/TFG/ - Truckerfag thread

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FIRST FOR PRIME DRIVEN BY THE BEST™

>>16672908
Old white dude just watching his daughter in the purple get Blacked™

Dat money background is great

>>16672752
What is that propane?


Anyboot ex pump lad here blew fed off kind of regret it feel like i can make good dash there went with some shingle company delivering on conveyors haven't even told me the pay thought if it's less than 20ish im out

>>16673011
No, the trailer is a pneumatic, for hauling frac sand and cement.

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Some interesting chatter over in >>16670605. Tfag is running herd on some internet aeronauts.

>webm from that thread

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>must tarp load
Yeah, fuck that. We outlaw trucker nao

> tfw can't be a lorryfag in Europe because Eastern Europeans will undercut your wage, the roads are too small to be cosy, and you cant engage in radio bantz because no one else speaks English

>>16673120
It should be legal to run them down.

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>>16673011
>ex pump lad here
Told you you'd get BTFO sooner or later.

>>16673180
That sleeper desperately needs some paint.

Any Euro trucker fags beat up any rapefugees yet?

>>16672752
whats a straight truck?

Ask for "Ultra Premium" PM the next time you head to a TA for service. If the TSA knows what you mean he'll meet you behind the shop for a through lubejob while your truck is serviced.

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>>16673449
A single vehicle.

>>16673449
One that isn't gay.

>>16673449
One you're not in fagboi.

>>16673449

It's a truck that doesn't have a hitch, so it doesn't articulate, therefore "straight".

For example, Oilfag drives one right now that has a big oil tank on the back that he uses to melt frozen mudpuddles up on some northern plain that everyone sensible left after the fur trade petered out. I haven't yet figured out why the mudpuddles have to stay melted but it seems good clean fun so I don't object. Also they drink milk from bags up there so there may be no reasoning it out.

>>16673120
>want to ride truck into freedum
>block path of truck

>>16673449
Something fake truckers drive
Same thing as a U-Haul

>>16673532
Don't forget the silly monopoly money

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>show up 4 hours before pick up
>only truck here, all docks open
>"we'll call you when we have a door for you"
fuck
>look at sign in sheet
>only other truck here today was here for 9 hours
FUCK

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I've finally done it. I managed to get negative pay this week.

>>16673011
No idea what the fuck you're trying to say, dude.

>>16673476
Ironically straight trucks are pretty gay

>>16673631
I think he is a stroke victim.

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>>16673532
>>16673570

>All of these are true statements.

A little gas plant service work today; flushing the buildup of gunk out of a dehydrator tower with 70°C (158°F) water and an industrial soap/degreaser.

The tower is used to strip moisture out of natural gas before it is shipped downstream via pipelines.

>>16672639
Yeah basically. Really does suck about Napster, but I've got an old Zune (HUEHUE) and a Sansa Clip in a box in my room. Both have bad headphone jacks, so I just need to fix one and load it up with music.
>>16673120
Fuckin' cave people's what they're acting like.
>>16673180
What is that, roofing shingles? Why would they care if that shit is tarped?
>>16673199
I heard Tennessee may pass a law eliminating legal penalties for motorolists that happen to strike protesters blocking the road.
>>16673328
He got canned a long damn time ago. Now he just shows up to puke run-on sentences once in a while instead of daily. Pretty sure it's just a cover for wordpukebot.
>>16673620
Keks, what'd you manage to do?

>>16673772

Are the towers the short shiny bits? I imagine that's the midday sun up there. Just how bad is the female:male ratio? If it gets too bad, there's always the fuel truck driver. He sounds like he likes a good slow dance.

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>>16673790
Didn't transflo any of my trip sheets last week. Could not be fucked to remember them for some reason, and now it's come back to bite me in the ass.
TIME FOR CASH ADVANCES

>>16673853
That was remarkably dumb of you. Every time I get a signed bill, I toss it on my bed. When I park for the night, I see it there and scan them right then. Sole exception being Sunday/Monday deliveries, I scan them ASAP so I get paid for them the following Friday.

>>16673900

That sounds pretty intelligent so it must be the troll.

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After I finished driving lastnight I ripped up my log book.

Started driving again off duty.
Driving that ass all across my sleeper

>>16673900
Yeah, I'm kicking myself now for it. I'm gonna see if I can't live on $100 till next thursday

>>16674027
Buy sandwich fix'n's and water. Keks

>"hey we need you to drop that load off at the st louis drop yard"
>ok what's the address
>"123 madison rd"
>put address into gps and take off
>hard cut to me balls deep in the middle of a residential area that doesn't have any no truck signs but desperately needs them
>guys what the fuck this address is just somebody's house
>"oh right the st louis drop yard is actually in madison il not st louis"
Fucking night crew I swear I think they do this shit on purpose

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>>16674057
>Not doing an overhead satellite view on your telephone.

But honestly that's fucked up.

>>16674091
What is an OVERHEAD SATELLITE?
How are they different from regular satellites?

>>16673790
>He got canned a long damn time ago. Now he just shows up to puke run-on sentences once in a while instead of daily. Pretty sure it's just a cover for wordpukebot.

Am I the only one who likes his stories?

>>16673120
I'd have had a panic attack and floored it.

>>16674091
Normally I would, but the thing is, they sent me the split notice as I was on my way to the receiver, and I was already heading into St Louis, so I just pulled onto an on ramp for a minute to get the address and punch it in.

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>>16673900
>>16674027
>living paycheck to paycheck
Sometimes I save up like three weeks just to see all dem digits on one check. Sure does piss off billing though

More proof Nestlé is evil. They make ice cream and frozen pizza in the same not that big facility.

>>16674153
Nothing wromg with that, but tenbux sez neither are made there, just stored.

>>16674057
ENTIRELY your fault.

Does anyone want to fight me. I can 1v1 anyone on this board. I will end ur life. Also, I am the best driver I've seen. Every day I drive better than everyone else around me. Don't reply to this comment. You're not worthy.

>>16674057
See >>16674091
>>16674104
Probably. Have you suffered brain damage in the past?
>>16674113
I wouldn't have had a panic attack. I still would have floored it.
>>16674141
I do that because my bills all roll in at the first two weeks of each month. Sucks. Gonna have to budget myself better.

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>>16674198
Maybe the pizza but they make the ice cream here.

>>16674224
I'm lucky, only bills I have are my cell phone and insurance on my car I never get to enjoy. I'm thinking of ditching the car because 20 year old sports cars and trucker body styles aren't exactly compatible.

>>16674224
>bills

It's like you faggots don't even understand trucking. Part of the beauty of this job is having almost zero living expenses. If you want to make it in this field you need to stop paying rent and sleep on your brother's/sisters couch. Stop paying a car note and just borrow the family beater. Stop wasting money on food and eat ramen. Roll your own cigarettes and ferment your own cider in your sleeper, you just pour apple juice in a Ziploc and poke a few holes in it. If DOT asks you say it's bags full of piss.

