/TFG / - Truckerfag Thread - Fuck You're Winter Edition

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first

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First for anime

>>16701209
Confirmed that shit is stupid

>>16701207
Needs a backlit KW badge

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>>16701207
Fuck you

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>>16701212
k

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>>16701216
>Fuck you
Fuck you too

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>>16701247
Did he just barely make it down a mountain?

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>>16701276
probably

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Sup bitches

>>16701457

Halloween: The Truck.

>>16701170
>In the future, trucks will be built entirely out of cameras
This is true. Except they will be automated.

>>16701207
Needs more cowbell.

>>16701511
>they will also never operate in wyoming,montana,california or anywhere snow exists.

>>16701276
Had to drive a twinsteer daf and one of the steer calipers would bind up a little and drag on the rotor causing the same. To unbind it, you just went in reverse and then jammed on the brakes. Both of them they bought did the same thing.

These were new trucks with less than 20k km on it too.

It only happened intermittently and DAF couldn't replicate the problem so it didn't exist.

Paccar a shit.

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Got the day off, sent me a load last night that won't drop until tomorrow and the receiver will not let me deliver early.

>tfw still cleared 5 million dollarydoos more than Tfag
>>DRIVEN BY THE BEST

Should I get a medical card and take the cdl permit test before I call a swift recruiter?

>>16701580
>Swift
Have some goddamn self-respect anon.

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>>16701546
>Paccar a shit

North American market Peterbilt and Kenworth would beg to differ.

>TFW passing a slow moving liquid nitrogen bulker at 121 metrics per hour (76 freedoms per hour) in my Kenworth T800

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>>16701635

Paccar a shit.

>tfw no longer hotel prime because I have a glorious Shakeliner that won't break down every other week.

>>16701632
No trucking schools within 100 miles of me no college with cdl classes. Think it makes more economic sense to just whore myself out to a company with training. Either way I would get stuck with the bill f I didn't get hired.

>>16701665

>Freightliner
>Won't break down every other week
Pick one.

>>16701457
The tryhardest truck in this entire plane of existence

>>16701457
the fact that its a black guy really upgrades my accomodations

I just don't understand how you wouldn't absolutely destroy this given the chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z3eNjsVo80

>>16701820
This thread has turned into another u tube shill thread. Viral marketing is alive and well.

She is making more u tube bucks then driving truck, that is the sad part.

>>16701862
I am not shilling anything. I know she is a retard. That doesn't change the fact that I want to fuck her fat white ass.

>>16701679

If you go that route Prime has a decent training program if you can get a good trainer, some of these guys are lease operators trying to make their payments by hustling greenhorns.

It used to be you interviewed your trainers to see if you won't kill each other but now they assign trainees. I had a few lease guys try to hustle me but in the end I lucked out with a good trainer and I learned a lot and we had fun out there.

I have heard Schneider has a decent program too and I think they have a skidpad that they make you hoon around on to get the trailer to come around on you so you can learn what to do in the ice when that happens, I could be wrong.

Swift, CRST, C.R. England a shit

>>16701888
Shilling intensifies .02 is deposited into your you tube account. Which is more then most companies pay per mile.

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>>16701972
you really wouldnt?

>>16701965
I will look at them to see if they have a training school and or a yard near me. I'm trying to deicide if I want to get a medical and take the cdl written at the DMV before I go to a school. Maybe it will give me a head start.

>>16702010

If you come to Prime try to get your permit first. It's a self-study test and pretty easy to get. It will save you a lot of hassle when you get here. I passed mine perfect score the first time.

Prime has yards in Salt Lake City, Springfield and Pittston, PA. They will Greyhound-bus you to Springfield most likely which is an experience in and of itself especially if you live far away, I am convinced the reason they do that and don't fly you or let you drive there is to see how you function on minimal sleep. Do not ever be late for anything in class be 30min early. Late to class = late on load. I've watched people get walked out for showing up late to class and that ain't no shit they take it very seriously.

School isn't bad either and if you come to Prime with your CDL in hand from school they re-imburse you I think like half of your tuition and the rest you can write off on your taxes. Their training program isn't half bad and it's mostly hands-on in a truck after your first week. You will have to pass a physical on-site and they may try to con you into a sleep apnea study if you're fat (over 17" neck circumference) it's 600 bucks and you have to pay for it. If you aren't a hambeast you probably won't get it.

Good luck wherever you go.

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Come on. We are on 4chan. It's just us guys. You can be honest with yourself

>>16701820
Standards, m8. I don't touch anything under 400.

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C'mon.

Is it possible for a person to have sex with a truck?

Asking for a friend.

>>16702068
>>16702095

Meh I'd take one for the team.

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>>16702068
>>16701888
Not saying I wouldn't do it, but that being said, nowhere on Earth has that thing ever, in the collective history of the world, been considered a fat ass.

>Photo related

>>16702048
Maybe Schneider has something closer to the west coast.

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>>16701709

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>>16701985
breh, poast pics of her that actually look decent

>>16702577
>Current year
>Giving out gold stars

Blatant antisemitism detected.

>>16701170
>you idiots will argue about anything
no we wont.

>>16701580
Dont waste the time. You will have to redo it with them anyway.

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So we get a mother fucking isuzu BOX TRUCK at work tomorrow and I get to run the first delivery Wednesday morning.

Hypehypehypehypehype

Photo is today's delivery. Bet you can't guess what it is.

>>16702993
Go away

>>16701632
Irony: The Post.

>one shitsmeared illiterate peasant tells a man who expresses a desire to be a shitsmeared illiterate peasant to have some self respect.

Figured I'd have to spell that one out for you, on account of your life choices and all.

>>16703079
k busrider

>>16702889
>BT Express
Fully expected that to be a BESL truck.

>>16702993
Some sort of weird Dodge Stratus?

>>16703079
What kind of bus do you ride, by the way?

>>16703079
Joke's on you, I can't read.

Also, how the fuck can I get my truck to stop load shedding when I shut it off? It's a 2017 International something or other. There is nothing on for it to even do that.

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>>16703444

>>16701888
>>16703444

Just soaking in those sweet trips, my dude.

>>16703663

Meh I'd still tap it for the hometeam i'm on a dry spell anyway

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>>16703663
Wow id fukn destroy that

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>>16703831

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>>16703831

>>16702646
You wanna bet on it, cunt.

