift into fifth easier depending on what you're dealing with for load, traffic etc. That same setup with the splitter forward is like 4.5th gear.

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>>16253511
>>16253604
>company phone locked down so idiots dont get in trouble with it.
so management gave you a phone that only works as a phone, and a 4chan terminal? I always used google maps in safari on my iphone.

>it's $600 if we break it or lose it.
do you have a locker at work? chuck it in there until you quit and have to give it back

pic not related

>>16254529
Someone found a good pic of winey.

>>16254529
If that's ever me I'm just going to an hero I won't be able to face anyone again

>>16254529

How can anyone even fuck up that badly?

>>16254529
Sick grind Swifty

>>16254529
Unfortunately, pepsi's a negro.
He has no concept of "other people's property".

So the cascadia did what cascadias do and took a shit on me again. Company is sending a shop guy to pick me up and headed back to the office for another truck. Don't know what yet but it'll be
Another cascadia ISX with 10spd
379 C15 13spd
Coronado D60 10spd

Fingers crossed for not a cascadia.

>>16254587
I used to collect pictures of all the illiteracy in this industry. Lost them all long ago.

>chalk you're tires
>receiving by appointment only. No acceptions.
>15 mph speed limit on yard strickly enforced
>trump 2016

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>>16254609

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jej

>>16254547
Someone save this post

>>16254653
Something something crimes against the english language

How much of a faggot do I look like for wearing a company hat during my training phase?

>>16254732
I'd there supposed to be a decimal there or does that say over 3 million?

>>16253277
Yes.

>>16254274
Safari and 4chan actually work but I would like texting since I text my bosses more than I call them.

>>16254529
I told the big boss I was gonna just leave the thing in my car and he was offended. And using the maps on Safari is an option but not as easy. It would be nice if I could download apps tho and that way I could burn through 20GB of Pepsi data streaming music and porn.

>>16252673
Daily reminder that rollerdogs are made from shitcanned truckers, dead lot lizards, and roadkill for flavour.

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>>16254929
I didn't see a single lot lizard in 13 days. Are they real?

>>16254864
Depends on if it's for your company or not.

>show up for orientation wearing a cool looking vintage c.r. England t shirt
>Instructors are amused, laugh a little, tell me it's a cool shirt and then tell me never wear it again or I'll probably get into trouble

>>16254915
>he was offended
tell him its not worth carrying if its not more useful, like with the texting and gps, and whatever else you need.

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>Find .48cpm cuck job right out of school.
>must do teams 1 year
>ehhh ok can't be too bad
>get fucked on miles
>old man says he might fall asleep at wheel
>I'm out back to hourly.

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>>16254604

379 or bust.

>>16254732

Long time running. At my last place of employment there were several older units with over three million miles.

>>16254939

Yes, and in between sessions they wash their cooches out with puddles of truck stop rain water.

>>16255080

Just think, if you were making that sweet, sweet, cpm, you could afford to replace that busted ass mirror.

>>16254584
Fuck that, if they are going to charge me $600 for it, I'm gonna at least try and fuck around with it. My name was on the box.

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>>16254587

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>>16255160

>At receiver
>Gated facility
>On way out
>One of their own drivers is ahead of me
>The automatic gate arm came down in his truck and broke itself

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Well, I'm fucking retarded. There WAS a violation on that report for the tandems being too far back for California. But at least there wasn't a citation.

>>16255306
I fucking hate that shit. One time the automatic shutter broke where I work, and we had to literally undo half the day's work.

>>16255273
Reminds me of my doc's office. He has this sign on the wall that says something like "Attitude Adjustments 9:15am-3:15pm" which are the business hours at the practice.

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>>16255319

>How do I shot web?

Surely there is a 48 state guide available to check out the different local regulations, and thus made adjustments before hand, scalawag?

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Fuck

>>16255475
What the FUCK are you doing outside your designated lanes???

>>16255410
Well I moved the tandems back a bit too far. I didn't read closely enough to see it said 40' mark at the rear axle, so it was 40' at the center of the tandems.

>>16254690
Bottom guy looks quite happy

>>16255129
Wait... Why the fuck did they even give you a phone? Don't you have your own, or do you just use two now?

I'm with the other dude. If they're going to charge you $600, either give it back or lock it up somewhere safe. The thing doesn't even work for important shit. Use your own phone.

>>16255319
>tandems being too far back for California
They actually care? I had them back lots of times - once only 3 ft from all the way back - and never had a problem. Frequently drove all the way from Bakersfield to Vancouver like that. All of those times I was above 33,000 on the trailer though. Potatoes so heavy.

>>16255537
I mean technically we should be provided phones because we work on the road and need to call customers and bosses a bunch. They used to have these shitty flip phones and charged like $150 if you lost those. I was asking for one awhile back so I didn't have to keep breaking my iPhone but 3 years later and they never got around to it.

I mean once they get the software on the iPhones to replace the handheld computers it will be straight but that is going to be at least a year so right now we have an overpriced and fragile brick phone.

