truckerfag thread /tfg/

fucking koreans

>americans

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>>16725914
It's actually Nihon.

I'm fucking sick of being a nurse.I have experience driving huge trucks/equipment in the Army and I always liked it. Is there any reason someone shouldn't switch careers to truck driving? I thought maybe driving some sort of delivery truck or trying to get into the USPS would be more simple, but I am open to suggestions.

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>>16725987
>I'm fucking sick of being a nurse
Why would you willingly try to move from earning $45/hr to minimum wage?

>>16726003
I am an LPN, I make 16.40 an hour. Being a nurse is not worth the stress, just today I had an old woman I had to order an x-ray for because a nurse aide didn't hook up her wheelchair alarm and she fell(again), it won't be the first time she fractured a hip. Anyhow I thought truckers made a good wage, my brother always did/

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>>16726027
>Anyhow I thought truckers made a good wage
Yeah after you grind those levels. As a rookie expect 2 years of hell living out of a cuckbox working 70hrs a week and earning the equivalent of min wage for the hours worked.
After your two years are up if you're lucky you might land a good gig doing something local.

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>>16726036
Well fuck my ass

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>>16726068
Or if you're REALLY lucky right after you graduate you might find something local not making too much but the trade off being home every day.
Pepsi hires all the time, but that's a lot of physical labor. Some dude in this thread is making 20/hr driving a straight truck moving roofing materials. I'm in a similar range. Low workload. Decent wage. Home every day.

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>>16726082
On a daily basis how often do you have to socialize with human beans? Can I just listen to death metal while rubbing my pee-bug as I drive?

>>16726036
>As a rookie expect 2 years of hell living out of a cuckbox working 70hrs a week and earning the equivalent of min wage for the hours worked.
Shiieeettttt.

And here I was thinking of giving up forklift driving and being a comfy truckerfag. I guess at 25/h driving a forklift isn't so bad.

>>16726098
>On a daily basis how often do you have to socialize with human beans?
Since I'm local, only when I load my truck and deliver it to customers. My truck has an aux port so I'm listening to muh vocaloids all day err day. Call customers for their delivery, drop that shit off, on to the next one. I'd say from my 40hr work week I spend 20-25/hr shitposting/sleeping.

>>16726114
Nah man you got a good job. Especially if it's union. Stay with it.

>>16726114
I could jerk you off with a forklift, sould I get a job doing it?

>>16726127
Noice, I have had social anxiety every since I killed towel heads for freedom. It's a big part of the reason I don't think I can stick with nursing.

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Threadly reminder

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>>16726132
Go for either. Trucking is a pretty robot job.

>>16726133
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgHNtzxO0y8

>>16726126
>so vain he deleted his post, just to repost it with his attention seeking tripcode

Tax time, Bitches!

https://soundcloud.com/kevinrutherford/2017-taxtips

>>16725987
Fukken hell it's been like 2 years since I've seen this one.

"This is the richest nation in history. And yet 1 in 4 Americans have had to choose between medicine or other necessities like food." - Bernie Sanders

LMAO

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=df8_1486682943
>fendirror user

>>16726036
>working 70hrs a week and earning the equivalent of min wage for the hours worked.
By my calculations, 70hrs a week at minimum wage would be $508 if you worked 2 jobs, or $617 if you had one job that paid overtime, but there's no minimum wage job on the planet that would let you work 70hrs.
I just finished my first month averaging $1200 a week before taxes, how is that minimum wage?

>>16725907
>that video

HOLY SHIT THE MEMES ARE REAL!

>>16725987
The USPS has its own weird referral-apprentice-full time hiring process.

It was too dense for me to understand, but if you were in the army you should be able to get through it easily.

Good luck, enjoy that $35/hr and lifetime retirement after 25 years

>>16726243
>he doesn't laugh in this video

Absolute garbage

>>16725026
>Parking brakes for parking?!

I no longer set my trailer brakes. Not sure what is going on with this trailer, but there is something in the emergency air line system in the trailer that must be blocking the air flow. When I release the brakes in the morning, it takes a couple minutes for the trailer brakes to release enough to actually roll. And then if I want to drop the trailer, I'll set the trailer brakes and when I take off the red air line 30sec later, there is still a ton of pressure built up in the trailer.

My tractor also has a bit of an air leak, so if I'm at a stop for more than 30min, the trailer brakes pop out anyway and I have to wait for them to release again while revving the engine to get 120psi in the hoses.

Had the truck written up for it like a month ago and they replaced the governor in the tractor which made no fucking difference at all. I don't think these guys even want to fix the stuff in the trailer since the bay trailers sit really low to the ground and lots of the air lines and wiring are run through the inside of the trailer rather than easy to access on the bottom like a regular box trailer.

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>>16725987
>I have experience in the Army
>I am open to suggestions.
get your RN then move to trauma center

>>16726733
>OTR cuckshed driver
>stuck at work literally 24/7
>168hrs in a week
>$1200/wk gross
>$7.14/hr

>>16726875
I had a mud dauber wasp nest in the air line cause those issues before.

>>16726881
i'd shit on her chest

>>16726888
Checked

How did you end up getting it out?

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>>16726894
ummm.. okay

>>16726898
It was only an inch or so down the air line at the start of it, used a drill bit to commit murder and then removed the line at the tank and blew air up it to get all the dead wasp goo and mud out.

>>16726911
Yeah I was thinking they should maybe try and disconnect the trailer lines near the drum and blow some air through it to see what shoots out.

Our fleet department is totally fucked right now. They have two people working in all of fleet and they are supposed to service like 60 tractors and trailers plus forklifts and vans and pallet jacks and they have no time. And these two people have to cover Mon-Sat from 4:30am to 7:30pm.