>>16702889
LMAO! Can't even handle 36 tonnes.

>>16703537
Something must be drawing current and a considerable amount. How quickly does it happen?

Be like the rest and just whinge to them about it.

>>16702993
It's the ICE powerhead for your vibrator.

>>16703537
>imblygin your nanny trackers don't suck down fat amps

>>16703831
>>16703663

I don't want to be weird or anything but can you tell me where you found these or at least post the rest of them?

Dropping off at ups, guard wants my keys. Why does the guard want my keys?

>>16705834
So you don't drive away when you've been at the dock for 8 hours.

>>16705845
He wanted my keys at the guard shack.

>>16705984
he's an idiot would be my first guess.
he might be attaching some sort of RFID thing to track you. but ive never seen one on keys. usually its a big ol magnet on the trailer.

>>16705984
Tell him that you need the keys in the truck to back up to the dock.

>>16704860

U fookin wot m8? Ill fookin hook u in the gabber m8 I sware on me mum

>>16706096
The look of bewilderment on the guards face was astounding when I explained to him that I need my key to operate my truck.

>>16706096

underrated post

must be something in the water. people are stupid these days

>>16705651
How else will I know when I've earned enough good boy miles for a nap?

>>16706213
I know. They be signing leases left and right like no tomorrow.

DRIVEN

>>16706637
BY

>>16706638
THE

>>16706642
ABSOLUTE

>>16706646
100%

>>16706653
BESSSSSSSSSSSSSST

>>16706169
Kek

>>16702889

dang.... this is what scares me from buying a used all aluminum trailer. Is there early signs to look for before something like this happens or does it just happen out of nowhere

>>16703663
Does she have one of those octopus tats on her back and ass where her butthole is the octopus mouth?

>>16707027
Hairline cracks in the frame or a slight drop in the arch. Stick with a steel or composite if you aren't buying new.

>>16707263
If not she's wasting everyone's time.

>>16707263
I need pics of this for ahh, research.

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Not an Isuzu after all. Rip my heart

>>16708018
awwwwwwww it's so cute! So small!

What's the deal with it? Box looks pretty new, light duty curbside truck.

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Can't they call it something else.

How much of a cunt am I for considering quitting because they want to stick someone new in my truck? Is it better to give two weeks notice, or just toss the truck into the Saginaw since I'm up here?

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>>16708294
That grammar is bretty gud. My whole CDL class manual was written by a bunch of Pollacks and a Mexican dude.

>>16707688
4u

>>16708663
Like they want you to train somebody?

I mean if you are never going to work for em again, go for it. Legally they can't discuss any of that shit with potential future employers.

>>16708294
no, we cannot. Where to you pick up from? I work in the finishing/shipping dept for a steel mill in Cleveland. Primarily on overhead cranes that load trucks.

>>16708693
I pick up from all over. I get a lot of suicide coil from Oklahoma and North Carolina.

>>16708764
Cool, well all I can say is don't trust the crane operators. Or their cranes. I've seen plenty of trucks and trailers get destroyed by dropped coils or operators not paying attention.

>>16708670
Its a long road to the CDL....

>>16708828
Seriously? You think they'd get good at the one thing they repeatedly do all day.

>>16708858
The more you do something, the more likely you are to have an accident. Complacency leads to carelessness. It's far more dangerous that incompetence.

>>16708997
>>16708858
This and at my plant we had an influx of new operators off the street with little to no crane experience at all

>>16708693
>a steel mill in cleveland
Even though there are about 4 dozen of those, I'm pretty sure I've been there.

>>16709038
>tfw the new guy hands you the crane remote because he has no fucking idea what he's doing

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>>16709120

>Overhead crane
>Has no idea what he is doing

Wat.

Up, down, north, south, east and west. Grabber jaws in and out, if equipped. Go slow, watch your load and swing path.

https://youtu.be/8G9Mm5ao5yo

Am I missing something here?

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>>16705783
theyre just screen caps from one of her yt vids

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>>16709349

Hey guys I'm new to /tfg/ and i was wondering if you guys would help me find a cheap used box truck for his new job. so he will be delivering boxes and supplies to companies and needs to stay within a California class C license and under $40,000. for some reason his new co-workers shit on freight-liner and prefer cum engines.

>>16701170

>Prime drivers

lolz

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They know flatbedders can't back, so they don't even ask them to.

i'd appreciate if you stopped posting that trap
just because she's stuck with the same job as yours doesn't make her any more attractive

>>16708683
Not so much train somebody as it is fulfill my team driving requirement per the contract.

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>>16710943
>team driving
>contract
You brought this upon yourself.

Fuck this rain.

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Your mom's dildo is en rotue.

Don't think I've loaded here since I was in training at Werner 7 years ago.

>>16710943
>team driving
Might as well just end it all now.

>>16710711
The penis only makes it better.

>>16710655
I take a long time to uncouple too he'd need to take the cab with me in it

>>16711207
Looks like 13' 3/8" casing.

Where are you taking it?

>>16711352
* 13 3/8"

>>16711207
>>16711352
Truckerfag & Oilfag do you ever come together to make TruckerOil?

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Buckeyes like to be really fucking literal near the Hillbilly border.

>>16711352
Correct. Steubenville, OH

>>16711330
Lay off the rollerdogs for a few weeks and you'll be able to handle the 3 minutes of activity it takes to kick a trailer off.

>>16711487
Nope. I don't go to Canada.

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>>16711536
>Correct
Swish.

>>16711487
Yes, then we moonlight as a buddy cop duo, solving vehicular related crimes.

Before you ask, I'm the streetwise, wise cracking one.

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>7 swaps in 14 days

>>16712048

https://youtu.be/f9yTqFWxHpA

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>>16711536
?

>>16712160
Exactly. Lay off of those things.

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>$2.50/mile to ME
>1300 miles

Well then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJW8KS-2oQM

Melton has got some pretty good load securement videos for anyone interested.

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>>16711644

Oh wow, they did cop movies too?

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>MFW I check the slack adjusters and they're all within spec

>>16712535
How often do you check those?

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Well, it seems like Swift is poking ass to get that regional position opening. Any recommendations for companies that require two years of experience? I just want to get back on the road desu. I miss traveling.

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>>16712598

Officially, during every pretrip.

