Truckerfag Thread

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why dont people talk about classic trucks

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>>16356718
this

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>>16356745
stock is fine
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>>16356754

dat twinsteer tho

>>16356777
>that front diff

Good lord.

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>>16356782
actually twin steer is a lot more common in europe and asia than the usa. no idea why

>>16356538
Probably. We have at least one Miami local driver, used to be two.
>>16356745
That is a crime against truckerkind.
>>16356777
I'd fukken DD that.

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>>16356788
do you even truck?

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>>16356801

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>>16356705
what does /o/, and truckerfag think of the Western Star 5700XE?
http://www.westernstartrucks.com/Trucks/5700/default.aspx
Not looking into it or anything, I just love how it looks.

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>>16356811
what front axle is this

>>16356788
Looks like a standard 5-ton axle.

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>>16356816

>>16356815

If they are anything like the 4900s my company runs, then the interiors are breddy chintzy, and the manual transmissions are notchy as fuck and unpleasant to shift, even after many thousands of miles of wear in. Lots of guys rave about Stars, and they do look pretty nice on the outside, but I don't find them all that nice to drive.

>>16356885
It's supposedly unlike any trucks they've made before. The entire drivetrain comes from Detroit according to the website.

>>16356890
Both Hendrickson and FWD used International cabs.

>>>16356421

>All I do is pull stickers off pallets.

I don't get it....

>>16357010
not the dude your responding to but what don't you understand

>>16357052
Prime responding to him with a "Lol", indicating there was some esoteric trucker humour that I am missing out on. This cannot stand.

Like packing slips? actual stickers on a wooden pallet? a pallet of cactus?

>>16357332
Door swinger/sticker puller

>>16357332
stickers can mean two things
adhesive labels
or pieces of wood that you put under pallets so forklifts can pick up the load

>>16357450
>>16357425

Oh fuck that makes sense. We call that Dunnage up here. What a crazy world.

>>16357512
dunnage?
the fuck
where do you live?

>>16357512
He may have been talking about dunnage, but it sounded like stickers to me, and it made me laugh.

Flatbed masterrace here.

>>16357523
Canada. Mostly said on construction sites and the like, but never heard it referred to as "stickers".

>>16357544
The trick to flatbedding, is using the absolute minimum amount of straps possible. Makes you look self-assured and resourceful.

>>16357622
Thx senpai. Got a 10 ton electrical pole for a solar plant and figured 2 would not only be enough, but also make me look cool.

>>16357630
Makin' them beancounters happy with them strap savings. I'll be sure to put sunglasses on my dog in solidarity for your wicked radness.

You're alright Prime. You're alright.
>sage for threadwhoring

>>16356718
>why dont people talk about classic trucks

Because they don't have fendirrors, so these american """"""truckers"""""" know they are too shit to drive them, and as such they pay no attention to them.

>>16356028
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiIJKDhrLtQ

Got something to tell us?

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I work at the plant that builds these.

Any Volvo truckers in here?

>>16358474
your trucks suck and you need to be fired

>>16358476
quality post

>>16358476
t. ignorant mack driver

>>16357544
I AM talking about literal stickers. Adhesive labels. I don't know what the purpose for it is but yeah.

>>16358616
Most distribution centers work on a similar system.
When delivering to a store the driver and store manager record the pallets as they come off the trailer. The pallets usually have an "LPN" (license plate number) to identify them, the DC has a record of what's supposed to be wrapped up in that pallet.
The store doesn't necessarily get exactly what it ordered, but what it DOES get is recorded.
Walmart just prints a label with little stickers that tear off so you can stick them on your delivery receipt, instead of writing down the numbers.

>>16358474
Fix your electrical problems and figure out how to make a transmission that isn't complete trash and I'll think about it.

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>>16358474

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>>16356815
this manchild behaviour is why nobody takes americans seriously. Seriously, what sort of adult puts flames on anything?

>>16358682
>VE D12

So venereal disease 12? is that syphilis or herpes?

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>>16358706
ART DIRECTION BY THE FLAME-MAN HIMSELF

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sleep tite, trucker

>>16358419
>BAC of 0.28
>Two bottles of vodka in the truck
Damn son

https://twitter.com/abc7marccr/status/811928517927636992

>>16356795
>actually twin steer is a lot more common in europe and asia than the usa. no idea why

Here in the UK, it's common on rigid-body tippers and also used on heavy semi trucks. Only seen the latter once in person; slightly longer frame with another forward axle, making room for a little crane on the back of the tractor.

Also, I saw a truck the other day with no 5th wheel, but with a little flatbed on instead. It was following another conventional truck, hauling a flatbed trailer with railings, and with flashing yellow lights on the grille. Obviously together; same company livery.
I thought ballast tractor, but it didn't have anything on the bed.
I'd have gotten pics, but I was driving in the opposite direction at like 50MPH at the time.