Pepsi is fucking that one up tho. They want mechanics to have all these certs plus a Class A, pass some ridiculous assessment, and all for $25/hr. Even with the diesel mech certs and no Class A, you could make way more somewhere else. People aren't even applying for the jobs. And the "Head Mechanic" is this cool older dude with kids and shit and we always talk fishin and I feel bad for him because he's so stressed out since the job is literally impossible to do with 2 people.

>>16726887
Ebin fake math meme.
>tfw getting paid minimum wage to sleep, listen to music, and watch anime for 23 hours a day
You actually make the job sound better.

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>tfw no qt3.14 trucker gf

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>>16727125

>TFW no qt3.14 /fit/ gf

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>>16727040
Man you might as well work some security job watching monitors in some little back room for 24hrs a day. At least that way you can still be on your phone while "working".

Yeah, it's bullshit math. But it is true. I guess if you worked a normal job and all you did after work was sit in your closet on the computer until you went to sleep, it would be about the same.

>>16727218
Yeee

Hey they're trying to push a $400 trucking fridge on me is this the work of Satan or a good idea.

A lot of drivers are saying regular refridgerators will last 3-9 months max with all the bumps

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>>16727765
the fuck you need a refrigerator for?

>>16727787
Preserve the nutritional value of the cats I run over

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>Pull into a mostly empty truckstop
>6 of the 15 trucks are from your company

>>16727307
And you have to go to sleep within a few hours of getting home.
And occasionally someone starts hammering on metal outside your window.

>>16727765
I've had a igloo thermoelectric cooler for almost two years. If I seal up the bunk and blast the AC in the back it'll freeze water.

>>16725987

So if you decide to go with USPS you don't actually need a CDL for a carrier position. The only major caveat with it is that for the first few years as a rural/city carrier assistant your technically "Part time" in that your only guaranteed work on Saturdays at 17.50 an hour, and you need to be on call 6 days a week if your routes main carrier can't make it. This makes it so it's difficult to hold down a second job, however the way the local postmaster around here tries to run it you are still apt to be working around 40 hours/week, but you still have the chance of only working one day.

The other thing to keep in mind is the actual hiring is all done by your entry test score your interviewer can only veto you outright rather than putting additional weight on your application, since your ex-mil, you should get 5 or 10 additional preference points, so as long as you do average on the exam, you should be fine.

According to most people I've talked to you either love the job or hate it and quit pretty fast and it's got a good health plan as well as decent opportunities for advancement, so it works out well for the long term.

>>16728090
>sleeping
>metal
Wut about metal? You talkin OTR or local? The landscapers come while I'm at work and while I'm getting home at 2:30pm, the cpm cucks still have 7hrs left on their 14, then it runs out at 9pm while they are in line at some shipper and blow 3hrs of their 10hr """rest""" period waiting for a dock to open up.

A few years back I thought OTR could be fun as a young, single guy but now that I learned a bit more how that shit actuallg works, I'm glad I'm local.

>>16728586
>>16728586
I was continuing your analogy of getting home, sitting in a closet then having to wake up in 10 hours and occasionally someone tries to fix something outside your window with a hammer.

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>>16728619
shh the obese sugar man is too dumb to understand advanced bantz.

>>16726727
More like jake brake user on ice.

>>16726745
I thought crossing the road in getting hit by cars unironically in Japan was an anime thing....

>>16725959
Nippon. Nihon is the language. Get it right fag.

>>16728915
I really like this image.

Chilling to some ELO and designing some new plywood accents for my cuckshed 7 miles from my Monday delivery. Once my laundry is out I'm swinging by the gym and the hardware store.

>>16726098
Maybe 5-10 minutes each for the phone, cb, and in person during pickups and deliveries. You've got 20+ hours a day for what you want as long as it's in the truck for the most part.

>>16726875
Sounds like the tractor protection valve is fucked.

>>16727765
Get a compressor cooled chest refrigerator designed for marine use. Mine was $750, but it's been ticking along fine art -10C for 2 years now. It's a Dometic.

>>16727765
I have a 23L (I think) Engel, it is 6 years old and hasn't missed a beat. Only gets turned off on weekends when I go home.

Normal fridges arent a good idea as all the movement can starve the compressor of gas and oil.

>>16728851
Sure sounds like a fendirror user to me.

>>16729061
>Filled with nothing but half filled cans of wet cat food and cat nip

>>16729292
That's why you get one designed for marine use. They're engineered for vibration, pitch, and roll. As long as you don't flip them over the compressor does fine.

>>16729327
Mostly frozen vegetables and pot pies, actually.

>>16729327
More like lot lizard fragments and meticulously labeled preserved bowel movements

>>16729292
>>16729422

How much $$$ should I spend?

>>16729422
All rv/truck fridges are designed for that. It doesnt specifically have to be marine use. Just having a swing motor makes it much more reliable.

>>16729492
They aren't cheap.

http://www.engelcoolers.com/fridge-freezers/shop-by-fridge-freezer/portable-top-loading

I wouldn't buy anything else but an engel. But I am biased after having 2 dometic/weaco portable fridges shit the bed after 3 years. They were cheaper and I know why now.

>>16729565
3 years of service doesn't sound too bad to me. I just need one that will last 2.

>>16729565
That's fucking insanity.

>>16729492
Get the Igloo iceless 40qt. It's like $100 on Amazon and it'll last just as long as any $900 fridge.

Really hoping I luck into this local job I found out about. It beats the shit out of my current gig.

>>16729621
3 years is shit. Old crusty trucker I know has a 25yo engel that he still uses.

>>16729631
>Igloo iceless 40qt
Thermoelectric, in summer it would be useless, unless you use AC constantly to keep the ambient temps around it down.