Realistically, once a week or so, maybe two depending on work load.

This hot oiling job doesn't put on a lot of mileage since the area we cover is usually within three hours or so of the city I live in. The most I have put on in a day so far is around 225 miles.

This is the first time I have done it since getting on this unit about three weeks ago, but my coworker and another guy did it during that time while I was out doing that ice melting job.

>Unloaded in Brownsville, TX again this week
>Loaded up in McAllen
>Need to drop a deuce again
>Another bathroom with no soap, no paper towels, and NO FUCKING TOILET SEAT
At least they had toilet paper, but I still passed on it. I'm beginning to think this is a Mexican thing.
Also spotted a Mexican Toyota Hilux today.

>>16712654
did the mexican hilux look like this:

https://youtu.be/VWUAEIllZtE

>>16712654
Man, you must not deal with minorities much. If there was any soap or paper towels, the spics probably took it home. Even if it's in a machine or dispenser, I wouldn't put it past them to fill empty Tecate cans with soap.

>>16708260
It's brand new! No decals yet. It is so small though... About useless.

>>16712767

What about the toilet seat lids though? Is that just the inevitable result of the shearing force from shifting trucker fundaments?

I wanna be the very BEST
Like no SWIFT ever was

DUH-DUH-DUN

To move freight is my real test
To make industry high cpm is my caaaaause

DUN-DUN-DA

I will travel across the land
Hauling far and wide

BOO-DA-DUN

Each load to drop on time
No matter what's inside

PRIME INCORPORATED, gotta drive em' all


I know it's my destiny

PRIME, oh, you're my best friend

>>16712791
400lbs is not a forgiving weight.

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>>16712646
> put keys in ignition
> truck turns on
PRETRIP DONE
>mfw maintenance on truck done every 5k miles
Once in a while I'll check my lights if it's foggy.

>>16712897
Primeachu uses Below Poverty Line!

It doesn't affect Federal Government Policies...

Ex pump bra bow memeards flat bedder shit is cash pretty much just crack the whip on plebs to unload me

>>16710990
I hope you got out and made a pass at that phat ass walking by. Real truckers fuck that bbw pussay right there in the daycab.

>>16713034
Beppu is too far too busy shitposting in /out/ and napping in the truck to have time to plow some big ol' hairy black cooch.

>>16712923
I always worry I'll get somewhere and realize that like, my trailer only has 7 wheels or something, and dispatch'll go "well how did you miss that in your pretrip?"
>flashback to me logging pti then going back to sleep for 15 minutes

>>16712923
I'm pretty much sleeper to drivers seat but I do at least walk around and hit the tires with a nigger knocker and check the 5th wheel is locked properly. I have a fear of some tard pulling the pin on me.

>tfw no oil dipstick just have to trust a oil level sensor.

>>16712136
Heh heh
I really wanted to stick with one company for 2.5 years but I might have to move on once I get two years here in a couple months.

>>16713034
>right there in the daycab.
REAL truckers bend her over the fuel tanks.
Or him. Real truckers aren't picky.

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>>16713256
>No oil dipstick
Wat.

>>16713197
>>16712923
My usual pretrip consists of checking the engine bay fluids, fan belt/s, fan blades, looking for obvious damage and leaks,

Firing it up and making sure there is oil pressure right away,

Check all the lights, decals, ifta sticker, CVIP decal, hazmat placards, plates, and stuff like that (especially if on a new to me unit)

Give the tires a bang with a four pound sledgehammer,

Check load securement (since my unit has lots of pinned up pipes and hoses), make sure we have all the tools and fittings we are supposed to have,

Jump in and do some quick in cab air brake tests, check the truck library (every so often, or if in a new unit) and get my paperwork ready.

I can do all that in two passes around, and barring any issues, am ready to go within a probably twenty, twenty five minutes.

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Bruhs halp I just ate 4 loaded up rollerd dogs in less than an hour and actually feel like I could die soon. What can I do should I call 911, I have health insurance

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>>16713572
Call the relevant local and federal agencies to report the impending hazmat spill when your colon blows out like a volcano.

>>16713572
I eat tornados and hot dogs all the time, you just gotta be able to tell how old they are. Fresh Pilot hotdogs are really good.

>>16713572
RIP

It was nice knowing you.

>>16713256
>I have a fear of some tard pulling the pin on me.
It's not paranoia if you're right. Assholes do that in the middle of the night. It happened to another guy parked a few spaces down from me at the new Pilot in Orland, CA a few months ago:

He heard it happen in the night, but didn't think much of it. Morning comes, he tries to pull away, and the trailer drops off the fifth wheel onto the rear part of the tractor's frame. Fortunately it caught the frame, so he was able to get the landing gear cranked down, dump air bags, get the fifth wheel partially under, raise bags, lower gear more, dump bags again, get coupled and finally leave.

Moral of the story: ALWAYS do a visual check of both the handle, and the opening of the fifth wheel before move. Then do a tug test against the trailer service brakes; takes 5 seconds, could save you hours and paying for a crane, or your job. Or both.

>>16713698

t. fat volvo driver that requires cpap machine

In school now, I have a few questions?

>is it normal to be really nervous your first time driving a truck? Yesterday I was a nervous wreck. Today wasn't as bad but it's nerve wrecking
>how do I get a smoother take off? When I put it into 2ND gear and let off the clutch it's always a rough take off. Even when I try to put back the clutch slightly it still happens
>what's the best way to shift? I'm trying to get use to shifting into gear and giving it has right after but it's tough. What's the best rule of thumb?

>>16712643
Ye, PAM

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>>16713910
>Visual of the pin
If you're going to physically check, you should take the little bit of extra time to do a visual of the jaws with a flashlight.

>>16713984

Yes being nervous is normal, and you'll get over it in time.

If second is rough, start off in first gear for a bit and see if makes your takeoffs any smoother. Depending on what you are driving in terms of weight, or if you are starting off on an upward incline, you may need the extra torque to start off easier. Try coming off the clutch slower over the first couple of inches of travel off the floor, then once you start to move forward you can increase how fast you move your foot off until you are fully clutched out. Like just about anything, it takes repetition to become smooth.

Are you shifting with the clutch, or without, and are you having issues upshifting, downshifting, or both?