>>16674264
>>16674280
I live in my mom's house but I practically have it to myself since she moved out of state. However, now I'm paying for everything in full because she can't afford to, since she's helping her bf pay for a nice place of their own, and she's fine with selling the house but I don't want to let it leave our family's hands. It's a Habitat for Humanity home so the house payment is dirt cheap, and it's mostly energy efficient so utilities ain't bad either. What really bogs me down financially is my credit card debt. I was just about to begin finally paying that down after it all piled up on me, then the blazer died for good, and I didn't feel like fucking with a totaled '99 gas guzzling SUV that leaked through literally every cabin opening, so now I have a car payment to deal with.

I would totally ditch all this and live out of the truck, but it's just not feasible right now.

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demoted to dumper for a few nights

>>16674211
I got u f@m

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>>16674211
Lol peppu gon fuck ur shit up
>>16674381

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At first I was afraid, I was petrified. Kept thinking I could never make it to the gas station.

Then I filled my 300gal tanks with only 260 gals, so I guess my dash can suck a dick

>>16674458

I've done that once. Thought I could make it past Seattle.
>drive 30km on empty
>Volvo screaming the whole way
>never tell anyone
>Next time I talk to boss he says to fill up more often
How did he know!?

>>16674458

I drive a smaller international with a single 200 gallon tank that draws from the back of the tank. Going down steep hills at 1/4 tank on flat roads sets the alarm off. Then if you hit the brakes hard and the fuel starts sloshing all you hear is BEEE B B B BEEEE as it comes on and off so quickly.

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>>16674458
Been there.
I have about 25g left when below E.

>>16674661
Im no mechanic, but maybe your fuel pump got messed up, or maybe your truck had the volvo link dystopian big brother tracking thing.

>>16673043
No no hazmat needed im guessing? Just got my tanker but insurance minimum is 23 and im 22 for literally all company's

>>16673328
Yeah i honestly got myself fired the truck i ran was a lunk of shit and i made them to much fucking money for the measly 21/hr i was making so i slowed my pace and demanded a raise
>>16673790
Fuck off i only come on here when im stoned and could care less about some autistic punctuation fetish faggot
>>16673631
New fag

>>16674372
What you hauling drump truck jobs are comfy

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>>16673831

Yeah, those are the dehy towers, and I shot that around noon.

The female to male ratio is pretty much 1:99. Usually the only women on worksites are industrial medics, although I have seen the rare trucker, pipeliner, welder, and a journeyman crane operator one time. Its still basically a male dominated industry.

>>16674017
>Dirty, shlubby, ginger nerd
Wew lad.

>>16674797
No hazmat needed for frac sand. We don't have a tanker endorsement up here, and our equivalent to a Hazmat endorsement is an (usually) online course called TDG, or Transportation of Dangerous Goods.

The only optional endorsement we have that I am aware of is for LCVs or Long Combination Vehicles, so various long doubles, and maybe triples if they even allow them up here.

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>>16674827
>so i slowed my pace and demanded a raise
I've been debating this for a while. It's almost my 1 year at Lowe's and feel like asking for two bucks. Then again I don't do all that much. Today I finished my day with three hours to kill so I went home and shitposted the time away.

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Anyone here driven a Freightliner model other than the meme Cascadia?

I wonder if their well documented lack of quality control is model specific or company wide.

I see a few 122SDs pulling logs and tankers here and there, but have never heard much about them, good or bad.

>>16674827
>Newfag
Learn to punctuate. Your run-on sentences don't make any sense.

Plus you're a fucking degenerate.

>>16674876
There's so many jobs for cdl its insane, literally went to the closet place hiring and had a job by the end of the day, menards was suppose to be my like 4th or 5th interview but 1st one was a charm

>>16675317
Idgaf bitch i just bought a s6edge that i hate so fucking much so dont bother using punctuation

>>16675371
Who?

>>16674850
snow. comfy ain't the word I'd use for dumpers but at least snow is pretty light

How far back does a hair test go?

t. Totally never used drugs. Srs.

>>16674017
K

>>16674211
t. SJW 36 Tonne Trucker

>>16674458
>not having a wood fuel guage

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>>16674858
lol K bud

>>16676350
Tits aren't nearly big enough

Also, I'm in rage mode this morning. My company has cut me off from getting cash advances now. It's like they really want me to quit or something.

>>16676476
Shitty. I guess this will be a hard learned lesson to get your paperwork submitted in a timely fashion.

>>16676350
>>16674017

That's not the same gril is it?

>>16676476

Do you have food stocked up at least?

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>>16676703
Yes it's the same girl. And her tits are plenty for her frame.

>>16676769

I retract my former statement. She's a QT3.14.

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Jeeeez, that 82mi stretch between the last service plaza on i76 in PA and the first one in OH is a doozy. Snow plows and general traffic fuckery resulted in me violating my logs by 2 minutes and shitting in a bucket.
Bless Ohio and their amazing service plazas, gonna utilize the fuck out of a free shower.

Hope everyone's day is going better than mine.

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Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys.

>>16673339
Sleeper is fine except the whore door, which has the usual rust. Paint peels off the fairings because they're too thin to expand slow enough for paint to stick.

>>16673790
>they don't want salt getting on it
Is what the broker said. No salt means no tarp in my book.

>>16673853
>TRANSFLO
>for when your drivers are too dumb to run a scanner and you're too poor to afford trip pak

>>16674458
>he doesn't know the pickup tube is 2" off the bottom of the tank

>>16675071
I've driven an FLD, Columbia, and Century. Build quality issues have more to do with build date than model. If you want a new well put together freightliner, get a Western Star.

>Arrive at consignee
>Need to drop a deuce
>"Toilet is through door 19"
>Walk around building
>Find a small room clearly built as an add-on after the original construction
>No toilet paper, no paper towels, not even a fucking SEAT on this toilet
>Go back to front desk
>'Have y'all got a toilet?'
>"Oh yeah it's by door 19"
>'Nah I already saw that. I ain't using that mess.'
>They have a perfectly fine bathroom right there as I'm talking to them
>"Sorry that's the only one driver's may use."
If it were night time I'd be tempted to shit in a bag and leave it there for them.

>>16677028
Ah yeah I forgot about road salt. That makes some sense at least, but yeah I'd do the same as you, no salt = no tarp.

>>16676350
>5head

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>>16677057
Maybe you shouldn't be in a profession where the average worker is obese and constantly shitting fluid

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Apparently supposed to wait in this nice cell they've constructed to check in for unload. Been in here over an hour and have seen three employees, got ignored by all.

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>>16677829
A dire warning from a fellow trucker who once shared my fate.

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>>16673853

>TRANSFLO
>not working for a non-shit company that let's you scan in all your trip documents via phone camera and send them off over glorious 4G LTE

>>DRIVEN BY THE BEST™

Story time.