>>16729751
I'm only trucking for 2 years lol

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>>16729631
>>16729061

I used one of these 45l (11.88 gal) Mobicool power coolers when I was sleeper living.

Breddy handy for keeping a bunch of sandwich stuff, fresh vegetables and condiments cool, although their effectiveness goes down when its really hot out.

I think I would spend the money on a real, truck capable fridge if I was an owner operator.

>>16725959
this guy is right

>>16728941
this guy is a faggot weeb who doesnt know anything about Japan and probably learnt all of his Japanese from anime

>>16726495
maybe if the US didn't like playing world police, and waging numerous wars decade in decade out, they would have more money to spend on education and medicine.

>>16729778

All three of you are faggot weebs for having any sort of an opinion on jap cartoons or culture.

>>16729778
日本

"Yamanto"

EADC

>>16729763
where in america do you not use the AC constantly in the summer?

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>>16729794

>>16729824
When you are a cumpknee cuck

>>16729763
Why would you ever turn the ac off?

>>16728619
I was just making sure your post was about the continued struggle of living in a cuckbox for 350 days a year and not about kushy local livin even if you gotta work hard for the 9hrs you're at work.

>>16728699
Dat shit fries brains jeezy.

>>16728915
I think you messed up mang.

>>16729771
This. Plus god knows how many times you will swap trucks and whether or not the actual thing will come with you. But it is important to keep your Diet Coke chilled.

>>16726923
If no one wants to work his position, that means he cant be readily replaced. Whats to be stressed about?

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>>16729817
Hey weebfag, I could use your halp. Tell me who made this sword. I think the date was later in the war like 1945 but supposedly the star means it was one of the army's certified swordmakers (Jumei Tosho something). Both pics are same side of the tang but left is the top half and right is the bottom half. Figured out the other side of the tang for the most prt and I believe it gave me January of 1945 plus something extra and idk what it means.

>>16730329
Because everybody else (warehouse, large format, small format, sales, vending, merchandising) is all bitching at him that they don't have the trucks and equipment to do their jobs.

>>16730329

Because fucksauce, not everyone is a lazy sack of crap with no work ethic and a "sluff it off" attitude.

The real world is kept running guys like that, that make up the 20% of workers that actually give a shit.

>>16730050
When you are a company cuck and have anti idle programmed into the ECU.

>>16729763
IME they always freeze things that you don't want frozen like salads and lunchmeats. Worse than useless to me.

>not getting paid hub miles and hourly rate loading/unloading/waiting.

Enjoy your wage theft.

>>16730469
Have you tried just setting the trailer parking brakes?

>tfw good ol' Kenworth I'm in has like a 20min idle timer
That shit is annoying on our new Internationals where it shuts off after a minute or two. I've had those fucking trucks shut off on me multiple times while sitting at red lights. Especially in this KW with a little air leak, I like to start the truck when I first get out of a stop, then go throw my hand trucks on the back and put any credits-shells-trash I have in the trailer real quick and 2min later I got cold AC and 110psi and ready to roll. Fucking Intertrashionals will shut off in that short time.

I see some drivers from other companies that leave their trucks running for 20-30min+ while they are at stops and that seemed odd. I see a lot of Arizona drivers who do it in their Freightshakers. It must not have good AC and they obviously don't get a fuel bonus.

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>>16730568
>not getting paid a more than fair wage while also getting to go to the comfort of your own home every day
cpmcucks, when will they learn?

>>16730595
These things are programmable of course. If you had the same truck all the time and were on friendly terms with the shop you could get it programmed to suit but that won't work with you in different trucks all the time.

>trailer brakes only
Doesn't really work on my T680, it'll shut down after 20 minutes. Still, it's something to be tried.

>shut down in traffic
I've had one a later one of our T680's do that in a traffic jam. It shut down at 20 minutes in gear with the brakes released and wouldn't take no for an answer. I had to cycle the key. The older versions, though still the same model year, don't do that. They'll idle all day if both brakes are released and it's in gear as far as I can tell. I suppose I could get some chocks. Sorry, chalks, but then I'd get questions about idle percentage.

>>16730595
My Shaker will idle forever as long as it's >80° outside with that Optimized Idle thing

>>16725907
>getting killed by trucks just like my chinese cartoons.

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>>16730771
It's not a meme just for nothing, you know?

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Went with some nice oak ply. Should be able to get it cut up and stained tomorrow morning.

>>16730960
Is it going to become flooring?

>>16730595

With the anti-idle shit, there was a big problem in the towing industry when that shit came set up from factory. Companies would be in the middle of standing up a truck when their own truck would die. Lots of trucks would go straight from a wreck right to the dealer to have it removed. Now its pretty much done at whoever upfits the chassis.

>>16730960
>Emergency bogroll

This is one of my most important things on my truck, nothing sucks more than being in the outback 400km from any town and not having any.

>>16731245
I got it disabled on my truck, as I use a PTO for an hour or so when unloading and running at high idle to override it would wear the pumps out quick.

>>16731274

Australia: The Post.

>>16725907
>HowSnailsAreMade.webm

>>16726082
There's something extremely ugly about that womans face.

>>16731473
It's a man.

>>16731644
Well that makes sense then.

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>>16727218
>TFW no qt3.14 /fat/ gf

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>>16731652
>Those tits

https://youtu.be/pVL5cVCYWI4

>apes hollering volume warning

>>16729777

>Doesn't have this strapped to passenger seat
>Doesn't aim the front AC vents to the fans on the front of the cooler
>Doesn't get the cooler to where it freezes the waterbottles inside

HA HA PLEB. I EAT ICECREAM WHILE IM DRIVING IN AZ SUMMER.

>>16731001
Nah. Shelving.