We've also recently gotten stretched trailers for bulky but light loads. Those are 'dual' steer; conventional tractor but a steering axle on the trailer to maintain turn radius, with a slight spread between it and the other two axles.
They work as advertised; saw one in action a while ago, didn't get squashed on a roundabout.

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>>16358829

>Just drank 2 fifths of vodka, dare me to drive?

That's a pretty serious commitment to the music of Eminem.

>>16359024

>Tandem steer

Outside of oil and gas work I haven't really seen them used in Canada much.

Most of the time they're used for picker cranes and service/workover rig derricks, and occasionally big vac trucks.

>>16358706

MFW someone has never been to Flavour Town

>>16358616
i used to do this all the time at heartless the only two things that ever come out of the washington area is paper and juice and the juice guys do the sticker thing since no one likes to count generally he slows enough for me to take the cardboard off and rip off a sticker on his way in the trailer
>totally wrapped and sealed product
>still get to wear hairnet and beard mask with crash goggles

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>you'll never be coming out of California with a 10,000$ load of fruit @85mph snorting coke off ur 3rd log book getting road head from bunk bunny.

Why even drive.

Should I pay for trucker school out of pocket, or should I sign on with a company that wants to cover it?

Want to get in the field for a few years, and ultimately buy my own rig and look for dedicated gigs as I please

>>16359254
wait, why can't I do that? I was thinking about switching to Coke when I start driving since weed stays in system so long

or with it being legal, can I just be like "hurr I took a few rest days in Colorado the other week"

>>16358786
sleep tite trucker

>>16358786
>not waking him up at 0300 and taking a selfie with tfag raging in the background

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>>16359024
>roundabout.
and fuck whoever decided to put those in the US

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>>16359402
Federal law supersedes state my boy.

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>>16359479
It's not our fault your road planners are retarded. Or that your drivers are. Or your vehicle design. Or your laws governing truck length and wheelbase. Who needs that much living space on the road?

>>16359487
but the enforcement of DUI with marijauana involved is different by state.

I would never be in possession of marijuana in the truck.

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>>16359479
He should be able to make it. That truck isn't that long with a setback axle. He probably hit it wrong. Of course you're gonnna hit the mantle part but it looks like he just tried driving straight through it.

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>>16359497
>clockwise
>fucking islands in the roadway
what even is the little tornado thing?
that pic gives me road rage, like bad

>>16359536
nice get br/o/
agreed, but roundabouts are still stupid

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>>16359536
dat trip odo tho

>>16356777
How many leaves do you reckon are on those front springs?

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>>16359545
> Clockwise
We drive on the left.
> Islands in the roadway
Cars are for scale. That's a big-ass roundabout
> Tornado thingies
Mini-roundabouts. You go around those on your way around the big one in the middle. They're an innovation to alter the priorities on junctions, but without having to do anything major other than dropping a lump on the road and paint some lines. Buses and trucks can just run them over with no repercussions, perfectly legal. And have to.
Some are just straight-up painted on, as they're used as turning circles for trucks to get into tricky entrances.

We also have crap like pic related; a traffic light controlled roundabout with a road through the middle.
In a flood plain.
Whenever the lights fail (which they do surprisingly often), there are LOTS of crashes because nobody knows how shit works.

>>16359562
i count 8 senpai

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>>16359575
>Mini-roundabouts. You go around those on your way around the big one in the middle.

like pic related?
i dont even get it, sorry boss

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>>16359614
The red line is correct. The green line is not; you can simply skip around the edge with the leftmost lane there.

And then there's shit like pic related. One-way street into a two-way with traffic islands everywhere around it, and truckers have to thread through it because it's a major route into the town.

>>16359614
No, hang on, you simply skip around the edge with the red one as well, in the right-most lane before changing at the end to exit. The mini-roundabouts are for going against the regular flow of the roundabout and turning right off it.

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>>16359614
There we go. Corrected your routing, and added additional ones as demonstrations.

>>16359641
So let's say you got on the roundabout at the bottom-left exit in that picture, got to the second exit and realized you were going the wrong way, then used the mini roundabout to pull a u-turn and proceed the other way on the inner ring back to the exit you entered from.

Is that what they're for?

>>16359662
They can be used for that, but >>16359653 shows how they're meant to be used.
You generally don't go all the way around mini-roundabouts. The vast majority are too tight to do that on anyway.

i fixed it for you

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>>16359676
and forgot pic, sorry

>>16359681
Inefficient!

>>16358650
Well, that makes sense then. I noticed the pallets were a squabbled assortment of product so those stickers must help a bunch.

>>16359150
Makes it easy enough though. I'd kill myself if I had to verify every PO number in a pallet.

>>16359381
>Get loan
>Go to community college or technical school
>Get CDL
>Find company that offers tuition reimbursement
>Done

>>16358236
>Being this triggered by small portions of glass

>>16360102
>visual obstructions
But whatever, they aint called learner mirrors for nothing.