Salesmen and management all have iPad Minis and they have had iPhones for awhile. But management actually gets iPhones that have an app store and shit. I guess the one good thing I can use the work phone for is calling customers because a lot of them won't answer the Chicago area code when I call their cell and other customers I give my number if they are wondering where their delivery is or some shit and that way they won't be calling my personal phone when I'm on vacation or something.

>>16255588
You probably didn't have "Swift" on the side of your truck.

>>16255653
Yeah, my company used to pay our cell phone bills, then they just got us a bunch of those Handheld devices with the scanner and internet and all that shit. Still prefer to use my own phone. Doesn't matter if I have to pay for it, that's what it's for, and it's MY phone. It works like it's supposed to, and isn't tracked.

>that way they won't be calling my personal phone when I'm on vacation or something.

This is definitely a risk. I just ignore any number that isn't in my contacts, or doesn't leave a message/text. In closing, Fuck iPhones.

>>16255685
True. Glorious unbranded white trailer. Invisible to cops like a camry or corolla.

>>16255709
Our handhelds have a phone feature and a bunch of shit but none of it is turned on

>>16255750
Probably for the better. The call quality is shit and it feels like holding a fridge to the side of your head.

>>16252673
Why the fuck is the DEF tank on the passenger side

>>16255795
It looks better that way.

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Why ate Tootsie Roll piggy banks still exactly just as cool as when I was 5?

>There are people on this earth, perhaps even on this very board, who have never experienced the joy if dropping change into their Tootsie Roll piggy bank

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>>16255922
So lot lizards DO exist

>>16255948
Well, yeah. What do you think rollerdogs are made from?

>>16255958

Sadness?

>>16255868
You probably like them because they come filled with candy, you fat fuck.

Jk, that's the reason I love them.

>>16255948
YOu've never seen them? They're more common around holidays when people get abandoned by dispatch 2000km from home for a day or two.

>>16255968
Equal parts sadness, lot lizards, and truckers that hit things.

>>16255971
I destroyed that candy I won't lie for a minute

>>16255976
Only been trucking 2 weeks senpai

>>16256003
Protip: If everyone else parks tail-in, they're much less likely to knock on your door and wake you up if you park nose-in. Just don't park nose-in in a spot you can't back straight out of.

>>16256015
Noted.

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>tfw no W* B train to drive
just fuck my shit up family

>>16255922

Isn't that the ugly sloot you were banging back in your plywood cuckshed?

>>16255868
>>driven by the best
>implying

>>16256015
Why don't they just all get arrested? My trainer says even if you're that desperate, to still not do it because you'll probably just get stung. Doesn't DPS do stings to catch the hookers too?

>>16256455
At least they're honest. lol jk

>>16256472
Too many to arrest them all, loopholes, and most people either use them or don't care enough to do anything about it. Not like they keep knocking every few minutes if you say no.

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>>16256440
>ugly.
Yes it's the girl that got me banned for a week from posting cuckshed pics.

>>16255976
I've been driving 6 months and haven't seen any but I haven't been looking for them either. But I don't doubt they exist in some places. After seeing and smelling other truckers out there though it's kind of hard to believe there are women out there that would get in the same truck with them for any price.

>>16256526
This one isn't ugly, I like it. You posted one awhile back that was a dog lol

>>16256526
>could be worse

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>>16256537
Oh ur talking about my 4 year ex. Yes I agree. Such a shame she sentenced me to a life of 105 lb blonde hair blue eyed 21 year olds that love road trips

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>>16256213
when your driver so fat, you need another axle to hold his seat up

>>16256587
That belt deserves a commendation.

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Someone had a bad day.

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What kind of /tv/ do you lads watch on the road? Post your setup. I keep it simple.

>>16256015
Protip 2: Drop a moist paper towel on the step of your truck.
The departing recreational reptile will generally wipe their nasty cootchie out as she steps down and drop it on said step. Other lizards will note the refuse, and not bug you.

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>>16256635
>my setup

Why would I lug around more useless shit than I already have?

>>16256751
Why wouldn't you?

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>>16256635
Stupid Volvo doesn't have a pullout desk. Normally have a 17in laptop but it's in the shop. Bunk gets awful tight with my large ass and that in it.

>>16256704
Is it illegal to spray them with wasp spray? Because I have some. And I will.

>>16256635
27 inch 1440p monitor, hooked to to my laptop with 2tb hdd. Sennheiser hd555 headphones for audio. Watch anime and play games whenever I stop. No sacrifice of quality for me.

>>16256824
It is a violation of federal law to use wasp spray in a manner inconsistent with it's labeling.

You can get away with it IF you can reasonably describe how you grabbed it as a reaction to an attack, and that you never intended to use it for self defense, which is a difficult sell in a truck

>>16256530
As a guy, I have no problem with the smell. Just bring some baby wipes in case he doesn't have any. Can be hot to wipe him up first. Also don't charge anything, just feel lucky to live close to a stop and be able to relax men on their route.

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>>16256635
Thinkpad T520. 15.6" 720p screen, and you can buy a little tray that replaces your disc drive with a second hdd. So I've got 256GB on the main, 500GB on the second drive, and a third 500gb drive I can swap in. It's awesome. It was only like $250 off eBay.