>>16714027
>do a visual of the jaws with a flashlight.
Yes, that's what I said; in different words because I can't remember the names for things.

>>16713984
There's a limit to how smooth you can get. Like Oilfag said, use 1st or even Low to start if you're heavy or uphill. It will never be anywhere as smooth as a car, so don't try to compare them.

>>16713984
The way they taught us (i.e. probably wrong) to shift is clutch neutral clutch shift into gear, making sure to rev appropriately. The speed in which you double shift is roughly the same speed as the finger snapping in the Addams Family theme song.

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>>16714094
The speed at which you need to shift to be smooth is going to depend on what kind of motor and manual transmission your truck is equipped with. In my experience (all with 18 speed Eaton Fullers bear in mind), Detroit and Cummins motors require a much faster shift cycle to be smoother than with a Cat motor, Cummins being the faster of the two. If I had to guess I would say its something to do with flywheel sizes, but don't know for sure.

Its hard to accurately describe, but I would figure a smooth, full gear position shift for a Cat is probably twice as long as with a Cummins, double clutching or floating.

Half shifts with a transmission that has a high and low position splitter like 13 and 18 speeds are going to be much faster still than a full gear position shift, like going from fifth high to sixth low, as opposed to fifth low to sixth low.

>>16712779
Nah, photocopiers dude. The cost per pound is pretty high, deliver that shit.

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Do any flatbedders use shock cord/paracord to tie down their tarps? I want to use some kind of rope at places where I'm worried the S hook on my bungees night tear up my tarp.

>>16714511
This might help:

https://youtu.be/OYs8Sc776TE

>>16714571
Looks like he's using diamond braided rope.

Nylon apparently absorbs too much water, and will stretch. And other synthetics aren't shock resistant enough to be used for as big of a tarp as a flatbedder uses. Hence paracord.

That clove hitch is probably better than the slipknot I was using.

>>16713970
>all truckers need cpap/vpap

>>16714239
>all with 18 speed Eaton Fullers bear in mind)
Fucken bragging supertrucker over here.

>tfw get a raise
>25/hr when loading/unloading/waiting
>39cpk/62cpm

What's the best flatbed company for a beginner? Thinking of getting my CDL this Summer but only want to do flatbed or step deck because I don't want to turn into a fat slob wearing the same Wranger jeans covered in mustard and ketchup for 11 days straight.

>>16715333
>turn into a fat slob wearing the same Wranger jeans covered in mustard and ketchup for 11 days straight

Its not hard to shower every night and wear a new set of clothes every day.

But you lot are slobs from what I have gleaned from here over the years.

>>16715340
>But you lot are slobs from what I have gleaned from here over the years.
Can you imagine the stink from that obese foureyed crazy cat man's truck.

>>16715313
Does anyone even collect detention pay? I always just log 15 minutes loading then go offduty, I'd rather use my 70 driving than wasting it on $25/hr.

>>16715333
>he thinks flatbedders are in any better shape than door swingers
You want driver unloaded freight. Figure out where your nearest Family Dollar or Dollar Tree distribution center is, figure out which company runs their trailers, I usually see Swift, Werner, Averritt, and Hogan, but moving 40,000lbs of boxes a day will keep you in way better shape than occasionally tarping a load.

>>16715509
>not being off duty and getting paid.

Hell half the time I get paid to sleep.

>>16715509
>being a general freight pleb

>>16715509
Why not both? Do you work for a megacuck?

been studying the book pretty hard the last few days, I think I've got most of this shit down, I'll be paying my own way through the physical, permit, endorsements, etc and test in one of my uncle's trucks. hardest thing to remember so far has been every step of the pre-trip.

I only actually need a class b for the job I've got lined up but I see no reason not to go for everything.

sorry for the blogpost, don't have any real friends to rant at /o/

Just got my cdl, i have no money or transportation. Do i go with a company(knight) anyway? or should i have some cash in reserve?

>>16715721
It's good that you're going for the full license it never hurts to have extra cards in your hand.

Practice your skills, air brakes and pre trip damn well, you'll do good.

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POST THE REST OF THE ALLIE KNIGHT BIKINI PICS YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OFS HIT POST IT NOW

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>>16715307
No, just stating a fact.

In eleven years of Canadian oil and gas work, I have yet to see a truck equipped with anything else, aside from automatics.

I don't doubt there are other transmission setups to be found, but the 18 speed reigns supreme up here when it comes to logging and oil/gas work.

>>16715355

Beard stink, the smell of cat piss and shit, paunch stank and Freightliner funk.

How do I find better companies to drive for? I finished school and went to a major player with a student program, and it was going good for about 6 months, then my Pete got too old so they sent him to pasture and gave me a newer Freightshaker, which I wouldn't mind except it's got this Mobileye thing that's a piece of shit and driving me crazy. It's constantly squawking about something and sends bullshit critical events like every week. I think it's gonna get me killed if I don't quit first. My only other choice is signing a lease and then taking it out myself, and that's starting to sound REALLY FUCKING tempting.
Am I basically stuck until I go an accident free year?

>>16716137
>Freightliner Funk
brb starting a dieselpunk themed jazz rock group.

>>16716473
You know what to do, don't let big bro spy on you.

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Anyone else scared of scales/inspection stations? One of the reasons I got into trucking is because of my crippling situational anxiety but the DOT is too much for me. As I approach the scale house im overcome with this feeling of dread and if it's open or I get pulled in I feel like my heart is going to explode.

>>16716611
It's not spying, I don't know if you know what it is, but it's a "driver assistance" tool that monitors that road and can measure following distance and lane control, and alerts you if you follow to closely or tailgate.
Except it's a piece of shit that can't tell where the lines are at night, it slams on the brakes any time anyone ever merges in front of you, or sometimes thinks you're tailgating the person in the next lane.

>>16716654
Ya exactly so your cdl could be taken or y could get fired because too many 4 wheelers cut you off and triger the sensors. but you have no proof it wasn't you following too close.

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>>16716522
Now Tayne is someone I could get into.

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FBI party van made a visit to the fag I used to rent a spare bedroom to, his fiance is always talking about wanting to fuck young boys, now the whole town knows he's a creep.

http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/local/2017/02/23/3-men-arrested-voyeurism-child-porn-charges/98285916/

>>16716987
Such pretty young boys, they will do great in jail.