>>16360434

They ain't called learner mirrors at all.

>>16360102
Pam you gotta be old enough to know not to feed the trolls.
This guy is frantically F5ing the thread and masturbating ferociously every time he gets a (You)

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>wat r straps

>>16360589
Nah, bruh. Gravity and friction have my back.

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>>16360589

>Load securement? Ain't nobody got time for that.

Those grains/seeds aren't going to deliver themselves.

>be on Florida run home
>finally hometime yesssss
>co-driver backing a shit
>have to talk him into even the easiest spots
>get to TA in Lakeland the jew one where they charge to park because the FlyingGay across the street has like 5 spots
>he can't figure out how to get into a spot
>literally 9 fucking spots wide the fuck open next to each other
>two other tfags show up and neither of them can even setup properly at least my guy can setup
>make him swing it around and almost straightline back
>other tfags nose in because hurr durr can't back
>drop at 9am tomorrow and 4 days of hometime and getting my nuts off

get home safe faggits don't do no supertrucker bullshit

>>16360516
I'm too much of a charitable soul to let some faggot go without his (You)s.

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>>16360589

>He hasn't heard of gravity

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>>16360670

It's actually cement.

>>16360898

No one ever straps down the slings but I have seen one fall off a semi. They usually crawl around at 5mph in the turns (only turns here) but occasionally some one gets too excited

>>16359402
Yeah but when you do coke daily, you will never be able to piss clean when you cause a huge wreck and DOT finds your 3 log books and sees you have been driving for 72hrs.

None of it is worth it. If you really gotta get high, pick a different profession. You can get away with it for awhile, but you will always get caught in the long run and it isn't worth it at all.

>>16359381
If you have the means, pay for it yourself. You don't want to be a slave for 2 years because you signed that contract instead of shelling out $2000 with a private school or doing the paperwork for a grant/loan.

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>>16361144

>Cement

Intredasting. Usually its hauled around in pneumatic bulk trailers in these parts, but I guess for a medium sized application grain bags make sense.

>>16361154
Anything wrong with drinking dying the reset?

>>16361306

Yes, alcohol is the devil's blood.

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>>16360589
When I (illegally) take 10 pallets of 50lb fence post mix to this regular customer on my little tandem truck I don't even bother with straps. Then again he's less than a mile away and I drive like a grandma.

>>16361298

We get it from South America. So it's shipped over here in those "slings" as we have no other way to receive it.

>>16361366

Aside from those slings we often. Ship pallets of 35 x 94lbs sacks of cement. But they have a wider footprint compared to their height and you'd be surprised the speed you can carry through a corner with them. The truck will flip first

>>16360898
That cut looks entirely too lewd to have actually aired on TV.

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>>16361510
Hi there! Welcome to the internet. It's a crazy place but I think you'll like it.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/612135

>>16360832
>too triggered over the fact I need fendirrors like a scrub

FTFY

>>16361306
Nah but you better blow .00 before you try and go anywhere. And if you start drinking in that cuckshed to kill time, you may never stop. At least I couldn't.

>>16361306
No. But if you are american don't let other drivers see you as american truckers do not stick together and they narc each other.

>>16361826
I been using mine a bit early in the morning. I have the AC goin in the truck and it fogs up the corner of the passenger window so I can't see the regular convex mirror for shit.

>fuel and then pull up to go grab some hot dogs
>some fucking dinosaur pulls up into the lane behind me
>gets out, yells some incoherent gibberish, and starts waddling towards me
>"I been hollerin atcha on 19, driver, aintcha gotcha ears on?"
>literally what.jpg
Turns out he was asking me if I had my CB radio on. Do people really still use those things? I don't see the point. I don't plan on spending like $200 on a radio when I've got my cellphone and GPS and everything.

>>16361845
How are you supposed to have intelligent discussions about the Kenyan refugee?

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>>16361845

What did Truckasaurus Sr. want? To tell you his opinion on minorities?

>>16361872

>Literally an agent of the reptillian overlords.

>>16361845

5/10

>>16361845
I have one in my cab, no idea how to set the damn thing up and no i inclination to learn. All i know is you hold the button on the mic to talk, but there's like 10 knobs and switches to figure out first

>>16358706
It's from a fucking movie you moron
Go watch "Transformers: Age of Extinction".

>>16361897
My trailer had a tail light out, but I didn't care because I was just running a shag.

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>>16361957

>Going for the obvious bait

>>16361977

Is that a euphemism?

>>16361939
Turn up Dynamike
Turn up RF Gain
Turn down squelch, then turn it up until you don't hear static anymore, unless you find the static comfy.
Delta tune is more involved. May want to look up a Cobra 129 manual online for that.

>>16361460
>as we have no other way to receive it.

...Why not?