>>16256870
>which is a difficult sell in a truck

>his truck isn't a bee/wasp magnet
I had so many dead bees on the front and mirrors that I couldn't have the windows open when slow/stopped. They would swarm me any chance they got.

>>16256896

Do you play vidya with it?

>>16257501
>T520
I'd imagine he doesn't. I'd snap a pic of my laptop but I just got home and it's bagged up. It's a chinky looking MSI with a shit CPU bottlenecking every-goddamn-thing it does.

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its hard for me to believe none of you guys have a m-itx computer for gaming

>>16256896
720p would drive me crazy for movies. I have a t420 but I have an external display.

Accidently got some trailer on trailer action the other day. Managed to scrape a bit of my side rail on some dude's door hinge. I didn't report it because the other driver said no harm no foul, but how fugged am I?

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>>16257865

You'll be in beaucoup trouble if it gets back to your company that you had an incident and didn't report it.

Beyond that I wouldn't sweat it.

I drove with my first trailer today.
An F550 with like a 15 foot or so trailer.

First time. They just threw me into it at work.
>having to repeatedly pull forward, and back up, to get straight with the ball hitch

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>>16257607
then the power supply takes up the most space
or you want more than one expansion card (never seems to happen)

>>16257501
Solitaire

>>16257607
I'm torn between just getting a nice laptop or building a tiny mini ITX box for the truck. My desktop has a mini ITX motherboard already, I just can't find a case that isn't shit.

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>>16257607
I got a NUC.
Plays WoW, HotS and XCOM 2 beautifully.
Not maxing out any settings but plenty good.
>dat filth
It's not usually like this. It's usually much worse.

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>>16258019
I built one of these. Fits full size GPUs and liquid cooling. Handle is extremely sturdy.

>>16258020
How do you get fast enough internet to play WOW?

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>>16258036
Verizon hotspot on my phone.
Peaks out about 4 mbps in a good area. Ping is usually in the 90s, not good for (competitive) fps.

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>>16257908

Fun times. That's basically how I had my cherry popped too.

>You haul a trailer before? No? Well you're about to. Make sure you take your turns wide.

The first time was with a GMC 3500 and a 25' bumper pull, hauling a bunch of bundles of piling pipe out to a pipeline tie in through eight inches of mud once off the highway.

>>16258044
Not bad. That must use up data insanely fast. I have 6GB LTE with TMobile and I can only imagine how fast that gets eaten up

>>16258030

For that ceramic room heater look.

How much was your setup?

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>>16256635
I was in my car waiting for this chick to get ready earlier, but same difference.

>>16258036
I have some hotspot from WiFinder Planet, it's Sprint based but in a large city I can get like 50-60ms at 20mbps. Works good enough for Battlefield 1 at even 2mbps. It's unlimited for around $75 a month.

>>16258176
You unironically watch this shit?

Jesus.

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>>16258212
Better than smoking newports and being a filthy nigger.

>>16258257
Not really.

>>16258212
Yeah nigga, better than watching over paid apes play hoopty

>>16258257
You take that back about Newports you little shit

>>16258077
Wow uses extremely little, outside of downloading patches.

>>16258080
It was a $2400 build including all peripherals.

>>16258030
I considered one of those but it's too large. I basically want a micro box, as small as possible. I'm hoping the Kimera Cerberus or whatever it's called comes out this year, I want to get that.
>>16258044
4Mb/s or 4MB/s? Big difference between the two.
>>16258077
Upgrade to the unlimited plan just for your line and you get 14GB/mo for hotspot, maybe more now. Plenty enough for just gaming and the occasional update on the road. I always do my updates when I'm at home to avoid hitting the cap.
>>16258176
>$75/mo for hotspot
Disgusting.
>>16258303
Nah cigarettes in general are fucking trash.
>>16258340
Most games use very little when playing online. Only exception I've ever encountered was Destiny, which hits anywhere between 100-300 megabytes per hour, it's absolutely fucking insane.
>>16258347
Specs nigga. My desktop is
ASRock H97m-ITX
Intel Core i5-3690S
2x4GB G.Skill DDR3@1600MHz
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD
Seagate 500GB 7200RPM HDD
EVGA GTX 980 4GB
Corsair 750w Modular PSU
Corsair Carbide 540 Air with Fractal Design silent fans, and a Hyper 212 Evo with more Fractal Design silent fans.

>>16258176
>>16259169

PDAnet.

8 bux, unlimited USB or Bluetooth tethering.
Or use the free version, but it cuts you off at like 10MB and you have to manually reset it.

https://www.google.com/amp/abc7.com/amp/weather/strong-winds-blow-over-big-rigs-trees-on-freeways-in-southern-california/1636045/


So what is one to do of there are winds strong enough to knock over the truck? I'd assume park downwind so the wind hits the truck straight on and not from the side

>>16257865
Somebody saw you do it? You're fucked.

He's going to have to report it so he doesn't get fucked when the damage is found by another driver and then that company is going to come after yours with a damage claim (which they'll pocket instead of repair the trailer of course). Then a few months down the line you'll be fired for not reporting an accident that you barely remember.

>>16259386

Thought your dad was the one driving that '98 Peterbilt. Is that a newer 389?

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>>16259411

>Being this much of a Debbie Downer.