>>16731274
>bogroll
Based on britfags, I think it's what you call "kitchen towel".

>>16731245
It takes less than 5 minutes hooked up to the ECM. Doubt anyone made it to a wreck before noticing then issue.

>>16731855
>using thermoelectrics
>not just having a compressor unit that can get to -30C with the vents blocked

>>16731881
>"kitchen towel".
Still gonna do the job when you need to lay a bushegg.

>>16731905
True, but I've only used it for cooking, cleaning, and fapping.

>>16730412
I see, so he doesnt want to be responsible if another employee gets fired. That makes sense.

>>16731274
what's worse is having the farmers wife trundle up in the old as fuck land cruiser, while you are mid loaf to see if you needed help as they thought you had broken down

>>16730960
You're driving a goddamn flatbed, why put cargo in the cab?

Also, having trouble with an absurdly long RGN trailer currently, with a heavy and unsecured load on top. (Can't secure it, game doesn't let me)
When should I turn to minimise lateral forces and ensure the axles make it around the corner?
All three trailer axles steer, as do the front and rear ones on the tractor, if that helps.

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>last load before hometime
>middle of fucking nowhere VA
>its Sunday
>literally the only truck here
>still not getting unloaded

>>16732442
It's not about other employees getting fired. It's the fact that he has a list of shit to do 1000 items long and everyday he can get like 5 of them done while 10 more get added to the list. And they haven't been able to hire anybody in months.

It's costing Pepsi more money in the long run too. They used to watch their hours so they didn't go over 40 and they didn't have to pay a bunch of OT. But now there is no choice. And when a driver breaks down out in the field, the fleet mechanics would go out there and try to fix the problem if possible. But now since there is only one person at a given time working in fleet, if a driver calls for something as simple as a dead battery, they have to call for roadside assistance or a tow. Sending a big wrecker capable of towing semi trucks isn't cheap. I asked about it the other day and it was $600 or $800 per tow. Plus they end up having to rent Penske trucks when too many trucks break down and the two mechanics can't fix them fast enough.

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>>16731855
I kept mine strapped to the sleeper with the sleeper cooling running on full blast. Achieved the same thing without clogging up the cab like a peasant.

They heat up when the truck is parked and the a.c. isn't running.

>>16731725
>RIP in peace, my eardrums
Has anyone ever witnessed a black person whispering? Or even talking at a reasonable inside voice level?

>>16733339
You'll never leave there alive. Just accept your fate.

>>16733649
Madness. They're spending a dollar to save a dime.

>>16731881
>Shelving
Like, for your back sleeper wall you mean?

>>16733683
>spending a dollar to save a dime
I have said this so many times. So many different places in the company are like this and we complain to get some of them fixed but for every one we get fixed, they send down two more bullshit plans that some corporate suit thought up who has never even worked the job.

>>16733140
I'm bobtail.

Last second, as usual, but slow as shit

Hey gang.

Looking to become a trucker. Planning on getting CDL at my local community college, then buying my own sleeper cab and doing long hauls for a few years until I get bored with it. I'm 27, was a welder for a long time, got into real estate now I collect passive income.

Thoughts/Protips/Anything?

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>>16734242
>in real estate
>not flippinng houses and making bank

>>16734242
1. Don't hit anything

2. Enjoy yourself

>>16734242
You're planning on buying your own truck right out of school?

Have fun.

>>16734342
I've already got a decent amount of bank tbqh. It's not about the money.

>>16734345
Seems solid advice.

>>16734368
Thanks

>>16734368
Is this not a wise idea? I've always said I would love to be a trucker for a few years, and after going on a 10,000 mile road trip on 4 wheels recently, I've decided I'm going to actually do it.
I've got the dosh for my own truck, seems like the best bet so I don't get jerked around too much.

>>16734482
Like TF always says, it's a good way to turn a large fortune into a smaller fortune, but if you're just doing it for fun I don't see what it could hurt.

>>16734482
It's just better to work as a company driver for a bit so you know how the industry works and shit. Plus I don't think insurance companies will be very willing to insure your truck and $500k load when you have had a CDL for 2 weeks.

Idk tho, I'm local but never seen anybody go straight from school to owner without at least a year or two as a company driver.

>>16734242
I've only even been here a few months and this is already like the fourth or fifth "hay /b/ i'm a richfag and i want to o/o my own truck even though i don't even have a license wat do?" guy.
Is it supposed to be a meme or something?

>>16734506
I can imagine that. $50k for a truck is nothing to sneeze at, but if I'm running it for a few years, surely I'll be well into the black by then.

>>16734508
I'll keep that in consideration. I'm not a fan of working for another man, though.

>>16734536
I'm really not a richfag by any means, but whatever. Obviously I'm going to take the advice of /o/ with a grain of salt as I'm not new at all. Thanks for the (You) all the same, though.

>>16734556
>I'm not a richfag I just want to buy a $60k truck for funsies
You're either rich or an idiot.

>>16734482
If it's not about the money then get an RV and travel.

>>16734508
>I don't think insurance companies will be very willing to insure your truck and $500k load when you have had a CDL for 2 weeks.
Not only that but brokers that actually have money and pay mostly on time won't work with o/o's that don't have at least a couple of years under their belts too. Although you want your own dedicated accounts, and don't really want to use brokers if you can help it, even they won't work with newbs since they want their shit on time and want some assurance you won't disappear after one or two trips.

>>16734536
It appears to be as much a meme as "how do I into trucking school" etc. No idea why, it's neither funny nor maddening so what's the point

>>16728941
10/10 made me comment.
Japan is "日本" pronounced Nippon(にっぽん) or Nihon(にほん). Both is correct.
The language japanese is "日本語"-Nihongo (にほんご) lit. Japan language.