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>>16361599

>Breddy high production values for an internet hentai parody

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>pulled into terminal, set the brakes as soon as I'm in the gate, log myself off duty
>13 seconds left on my 14

a-am I a supertrucker yet guys???

>>16362046
Thanks. How do you know which channel to use, is there one that everyone has agreed on or something?

>>16362214
Channel 19 for general shit (AM), 38 for SSB, 9 for emergency

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>>16362172

>Shaving it close.

Wew lad.

>>16361599
Thanks, I came.

>tfw low bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ8WKscGo8I

:^)

>>16362414
Old video been posted here many times.

>>16362011
You don't know what a shag is?

>>16362770
A type of carpet or a britbong term for sexytimes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK8FSTHYLOo

hey, who wants to drive this for SpaceX?

impossibru long and oh, it is worth 30 million dollarus.

I'm surprised there was no escorts with the truck.

>>16362770

>All slang and terminology is obviously the same, the entire world over

Now that I have done some reading online, around here it's usually called a shunt truck, sometimes a yard dog.

>>16362824

My original line of thought.

>be me
>have a normal drivers licence
>wanting to get CDL
>i want to become a truck driver
>how

>>16362829
Not even close. Shags are split loads where the pick up and receiver are in the same town.

>>16360455
They certainly are, but your trainers aren't allowed to call them that.

>>16362886
http://archive.india.gov.in/howdo/howdoi.php?service=6

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>>16362886
see
>>16356705
>community college, private schools, financial aid and gubbermint grants

>>16361838
Don't you know to use shaving cream to clean your mirrors and windows? No more fog.

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>>16362895

>MFW there is a separate term for what seems to be basically pickup and delivery.

I withdraw my former statement then.

>>16361845
>He then gave up on you and let you find out yourself that you had a flat tire

>>16359508
Commercial truck driving is a federally enforced profession.

>>16362925
It's not a simple pickup and delivery. If you're cpm, you're not gonna deliver a load that's only 25 miles. So you get shag pay to make it worth your time.

>>16362927
>impyling that the old guy wasnt calling dibs on the last 2 jalapeno and cream cheese tornados

>>16362955
>old dude was upset he didnt respond to his double key up

>tfw cpm cuck with hourly rate for anything under 150miles.

>>16362981
> im saying that he keyed up for the tornados, not a tire

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>>16362949

>CPM pay structure

>mfwtbqhfam

Never been a cpm cuck my dude. Always hourly, percentile of tractor earnings, or salary plus ticket revenue based bonuses.

is 40c per kilometer good?

>>16363019
Yes, equals 64cpm.

>>16362998
Double key up (click click) is meant to be homosexuals looking for fun.

>>16363019

Is it a Canadian outfit? The few I have looked into all definitely had their pay packages in cents per mile is why I ask.

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How very fitting.

What do you use for fuel in upper canada, alaska, and northern europe?

Where the temperature is below 0 ferhrenheit .


Diesel starts getting cloudy at 32 f, and gels by minus 40f.

>>16363047
Like I would tell your smug ass. DIAF

>>16363100
No. 1 diesel.

>>16363070
Lmao. Saw the Special Olympics thing near Swift on Google Maps, didn't know it was the same building.

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>>16363111

>So very, very salty

Why so embittered anon-kun?

>>16363100

They put additives into winter blend diesel that makes it more resistant to gelling, although most guys add additional conditioner to make doubly sure.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_diesel_fuel

>>16363100
kerosene

>>16363192
Knew a guy that ran a pro-am go kart he bought second hand on kerosene. Was hilarious. Wonder if he blew it up.

>>16363200
just add some 2 stroke oil or ATF fluid and its fine.

>>16363200
https://youtu.be/07vdtBMG4Kg

Did ya hear about the Prime driver that got busted for having 250lbs of dope in his truck, they opened the side box and a Swift driver fell out

floating gears = more wear on the shifter fork and leading edge of the dog gear. Means excessive wear on the transmission. Much rather replace a clutch then a transmission any day of the week.

>>16363304

k

>>16363386
do facts bewilder you, enjoy your microcracked bearing seats too.

But that's ok as instead of refurbing the unit you have to buy a new one. We won't refurb a unit with microcracks, guess what causes them.

>>16363392

k

>>16363426
That's what I thought a fendirror user would mumble.

>>16363427

k

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2462471/child-cruelty-like-fritz-three-year-old-forced-to-live-wooden-box-rescued-by-police-following-tip-off/

>this is how american truckers are brought up so they are used to living 24/7 in a box

>>16363428
LMAO

I enjoy this, please show the world how intelligent american truckers are.

k

>>16363433

k

>>16363433

The rest of the world already knows how dum Americans are, look at who they voted for president.

>>16363437
Indeed, is that about how far your alphabet education got?

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>>16363430

>Implying that sweet, padded box filled with all the dead bugs you could ever want to snack on is uncomfortable

@16363437
must be above average american intelligence, you learned how to solve captcha

>fendirror user so flustered he cannot even make a whole world

LMFAO!