>>16259386

Good looking rigs. I like the paint job on the Kenworth.

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We should've done a Truckerfag secret santa. Just did one for the fishing thread on /out/. Unfortunately it's hard to mail stuff to a moving cuckshed.

>>16259169
$75 is what the ad said on their website but my bill is $47 something. It's also for a hotspot and tablet so it's pretty cheap desu. And it's better than getting 20GB a month from Verizon for $135.

>>16259644
We'd probably get our gifts nigger'd by you.

>>16259652
I wish I could use the hotspot on that Pepsi phone. I would love to burn the hell out of the data on that thing.

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>>16259661
>tfw everybody thinks they got Pepsi for the Secret Santa
Would be nice

>>16259644
>Unfortunately it's hard to mail stuff to a moving cuckshed.

Not for long. Soon, Amazon drones will be able to track your phone signal down and deliver to you on the go! Just roll down your window when your phone rings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-J7H_XmmWg

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>>16259644

Yeah, there would be a bit of a delay for sure.

>MFW an unaccounted for case of Pepsi products arrives in the mail

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>>16259750
It actually seems like it is going pretty well in the fishin thread. We did a ~$20 budget and then everybody who joined in mentioned what type of fishing they like to do. So for $25, you can send a handful of lures or baits and it is pretty easy to shop for people.

But there is another thread for the /out/ Secret Santa and it is just retarded. They are just posting Amazon Wishlists so you can go on there and buy stuff for anons without knowing the address or info. But with that system, somebody could just post like 15 wishlists, get a bunch of gifts, and there is no way of knowing if they ever even bought stuff for other people. Plus Secret Santas are supposed to be a suprise and with the wishlist you know exactly what people ordered.

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>>16259602
Dad had 98 KW that took a shit. Brother ordered and was running the 389 pictured above 310" wheelbase. He gave it to my dad and got the KW. He never liked the standup bunk on the 389.

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>>16260096

Why do I piss so much when I'm in the truck? I'll go once in 11 hours of driving but as soon as I stop I have to go immediately and then like every two hours. I even wake up at night to piss which I never do when at home.

>>16260624
You're developing high blood pressure. See a doctor.

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>>16259808

>>16260682
Piss off, Ethan.

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>>16256869
Probably going to upgrade for a better laptop sometime next year.

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>>16260124

>All that unused frame space

>No deck step or chain rack

>MFW

>>16254192
Now that is a talentto be proud of.

>>16254915
You sound like a mtf that Im freinds with of facebook.

>>16261301
LMAO

Is that tripfaggot a sex offender

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>>16256635
How do you guys feel about idling? I hate being that guy who runs his truck when it's dead quiet, so I try not to unless other people are doing it or I really have to.

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>>16261986
I follow this flowchart.

Some people don't idle, and fuck 'em. In summer it's too hot, need A/C. In winter it's too cold, need heat. In Canadian winter it's too cold, won't survive the night without heat and the engine may not start if it gets too cold. Just set both tractor and trailer brakes so you aren't running the compressor too often.

>>16261986
I don't know shit about trucks. You guys actually idle them overnight and shit?

>>16262116
I always idle when fuelling.

>>16262124
Yeah. Mostly for comfort reasons in the summer, and during the winter when it's really cold you run the truck to keep the fuel from gelling.

>>16262124

Yep. Don't you set your furnace/electric heating/air conditioner at home to run as required overnight? Same thing, except it's a diesel engine. Typical engines burn 0.7-0.9L/h at idle. I've idled for days when dispatch abandoned me away from home.

>>16262129
I leave the reefer running, but turn of the tractor mostly because I'll usually climb on top of the front wheels to clean the windshield, and would rather fall on a hot non-running engine than a hot running engine.

>>16262161
>Typical engines burn 0.7-0.9L/h at idle

Jesus fuck. My car only burns 0.1L/hour when it's settled in properly. I thought diesels were meant to be efficient?

>>16262203
That is efficient, for an engine the size of a smart car that needs to pull 80,000lbs+ up the side of mountains. Cruising down the highway is about 35L/100km.

>>16262148
>>16262161

Heh, isn't that bad for the engine? Are the cabins built to mitigate exhaust and all that shit? etc...

I had no idea truckers were idling for that long when just parked

>>16262213
Yeah, but you don't need all that mass moving when you just need to charge batteries and run heaters.
Why don't they just give you APUs?

>>16262236
Almost all have the exhaust pipe above and rear of the sleeper, and hot exhaust rises so it's not an issue. It's not really bad for the engine, they're designed with the knowledge that they will frequently idle overnight. The only real issue is that the DPF (diesel particulate filter) can fill up after 30-ish hours of idling; which causes an automatic engine de-rate (limited power and speed). Normally it does an automatic clean cycle when going down the highway. The filter can be cleaned in 10-20 minutes with a parked DPF regen, triggered by a switch in the cab. It causes the engine to run at a higher RPM, allowing the exhaust to get hot and clean the filter.

>>16262252
APU's are expensive compared to the fuel cost of idling overnight (about $4-8 per night). They also add weight, so less cargo capacity. Some lots do have restrictions on idling, but they're not enforced so there's no incentive to install them.