>>16716998
>>16716987

Ex renter's fiancee detected.

>>16716987
I've seen that face before.
https://www.helixstudios.net/model/1315/dakota-white.html

>>16717086
are you admitting something?

>>16716473
Crete tried out mobileye.
Most of the drivers in mobileye trucks either got into another truck or quit.
I got a mobileye truck another driver had quit from. He'd seriously damaged the thing, looked like with a pocket knife. Shredded plastic and cut wires.
After they fixed it I made the ultimatum and got another truck.

Those things are beyond fucked up.

>>16716987
>his fiance is always talking about wanting to fuck young boys
>somehow it's the guy's fault

0DAY
0DAY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWE6X8f59jc

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>Get a load on my screen
>Exel Mashall
>$2.50 mile 300 mi easy money
>Mega time on load and can pickup and drop on same day
>Go to pick up, it's fucking god damn Cargill
>Motherfucking Cargill
>DDT is 8pm and it's like 11am
>Load won't be started until 6pm
>Decide fuck it, favorite Mex joint 20mi away, go there, straighten up truck, do expenses, get fat
>Go to Cargill at DDT, it's still not fucking ready
>0:02 left on my 14 and 2:30 past DDT they tell me load is ready
>They let me stay the night and leave in the AM
>Leave, only 10k in the box so good empeegees
>Run US 65 most of the way, Amish dude pulls out in front of me with horse and buggy, whatever, usual shit
>Get to the drop 2hr early
>All of their receiving systems are down until further notice
>Further notice comes 3hr after my 14 and 7 god damn hr past the DDT for the drop
>Get unloaded and find out I'm going to Maine for god damn near $2.50 a mile and they will let me pick up early it's drop and hook
>Got Huhot today if you haven't been learn how to park in malls and fucking go
>mfw sat on the load longer than it took for me to haul it
>mfw all dat detention pay

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>>16717534
You ever worry they're just giving you the good stuff to start and will start starving you later?

>>16717503
>2 homosexual guys
>somehow it's the guy's fault

>>16714511
Shock cord is fucking garbage because it cuts and breaks on everything, and paracord is a meme. Use nylon or rubber rope.

>>16714617
Use CHP rope if you're too limp wristed to bend frozen rope.

>>16715899
Water is free and you won't starve to death for a few weeks. Eat grass if you have to.

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>>16717889
I thought shock cord and paracord were the same thing?

What about polypropylene? I think its UV resistant and won't absorb water like Nylon?

Pic unrelated. I hit the dock so crooked and they still passed me kek. Flatbed masterrace

>>16713034
>>16713133
Idk now I gotta try and work on this Venezuelan chick who makes me coffee. I need a wingman on my truck with me because that's the only time I'm any good when they are egging me on but I think this qt is into it.

Stopped by and seen her this afternoon real quick.

>>16717919
Paracord is that meme shit preppers use. Shock cord is a bundle of elastic bands coated with braided fiber.

You can use poly, but it frays so much it isn't going to hold up long being tied and untied. I never had a problem with fusing the ends of my nylon rope.

>>16718040

Ask her if she wants to go get a cubano sandwich and some real coffee.

>>16718041
>meme shit
Fuck off, paracord is great.

>>16718041
Hah I kept seeing articles like "50 uses for your paracord bracelet" and there's like no uses. So that makes sense then.

I was thinking of keeping my ropes permanently tied to the D rings of my tarp ends so they're ready to go. But I guess I'd be re-tying that other end a lot.

I enjoy driving. I work 12 hour shifts at a distribution center and have 4 days off and always go traveling for fishing. I live in Virginia and have traveled as far as Texas non stop.

Would I enjoy trucking? Is there any division or company that would allow me to rack up a bicycle or small super moto to travel and go fishing in my off hours? Or is it strictly driving? Do you guys ever stop at famous attractions?

I'd like the dream of living out of a tractor trailer with no fixed expenses besides a cell phone bill and health insurance, while spending my money fishing, visiting museums, zoos, fucking dirty hookers, etc. Or is all of that unrealistic?

>>16718206
That's my life besides the hookers.

>>16718155
Lel she makes dat good coffee and sammiches. There is this Brazilian artist and I think he has a gallery somewhere around here, I gotta bring her to that and then tell her I got an espresso maker at home and she could make some for me when we wake up in the morning and then get fired for sexually harassing a customer. Idk tho I'm confused because I'm too much of a nice guy and not good at sending back the signals. I think I'm good to go wit it after yesterday.

>>16718206
>fishin
Yeee boi.

You probably wouldn't mind truckin. You could always bring a bicycle but remember as a company you won't have much time aside from your 34hr restart once a week and you will be "On Duty" for 14hrs a day with a 10hr rest period. Also as a company cuck, you don't exactly get to choose where to stop. It's either a shipper/receiver or wherever your hours run out and you can't drive the truck when you are "Off Duty" with e-logs so you will be riding the bicycle or taking an Uber.

If you become owner-op after a couple years and own the truck and do paper logs, you will have much more freedom.

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>>16718279
>>16718155
Forgot pic. I'm her guinea pig for whatever new creations she comes up with.

>>16718279
Is "leasing" onto these companies like Mercer considered Owner/Op? My best friend's Dad was a trucker for many years and he said he drove with Mercer. Said he had full control and could do whatever he wanted. He just called them and they've give him a load. He drove flatbed and left trucking to be a Manager at a cement company.

>>16718303
No. 'Leasing' is where you pay them to drive their truck without actual ownership. You go where they want when they want.
You can be an owner/operator signed onto a big carrier, from what I can tell, and let them do a bunch of the work and pay you a pittance, but more of a pittance than their own drivers.
Or you could just go full o/o like truckerfag and literally only work when you want to.

>>16718288
>>16718279
Just fucking ask her out already.

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>>16718303
Be very, very careful before you lease anything. You will need experience as a company cuck first for at least a year or two as well. And remember this- as a company cuck, if you are taking time off to do some other shit and aren't driving, you aren't making money. If you do the same as a lease-op or owner, you are losing money. So either way you gotta hustle if you want to enjoy the free time and still pay the bills.

>>16717047
You can't handle this jelly bb.

>>16718206
I can ask for 2-4 days off in Vegas anytime I want.