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>>16363441

Holy shit, he is so consumed by rage and shaking uncontrollably he couldn't even press a key!

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>>16363392

Are you imblying that you always use the clutch for every shift, including going into half gears and back to direct?

>>16363466
No, I don't drive a cuckbox. I repair fucked transmissions and drivelines. Keep floating as I prefer to drop a fresh unit in, rather than reman it then drop it in.

>>16363304
>>16363392
yeah but
>not my truck
>the clutch is heavy

fun fact: the clutch brake on our yard tug broke, they kept running it as-is for two weeks before they bothered to fix it. You literally had to ram it into gear and let the dog teeth grind each other to a halt. Sickening.

>>16363484
Couldn't you just hold the clutch in for longer and wait for cogs to slow down?
I drove an old merc cabover that had no clutch brake and you just held the clutch in and waited a few seconds then gently put it into gear.

But also, when it isn't your personal equipment of course you don't care about the damage. Especially when it has been noted and not repaired for a while.

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>Be me

>Usually drive newish Western Stars

>Notchy 18 speeds with sticky clutch pedals, not pleasant

>Finally drive equipment after several weeks of on site work

>Get to drive slightly older Kenworth w/ 18 speed this time

>MildlyExcited.jpg

>Tranny all jacked up after not even 130000km, complete slush box with every shift from gorilla coworkers smashing through the gears

>MFW

Why are there so many irish mechanics?

>>16363520
How can you fuck shifts up with an 18sp, just split every gear and it's nearly like driving a syncro box.

>>16363478

k

>>16363520
Why would the trannys be different? Aren't they both eaton?

>>16363542

That's the response we get from you types when we point out the damage done by your incompetent ass, you usually get more vocal when we tell you that we have informed the company the reason why the damage occurred.

I don't know who is dumber. /dbt/ or /tfg/ threads.

Pretty close

>>16363560
At least /dbt/ has somewhat witty responses. Here it is just some retard with a broken keyboard apparently.

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>>16363541

>Split every gear

>Ain't nobody got time for that.

It wasn't unshiftable, just rough and mildly unpleasant. I was commenting more on the fact of how bad it was considering the mileage was breddy low.

>>16363544

They are, but the particular series of Western Stars we run are have a shorter shifter height and the throw between positions feels shorter and tighter. The pattern is the same, but it doesn't feel nearly as smooth as the setup in Kenworths or Peterbilts I have driven, especially when floating gears.

A few other coworkers I have spoken to have made similar comments, so I don't think it's just me.

>>16363586
But when you need to retard force them into gear, splitting sounds good. Plus everyone knows only a real super trucker gives each gear a turn.

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>>16363554
>>16363565

>>16363603
just pretending or full blown?

>>16363605
I'm taking this VERY seriously

>>16363609
so full blown

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>>16363594

>What means skip shifting?

I have seen the error of my ways, and will start shifting every gear, starting out from low/low.

>>16363616
You miss the point. If you can shift without needing to force it into gear, it's fine. But you said your retard co workers force it into gear, so why why wouldn't they just split them as they are much easier to shift them for a shitcunt or haven't they figured out that splitting each gear makes it easier to shift for those who have issues swapping whole cogs or even a gear and a half.

>>16363609
SAME, YOU WOULDN'T JUST GO ONTO THE INTERNET AND SHIT UP AN UNEDUCATED WORKER THREAD

do you ever watch crash videos to remind you how bad shit can get

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6yr-jhtIaw

>>16363631

I wish I had a good answer to give you.

My guess is that A: the unit is pretty light compared to a lot of the other equipment we haul, so they try to do full gear shifts as much as possible since it "feels faster", and either bog the shifts or try to pin the tach before shifting, B: they barely turn a wheel during their time on shift compared to a what a real trucker puts on in one day, let alone two weeks, so they simply aren't very good at shifting, and C: They're probably dummies that try to float gears with the engine brake on full blast and miss a lot.

I can reasonably say that during the one year of consistent hauling I did previously before coming to my current employer, I did more driving than those guys did in three or four.

>>16363650
Not really, I do enjoy watching crash tests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT9WlALh_A4

Man, oilfag sure shits up these threads.

>>16362129

>why not?

Because third world country with 110,000 population.

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Gonna be a long ass day if it keeps raining like this. Just standin around at my first stop waiting for it to slow down before I take any cases off. Not tryin to get pneumonia for Xmas.

>>16364093
Don't be a pussy, oh wait youre american and getting sick is only for rich people.

>>16364093
>nigger scared of a little water
Like clockwork

>>16364113

Tropical showers are those kinds where you get completely soaked through in 3 paces

>>16364113
Pretty much this >>16364132

If it were the afternoon and I had 3 stops left, I would just work through it. But I have to be in coolers all day today and whenever I try and work through the rain and end up wet all day, I get the flu a couple days later. I would rather just stay out here late and bring a couple stops back than have a 102F fever for my first real 3-day weekend in years.