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>>16262203
>Jesus fuck. My car only burns 0.1L/hour when it's settled in properly
>yfw i can watch the gas gauge move when idling my 89 f350 with a 460

>>16262292
But the cargo capacity could be recovered by just not making such fuckhuge trucks in the first place, though. I mean, do you REALLY need six feet between the back of the cab and the front of the trailer?

>>16260698
>>16260682
Ethan would still rape her.

I saw that pic and thought "she could probably make more money doing porn than these shitty ads"

>>16261889
Did he post the Ethan rapist dox?

>>16262320
Not everybody drives Peterbilts like Chad.

Our regional guys drive daycabs but I believe Pepsi pays for hotel rooms the couple nights they are on the road every week.

>>16261986
Idling doesn't bother me. At least until some damn Cascadia shows up with the drier popping off with a thump and hiss every ten seconds. Or the Prostar that runs the idle up to 1200 rpm so the engine cooling fan comes on with a belt chirp and fan roar every thirty seconds.

>>16262355
>engine cooling fan comes on with a belt chirp and fan roar every thirty seconds.
That actually would wake me up in the Cascadia, so I started turning the switch on to keep the fan on all night. Would be nice if everyone did it.

>>16262368
>>16262355
>>engine cooling fan comes on with a belt chirp and fan roar every thirty second
I was in a T660 with an ISX that did this, except at 800rpm (wouldn't idle unless i set cruise). I'm glad to be out of that shit

>>16262252
>Why don't they just give you APUs?
Because they're a giant pain in the ass. Damn things are always breaking and the last thing you need is another thing needing service on a truck since the truck and trailer is bad enough. Furthermore they neither heat or cool as well as the factory installed systems that are powered by the engine.

>>16262292
Your point on weight is moot in the US, as there's an exemption for APUs. I can technically hit something like 80,400lbs gross and I'm legal thanks to that. APUs also are slightly more fuel efficient than running the engine, not to mention that running an APU instead of the engine equals fewer running hours and therefore less wear and tear on the engine. >>16262355
I had to be that guy one night. APU wouldn't start and the batteries were shot so I called the shop and they told me to high idle the truck all night. Thankfully it was cold as balls so I think the fan only kicked in once or twice an hour.

>>16262401
So what you're saying is that there's a gap in the market for a small, reliable APU that doesn't go wrong and actually does the job.

Can you faggots who drop off Walmart trailers drive a little smoother? I'm tired of cleaning up entire pallets of eggs and other breakable garbage because you faggots listen to super eurobeat while driving.


>"But if the DC put a strap, the pallet would have survived me drifting down the 2gay!"

NO EXCUSES, GET A CUP OF TOFU WATER.

>>16262409
Unfortunately not every state signed on to that. There's at least half a dozen that don't, and of course CA is one of them.

>>16262415
Gap?! Ain't no gap! The field's wide fucking open

>>16262435
Have you tried securing your loads properly?

>>16262435
Blame Swift for that one.

But seriously, that shit is easier said than done. If you think drivers are lazy and retarded, you should meet the felons in the warehouse.

I love the bay truck because I can whip that thing around so hard. Worst that happens is a case slides up against the door and I have to catch it when I open the door. Or just make a hard turn the other way so it goes back on the pallet.

>>16262468
I don't work for the DC, nigger, I have to unload those trucks. The most I do is backload egg RPCs, which are wrapped, and pallets.

>>16262470
>Worst that happens is a case slides up against the door and I have to catch it when I open the door.

Sometimes, if certain loads aren't secured or slide off pallets, it will jam they door shut and we have to open it up with a forklift.

Generally, that only happens when it's a huge double stacked pallet, and the entire thing slides, though.

Does your APU supply mains voltage too?

About the only I like about this Volvo I got is how quiet it is inside compared to the Cascadia I used to have. I have to touch the back wall to make sure my reefer is still running. If I idle or turn a fan on I cannot hear the outside world. It's great.

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>>16259169

Should I buy a '78 KW to start my own otr?
Apparently my uncle's neighbor is trying to sell one.

t. never driven a semi

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>>16262522

Yes, yes, 100% yes.

Driving a truck and running a small business are easy.

What could possibly go wrong?

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>>16262522
>>16262562

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>>16262522
who going to run blocker for you?

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>>16255475
y u no /rubberduck/ ?

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shiiiieeeet

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>>16262945
>express lanes through Seattle
>clearance 13'8"
>mfw

>>16262945
>>16263048
just let all the air out of your tires

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>>16262787
Cause I've never even seen convoy.

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>>16263097

Good, don't. Its shit tier. Smokey and The Bandit is a superior movie, and Eastbound and Down is a superior song.

>>16262945
>>16263048
>12'5" and above is no sweat with general chemical tank trailers and muh mid roof cab.

>>16262945
>that feel when you went up the side of the mountain cause you cant handle that kind of clench thru the tunnel.

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Just completed my first day as a trucker.
Didn't go well.

>>16263174
Nice violation there. Just try to route plan better and you can hopefully avoid that in the future. I run on EOBR too and stop an hour short just to be safe.

>>16263356
That's not a violation.
Learn moar.

>>16263174
What do all these numbers represent?