Do truckers listen to trucking music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2QOtzm5tlc

>>16718320
I need to. Gotta talk a bit more and make sure I'm like 100%. I just don't want to make it awkward but also she is an 8 or 9/10 so I don't want to miss out if it's there (which I think it is).

I should make a thread on /b/ and ask advice from all the pros.

>>16718338
Ask /r9k/ they know all about girls. Don't ask /b/ unless she is a trap.

>>16718354
I would but last time I tried to post something on /r9k/, the normie filter wouldn't let me post because of some rule or other they have there. Never went back after that.

>>16718461
Good, stay away normie.

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>16718461
>>16718354
>>16718338

>/b/
>pros
Zozzle. The only thing btards are pros at are being obsessed with female looking transvestites, cartoon child pornography, and pretending that the board's content was once good, and now is not. A grand tradition that has been going on since the third post on the board was lamenting the decrease in quality of the second post compared to the first.

>>16718565
Well in all fairness, the first post WAS a lot better than the second.

>>16718158
I've seen dudes use regular-looking rope, just one long bastard zig-zagged between the D-rings and rub rail and tied off at both ends.

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>>16715913
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikC_HAOxQd8
this is the vid theyre from, i cba to screen cap more until the weekend

Today was unusual.

>get unloaded in Charlotte at like 10 am
>PTL we need you to go to place A and drop your empty off
>now bobtail to place B and pick up this empty
>now take that empty to place C and drop it off
>now bobtail again to place D and pick this other empty up
>ok you can park now (right outside CHARLOTTE at 7 pm) your next load picks up at 5 pm tomorrow

It also took dispatch about an hour or two in between stops so I literally wasted all day running around and I'll be sitting all day tomorrow. I have no idea what was going on.

>>16717617

nope. a call to a certain individual fixes that and Rob Low has an open door policy, my trainer had to sit him down and explain she was getting shit loads and paying to run her truck. she was never late, always on time and we ran hard almost always. he walked in and chewed her FM out in front of everyone.

worst comes to worse I can go home and get a local job but my bills are minimal out here so I'm just raking in the cash until I get tired of the OTR meat-grinder.

>>16718303
>>16718320

leasefag here. I don't pay to run my truck and do whatever the fuck I want. just so happens I want to drive. If I wanna go somewhere I get loaded in that direction and do it. At least with Prime the only rules really are you have to drop the trailer in one of their yards otherwise if you're paying the bills fuck it they don't care just be safe, stay in the black and make that truck payment. They give a fuck all what you do on your free time as long as those criteria are met. Fuck, I've done so much fucking cool shit on the road, thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster I didn't get cucked into company driving. Man fuck that, I probably drove half as many miles as most of you company guys last week and took home the same amount of money after expenses.

Leasing and o/o ain't for sissys though, you gotta have the ambition and the drive and actually want to work. If you're lazy stay in your company cuckshed.

>>16718873

Now I know a bunch of you are gonna call me a faggot for leasing a truck but if this is what it takes to get the down payment for an O/O truck fuck it. ball til you fall.

>>16718851
>I have no idea what was going on.
They ended up with a bunch of trailers in the wrong place due to their retardation, and needed you to deal?

>>16718873
>worst comes to worse
Opinion discarded due to illiteracy.

>>16718851

sounds like you were shuttling trailers, I've done that, on lease we get paid 1.02 a mile to haul sailboat fuel between stops.

fucked up thing is I've hauled freight that didn't pay that well lol Tropicana comes to mind.

>>16718873

>Leasing and o/o ain't for sissys though, you gotta have the ambition and the drive and actually want to work.
>If you're lazy stay in your company cuckshed.
>I probably drove half as many miles as most of you company guys last week

I'm not looking to pick a fight but aren't you contradicting yourself? You're saying you worked half as much as a company cuck last week right before claiming that O/Os and leasefags have to want to work.

>>16718891
>>16718901

They were all empty. Why the fuck would they shuffling around?

>>16718939
> Tripfag
> Illiterate
> Leases things
Of course he's contradicting himself, he's stupid.

>>16718949
So they can be loaded elsewhere, perhaps?

>>16718949

Shippers need trailers to ship shit in and drivers don't always bring emptys

>>16718939

Not quite, if I was a compnay driver at .46cpm which is our standard rate I would have had a shit paycheck last week as I drove barely 2000 miles all week. Those loads that were dispatched to me were average $2 a mile. If I had my rathers I would have had more miles at those rates, but I'll take it because I pay my fuel and only had to fill up once last week.

It's not always like that though, sometimes you're running crazy miles. We make more money but we also have a lot more responsibility, and as a result, a lot more freedom. Being a prisoner of the highway sucks and I've always had a problem with authority. It's working out though.

>>16718804
GOD

>>16718873
I drove 2000km last week and got $1700 after tax.

>>16718987
I trained with two Prime lease guys and the first guy wouldn't talk about his pay and the second said he cleared 47k after deductions.

My PSD trainer was company and he said he grossed 55k his first year.

Were the lease guys schmucks? Or was the company guy lying?

>>16718987
btw I'm at the luxurious Campus Inn all weekend and probably beyond hit me up if you swing by

Pic unrelated. Douglas hammer I've been 'mirin

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>>16719733
Forgot pic

Captcha: hotel zone

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>get to warehouse
>no dock doors open
>waiting near gate
>other truck pulls in warehouse through other gate, doesn't see me
>truck leaves door, make it so that I can't pull up but the guy that got there second can
>get out of truck and tell the guy I was there first, it's a fucking Sikh or Muslim or some fucking asshole with a head scarf
>says he was there first and he didn't see me
>Keep telling him I was the first
>refuses to move
>about to start throwing punches
>guy comes out and says "calm down dude I'm leaving now"
>get in my truck and park where guy leaves
>me and Muslim guy leave at the same time
>the asshole has the fucking gall to help me get out and spot for me while exiting the dock
>mfw

God why are people the worst

>>16719557
>2000km
What's that in a relevant unit of measurement?

>>16720208
479.6 Kingwilliams or whatever archaic baseless garbage unit of measurement you burgerfats cling to while the rest of the world long since moved on.

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>>16714617
i prefer dimondium

>>16720208
2000km of NASA measurement

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>>16719687
What the fuck? I cleared $51k last year as a company cuck and not running to my full potential. They must be getting reamed on that lease agreement or something.