>>16364153
>>16364132
Also my first stop was a ton of 12pks and you can't even deliver those in heavy rain because they get wet and fall apart.

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>>16364093
I know what you mean. I have to cover my shit up real good so it won't get wet. Plus bring out in a down pour on that fork lift ain't no fun

>>16363304

If you jam it in on every gear, sure.

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>>16363537
because nobody curses like a fooking mick, and we all know how important cursing is to fixing shit.

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>>16365320
Damn what happened there? Looks like the wheel just sheared the lugs in half?

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>Applied at a local place to haul fuel, be home more, and make more money than in well servicing with current employer

>Had great interview, supplied them with clean drivers abstract and good references

>Had to go out to work for two week shift, supplied them with days off dates way ahead of time, figuring they'd book drug test in that time

>Said that was fine, they were willing to wait for me to give proper notice once I had the job with them

>Call to do follow up once on days off

>"Because its so hard to schedule stuff around the holidays Oilfag, we'll look at moving forward maybe next week"

>Wat

>Back on shift next week, may be gone out of town again

>Fug

>MFW


>>16365320

I wonder what caused a breakage like that? Tire not rolling over a long period putting strain on the bolts?

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>>16365382
>gonna haul fuel from depot to gas station
>must change name to Capt Rollerdog

>>16365364
>>16365382
i dont have the story for >>16365320 pic, shits just broke, sorry

Bros, should I drive 11 hours a day and take a reset, or drive only 8.5 hours a day and never take a reset?

I need this settled once and for all.

>>16364661
I sent that pic to corporate and complained that my disabled ass couldn't get into the shop due to you taking up all the disabled spaces.

>>16365467
I'm not an american, but according to your logbook laws, Yes. Just read them, it's not hard.

>>16365467
Drive 11 and don't take a reset you lazy ass

>>16365467

>Reset

I bet you do a pretrip too, loser.

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>>16365707

>>16365707
Post it to thise facebook groups that shame people who park on disabled spots. That gets jimmies rustled good and you get a whole mob of dogooders complaining to them.

>>16365755
>He doesn't do a two hour pretrip

>>16365382
>I wonder what caused a breakage like that
Usually loose lug nuts allowing the rim to move around and it shock loads the studs, they slowly fail one by one until the rest cannot support the wieght and it shears them off.

Are you all gonna make it home for christmas?

>>16365861
Got home yesterday. Not rolling out until Tuesday.

>>16365889
Nice work, Landon. Our shutdown is until the 3rd.

I hope the rest of you get home.

>>16365722
>>16365747
>>16365755
My logs are electronic you booger pounding Luddites

>>16365913
That still doesn't mean you can't go and read the logbook laws and educate yourself.

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>>16365937
Are you actually this dumb I can't tell?

Either of the scenarios I mentioned is a legally valid approach. I'm just curious what people think the pros and cons are of each.

Please don't respond this was more a question for people who aren't impossibly dumb. Thx.

>>16365954
You are one retarded fuckwit, you asked a question.

Did you ever imply that you even knew? NO.

Only now you state you know.

Sorry you are the only dumb cunt here.

But whatever.

Oh yes I can't wait for this smug newfag to do an eminem.

>>16365968
Man just stop everyone is laughing at you.

>>16365976
sure, sorry you are too retarded to even figure it out for yourself.

>>16365954
you should do whatever makes you the most money desu

>>16365976
No we arent it is the otherway around and has been for a while.
>>16365973

>>16365976
Holy shit you are dumb.

>>16365973
They couldn't even trust him with a pencil so they gave him electric logs, LMAO!

four weeks ago I couldn't even spell twuck dwiber, now eye iz onez

>>16365982
>>16365994
Stop samefagging its not fooling anyone lol

>>16366016
>summed up the industry in one sentence.

>>16366017
>more than one person disagrees with me
SAMEFAG!

>>16366023
>story of 4chan

>>16365413

It'll be more deliveries to frac sites and drilling rigs than to fuel stations by the sounds of it, if anything actually comes out of it.

I have a backup option of doing a mix of flatbedding and fluid hauling work at a place one of my buddies works for. It doesn't pay as well per hour at the start, but it would still pay better than what I am making now.

>>16366025
>>16366020
>>16366025
>>16366016
>>16366004
Man its okay to look bad on the internet anonymously. Sure are doing a lot of work.

>>16366036
LMAO, stay upset. Maybe you should educate yourself like the other anon suggested.

>>16366036
>Sure are doing a lot of work.

Indeed you keep trying to save face

>another fendirror user is upset

>>16366045
>>16366049
Anon its gonna be alright bro. Put away the knives and sharp objects. Warm up some tendies. Step away from the keyboard. You'll feel better in no time ; )

>i'm so smart
>but I am to dumb to figure out the best plan of attack

>>16365467

I would think it depends on how much volume you can get for loads, and also how long you want to stay out on the road.