>pick up at Coca-Cola
>HOS are fucked
>ice storm approaching
>decide fuck it, run south to dodge impending ice doom instead of shutting down for the night, running legal, having to wake up at midnight when I get my recap and run tired in the ice and snow
>barely beat it but managed to still hit some freezing rain
>decide fuck it, what's two hours off my HOS
>make a beeline for the terminal and shut down -2 on my 14
>sleep like a rock, wake up at 5am
>still need an hour to get my reset
>going to be late if I wait, fuck it decide roll
>get 5mi from 90, some motherfucker rolls his shit on the 30 interchange
>end up late anyway because of it
>now my HOS are -17hr on my 14
>awesome FM gave me a load with a bunch of time and open pick up and drop appointments so I can fix it and keep rolling
>finances are still not kill
>mfw I was an outlaw trucker for a day

>>16677829
Yeah, that's just containment. At least you don't have to unload it yourself.

They FINALLY grabbed the container out of my loading bay. Third attempt, and they had to pick it up and edge it out a bit, then move the truck, then move the container a bit more, and so forth, until it was outside and they could lift it.

They got the damn thing down easily; I watched them do it. Without knocking holes in the roof or having to edge things around.

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>>16677890
>installing a company app on your phone
>driving while out of hours on elogs
How many dumb choices do you make on a weekly basis?

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>>16677980

Can't knock the hustle.

>>16677829

Segregating you away from the good toilet, no doubt.

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Why do fucking four wheelers feel it necessary to get fuel in the God damn truck lanes
You're not a real truck

>>16678271
Even 4-wheelers with diesels were slapped with the DEF requirement. The car lanes don't have DEF pumps, and some asshats can't be assed to buy a bottle of DEF, and instead insist on using a DEF pump.

>>16678324
Yes yes, very well
HOWEVER
He didn't have a DEF tank or buy any DEF
Also, he pulled up and went inside but he only pulled up like 25 feet. I had to drive around him.

>>16678404
Ah well then that guy is just mega-retarded. That's an official medical term btw.

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Another fuckin swap. I might just quit. 4 swaps in 8 days. Always in the middle of the night after waking me up in the middle of my sleep.

>>16678324

Pump DEF is normally cheaper to pump then to buy in bottles. However I fuel up at the car pumps then sneak over and fill my DEF tank after.

>>16678593
>not using glorious 60gpm truck pumps
Seriously, most cars can be in and out of a truck pump, even with DEF before the mega carriers anti-idle shutdown kicks in.

>>16678271
You americans call those things trucks. So its fine. Its a truck according to you.

imgur.com/user/trukkusan

>>16679072

Consequences will never be the same.

Kinda surprised by the Reddit meme images, though.

>>16679072
What is this?

>>16678887
Not if you're from a real state, we call those pickups.

>>16679481
What the fuck is this

>>16679907
It's a meme, you dip.

I drive a normal sized cargo van. Can I still hang with you guys?

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>>16679996
yeah, you fine f@m. anyone that drives anything for a living is a trucker.

>get put on a shitty dumper hauling snow for a cpl nights while the weather holds up
>Jake not working, pull up on pedals, still nope.. meh
>foreman complains about the stink of brakes, I tell him about the Jake, he mentions it to the mechanic
>mechanic checks it out, says to me all condescending like "it does so work, there's just not enough tape on the pedal.i got a zip tie on there, it's good to go now
not enough tape. lol what a shit show

>>16679996
>>16680005
this reminds me. story time.
>be me, working second shift parts at Peterbilt dealer
>we hire a new second shift service advisor
>hear all this talk of him being a highly educated former o/o who did heavy truck repair on the side
>he's a clueless assclown that talked himself up, go figure
>couldn't do a PM on his own if his life depended on it
>anyway, one of the lube techs broke his ankle and can't drive
>asks me to pull a truck out and park it for him
>tell him no because I've got too much shit to do
>he goes "oh well Matt used to be a driver I'll ask him
>Matt (the service writer) comes up with some stupid reason as to why he can't do it
>lube tech calls him out, says "you don't know how to drive a semi do you?"
>Matt goes "well of course I do but I don't have my CDL so legally I can't
>I didn't have mine either, who cares it's a parking lot
>lube tech responds with the obvious, "how were you an owner operator without a CDL?"
>"well the truck I drove didn't require a CDL"
>that was the end of that conversation, didn't care enough to continue
>one night, stupid advisors girlfriend is visiting
>he says something about how stressful his job is and I hear her say "I bet you wish you still had your bread truck don't you"
>I audibly explode with laughter before I can stop myself and go, "bread van?!"
>"yeah Matty used to deliver for Bimbo Bakery out of an old Uhaul van. I can't believe he didn't tell you that!"

from that day on he was known as bread van boy

>>16673180
Drive for a building supply company.
All flatbed loads inbound, required to be tarped.
No exceptions, they even note it is to be untarped in our yard, not at a rest area, not at a truck stop, not the night before while sitting out front.
Manager will automatically refuse load.
Our recieving is from 6am to 1pm, show up on Friday at 1:01pm, refused, no exceptions, they even lock the gate.
Manager put a port-o-potty on the yard for drivers, no paper, only empties when it fills to the top.
Won't let drivers use phone, fax, nothing, drivers not allowed into warehouse or office.
Corporate backs all of his decisions.

Even makes our own drivers (me) follow these rules, example: hauling rebar from a railyard to our yard, 3 mile trip, I am required to tarp, insane.

Would quit, but the pay and 100% matching 401k and 6 weeks vacation, only 1 or 2 overnights in a 10 day work week.

>>16679762
Its a ute m8.

>>16679907
Its truckerfags cringeworthy content

I've seen this a thousand times while taking a dump. Nobody is at the functioning divided modern urinals and some asshat pisses in a stall instead, usually with the door open. Based on what I can see (flip flops and tracksuits) they're mostly foreigners, but wtf? Homophobia is still rampant in mens rooms, but if anyone is going to hit you in the head and forcefully suck your dick like I imagine most homophobes are afraid of, they're going to do it with a door they can lock behind them, not two 1' dividers in plain sight.

Fendirror strikes again!

https://youtu.be/UH3diaRX5B8

>>16678271
When will you stop taking pictures like a nigger?

>>16673190
Simple, stop living in an expensive part of Europe. Don't expect to live like a king on a trucker's wages while you're living in a big western European city.

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>>16681619
I wonder if it's possible (or practical) to live in the truck in Yurop like you can do in the US. Probably not.

>tfw 70mph speed limit
I hate these cunts

>>16681590
Blame 4chan for purging orientation exif data

Got a job offer for flatbed work. It sounds like a better deal than this current slave work.

>>16682222
First quads, then Bob & Tom show talking about bad dragon this morning. What a way to start the weekend.

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>>16680337
I actually used to be a bread clerk at a grocery store and the bread delivery guys drove massive box trucks typically like in pic related. I pity someone who tried to do that job out of a traditional van

>>16674770
fuel card/receipts

>>16682332
Probably this. If the amount of your fill up is pretty close to the max volume of fuel the tank/s can hold, its not too hard to figure out that you've been playing it close to the pin.

Goddamnit im stuck in Hanover PA and there are 0 loads out of here. Might have to drive 300 miles empty to get home.

>>16679481
I'm actually banned from imgur for not participating in their circlejerk, and calling SJWs on their bullshit.