Our logs are simple, either you are at work or at rest, none of this sleeper and loading bullshit.

>>16263174
Don't worry. You'll get the hang of it
Story time
>First load ever solo going to Miami
>Drive straight there and arrive at night thinking I can find somewhere to park
>It's fucking Miami, there is nowhere to park
>Frantically drive around as time ticks down trying to find somewhere to park
>Back track up I95 looking for a [;ace
>Try a walmart
>Promptly get told to fuck off by rent a cop
>End up getting on the turnpike via sunpass only entrance (company doesn't have sunpass)
>Finally find a spot at one of the service areas
And after that I made sure I planned well. I'm doing fine now 3 years later

>>16262497
>Does your APU supply mains voltage too?
They can, it just depends on what was bought. Had a truck with a DynaSys apu that was basically a genset that powered an electric A/C unit or electric heat. Did pretty damn good at keeping the cab comfy and all the power you could want but broke all the time and could only be serviced at a couple of places in the nation. Now all our trucks have ThermoKing TriPacks that are weak sauce in comparison and only supply 12v from something like a puny 60amp alternator. OTOH they don't usually break but when they do they can be serviced everywhere.

I'd still rather idle but if not then I'd want something like the DynaSys setup up, just reliable and also able to be serviced where ever I might be.

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>>16263382
Pic related

Here's mine.
>you may only drive in the first 8 hours after a break of at least 30 minutes
>11 hours to drive since last break of 10 hours or more
>those 11 are only available in a window of 14 hours since last break of 10 hours or more
>may not drive after 70 total hours on duty or driving in the last 8 days

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>>16263557

>>16255948
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKw6W2hxuC4

>>16263612
Some fat ass in that lot. Would be degenerate for a white girl.

>>16263612
wew

>>16263612
I'd just sit in my truck and jerk it while watching all that fat ass.

>>16263612
>4mins 30sec

Someone would pay that for sex?

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>>16252673
What are y'alls favorite stretches of interstate?

Mine is I55 between LaPlace and Hammond, Louisiana. Pic related. Elevated highway through 40 miles of swamp, with nowhere for cops to hide.

Not a trucker by the way, just curious.

>>16262692
I own the Trans Am, hence the name

>>16263612
kek Ontario

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>>16259169
>tfw you pay 60$ a month to verizon for internet
>tfw it goes up to 70$ next month

>>16262213
Speaking of smart cars, I do pizza delivery and saw a guy with a smart car sitting perpendicular on his tractor hitch with no trailer, then saw the same (?) smart car parked near my store. Is that a thing?

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>>16259744
>shape
>windows
/o/ car design threads are kek's messengers

>>16263356
Typical mega tard.
Didn't they teach you at "Penny A Mile" that it's ok to stay "on duty" as long as you want?

>>16262509
Yeah I looked at that case too. Have you seen its dimensions? It's bigger than an Xbox by a mile. It's practically a mid tower laying on its side.
>>16264326
Fuck Verizon
>>16264342
I've seen a post on some site about a guy that did that. He pulls a fifth wheel RV with his semi, and there's enough space between the back of the cab and the fifth wheel hitch to put his smart car, so he keeps some ramps around and that's what he uses to get into town.

>>16263612
dat fucking sasquatch stride at 1:00

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>TFW my morning has consisted mostly of my boxer shitting giant puddles/piles of diarrhea and undigested food all over the floor, and the cleanup efforts required therein

How are your respective mornings going, /tfg/?

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>>16265360
My doge just took a nice solid one in the front yard. So not too bad

Toppest kek. The autists need comfort animals.

>>16265368
TRAITOR!

I SAW IT

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>>16265450

>>16265368
Jesus you always say slinging cases keeps you in shape but that is the most diabetic foot I've seen in these threads.

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>>16263403
When I went to Miami I had the luck of delivering to UPS. I parked in their complex and bobtailed into Miami Beach. After I was cut loose the following Monday and looking for fuel and a reload I quickly realized the parking situation in Miami. Ended up on the side of a service road off a random exit that happened to have an adequate shoulder.

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>>16265553
Strange things can happen when you bobtail. I don't ever recommend taking a truck down the main strip of Miami Beach. I literally had 5 asians on Segways bumbling in front of me for about 30 minutes in traffic. Meanwhile the basketball Americans were zipping around me on their ghetto rat scooters.

I was probably on the main strip for about 45 minutes due to traffic

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>>16265605
I must admit they do look fun

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>>16265455

Heretic.

>>16265552
>tfw Pepsi is really 450lbs

>>16265663
That's gonna be me one day.

>>16265368

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>>16265833
Thx bby

>>16265613
Hwat in God's name

>>16266051
Ruckus trike

But seriously fuck those nig kids on ATVs and dirtbikes in the hood. I want to run them over so bad. And if I did, the cops probably wouldn't even care because they know how reckless the nigs are on those things.

>>16266109
>But seriously fuck those nig kids on ATVs and dirtbikes in the hood.
They are a menace in DC, too.

>>16266109
I mean I like the Ruckus, but fuck that abomination.
>Those wheels
Disgusting.