>Get it right fag

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welp, shuttin her down in the ghetto... glad i brought the ol rooty-tooty point-n-shooty.

>>16735522
my friend team drives and said if i got my cdl i could fill in for her when she wants some time off. she sent me a pic of paystub bc i was a non believer and it would work out to about 110K a year. is this normal?? because that seems like a lot.

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>>16735522
I let the cops know there's a trucker waving around a pistol.

>>16735748
I've heard stories of team drivers making upwards of that, but I think (and someone can correct me if I'm wrong) it is split evenly between both drivers. In her case, $55k.

I just don't see how $220k/year for one truck is realistic, no matter how many miles, but again, I may be wrong... I've always flew solo, and I think with my current company I'm doing good to make $60-$70k. (I have a little over a year of experience)

>>16735777
heh... good one. Well I doubt they'd care. All I'd have to do is show them this thread and your post anyways.

>>16734536
I think people are just saving face. No one who is wealthy and successful would become a trucker.

>>16735778
$220k is less than what EF made last year, and you have to consider the truck moves 24/7 basically instead of 10-11/5-6.

>>16735778
>>16735904
It was just in her name and they are not married so I don't think they would split it. He has 20+ experience and she has 3 years. they owned the truck but only work through one company i believe. i've never fully understood the arrangement. if this is true i'm going to go for it.

>found the only empty parking spot in all of DFW
>it's like a mile away from a terminal but I don't want to go there because they make you drop your trailer and park bobtail and I'm too lazy to go through all that
Does this make me a dick?

>>16736404
>they owned the truck
That's why. You'll be making $35-50k/yr before deducting taxes, more likely on the lower end. Maybe on the higher end if you do well.

>>16733649

> $600 to $800

shit son up here it's $1000 minimum. Local towing company charged my outfit over $1500 to tow a broken down motorcoach 55 miles.

>>16736514
do you drive for stevens?

>>16736514
I know those truck stops, I'd rather unhook at a terminal desu. I hope you enjoy rabid niggers banging on your door all night and stealing shit off of your truck

>>16736607
ok thanks, i might go for it. if it was 100k i defiantly would. i dont understand the benefits of buying your own truck but whatever its not mine anyway. i think i could learn a lot from him and we get along well. she is not super into working and it would give us both a chance to work when we wanted.

>>16734242
Once you've made your truck payments, initial purchase repairs, corrected those repairs, fixed everything you fucked up on the truck because you didn't know what you were doing, get your ass reamed during your new entrant audit, pay your taxes, and pay the $25,000 insurable policy to whoever has enough money to throw around at the geniuses that buy a truck out of CDL school, you may very well be in the red due to all the hiccups new drivers go through. Your first year you can really only expect around 50-60% efficiency in trip planning and completion. A third year driver with their shit together will be over 90%. If you're going to be pissing away 40-50% of your daily revenue tightening the loose nut between the steering wheel and the seat, why not let someone else pay for it?

>>16735748
I've been doing better than that solo for almost 4 years now, even running a 35 year old truck, or taking 2-3 months off a year. Cuckpermilers have to team to do it, but most O/O's can clear over $200k/year gross and net 40-60% of that.

>>16736514
Nah. Just makes you a billy bigrigger.

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>>16737397

>>16737397
Sorry to keep asking but I'm getting confused between the answers.

I would think a check might be less if the truck payment is coming out of it. So i don't understand why I would expect less than the amount I saw on the check

why is your amount per year so much different than other adnons are saying?

Would you recommend I give it a chance with them if I trust them?

>>16738541
Just smoke crack, it might end up cheaper for you.

>>16738346
This is my favorite pic out of all the pics I have seen here. Always puts a smile on my face.

>>16726003
>minimum wage

Nigger there is always a demand for truckers much like there is a demand for Alaskan Crab. If you don't pay em, they won't do it.

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>truck driving aint for sissys
>whiney in bunk

>>16738541
I own all of my equipment outright, and have 6 years in the industry with 4 as an O/O pulling open deck freight. Dry van has consistently been the lowest paying freight for decades, so all the cuckpermilers you see making $25k a year couldn't have done much better even if they weren't employed by thieving jews.

Jumping into an established team, or any team for that matter, sounds abysmal, expecially with 0 experience.

>>16735778
$220K GROSS is realistic.

It all depends on what you do. You aren't going to make shit doing coast to coast van freight for jew rates. But if you're doing high CPM short hauls, then you will make more while running less miles, which equals less overhead. It's not as exciting as traveling the country doing coast to coast runs, but it pays the bills.

My Uncle does O/O flatbed and hardly ever leaves a certain region. Pretty much anywhere in between Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Alabama. He doesn't travel west. He doesn't travel northeast. He doesn't travel south. He basically runs with the same shippers exclusively. It's consistent and pays up there. Not fun and exciting, but having a McMansion, Dodge Ram 3500, and 38' bay boat being a trucker is exciting.

Will I be able to get into a CDLA job if I got my license with a bad driving record? Speeding tickets (2) driving uninsured they're kinda recent.. within 5 years. Have to keep filing an SR 22 til 2019.

Just getting burnt out of my job I drive for newspaper delivery. Midnight to 5 am for $80 in my own vehicle

>morning delivery with straight truck with donkey lift on back
>2 cpm cucks on sight I'm supposed to unloado
>get here
>frosty foggy morning
>hur sure unload me pls I need to get to my next pick up
>been warming up in my truck for a hour

I'm just going to literally start trolling cpm cucks

>>16739798
I'm sure PAM will take you.