>>16682293
Bread deliveries arrive on proper rigid-body trucks here in britain.
All sorts of baked goods do; my commute goes past a big industrial bakery just as their deliveries go out. It's actually convenient; I come screaming down the hill at 60MPH towards a roundabout, and the trucks have BRAKES in big letters on the side as a reminder for me.

>>16681964
What do truck stops look like in Europe? I'd guess they are more like toll road plazas than off road stops.

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>Fat
>Ginger
>Prospector beard
>Glasses
>Cat lady

Who says are all the good ones taken?

>>16682057
No retard, I'm blaming the picture taker for using portrait mode

>>16682649
Except there's nothing wrong with portrait mode except 4chan purges the exif data. The composition was portrait, it would have made no sense to take it in landscape mode.

>>16682692
There's everything wrong with not considering that people want to view your pictures without craning their necks sideways.
ROTATE YOUR PHONE, JACKASS.

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>MFW the job I was supposed to go on got pushed off due to county gravel roads being too soft to have heavy truck traffic on them because its been so fucking warm lately

It was 11°C (52°F) here on Wednesday. In the middle of February. In Northern Alberta.

Thanks Obama.

>>16682698
K
But I wouldn't have to rotate my phone if 4chan didn't purge orientation exif data tho

>>16682790
But it does, so rotate your fucking phone, jackass.

>>16674153
Nestle is owned by Israelis so that is no surprise

>>16682801
Hmm... nah

>>16682790

It purges it because camwhores would post their GPS coordinates and get doxxed. I would guess that's a legal liability for 4chins.

>>16682712

What happens to the sludge you wash out? Or do I not want to know.

>>16676966
>bucket shitting
Dayum

Guise you have given me a newfound respect for truckers, t. non-trucker

Question- my bro got his license from Celadon but was terminated because he brought beer into the cabin which was unopened. Since he has a weak resume and hadn't had a job longer than 6 months prior it's been difficult finding an employer. Any advice on who to contact for a job, he lives in Dallas.

>>16680516
You come up with something better when you're hammered.

>>16682494
Sounds like PA to me.

>>16682644
That pic pulled down so much Canadian tang that trump is going to have to build a wall in the north.

>>16682958
Western Express and Navajo hire criminal scum.

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>90 mins left on 70
>west side Chicago, one teeny pilot close but plenty of time to drive where further is I strike out there
>wait 15 mins past empty call incase dispatch try something fucky
>pull out onto street
>Qualcomm booooongs
>no where to pull over
>manage to scribble address, 30 mins away
>get close, 62 mins on 70
>no sign where I think it is, both GPS say it's a mile further
>noooope, it's where I thought it was
>go around "block"
>50 mins left on 70
>log 30 minutes of load
>20 mins on 70
>two tiny always full truck stops 15 mins away

Hopefully this place takes pity on me and lets me stay here. I really really don't want to go over on my log two days in a row.


>>16682958
Literally every trucking company that would hire him has a terminal near Dallas.

>>16682958
>Brought beer into the cabin unopened

How did he get caught?

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>>16683252
His co-driver sperged out, took pics and sent them to HR.
>>16683107
>>16683229
Thanks m8s

>>16683264
Well good luck to him. I never had a codriver but my company trainer actually taught me how he drinks a beer on his off duty time legally lol. Like other anon said, every major company has a terminal near Dallas, lots of freight moving in that area.

>>16683319
>taught me how he drinks a beer on his off duty time legally
What is his secret, senpai.

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>>16683722
>buy can of beer (he recommended redds apple ale because it doesn't smell like beer)
>pour in a big cup with a lid on the stepdeck behind your truck, like a yeti tumbler
>walk around drinking it wherever you like. Parking lot, the fast food eating area, take it in the shitter with you
>???Profit???

I don't think it's technically legal but he says if you get caught or something it won't go on your driving record since the beer never went inside the truck

Right now I'm making 15/hr night manager at a gas station, and see a lot of truckerfags, cool guys. Talking to a few that work for pepsi and such, they say they wouldn't even get out of bed for 15, I should get a cdl a and go from there.

I thought about it and it sounded good, ran it by my dad the next time I saw him and he said it was a shit job with shit pay, did it for 25 years and hated it, etc.

I realize I could just lurk for a few weeks to get a consensus but what kinda return would I see if I ran to the community college this week, applied for cdl a courses, and in a few months applied somewhere? Would I actually see such little return that it's not worth it like I'm told?

>>16674153
I would've guessed this >>16674198

I mean our plant in Riviera Beach isn't that big but they are always moving and bottling. Plus idk what all they do there. All of the Starbucks and Tropicana shit is done somewhere else but Riviera does all (or most at least) of the soda.

There is a Publix warehouse near my house and that places is pretty big. I think they might manufacture some store brand shit there. Either way if that Nestle place wasn't very big, they probably only do some of the product there. Those places have really high product turnover too, especially on consumables and dairy like that so it's not like they keep a giant warehouse stocked full of months woth of product. Our whole warehouse probably turns over every couple of days, maybe close to daily when it is busy.

>>16684317
$15/hr with some OT isn't that bad. If you think living in a cuckshed on the road for $40k-$50k/yr is worth it, then go for it. Otherwise you can go local and bust your ass for $50k/yr and hope that in ten years you can get into a local gig where you don't have to break your back for $70k/yr. Only way to make real money is to buy your own truck but then you still can't sleep in your own bed much if you want to bank. Or you could stick with a company and try to get off the truck and into the office for $50k but will eventually hit a cieling on promotions without a college degree.

Too many shitty truckers ruined it for competent employees. I still say you are better off getting some other blue collar certs like HVAC or welding, get into a union, git gud and specialize at something, and you can sleep at home everynight and have the hope of making $75k+ if you keep learning and become valuable. Trucking companies would rather hire and train 20 new guys rather than pay an experienced and reliable driver what they're worth.

>>16684317
Have fun destroying your body in the process

>>16684419
This is probably what I needed to hear. A blue collar job is what I need, maybe not trucker though. Thanks man

>>16684830
I'll swing it the other way and say I think trucking is probably the easiest way to make ~$50k/yr with no education or investment. As a door swinger, I spend about 90% of my day just sitting in the driver's seat listening to music. Physically, it's cushy as fuck. The only hard part is learning to cope with the annoying things, like jockeys/daycabbers running all over the yard at 40mph or being in your way, trying to find parking in Atlanta at 10pm, dispatch giving you a time crucial load that could only be on time if you averaged 95mph, etc. but physically it's the easiest blue collar job around. You can even make more money if you're willing to do driver unloaded freight, but then that will wreck your body for the first couple weeks and you might actually die in the summer depending on where you live. But door swinging is a pretty sweet gig, even if you work 70hr weeks and only make $900.

>>16684317
what area?

also, how young are you that you just now found out your father's old occupations?

>>16685106
You also live in a truck. So you are at work like 28 days a month. That fucking sucks.

And what if you want to have a family and kids and want to make a little more money to buy your kids food and clothes? Hopefully you can get in on one of the very few decent local jobs otheriwse gotta go owner-op and have fun not seeing the kids grow up.