>>16718279
>34 restart once a week
Doubtful. You should be able to run for weeks off recaps.

>>16718873
>>16718987
How much longer before motel prime hits the lease version of a light pole, negative settlements?

>tfw only 7 hr rest breaks
>tfw only need 24hr continuous rest per 14 days
>tfw all legal and documented

It's like americans dont want to make money.

>>16720330
I love how easy it is to trigger you people.

>>16721435
>pot calling kettle

>>16721439
What the fuck is a "kettle"?

>>16701524
>Implying they can't just have human drivers for adverse conditions in the snow season.

>implying they'll only use visual light cameras for navigation.

>implying humans driving isn't socially Iresponsible.

>>16721474
you took four days to reply to me? and thats all you came up with?

>>16721451

American education at it's finest.

>>16721474
k

>>16721770
Hey, do you like being a global superpower?
Oh, that's right, you're not one. I forgot.

>>16721127
For real? Weren't you making like 34 cpm? That's amazing. But wait you didnt clear 51k though, that must be gross...

If I could hit 50 I'd be a happy clam.

Where's my trippppp
>>16721845

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>>16721802
>Global superpower

Crumbling infrastructure, poorest public education levels among all first world countries, rampant and blatant corruption among elected officials, healthcare system worse than some third world countries, and elected meme celebrity to highest position of national authority. All the hallmarks of a strong, stable union.

>>16721892
What does it say about your country that ours sucks so much and yet is still the most powerful in the world?

>>16722001
>>16721892
Damn BTFO

>>16721230
Like everything else, the dumb people ruined it for the rest of us.

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>>16722001

Please remind me, which other countries allow their transportation industry to pay their drivers cents per mile?

Are your regulators cool with you responsibly having a couple of alcoholic beverages in your truck after your work day is done?

>>16722050
>samefagging it up this hard
Its just really sad is all.

>>16722178
Please remind me, which other countries have the most powerful economy, the strongest military influence, and the largest industrial sector?

>>16722314
China?

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It took half a fucking hour to drive this magnificent beast of allah's creation off the deck because the pit dock was too steep for the tilt warning.

>>16718158
I used to run a 50' section of rope through the F-rings on each side of the tarp before I got into multistop/LTL. Bungees are a lot faster if you're readjusting the tarp 3-6 times a load as freight comes off. The worst part about using a single length of rope is that when it breaks the tarp flies all over the place.

>>16718320
>literally everything in this post is wrong

>>16722354
>China
That's cute.

>>16722356

That's the cutest awp I have ever seen.

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>MFW I rush down to the shop to go out on an urgent, unscheduled job, then it gets cancelled right as we are about to pull out of the yard

I was so mad, I said heck dang.

>>16721845
Nah senpai, I was making .43cpm
But yeah that was gross, I still thought it was pretty good.

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>tfw $21.23/mi but there was nothing fucky about the load

>>16718336
I do, but only a few hours a week.
https://youtu.be/4aFzfDv2hz0

>>16719687
>leasing a truck to make less than a 3rd year cpmcuck
Wew lad.

>>16720087
>door swinging: the post
What did you expect?

>>16721127
>$900-1300/WEEK lease payment
>market value balloon payment after 3 years if you want to keep it
It takes a special kind of stupid to not recognize what that does to a bottom line.

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>snapped an air line
>decide a 3-in-1 is a good idea
>electrical cord is shot
>place I bought it won't take an open return
Welp. $180 well spent.

>>16722456
Smallest one I've ever pulled.

>>16722696
How much did it weigh?

>>16722761
About 12,000freedom units.

>>16722648

Fix your front bumper looks like shit

Also wondering if you could explain why freight rates west of the Mississippi are so bad compared to the Midwest or the East coast.

>>16722696
Buy it on a credit card? Leave the stuff on the counter and charge-back.

>>16722648
Well you can make it work for you if you aren't dumb as shit. My mentor was making ~$2500/wk. after expenses, and being home every weekend. Only downside is that you're running teams with a student.

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>>16719741
not even a stiletto/10

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>>16722954
"Lemme just hammer that up for you. Just have to take off one of my heels."

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>>16723087
that doesn't look like a very effective snowshoe...

>>16721802
>Ignorance is strength

>>16722696
They won't accept returns for faulty goods?

Isn't there some sort of consumer protection laws against that shit?

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>>16722641
That's what I make. Bit it goes to 48 if I get 7.75 mpg. So I should reach my goal. Thanks for inspiring me.

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>>16722954
Those stilettos are indeed a fine hammer. But $250 for a hammer is scandalous.

>>16722648
Lad that's just the start. They make you pay for your APU. Pay for navigation on the Qualcomm. Pay weekly fee for a Comdata card. It's like 1/3 the money you do make goes back to them.

I know why all my trainers were so stupid. Because they were all lease. Any sensible trainers would be on company side.

>>16723337
Training is the only way to make money on a lease

>>16722823
High supply of trucks and low demand for them.

Similarly, the east coast has an absolute glut of trucks, so rates are shit there, too, much like Florida or Texas. Anywhere there's a border or an ocean will have terrible rates because they have service economies and limited options for getting out of that shit area. Brokers know this, shippers know this, and they can low ball all day long and loads get snapped up for $1/mi.

>>16722866
Nope. Cash.

>>16722926
>needing two whole drivers to net as much as a half decent solo O/O
Double the wear and tear for the same dollarydoo, and you've got a new greenhorn ripping up your truck and falling asleep at the wheel every 4 weeks.

>>16723233
Brought it back in about 20 minutes to close, so they probably just wanted me to fuck off.

>>16723337
>1/3 for prime
>1/3 for fuel
>1/3 for taxes
Looks good to me.

>>16723615
Are you missing my original point? I'm not comparing lease cucks to O/O. There's people who are getting fucked like the two Prime trainer examples and people who have made lease work for them, such as my trainer.

Here's a blogpost for all you fucking faggots.