If you can consistently get loads and have enough time to get them done keeping your on duty time under ten hours a day, it would make sense to do it since you aren't going to be pounding the pavement all that hard. If you need to rush to make it on time and need to do more than 8.5 hours in the seat a day to be on time, or the loads are infequent, it would make more sense to run as hard as you can into a reset.

>>16366063
Project some more, It sure seems to work for you. LMAO!

>>16366063
>damage control: the post
>I-I know what I'm doing, seriously guise
>But just explain simple log book stuff for me

>>16366074
Don't worry, I'm too stupid to even know what's best for me.

>>16366066
Sounds like it might something to talk to my dispatcher about so we can work out a plan that works best. I like the idea of 8.5 hour days but no resets or home time. Seems comfy really.

>>16366067
You sound like a script bot at this point. Just admit defeat.

>>16366086

It shows, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out your average load distances and delivery time, then work out of you can do the 7 day 8hr runs.

>>16366090
>Just admit defeat.
LMAO

Sure good buddy, show us some more of your ignorance.

>>16366086
All you can do is steal my name, samefag, and spout script bot tier cancer. How much sadder can you get kek

>>16366103
LMAO

>All you can do is spout samefag and script bot because you got nothing

LMAO

>newfag doesn't know about the shitpost bot here

>>16366103
>How much sadder can you get kek
Only when I become too retarded to figure out simple logs and become a cumpney prime driver.

>>16366118
I'm just doing it to pay off some student loans...its not a career lol

>>16366122
>student loans
>drives a truck


You obviously made the right educational choices to get into debt for.

They sure worked out for you, what do you need to study these days to become a steering wheel attendant.

>inb4 art degree

>>16366122
got yourself one of those useless degrees

>>16366128
You're trying so hard to hurt my feelings... but you're only showcasing your reddit sensitivity

>All this shitposting because the shitty troll has shown up and the new kids always take the bait.
>>16365896
oi ur a cheeky 1 il give u that m8

>>16366152
Go check all your favorite default subreddits and come back when you're in control man

This newfag has NFI

@16366153
@16366158

HE HAS YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND

>>16366155
I've been on 4chan since 1999.

>>16366153
>>16366158
topcuck is triggered as fuck

>>16366155
>shitty troll has shown
I don't even try, it is blatant retardation yet someone always feeds me.

https://youtu.be/9ct1lUDJPpQ
>fendirror users

>>16366162
>>16366163
>>16366165
>>16366168
I can bench press my body weight and am receiving personal mma training from my friend twice a week ya'll better stop before I start hunting ppl down

>>16366189
Alright I'm pulling your card first bud

>>16366153
>>16366158
Reddit actually has the answers you seek.

How much do you guys spend each week on food?

>Professional drivers
Football players are professionals, yet I don't see amateurs running around the field with the Denver Broncos.

>>16366209
>>16366209
Oilfag had a good point. It really depends on how my dispatch will be running me. I'll get with him at some point about it.
>>16366214
Tortillas and honey
Carrots and peanut butter
Granola bars
Yogurt
Water
Candy

I spent $28 last time.

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>Absolute bedlam

>An avalanche of shitposting and trolling

Its a Christmas miracle.


>>16366214
Probably $75-$100 a week, but this is in Canada so prices are higher, also I don't scrimp when it comes to food:

Bring:
Canned stuff - Soups/Chili/Pasta/Stew etc.
Bread
Salami
Good cheese
Pepperoni
Pickles and hot peppers
Granola bars
Milk and cereal on occasion
Canned coffee for when fresh was unavailable
Chocolate bars
Snacky stuff like Crispers
Condiments
Homemade breakfast sandwiches for easy breakfasts
Bottled water
Easy to eat veggies/fruit

Buy on road:
Hot coffee mostly and occasionally a cheap meal to break up the routine.

https://youtu.be/NWRtMYUNk8o
>fendirror users

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ThIs thread is going so fast no one will wish me a happy birthday

>>16366352
Who the fuck are you?

>notruck

>>16364072
not really a good excuse for efficiency senpai

How many animals did you run over this year?

I got 26 kangaroos, 8 emus, 3 rabbits, a frill necked lizard and one wedgetail eagle.

>>16366396

Australia: The Post.

>>16366403
I brake for cows/bulls, camels and wombats. They will just fuck your shit up.

>>16365861
Yeah boi!

Had the longest day of work in like a year today with everything going wrong. But they gave us Monday off too which I'm stoked about. And normally if we get a Monday off for a holiday, we gotta work the next Saturday to make up for it so we always end up running 5 days no matter what. But I guess we are off next Sat so it will be the first 4 day work week in the 3 years I have been there.

Wife is going on the road with me the next couple weeks. How bad did I fuck up?