In your 20s, it's straight because even if you have a college degree you are gonna be making about the same money in a starting gig with that degree in most fields. But at least with those other jobs, you are building up to something better. That's my main regret with getting a CDL. Only upside with my job is I at least could play off it as customer service and sales experience if I wanted to get into a higher paying sales job or some shit.

>>16685148
>having kids in this day and age
Yeah no thanks. Even if having kids wasn't an 80% chance to have your life ruined, what kind of sick monster would want to bring someone into this world as it is?

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>>16685234
I need a fishin buddy.

Plus eventually your wife is gonna start looking old and saggy. Probably right after she has kids.

>>16685362
>wife
It's almost like you're trying to ruin your life.

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>>16685148
What would you recommend to a trucker with a college degree? Truckerfag, I'd like your thoughts as well. I got a bachelor of science in psychology and that led to me being an otr trucker because I couldn't get a real job and fuck grad school. Should I cuck for the same company for a long time and try to use my degree as leverage to get myself one of those inside company jobs? I like driving now but I have no life outside the truck. Sometimes I just wish I could come home to my house or apartment everyday at 1800, cook dinner, watch TV, shit in my own shitter, have a beer and shitpost.

>>16685496
Do whatever looks mildly interesting. You still gotta get experience in something tho which will suck when you're 35 and want to get out of the truck and have no job experience for anything related to that field. But even then you could try and find a company that you can drive for and get tuition reimbursement towards a masters if you can get away with some online shit.

Shoulda gotten a business degree tho. You can always do whatever with management if you got that.

>tfw shoulda stuck wit the engineering degree so I could be making $120k and develop a horrible cocaine addiction

>>16684317
Add in all the unpaid waiting time and you 15/hr looks pretty good.

>>16685596
Shit man, do the math. If you are in the truck for 350 days a year (so 15 days home time), you are at work for 24hrs a day with that. Do the math and it is <$6/hr if you're making $50k/yr. Gay.

>>16685121
West MD, I didn't just find out it's just that he started work at age 17 or so, so he was pretty much done with that by the time I entered the workforce. I only know him as a merchandiser

>>16685618
You're not at work for 24 hours a day, retard. It's a good day if you get 11 hours. Being in the truck is not being at work.

>>16685717
It's like working as an overnight security guard. You can't really go anywhere. You just sit there and shitpost until you pass out because you spend 14hrs on duty.

You can try and justify it, but it's still bullshit.

>>16685496
There are truckers with masters and phds and 30 years in their field that switch to driving a truck. It's a different lifestyle and that's all the difference in the world to some of them. Doubt it'd ever help you get a back end job, and some companies won't hire drivers for those positions anyway. If tit just want to be a dispatcher, sure, a degree helps. Go apply for night shift and you can get the cozy day job with some seniority.

>>16685234
lol pussy

>>16685594
It's easy enough to get an MBA online in the truck.

>>16673180
how long till you get a new truck
>>16672752
>Cat motors are best motors
donald trump wrong.gif
>>16675071
>I see a few 122SDs pulling logs and tankers
and everyone of those guys whines and bitches every chance he gets
>>16685594
>>tfw shoulda stuck wit the engineering degree so I could be making $120k and develop a horrible cocaine addiction
good thing you didn't, considering you're 100% wrong

>>16685733
The point is you wouldn't use that kind of fake math for any other job, you're making shit up to try to promote your agenda. You or no one else would include things like commuting or lunch breaks into "work time".
I'm not "working" if I'm asleep or watching tv.

>>16685594
I know that feel. I went to college for telecommunications, wanted to be an actor. 10 jobs and 5 years later I wonder where it all went so wrong.

>>16685838
Fuck. Idk. Rebuilding this one in 3 months. If it blows up before then i might rebuild YBJ instead or get another truck from the bottom of a cracker jack box like this one.

>>16685877

you can't go anywhere further than walking distance and your choices of activities in truck are watch tv, fuck around on the internet, or jerk off

not exactly what i would call freedom, which is why i quit and drive local now

i may not make as much money but i can spend it on nicer things than a can of jerky and truck stop gadgets

>>16685838

t. Cummins driving peasant

>>16686283
>not bobtailing as a daily driver
>not mounting a motorcycle rack to the frame
>not calling a cab

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>>16683107
>>16682644

Can confirm, now possess strange desire to head south.

>>16684233
I suppose a potential open liquor ticket is better than fucking up one's entire career if you get caught/ratted out with it in the truck.

>Inb4 smug Australians remind us they are perfectly legal boozing it up in their trucks

>>16686283
Lots of guys strap bicycles to their sleeper backs or decks, surely you could too.

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>>16686343
>>16686472
t. cuckshed fuccbois

>>16675071
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfVqr0EkLXA

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This fucking plastic wrap, man.

>>16686577
https://youtu.be/GcQ9qoxZPQ4

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>>16686562
>Hai guise, look at this car someone owns! It could possibly even be mine!

No cuckshed living for me, my dude. My jorb brings me back home every night.

>>16686643
That zozzed my roz.

>>16679996
NO UR NOT ALLOWED OTR ONLY REEEEEEEEEE

ausfag here is this still a viable industry? Thinking of doing refrigerated transport once I get my fridgy licence

>>16686987
If you enjoy sitting on a dock all day then driving all night.

>>16686987
And splitting the set up as most long haul fridgevan work is b doubles.

>>16686987
>>16687480
>>16687485
forgot to mention im a furniture removal jockey trucks look fucking rad desu

>>16686987
>fridgy licence
Aussies need a special licence for reefers?

>>16687802
No. I've got no Idea what that poofta is on about.

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I just had a terrible experience with Swift.

There was 37 of us to start, and I would say at least 30 looked like hard drug addicts and/or just got out of prison. The trainers had no intentions on training us. If we didn't get it the first time, then we "don't belong in the business." and were considered stupid and ignorant. The hotel we stayed in was pretty nasty as well. Poor looking people basically lived there and would constantly harass you for cigarettes and "$5 for food".

But I passed and went on to training on the road. The guy I was with wasn't a nasty disgusting person, but he couldn't go 5 minutes without making perverted jokes and would go to fucking sleep while I was driving down steep mountains which I've hardly ever done before. He was also a chain smoker and I'm pretty sure I have lung cancer now. But he was an expert in teaching me how to manage my hours and deal with dispatchers.

I'm in my own truck now and I can't really say that trucking isn't for me, but driving for this company isn't for me.

Is it too soon to start looking for other gigs, or should I just stick it out for my year then look?

>mfw somebody asks me how Swift training and trucking is

>>16687988
Damn. I need to work for Swift. That sounds great.

>>16686283

>He doesn't have a bicycle in his top bunk
>He can't bobtail because he is a company cuck
>He hasn't heard of Uber or Lyft

Bruh....I delivered to Boston proper at the Logan airport for FedEx and spent the Saturday night downtown. I feel sorry for you company cucks.

>>16687988
Damn son.

>>16688330

Not to mention having a bicycle lets you go get real food that doesn't have the trucker tax, I picked up in Santa Maria and had the best Mexican food I have ever had, and I only had to ride like a half mile to it.