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>have about two trucks worth of space in front of door I need to be in
>one of the two truck widths is taken up by a truck pulling one of those tiny sea cans directly in front of door
>"morning I need to get in next do you could I get you to move?"
>"eeehh why youse got plenty of room"
>"I really don't think I do, if it's not too much trouble could you please move"
>sighs "I guess so, I don't see why I should though you've got plenty of room"
Fuck other truckers

>>16739798
Kinda iffy. Once you get it down to one speeding ticket in the last 7 years you should be fine. Someone might take you with what you've got, but you're going to have to dig for them.

>>16739832
You should've just admitted that you're a shitty driver and you don't want to hit his truck.

>>16739622
>38' bay boat he never sees because OTR
Meanwhile I'm sittin here local and was out all night with a lady in her 70s and this girl in her like mid-upper 30s who is actually bretty gud lookin. So fucking strange.

>>16740175
Did you grab a granny?

>>16740294
Lel nah but I'm tryin to get at that other girl before she goes back to another state. Idk what is going on because I'm such a pussy with this stuff but I gotta find a girl and actually have a couple good opportunities to get it in right now. I need to capitalize on em, it's been too long.

Shit is strange tho because this girl is from another state and comes down here like a week at a time. Two years ago, I met her for the first time and barely even remember her. Then last year she came down and I saw her and she started talking to me and telling me "I remember you, you're from there and did this and this" and I had no clue who she was and I talked to her for like a minute and then realized I probably fucked up after I left and didn't know how to get ahold of her. But then this year I heard she was coming down and kinda made an effort to at least set it up where I would be able to talk to her for more than 2min and ended up at Starbucks forever and then her dad's house she has down here. We on dat Facebook friends status now so I hit her up to see when she is leaving.

But then when she leaves, I still got this other coffee girl I need to work on because I think that one is good to go as well.

>>16740442
This seems like a better option for me, less confusing. 4chan is always best place for relationship advice.

>>16739832
it looks like you have plenty of room breh

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>23
>6'3"
>336lb
>no sleep apnea, no diabetes, etc.
>just a big guy that played offensive line and loves chicken and steak

What are my odds of passing this DOT physical. I've heard stories online of docs denying DOT cards just because of weight or neck circumference claiming they have sleep apnea or making them take some $5,000 sleep test to prove they don't.

>>16740669
Depends what cunt does your physical. Most of them, as long as your blood pressure is straight and you can see, you will be out of there in 10min. But sometimes the companies will make you go thru their doc and you end up at Concentra for 6hrs with them doing a million tests just because somebody is paying for it.

>>16740330
Go with coffee girl. South american girls are hot as fuck.

>>16740442
>>16740442
The fuck IS that thing?

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>>16741248
>The fuck IS that thing?
leaf blower

>>16741248
Battery powered leaf blower

>got suckered into the TA in Jessup, MD because it was 2 miles from my drop and I pick up in Canada tomorrow

Am I going to get robbed here or something? I just witnessed a full-blown chimpout at the fuel desk and almost shouted WORLDSTAAAARRRR what the fuck.

>tfw 2.50/mile to Canada
>mfw clean truck stops
>clean roads
>no pennies
>trucks run on maple syrup and Tim Hortons

>>16726133

Repeating numericals confirm.

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>>16741248
Yeah I def gotta keep on the coffee girl. She's a qt and she's funny just because she didn't grow up in the US and all amazed at some of the shit I tell her. I might be over by her tomorrow with work.

Plus this other girl is gonna be going back home soon so I won't see her again for a minute. But I been telling her to move down here like the rest of us and stop wasting her life in some shitty area because the cost of living here isn't as low. But there's something about that girl because she an Irish girl with freckles and I miss my nice Irish girls from Chicago. And she reminds me of this girl I used to hang out with back in the day and was like the one chick I actually enjoyed spending time but never went for it because she wasn't good lookin but this girl I was hangin with last night looks like that girl with the freckles and stuff except cares about her body and how she looks.

I'll probably be a pussy and fuck up both of the opportunities.

>>16741448
Nice blog post.

You won't dick those girls. But they might dick you.

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>>16741505
Leave fat, diabetic, aspie, Floridian sugar water peddler alone.

>>16741505
I'll take it

>>16741555
Lel no diabetes yet. And I can act pretty normal when I try.

>>16741448
Take coffee girl fishing.

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>>16741662
She wants to go to Alaska. I should start playing the lotto so I can win some money and do that. More realistically I need to get her to pic related.

>>16740613
I guess you're just better at backing than I am.

It was really tight, three of us were trying to get in there, all three of us ended up with the truck at an angle once the trailer was square.

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>>16741708
>Alasga :DDD
F@milia, have you experienced real winter before? I'd stay where it's nice and warm, and methamphetamines are inexpensive and readily available.

>MFW its -17°C (1.4°F) on location with a nice steady breeze blowing

Truckerfag, you promised winter was over, y u do this?

>>16742024
I lived in Chicago for 23 years. I don't think she has ever seen snow.

>>16741662
Take her fisting instead, they are kinky bitches.

>tfw drinking can of coke covered by brown paper bag and the cops get called.
>tfw cop just sniffs can and doesnt even bother with sobriety test.

LMAO, cop berated the driver who called and told him to stop wasting police resources.

>>16742194
>Lived in Chicago for 23 years
My condolences.

https://youtu.be/kCjFRNWN3o4

>>16742256
/b/ is that way my wizard friend.

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>>16739272
Here's the original in case you wanna improve it.

>>16743670
Oh no, the edit is the best.

>>16743348
t. Virgin

>>16743679
k

>>16737397
Truck payments are for cucks are are okay with NETTING about the same per mile they'd make as a company driver.