>be me, this day, in South Caroline
>ran all day, ran all night yesterday
>sleep about six hours
>get to the receiver then untarp
>"yeah dude, we could totally get all that fucking garbage shit off, but our shift is over in 30 minutes, so fuck you and wait for second shift."
>he waits for second shift
>they get it all off in less than 25 minutes
>I try to call my broker but it's so fucking hot in this shit-pit that the phone is in emergency cooling mode
>I go into the bunk and hold it up to the vent
>finally able to call in
>"wtf took you so long? You need to pick up {90 miles away} by {100 minutes from now} if you want your load home, we can keep you moving with other garbage, but you won't get home this weekend
>So, I call them.
>"Yeah mane, if you get through dat front gate before 4:00 we'll load you"
>Tell the broker I can make it
>get stuck on a fucking ramp in Columbia
>drive literally 90 mph to get the rest of the way there
>tear through the gate at 3:58
>walk into the guard shack
>empty
>pull around to the shipping office
>"nah piss off mate we aren't loading you. Come back on Monday"
>b-but I was through the gate before 4
>no you weren't. Come back Monday.
>literally shaking, I walk away before I punch this guys teeth in

At least my boss offered to pay for the hotel I'm eating pizza and drinking beer in.

I still don't know how I'm going to deal with going back there on Monday

>>16723977
Snarky know-it-all is his shtick. Just go with it and make any comments along the lines of "I know, right?!" and move on.

>>16701170
I have a couple question for you if you don't mind.

Over the last few years I've noticed the dually configuration for wheels being replaced by a single wider tire. Is this to save money or is there a safety reason behind it?

Why does the trailer on a 42' box for example squat down when the driver applies the brakes?

>>16724184
>super singles

Ostensibly, they're to save money because they do have a lower rolling resistance than comparable duals, but in real life they end up costing more in huge up front costs, required minor repairs to the fender, suspension, and mudflap brackets when (not if) they blow; AND the cost to have a replacement tire replaced on the side of the road because once one blows, that's where the truck stops.

Most trailers in use now days ride on air suspension, which is tied into the air brake system. When wheel holders park their trucks, they pull the tractor and trailer valve like fucking morons and deplete both the brake and suspension pressure

>>16724184
>wheels being replaced by a single wider tire
Super Singles and they're used for fuel economy. Two tires have less sidewall flex than four so that's less energy converted to heat rather than forward motion. That said, they suck for durability, will leave a truck stranded with a flat that might otherwise have been able to limp somewhere to get it fixed, and snow and ice traction is literally non existent.

Trailers squat on braking because if the brakes are working like they should most of the braking is being done by the trailer. This ensures the vehicle stops straight. If the tractor outbrakes the trailer sufficiently the trailer comes around in whats known as a jackknife. Further the trailer suspension design is such that brake torque actually pulls the trailer down. If you hold the trailer brakes and push back the trailer will rise in the rear.

>>16724088
>I still don't know how I'm going to deal with going back there on Monday
Roll up to the gate, tell them to stop dicking people about, drop the hotel bill in their lap, and leave.

>>16724160
I know, right?!

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Can I get a quick rundown on how you guys do your job?

So you get paid hourly or by mileage or by mission accomplished?

Is there any possible moonlighting you guys do transporting on the side?

These fine young men are interested in learning more

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>>16724526
Pay is a real mix. Lots of highway haulers are paid per mile, lots of in town drivers are per hour, some guys that haul gravel are paid tonnes per km hauled, some loggers are paid per foot of wood, some are paid a percentage of what the truck earns, and some rare ones are salaried.

>>16724265
>the trailer comes around in whats known as a jackknife
Nobody ever gets that right.
Jackknife is when the tractor comes around and hits the trailer - usually while backing.
Trailer swing is when the trailer comes around and hits the tractor - usually on snow or ice.

Different causes, but same result: driver probably got fired.

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March 12th is hopefully my last day with Swift. After 8 months with them, I'm looking to greener pastures and hoping I can land a trucking job with Dominos.

65k a year starting ain't half bad and I need the manual labor to stay in shape. I used to deliver for them for almost a year so hopefully they like that enough to hire me.

>>16724712
Pedantic Autism: The Post.

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>". . . in other news, a truck jackknifed on Interstate 95, blocking traffic . . ."

>placement has been telemarketering every driver in the company trying to get people to come over to reefer division
>calls me today
>same pay despite having to do more work, same miles, 3 weeks out minimum versus 2 weeks out on dry, and since it's mostly Mexico to Iowa and back, that means running grooves up and down I-35 which is torture in and of itself
And he can't seem to figure out why no one wants to transfer over

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>>16724247
Why is it moronic to apply the parking brakes when parking?

>have delivery job with crane and donkey lift load in the morning
>two cpm cucks with two loads are there im supposed to unload
>first cpm cuck comes up to me "i need to be unloaded asap"
>tell him cool pull her around and un strap
>start craneing shit up
>he says hes ready
>tell him give me abut 30 mins to crane my shit first
>its fucking cold out
>get in truck warm up
>first day with donkey lift going slow as balls
>contractor watching like hawk
>he says im tearing up the grass
>whoops my bad m8 first day on this shit
>do it again
>he gets out and tries to get in my face im squaring up about to lay him out
>goes back in his truck continuing to watch like hawk
>i got the hang of it now
>proably take 3 hours unloading both trucks taking my time since first time
>fuck up their boards

>>16724963
What was he doing backing up on I95?

>>16725028
At memerds? Fuck that shit. Our receiving guy is the one that unloads cpmcucks. Sometimes I grab the forklift and load my stuff before them because "customer is more important :^)"

>>16725026
In winter it increases the chances of frozen trailer brakes and when you're departing before sunrise like a good cpmcuck you can't see the tires aren't turning and you kill tires in about 10 seconds.

>>16725062
Yeah but this was on a jobsite at a commercial building

>>16725095
Oh. Well fuck the contractor. If he doesn't want the grass torn up tell him you'll drop it off in the sidewalk. These fuckers don't know how heavy that donkey lift is until it crushes everything underneath. Lift is like 7klbs not including the load.

>>16725088
Oh I knew about that. I thought you were saying dont use either of them.

>>16725130
No it was kind of a hill and when i lowered the pallets and backed out i was digging the shit out of it with the forks not realizing it kek we had a heated moment before i he pussied out, i then unloaded the cpm cucks like a boss

>>16725216
Do they not teach sentence structure in wherever you grew up? You type like a 6 year old. Get your act together.

>>16725088
>tfw winter is only 32f

>>16725258
>Expecting truck drivers to have literacy skills.

Nigga, you dun goof'd.