I have pics of my setup somewhere I'll post them here when I find them. 2016 FL Cascadia Evo full size and I had two high-end road bikes at one time in the top bunk with plenty of room to sleep, don't tell me it can't be done you're just fat and lazy if you do

>>16688369
>>16688330
>after my 14hrs on duty ran out

>>16687988

This story doesn't make any sense. How can Swift officially be voted Best In Class year after year if their training and orientation is so bad?

>>16688401

>Boohoohoo, I can't seem to manage my free time to do anything but fuel, eat shitty truck stop food, fap to traps and loli on /b/ and shitpost, also I NEED nine hours of uninterrupted sleep because I am literally a toddler.

>>16688426
That actually does sound quite best in class for the trucking industry. I remember my trainer not showering at all besides his home time. And he always came back smelling like menthol so bad that I had to crack the window. I'd rather go back to smelling his sweaty cheesy chaffing ball sack smell.

Just finished my CDL training at a community college and applied to some local job postings. I only got 2 offers out of 34 applications and I don't know which to pick.

>Job A
It's at a manufacturing plant. I load up product in trailers with a fork lift then take the trailer to the warehouse about 40 minutes away. Return and repeat. Mon-Fri 7AM-4PM. Pay is $17/hour. About a 15 minute commute from home.

>Job offer 2
Driving dump truck at a quarry. Pay is $22/hour ($15 first 90 days), but about a 45 minute commute from home. Hours would be Tuesday-Friday 6AM-6PM.

>>16688532
That's rough. Which is more important, money or comfy? Job A sounds more comfy, but job B looks like more money.

>>16688532
Job B has really shitty hours when you consider the commute. You also get paid 5 bucks more though

>>16688426
They're in a class of their own

>>16688532
Does the dump truck leave the quarry? if not then your day is better already not having to deal with shit people on the public roadways constantly threatening your cdl.

>>16688532
Job A is more liability for lower pay. Job B actually gives you a decent amount of time off, since you'd be too dog tired to do anything after work in either job for the first few months. Quarries often have overtime available as well, while the factory job sounds strictly 1st shift, so you're stuck with your $600ish a week after taxes. The quarry might even have overnight hauls for you to do, so you could bump your hours as high as 70 a week and leave about $1200 in your pocket every week after taxes and deductions.

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>>16688890
>600ish a week after taxes in job A
Are you high or something? Make that 400-500 if he's lucky

>>16688944
Don't know which state he's in. He could be one of the lucky ones.

>>16672908

>55mph
>ever making dosh

>>16674057

Check it before you roll, driver.

>>16676991

At least they're not caps.

>>16685362
A wife gets old. Money doesn't get old, and it will keep attracting young females.

>>16688330
I'm company and I spent the other night on the beach. Passed out on it too for the night. Only took some walking and $9 for Uber.

>>16689251
I drive 57mph all day, every day, and drivers always pass me and let me know I'm #1 for getting all these MPGs
>tfw 5.5mpg loaded
>6.7mpg empty
Can't wait for that rebuild.

>>16689271
>weiner trailer
>he thinks they aren't caps
Top kek

>>16689294
Its so comfy never having to pass anyone or go to war with super truckers. Life is such good vibes.

>>16688532
Go for #2; 48 hours a week versus 45, but split over only four days with mondays off AND more per hour.
Even with the longer commute, it works out to more free time at once. You also save money commuting only four days a week, at the downside of just doing work/sleep/work/sleep 4/7 days. But you get a day off with no work beforehand and no work the next morning. That's pretty fucking valuable.
It's not like you're doing manual labour, just sitting on your gradually fattening backside.

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>>16688567
Kek.

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>>16688532

I'm just a simple country hyperchicken but in your position I'd move closer to job B and enjoy my three-day weekends for the foreseeable future.

>>16688944
Lel I knew that looked familiar. It's nice with that base pay raise we got with the new year. Now on the slow ass weeks where I'm only working 35hrs a week and go do easy ass paperwork instead off running a route a couple times a week, I still make ~$950. It will be nice when summer comes around and I'm making $1100 when I actually run a route all 5 days and $1200 on heavy weeks.

>>16688532
Job B sounds dank only working 4 days a week but just make sure you get consistent work. If it gets slow during the winter and they send you home a day or two a week, that's gonna be a bite in the ass. But otherwise that $22/hr with a few hrs of overtime is nice. With the commute and longer days, you won't feel like doing shit but sleeping when you get home but having Mondays off makes up for it.

>>16689287

Yeah, a fat, smelly, dirty, old, bachelor trucker living out of a 46" Aeromax sleeper with cigarette burns, making 45k a year will pull in all the fine young pussy.

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>load delivers Monday
>20 mins on 70
>settle in for 34hr
>pay for premium flying J wifi
>it actually works
>company calls, anon we need to to swap and deliver this shit as soon as you get hours back

4 swaps in 10 days
plus one that was cancelled after I spent an hour of my sleep convincing them I didn't have hours to do it
unbelievable

How much should I bitch about this or should I just suck it up?

>>16689588
Smells like constructive dismissal to me. Fuck you around so you quit.
That, or they're really fucking incompetent lately.

Maybe turn your phone off when you're sleeping/off duty?

>>16689610
>company dicks me around for months
>think they're trying to get me to quit
>want to get a higher paying non-truck job anyways
>leave
>boss says if I ever want to get into long haul again, he'd re-hire me

It could be, but unless he had some major fuckups it's my money's on dispatch is just being retards. I wrecked a radiator and wheel but they'd apparently still take be back.

>>16689639
The trouble with the world today is that you're never quite sure if they're being that stupid on purpose, or if they're really JUST THAT FUCKING STUPID.

>>16689610
>Maybe turn your phone off when you're sleeping/off duty?
My phone goes silent on my break. Waking up to 30 missed calls and 48 qualcomm messages is the best.

>>16689732
Also, not having ypur voicemail set up is glorious.
Just have to ask for your account to be reinitialized.

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>>16689732
I'm such a company cuck I'd never be comfortable doing that.

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>>16689732
>>16689771

"This is ___. Sorry I missed your call. Please note that I am unable to answer the phone or respond to any texts or Qualcomm messages during my federally mandated ten hour rest period, as being well rested is critical to ensuring the safety of myself, other drivers around me and company property. Please leave a message and I will respond to it once my rest period is concluded."

>>16689310
Ah, to never know the frustration that is passing the i-was-doing-60-but-now-i-want-to-go-67 guy

>>16688330

Can you choose any load you want from any broker or does prime still give you loads?

>>16689294

I used to drive a Mercedes Actros 600HP V8 with a single at 44 tonnes it got roughly 2l per km (4.7mpg) and when b-double 65 tonnes it was about 1.6l per km (3.7mpg).

Those merc v6 and v8 are thirsty as fuck.

>>16689294

>They let me know I'm #1 by holding up one finger, and saying what looks like "kung fu"

>>16690489
So is it accepted practice to just keep your cruise control set on your limiter while another truck tries to overtake 1 mph faster at his limiter? Or is the trucker being passed just being an asshole helping to hold up traffic for 5 min while the other guy passes, or doesn't in some cases.