Be a company driver for 2-4 years. Save every penny that you drop between your seat and blow up doll. Then buy an old used truck in cash. You should have an understanding of how to do all PM yourself and preferably how to work on diesel engines if you want to be an efficient owner operator. Paying some 19 year old fuck boy at a shop $300 to do something you can do for free in 30 minutes is for white people.

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Wew laddies. Cheap load today. $3.15/mi to throw a fuckton of straps and chains.

>>16743906
Should have just strapped it lengthwise and threw a tarp

>>16743906

Do those caps on your drive axle rims make a noticeable difference with your fuel economy?

>>16740669
No chance in hell. I was 232 and to be under the BMI limit was 230 for me. They made me take my clothes off and piss some more to make it. They also measure your neck circumference and mine was under their limit too. In order to give a waiver they have to do extra paperwork and im guessing it makes them more liable if you crash.

>>16743670
Who are these semen demons

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>>16744180
truckerfag on left and ef on right.
combined their net worth is as much as warren buffet's.

>>16744047
No idea. They make a noticeable difference in how much aluminum polish I go through, though.

>>16743699
Indeed

>>16743729
Dont forget dont buy a mx13 unless you want to drop 2k on the davie software.

>>16744333
>aluminum polish
Dont Lie. Look at the condition of thpaint on that thing.
Or are you like my old man and its a case of
>if the boots look clean, the whole truck looks clean

http://www.newschannel10.com/story/34613940/update-fiery-crash-kills-one-person-after-tractor-trailerplummets-into-i-40-and-bushland-overpass-bridge

>RIP Whiney

>>16728298
That sounds fine, I need a change soon.

>>16729061
That sounds so nice. I just don't want to talk to anyone. I don't even care if I end up driving a coal truck around here making almost minimum wage.

>>16744934
>burning tires
not candy. not Whiney
also fairly certain that was a volvo/freightliner
he drives an international last i checked that was i think white.
so no luck, he still lives.

>>16744993
Last I heard, he switched to local and was driving a day cab.

I know for sure that they nixed his candy fleet

>>16744333
>aluminum polish
>fuel tanks and steps all dingey and sagging
>tank by filler neck covered with grime from fuel nozzle spray
>paint peeling off sleeper
>stack dirty as fuck
yeah, shes a real showroom special, hoss.

>>16745313
>fuel nozzle spray
It's a freightliner. The fuel just sloshes out of the tank cap vents.

>>16744934
>>16744993
>>16745211
Lmao I haven't driven in a month. Taking my sweet time off as Swift even axed the local run so I officially quit.

>>16745781
>555-come-on-now.jpg

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>TFW we get to location and the rig hasn't even arrived yet, let alone spotted and rigged in

Fug. Nap time I guess.

>>16745833
Are you worried about the gap in employment history?

>>16745882
I wouldn't worry too much about a month of gap. That's small enough to explain away as a vacation. Three months plus is when I would start sweating about it.

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>tfw coffe grill wasnt working today
What is this shit? No whipped cream or chocolate syrup or whatever else she does. Now the rest of my day is gonna suck.

>>16745967
She's at my place.

>>16745882
Nah Swift barely finalized that I quit about four days ago so I was technically employed until then. Either way I have a job offers from Kold Transport and 1845 Oilfield Services.

>>16745896
You can pretty much just not lie about it. Simply say you wanted to take some time to focus on your hobbies and family before going back to trucking again.

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/when-robots-take-bad-jobs/517953/

Rubouts, taken yer jerbs!

How do truckerfags feel about motorcyclists? I was side by side with a truckerbro on my sport bike for a full hour since it was so windy. His big ass blockedf the wind significantly, although he kept kinda swerving into my lane sometimes. Thank you based Adidas truckerbro

>>16746417
>How do truckerfags feel about motorcyclists?
How do you feel about an ant?

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Welp. Got orientation on Monday for 1845 Oilfield Services, hauling frac sand all over west Texas and some New Mexico.

>>16746099
You got an espresso maker over there?

I'll take home the old lady who was workin today. I was there a little eariler and I think that girl comes in later but other girl who is always workin there made a funny lil comment and was about to call her.

>>16746236
Those both OTR or u tryin to get local?

>>16746373
I'll be dead first.

>>16746888
Kold is straight up OTR, Oilfield one is west Texas but still out for 14 days then home 3.

>>16726082
Geez american wages are fucked!

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>delivery in the early evening in Allentown PA
Just kill me now

>>16746778
You might finally make some real money.

But you might also get bashed to being a weebfag.

>>16747042
But their cost of living is usually cheaper. So it works out in the end.

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Rolling back up to Michigan with a little 49k load of angle iron. Did a short run of plate this morning, and I think that covers my steel quota for the month. Seem plenty enough of Pittsburg, too.

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>get well-paying Canada load
>have to sit 24hr at the TA in Jessup, MD in the middle of a poorly-edited rap video
>decide fuck it, make the best of it, put wifi on points, shower and get food
>leave today for pickup
>get there
>"Primefag we don't have a Canada load for you"
>call dispatch
>sales gave it to a fucking company driver
>therageof10000burningsuns.jpg
>send me for the same money to fucking Virginia
>will have to battle DC and Baltimore traffic and pay jew tolls still

Getting real tired of your shit Northeast. What a shithole now I know why no one likes driving up here.

>>16747356

How do you feel about autonomous trucking being tested in parts of Europe?

>>16747161
There's two truckstops there.

>>16747405
I'm looking forward to level III autonomy. It'll keep cuckpermilers from fucking up when it's working.

>>16747268
I hope so, the woman I talked to said their drivers average about $1300-$1500 a week. They also have O/O positions so maybe I can get started with that here until the oil fields dry up again.

>>16747746
>implying they won't be packed well beyond capacity by 3 o'clock leaving him nowhere to go when the receiver kicks him out at 10 and no parking there either.