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>>16265904

I'm so sorry that your dog got zapped with an uncool ray to end up looking like that.

>>16266256

A shame white men can't do that.

>>16266256
He's making an effort. That's better than most!

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>>16262522
I started in a '79 KW. It was pretty fun.

>>16266109
>Pepsi wanting to maim his brethren kin.

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>>16266109

>>16266388
It was pretty crap.

>>16265904
what a pooftah dog

>>16266656
>hating on yellow baby jesus

>>16267966
YBJ was crap, it was always breaking and the inside was a wreck

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>>16266388

Needs moar bush bumper

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>>16266264
>>16267662
You should see the other one. That cockapoo is the best dog ever tho. She loves everybody and is a good pettin' doge because of that fur.

WEW 6 months otr and I just got approached by my first lot lizard 5 minutes ago

>walking up to my truck after my weekend break w my bags
>see some female walking around by my truck parked in the very back
>start throwing my bags in the truck and she walks up
>"Heeeyyyy do you mind if I use your radio???
>I don't have a radio
>"Oh. Well would you like some company???"
>...........nah, I'm good.
>"Ok!"

Welp time to fap

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About to do the otr thing for a bit link me a video for how to drop/hook and connect gladhands etc pls truck is a Pete 379 only been practicing with tractor only, thing is fucking huge and about to haul a 52 end dump hope I don't an m&m since longest trailer I have hauled was like 42 or 30 something

>>16268011
Was she cute?

>>16268011
Aveno lotion is best fapping lotion

>>16268029
Hard to say, it's dark and I didn't get a great look. I don't think she looked bad though at first glance.

>>16268047
I only fap dry into a dallas cowboys blanket because fuck them

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>>16268011

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>>16268071
>dry

Must have a disgusting trunk dick

>>16268071
I don't fap anymore because the fucking I get from my company is good enough

>>16268240
I don't fap any more because I get laid regularly.
Also my body probably isn't producing testosterone at proper levels.

>>16268020
You don't need to watch any videos. Shit is so simple a monkey could do it. Just make sure the trailer is the right height so the fifth wheel just barely has to lift it when you slide under. Then back it in right in the center with a tiny bit of speed. Before you even get out to hook up the brakes, do your lil tugjub and then pull the tractor forward to make sure the kingpin is locked. Red goes on red, blue on blue, raise landing gear, and do your thing.

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>>16268011
>get approached by a lizard
>I'm sitting with the door open on my daycab
>mfw

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>>16268496

>Not being willing to pork a fat Latina prostitute in the trailer

>>16268146
>>16268240
>asshurt cowboys faggots detected
Enjoy getting cucked your first playoff game.

>>16268837
Colts fan here senpai.

>>16268000
You're Austrailian now?

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>>16270228
I'm a well-traveled pepsifeg

>>16270322
Clean your floor, ya grub.

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>>16268837

>Being this worked up over handegg

>>16270377
It's the garage jeezy. What kind of cuckshed are you stayin in with concrete floors inside?

>>16270809
Why is there a rug in your garage?
Clean your garage floor, you grub.

>>16270928
Shit you can clean my garage floor if you are that upset about it.

And that rug is by the door goin into the house. It really ties the room together.

>>16270969
Also, is your neighbourhood really so dangerous that you feel the need to arm your dog?

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>>16271094
Nah that's just training for when we go innawoods and she is my protection from skinwalkers

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>>16271131

>This 14 pound dog will effectively protect me from eldritch horrors

>Inb4 ifunny watermark

Ex pump bro here just got the word from my state that I'll be getting. $600 shekels/month on unemployment feels good knowing I can get a job with ease once I get bored

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>>16271927

>MFW 600 Freedoms wouldn't even cover half of my mortgage

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So our dedicated got dropped since the investors with a stake in the company said we "cost too much to run." Despite having the highest on time percentage and the ability to move crazy amount of freight compared to the dedicated's previous fleet of 12 trucks.

Anyway, I'll have the same DL, a possible cut in cpm but and increase in weekly miles, as well as a change to drop and hook freight. But I don't know if this is a sign to find a new company or just stick with it until I hit two years.

>>16272492
I'd say see how it goes first. It may actually be an improvement for you.
If it isn't, then you just bail a little later.

>>16272275
Yeah luckily I'm young with little responsibilities

>>16272492
Whiney in all seriousness what do make per mile and what's your average miles?
I'm at 50cpm and around 2500 miles at Crete, with $110 health insurance, free life insurance and a good 401k.
I started at Crete with 8months experience out of CR England, been with them 8 years.

>>16272510
That was my initial plan, and I think it's the best option for now.

>>16272678
.43cpm at around 2200-2500 miles. $160 a month for health insurance, small amount of life insurance and I'm not sure about my 401k so I just invest a percentage in stocks. We also had a $100/wk. bonus.

>>16272678
>>16272737

Future trucker here: swift or knight ?

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>>16272737
>Whiney makes 25% more than me.
Hoooooly shit, I really need to get in gear and find a new company.

>>16272855
Fedex pays like 58 cpm

>mfw just witnessed a police chase firsthand
>mfw now stuck because they blocked the whole road when they took the guy out
>mfw he didn't even make it five miles because a Pontiac Gran Prix can't outrun three Dodge Chargers

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>>16272913

>>16272910
Yeah but I've never been in a wreck.