If the passer can only go 1mph faster, then he probably shouldn't be trying to pass in heavy traffic. At the same time, the passee could briefly drop down 1 mph to speed up the process that is holding up traffic.

>>16691170
Pretty much this >>16691184

If traffic is heavier or it's not a 5-lane highway, I'll just sit behind the dude. But other driver on his limiter might as well drop down to 64mph for 45sec so dude going 65.3mph can actually get past.

>>16691170
>>16691184
>>16691255
I go the limit non stop, I couldn't give less of a shit if it takes me ten minutes to get around the guy, and I don't expect him to ease up either. The only time I ever stop pushing the governor is if I see a faster truck coming up behind me, then I'll slow down until he passes me before I pass the slower guy.
As far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as courtesy on the road.

>>16691170
I'll actually slow down if someone going 1 mph wants to pass me. And if I come upon someone doing 1 mph slower I'll tap my accelerator pedal 3 times to get the 5 mph speed boost and get around then as quickly as possible.

>>16691316
Yep this is the majority attitude I see in California on i5 from grapevine North where it's all 2 lane. Traffic is always heavy with cars trying to go 90 and trucks only going 62. Every time it will be a truck who cannot get past and a asshole trucker who won't let off holding up traffic for a mile behind. Makes me feel good when I can cut in close in front of a truck Who adaptive cruise control here.

>>16691401
Not letting up doesn't make you an asshole. If the other guy can't get past, he shouldn't have tried passing. If he can't pass, he's the one who should back off. You have no obligation to let anyone get around you.

>>16691316
>Gotta get mine, fuck the other guy
>What's courtesy?
>I don't mind inconviencing others if it nets me 36 more cents per day

America: The Mentality.

>>16691475
That's why America is still number one and the rest of the world is going to hell. Hey if you wanna pass your wife around the neighborhood by all means do it. Doesn't mean the rest of us will follow.

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>>16691505
What you wrote was just so incredibly cringeworthy it inspired me to go through the inconvenience of making this on my phone.

>>16691475
>I don't mind inconviencing others if it nets me 36 more cents per day
I would gladly inconvenience everyone else for free. But really, it's not about the money, it's about staying safe. Too many times to count have I gotten to the only truck stop in a 50 mile radius and gotten the very last spot, or rolled into a place with 2 or 3 minutes left on my 11 (thanks elogs). Situations were the difference between going 64 and 65 made all the difference in the world.

>>16688532
I always see the dump truck guys at the local quarry here in Massachusetts and the job looks demoralizing. They just toil away back and forth the same menial route day in and day out for hours

>>16691758
That demoralized look comes from living in Massachusetts in general, not from working in a quarry.

>>16691758

It's driving a short truck for $22 an hour with 3-day weekends and home every night. Move out near the quarry for a short commute and low rent--quarries aren't generally in metropolises--and this is the ideal bluecollar job.

Hell, tell me where the job is and I might take it.

>>16691505
>Ignorance is strength: the post

>>16691579
>australia is too drunk to even attend

>>16691505
Number one in a lot of things

one in nine bridges are structurally deficient, 716 people for every 100,000 are in prison, gun crime is 20 times more common than the average in other developed nations, healthcare isn't guaranteed to all citizens, 45% of citizens have no access to public transport, infant mortality is the highest in the developed world, life expectancy is lower than Nicaragua and Bangladesh and they still use imperial measurements

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>>16692513

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>>16692513
I still prefer all those baseless claims you posted compared to taking muslim cock.

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>>16690894
You fucked up your math. 1.6L/km is better than 2L/km, and those numbers are VERY bad. Typical should be in the range of 25-35L/100km, not 160-200L/100km.

2.0L/km = 1.1 mpg
1.6L/km = 1.4 mpg

>>16692678
30-40L/100km actually. My memory is shit today.

>>16692678
Oh yeah. It was meant to be km/L. My bad. Myst be all the smug beer drinking in the cab while off duty.

>>16692689
45L/100km was what I used to get with a tipper and a low loader tag trailer loaded up to max gross, but it had fucking xbox hueg ramps with no speed holes, bi fold 6m long.

If I get an STD from a lot lizard, can I claim workers comp?

do any of you nogs still use CB radios? back in the day my dad and i would listen in on truck chatter for weather updates, traffic, or whatever real life shitposting was going on, never did tune in and say anything though. I was thinking of grabbing an old one and doing that again, but it'd be a shame if it was a dead 'art' due to cellphones.

>>16693118

I just listen for info that others are giving out, like that time someone called runaway coming down the mountain into Oregon from California. Hit the bottom and there he was on the shoulder, half-hidden in a cloud of smoke.

Sometimes I'll answer someone's question about traffic if I have an answer for them. It's pretty quiet most of the time though. I've gone weeks without hearing anything. Mostly just used at the rare shipper that uses CB to give trucks a door.

Why did the TA clerk look at me in dusgust when I bought a chocolate bar, baby wipes and a roll of duct tape?

>>16692911
This is 'Murrica. I don't see why you couldn't. Long-term disability might be the way to go.

>>16690489
I wouldn't know that feel even if I drove faster, since I set my governor at 76mph. I can blow the doors off of 90% of trucks on the road, but choose not to.

>>16693118
Depends on where you live. Certain cities like Milwaukee or Gary are constantly buzzing with knuckleheads on base stations and mobile units.

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fuck the police

>>16693603

She knew what you have planned.

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>0.2 tons

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>>16694282
Is that enough?

>TFW we're sitting in the truck on the edge of the worksite just in case the service rig gets their pipe stuck in the hole from wax buildup, charging $300 an hour

>>16682943

It liquefies and slides towards the bottom of the well bore, where it will eventually harden up and cause problems with the pumpjack drawing oil upwards again.

>>16693762
>Milwaukee

No, that's just that one fucking guy

>>16684233

Having any form of consumable alcohol in your truck is illegal. Anything over 0.4 is illegal too. This is in the FMC handbook and explains all the laws associated with commercial vehicles. His friend was probably smart for tell his company because if he was caught they would both be in trouble.

Truckerfag, does your columbia have a DPF, and if so, how much does it cost in maintenance a year

>>16693762
>>16694710
maybe i'll buy a cheap unit at some point just to listen to that one guy in milwaukee

Ex pump lad here landed a gig delivering for memards 20/hr ill be sure to keep my.blog updated. Got so shit faced last night nothing a doobie wont fix

>>16695159
The more you post here, the less I believe you're real, and the more I believe you're the subtle troll.

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>>16695196
Nah heres one of my old pumps

Tfag, when are you franchising your business plan out? I'd buy a truck tomorrow if I could work 200 mile 3 day weeks and make $9756/w.

>>16694882
>Having any form of consumable alcohol in your truck is illegal
I wouldn't be surprised if that is a leftover from prohibition era. But no one is game to lobby to change it as it will just make you look like an Australian.

>>16695619
Kek wat. There was no trucking industry during the prohibition era.

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>>16695159
A straight truck?

>>16695669
http://www.mawsonandmawson.com/index.php/2013-09-28-16-45-59/about-us/companyhistory

Lots of companies were doing NE and Midwest regional hauling.