>>16366403
Isn't canada the same, except it is moose, deer, coyote etc?

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>>16366542
You have a pre-nup, right?

>>16366396
Only thing I really remember in the truck is pic related. But I'm sure I have taken out some birds and cats and just never noticed.

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>>16366543

Yeah, breddy much. Piles of wildlife to see.

Lots of deer, elk, moose, mountain goats in the Rockies, the occasional rabbit, bear, coyote or fox, very rarely bobcats, mountain lions or wolves.

Way up north, you'll see herds of caribou and bison, who are stubborn fucking jerks.

I've been pretty luck in that the only wildlife strike I have had in the past couple of years was that I clipped the head of a deer with my bush bumper when it ran out from my side of the road, stopped in the middle of the road because of an oncoming truck going the other way, and went to turn around just as I was going by.

>>16365467
The reality is that you run whatever is necessary for the load you're on and then recaps until the hours coming back put a limit on how you run. For myself, without any particular consideration to the 70, I could run months without a reset.

>>16366379

Efficiency is having a bulk trailer that gets used for 3 weeks of the year?

That same flat bed carries lumber, slung cement, styrofoam containers, water tanks, etc. etc.

A bulk cement trailer would only be used for that and sit for over 11months doing nothing and it can't even travel on 30% of the highway seeing as our highways force euro cabovers trailering 20ft containers into 15 point turns to get around some corners.

It just doesn't make sense to invest in something you can't use. That's not even considering who can load and unload it.

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>>16367189

>Fifteen point turns

Do you live in Lilliput?

>>16367242

>Fictional island

No a real one

I've started noticing some 53' Amazon boxes rolling down the road. Does anyone know if they started buying their own trailers or is it just a dedicated carrier? I wonder if Amazon is going to start running their own drivers.

>>16367559

http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-amazon-delivery-trucks-bsi-20151204-story.html

>>16366817
>9 real people actually "Liked" that

>>16367559
I remember reading that they were trying to get their own cargo airline of some sort going. They may already have some planes on lease.

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>>16367559
>>16367590
>>16367644
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/amazon-to-lease-20-boeing-767s-for-its-own-air-cargo-network/

It's crazy how big that company has become.

>>16367242
Hey oilfag, have this.
I'm sure you've seen this but but this site appears to be the source.
http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p2.html

>>16367649

>So fed up of dealing with other companies bullshit excuses that you start your own fleet

Sometimes I feel like I went down the wrong path in life.

>>16367674
>start up own shipping
>treat it exactly like they treat the other shipping guys
>get shitty results go back to old method so they dont have to acknowledge the magnum opus of shit that is their wish fulfillment centers
>pretend it was just an experiment

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>>16367650

>wat

David Thorne is my spirit totem.

>>16367954
>spirit totem
Reddit: the post

>>16366352
Your birthday the 23rd? Mine is today. Happy belated birthday, anon.

>no one wishes me one

>>16369211
Fuck you. You aren't special.

Personal vehicle is kill. Merry Christmas to you, too, Chebby.
Can't decide if I should try my luck at bumming rides from friends until tax season or just try diving into financing a used car, and paying it off fast as fuck.

>>16369260
Buy a god damn $500 beater with a heater and be done with it for a few years.

>>16369260
Same thing happened to me last Christmas. It wouldn't start but then started right up the next time I tried and never did it since.

Don't you have a s10 too?

>>16369271
congraduations you are the bump limit

>>16369263
That would be nice but I just managed to pay off a bank loan, haven't had the opportunity to save up any money yet.
>>16369271
Yeah '99 blazer. Just watched a couple YouTube videos on how to replace the pump. I could probably do that, problem is I have zero equipment, not even a socket wrench set. I'd need jacks and jackstands, plus the tank is near full right now so I'd need a few jugs to siphon about 15 gallons of gas into. I just don't feel like fucking with it right now, because what else is about to break? This blazer is old and worn out.

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F

>>16369745

Respek.

>>16367644
Yeah, nine fellow assassins.

>>16370182
Put respeck on his name

>>16367189
Yes, it is.

>>16369234
I'd say he is. Just not in the way most people think.

Merry 36.287 tonne Christmas for my fellow ameritruckers who allowed my 44 tonnes m8 to become a meme.

Keep your fendirrors shiney.

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>>16370888
Don't you have a refugee to give your vehicle to or something?

>>16370963
Refugees and trucks don't go well together.
t. France and Germany

>>16370963
Anime is for losers.

NEW THREAD

>>16370963
>fellow ameritruckers

You guys are dumb. I'm American.

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>>16370997
>anime
>when what was posted is clearly a manga cut out
Baka anon desu~

>>16370997
NEW THREAD WHERE?

>>16371016
I don't even know what those gook words are. I guess they make sense when you read them through tiny slits where your eyelids should be. I'm going to break several pairs of chopsticks and pretend they are you. Go die.