>>16272913
>>16272924

Was it dramatic?

>>16272781
suicide

>>16272995
No it was comically dull actually. I saw the first cop light the guy up on an adjacent road, no doubt for his one blown out headlight. As I passed, I noticed he pulled out behind me. At first I thought maybe he was looking for a decent spot to pull over, but then he passed me at a speed best described as 'with little urgency.' The three cops that came after him were better described as 'about to beat this motherfucker.'

>reading weather reports seeing the freezing rain rolling in
god damn i do not want to be looking for a job in this shit
>local gigs are hazmat mandatory
guess ill find something local
>state of California is STILL making heartless pay back owed money.
fucking christ. ive litterally been paid for the last two months of sitting around at home.and it looks to be a third shortly. they must be fucking furious.

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>>16273050
I would love to get some of that back-pay too since the federal government is trying to fix the OT pay situation as well.

At our last meeting, we had some drivers complaining about that. I mean I'm sure Pepsi has some top-notch lawyers who make sure the employees get screwed and the company doesn't have to pay actual overtime but if some shit happened I could get a nice little check.

It's so fucked up though. In some aspects, we are technically hourly employees but for the most part we are salary and comission. I have no idea what loopholes they jumped through to make that but I still don't understand my paycheck completely.

>>16272781
Neither.

>>16272910
Is it difficult to get a job there?

>>16273078
They're paying us ~$6.50/hr for overtime. How the fuck does that make sense?

Even if you assume the base pay (without commission) is for 8hrs, that ends up being $14.38/hr. So if they paid us real OT (not factoring commission, just based on our real hourly pay), we should AT LEAST be getting $21.56/hr for every hour over 40 we go.

I can get 2000 cases for the week and if it takes me 60hrs to get that all done, I make like $100 more than if it took me 40hrs. It is totally not worth taking the time to do shit right based on that pay system.

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>>16273119

Just seize the means of production through direct action. What's the worst that could happen?

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>>16273050

How hard is it/what is required to get Hazmat endorsement? In Hockey Territory its a four hour, often online course called TDG, or Transportation of Dangerous Goods, completely separate from drivers licenses.

>>16272781

Don't believe what the entire internet has to say about Swift, they're definitely the company you want to go with.

>>16273235
In the US it is a multiple choice test (a bit more than the 15 question tanker and doubles+triples endorsement test) and then you have to pay ~$90 for a background check and wait for that to come back clean and you are good.

>>16273217
Ehh, we're not union like the Miami location.

I'm waiting to see what kind of raise we get this year. I think last year's raise was decent but the one before that was bullshit. They gave us a $1/day raise on the base pay (<1%) and then a couple cents on the commission. That made me really distrust the company because the HR guy came in with his PowerPoint saying that we will end up making more with the raise to commission instead of the base pay. He did the math using the example of a driver's paycheck where he had 2800 cases for the week and that is like the heaviest route on the heaviest week of summer and we average nowhere close to that so we all talked a bunch of shit to the HR guy and he played it off like "Oh, I just picked this week and this driver at random!" but everybody saw right through the bullshit.

And that's why I'm glad I work by myself all day. Those big company politics and scheming are ridiculous and I could never play that game. That's why I don't see myself at Pepsi in the distant future because I would rather do the job right than play the game just to make numbers look good.

>>16272913
Damn. I got caught up in a chase outside Houston a couple weeks ago. The cops ended up shooting and killing the dude after he led them on a 60 mile chase and wrecked. Something about a drug deal.

>>16273282
>>16273050

If that's all there it is to it, why not get the endorsement and try to get a local job?

>>16273078
Bepsi pls.
Overtime is 1.5 base pay. So, 19.71, not 21.56.
13.14 BP (all hours)
6.57 OT
13.14 DT
43.75 hours
40*13.14=525.60
3.75*13.14=49.275
3.75*6.57=24.6375
$599.5125
What you actually got was 599.64 because of the way they rounded it. Your paycheck is legit.

>>16273282
You sound like all the niggers that I've had to work with over the years.
>waah give me more time off
>waah my paychecks suck

>>16274118
Yeah fuck being treated somewhat fairly and not getting the corporate dicking on a weekly basis to make them look better. Shame on you.

>>16274241
Truckingtruth.com pls

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>>16274118
>>16274067

Literal racist, white supremacists

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>>16274340
>math is racist
>yfw pepsi isn't even black

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>>16274656

>Being this right wing

>Implying that facts>feelings

>Not recognizing severe vitiligo

>deliver tomorrow 0500 - 1100
>584 miles away
>62mph cucktruck
>limited parking at receiver
>just parked at 0355

Take a 10, leave at 1400, get to receiver at 0030ish, hope there's parking, have break interrupted to unload

Take 10, leave at 1900, get to receiver at 0500, probably not get a load tomorrow due to sleeping all day

Take 8, leave at 1200, drive the 3 hours I get, take 10, leave at 0100, get to receiver with at 0700 with 4 or so hours remaining

What would /tfg/ do?

Since nobody else is baking bread

>>16276252