>>16695669
There was, just not in the sense of todays type.

>tfw ditched at-at for verizon and can now post again

>>16674694
>not installing your own custom baffles
Never gonna make it

>>16695548
Add me to the list. But I want an even $12k a week since I gots experience. That still leaves a cool $48k a week profit for you as the owner of the franchise as long as I work all three days a week.

>>16696576
Good job. I still have that IP range ban around here. Last few times they did it, it would only last a couple days. Fucking stupid. 4chan is worthless. There has to be a better way to do it because the shitposters know how to get around the IP bans anyway but Mook wants to make the shekels from the passes.

I didn't even mind the pass before Hiroshimawitz took over and all the fucking ads came. When mine expires I think I'm done with this shithole and going to Reddit.

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>>16696645
Fuck all that work.

You know how racecars will use foam sponges in the fuel tank to keep the fuel near the pump? My theory is buy a couple cans of that expanding aerosol foam and dump those into the fuel tanks. Now we can corner at 2g's and never starve the pump! You might lose a gallon or two worth of diesel capacity, but what does that matter when you can pull lateral g's like a mofucka?

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>>16696673
>When mine expires I think I'm done with this shithole and going to Reddit
Why not leave now? You bitch, blog, and type like a redditfag. Or better yet just OD on sugary drinks and kill yourself.

What's the deal with nonwhites brushing their teeth in the sink in the bathroom? Do they have no sense of self?

>>16696980
It's called cleanliness. You should try it sometime you pig.

>>16697020
There's nothing clean about brushing your teeth in a public restroom. I keep and use all my toiletries in my truck like any self respecting human being would.

>>16696818
Anon.

That's racist.

>>16697090

>Self respecting human being
>Cpm cuck living out of truck stops
Pick one.

>>16697090
>public restroom
Oh so you're just a cuckedpermile fuccboi that can't enjoy the comfort of his own bathroom. I pity you.

>>16697098
>>16697135
Better than being a nigger brushing his teeth in the Pilot bathroom.
Or a nigger in general, I guess.
Either way, it's gross.

>>16695682
Yeah automagic western star

>>16697147
>Trash tier living
>I live my life 70 hours over 7 days at a time
>Cuck box dwelling
>Better than a nigger

You are a nigger, except instead of being yoked to a plow or set of harrows, you are """""paid""""" to be yoked to the drivers seat of an automatic Freightliner Cascadia Evolution with a driver facing camera, automatic braking, idle shutdown, and constant gps tracking, travelling only on the routes your masters allow you to, for literal pennies per mile of distance made.

>>16697395
Dont forget. Only getting paid zip to zip and not actual miles driven.

>>16697335
With a forklift in back?

>>16697714
No donkey lift

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>>16697839
Like this?

>>16698242
Yeah have to be in at 630 am fml

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>>16698382
That's good hours tho. I do 6-2:30
Start early leave early.

>>16698413
Yeah but i have a feeling they're going to put me in the crane or conveyer which involves shit loads of labor stacking shit on it but fuck it im ready to make some dash with those 60 hour jew overtime hours ill milk it

>>16698440
>crane or conveyer
What did he mean by this?
They load the truck with a crane?
Plus if you're a driver why would you do anything but.. drive?
When my store is slow and there aren't many deliveries for the day I just fuck around and go fuel up or something. I'm a driver not a customer service wagecuck. I call it being on "standby"

>>16698466
Yeah to load roofing supplies the laborer gets on the roof and you load material from the bed to him using the conveyer or crane,

Anyone heard anything about Hilco Transport?

>>16698615
https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Hilco-Transport-Reviews-E626737.htm

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>>16674211

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>>16678271
bcuz the diesel pump on the 4wheeler island is smaller and takes twice as long to fill up

People who piss all over toilet seats are the worst scum among us.

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>>16698413
>tfw 6am to 11:30am today
Such is Mondays.
>got this Renaissance fair going on
>lots of hambeasts ripe for the pickin
>decide I might as well deliver some fine Bepis™ products while scoping the BBBW's wit dat cleavage hanging out
>in this big park, normally we deliver when the fair isn't open so we can go right into the front and drive thru the middle of the fair
>needed an emergency delivery today while they were open
>tell me to call dude 10min before I get there and go thru this small back gate
>dude says that tractor trailers won't fit but I can still go thru the front and come down some secret road that nobody else knows exists
>have to deal with all this traffic and retarded people going to the fair only to have 20 different people tell me 15 different places to go
>Guy acting like a hot shot on walkie talkie is like "Pepsi guy says he can't make it thru the back gate"
>tell him I haven't even seen that gate and his boss told me the truck can't fit so hell if I know
>after 45min of trying not to run over people in steampunk gear, I finally get out of the park and try to find this back gate.
>have to make a wide turn to get through, but fucking 30sec later I'm right where I need to unload the stuff.

>>16700219
I'm not tryin to lift a dirty toilet seat so I just leave it down and add to the piss. But that's only when there is no urinal.

>>16700219
Just blast it with piss to wash away the piss, then it'll be nice and clean for you to sit on.

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>>16700506
Stormy today in Cali.
Might call it a day early. (While getting paid of course) :^)

>>16700506
Sounds like a typical otr day

I'm fucking retarded so bear with me but is there any different between airing up a truck tire and a normal car tire? I bought one of those hoses that attaches to the air line, and I know it works because air comes out, but I can't fill my tire. I hold the hose on the stem for like ten minutes and it doesn't go up at all. My next course of action is to go to a TA and ask them to look at it, but I thought I'd try being an idiot here before I go be an idiot in person, if it's something simple.

>>16700770
car tire has like 30psi
truck tire has like 120psi

>>16700770
Mine are super picky about being perfectly lined up straight.

>>16700770
are you attempting to fill a car or truck tire?

>>16700786
Right but the stems are the same, aren't they? They look the same, the air hose looks the same, so either it should work the same or something is wrong with my tire. So if it's the tire, I'll have to go to a TA, but I just know the mech will go "no your tire's fine you're just airing it up wrong" although I don't even know what the wrong way to do it would be.

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>>16700770
You got air pressure in yer tanks?

>>16700764
Yeah that's the one good thing about being local, I know exactly where to go for my deliveries 99.5% of the time.

But that fair was fucked up because I delivered there a bunch in past years and they would always have deliveries coming in on days when the place was closed. But today they needed some last minute one and we had to come through this little gate. It really wasn't a big deal, dude on the phone just had no idea what was going on. But basically to make the right turn into the gate and clear it with the trailer, you have to come from the far left lane of a 6 lane divided busy road. If drivers in Florida had an ounce of patience, it wouldn't be an issue.

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>>16700821
Ask the TA if they sell pic related

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>>16700821
Also I never used one, but I assume you hook it up to the glad hands? Do you have it on the red one? Is the truck running and building pressure? Did you press the trailer brake release knob?

>>16700843
What the hell is that

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>>16700961
You need to watch more TV. It's the Air Dragon™!

The thing would probably explode in your hand if you tried to fill up a 120psi steer tire.

>>16700961
Girlfriend inflator.