FWIW, I preferred the service plaza on 476 when in that area

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I can't stop thinking about her.

>>16748220
That's what you get for livin in the cuckshed.

I wonder if coffee girl's order will be on muh truck tomorrow.

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>>16748256
You don't understand. Ever since I first saw Finding Nemo, I have had the biggest hard-on for Dory. I am not into jacking off to cartoons or anything so I never really got into it but that particular personality type just seems really fuckable. I haven't thought about it in years.

Until...

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>>16748279
Until she came along. Life hasn't been the same since I discovered her YouTube channel

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>>16745833
>neet4lyfe

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>>16748296

>>16729824
Any place north of the forty-third or forty-fourth parallel.

>poster in rest area
>"one day, you're gonna love I35. Until then, be careful"
>"one day"
Fucking when, mother fucker, it's been under construction for over 60 years

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Where am I you dank fucks
Oh yeah I'm in Miami. I'm coming for. Bepis. Been looking to expand my cuckshed enterprise. We Miami vice up in here bitchs n hoes

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We on the search Pepsi. We got a photo of you and we won't rest till this ruckus bike runs out of gas

>>16748220
Ditch the bitch, make the switch.

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>>16748548
>pepsi rly was black all this time

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>>16748552
forgot pic

>>16748279
>>16748296
You need therapy.

>>16748566
does it have a feminine penis

>>16748548
Why are you with a 3? Surely you could at least get a 7.

Oh right, no self-respecting woman would date a trucker.

>>16748566
GET YOUR FUCKING CUM SLUT SHOES OFF MY CAR REEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>16748596
s sorry senpai

>>16748524
Ayy that one isn't even mine.

I'll race you on muh Zuma tho

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>>16748589
Dear lord. It really does take a virgin to assume that girls are 10/10's 24/7.

How bout this. Just got off the Beach, no makeup, hair pulled back, glasses on. Goofy face and pose.

FYI pic is same girl.

>Leave out for the week
>get comfy load going to Land of Cheese
>About to head over early because of 70mph winds
>dispatch calls last minute
>"can you head south a pick up a load going to Denver"
>tell him that its not advised deadheading 200miles south because of high winds
>"its cool man well play it by ear"
>Get 120miles out before I have to shut down because mother nature is being a mofo
>"lol okay man but you'll likely miss your reload out of denver"

Fuck this company. Fuck these planners. Fuck this naive dispatcher. Fuck this weather. Fuck these loads. Fuck my life. Fuck everything!

>>16748524

Dolphin Expressway, Sonny Crockett....I mean Burnett

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>>16745967
She probably got swept off her feet by some hunky Coke route driver and they ran off to Alaska to run a charter fishing boat together.

>>16746778
Eyy. All right. Sand hauling is an alright oilfield driving job. I liked it anyways. Do you know if they run pneumatics or belly dumps? Is it hourly?

>>16747356
It's like you're living a Johnny Cash song.

>>16747394
The lesson is; don't go to Canada.

>>16748548
That rental scooter looks like a blast. Is it cheap to rent?

Also, search all the Dunkin Doughnuts, Bepis has been creeping a maiden whose ancestry hales from regions south of The Wall that works at one.

>TFW the picker operator that showed up on site earlier today had a qt3.14 gril as a swamper

>>16747927

how does everyone else feel? i've heard it'll be a minimal loss of jobs because they'd want someone on board to change tires and fill gas and stuff.

>>16748182
Yup. I actually got out early enough I could have tried one of the truck stops but the guard told me about lot a couple miles from where I was and I wanted to check it out. Ended up taking the last spot here in a moon crater full of water. Shoulda gone to the service plaza.

>>16748822
I'm guessing belly dumps, but I haven't asked. Pay is 24% of load.

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>>16745866

How do you not kill yourself out of boredom? rural Canada looks like an incredibly depressing place to drive, just miles and miles of frozen wasteland.

Even where I live (Wisconsin) you actually get some scenery and stuff to look at. Granted I drive daily in Madison so lots of slutty college chicks to ogle and trannies to run over.

>>16746778

Hope it works out for ya Whiney. God knows you earned your reward after those years at Swift.

>>16747356

> 758

Is that the old Interstate fleet # or is that specific to F2F?

>>16748296

Jesus christ dude just stop. She's ugly and nobody would fuck her except for cucked numales.

>>16748524

Have fun trying to find a load back out of Florida. It's called the black hole for a reason.

>Finish filling up at truck stop
>See open spot behind me
>Put on 4-ways, throw it in reverse
>Last second some foreigner weasels behind me and stops, then turns right like he's gonna line up for the spot
>Back up until my trailer is about a foot from his and honk at him, making an exaggerated 'wtf' gesture at him
>He gets pissy and floors it forward toward the fuel islands
>He forgot he was turned hard right, drags the last foot or so of his trailer across the corner of mine
>Comes over blaming me for a broken light (hint: there wasn't)
>Threatens to break my window and mirror
>Roll up window and draw curtain
>Call third shift and inform them, just in case they get a call
>They laugh and call the guy a sore loser, tell me to punch it in on the Qualcomm so there's a digital record of it
>Dude leaves without calling the cops or bothering me
Reckon I'll just look over my shit a little more thoroughly in the morning.

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>>16749235

Looking at their website, its pneumatics but I would guess they have both.

That's how I got paid when I was hauling sand too. I can't remember what the percentile was, but it worked out to $34 beaver pelts an hour.

>>16749268
Its breddy bleak in the winter months for sure.

The area I live in is a lot of prairie and gentle rolling hills, so somewhat like North Dakota with more snowfall, but there are big ass evergreen forests and a few different picturesque mountain ranges within an hour or two's drive, so it's not so bad.

Strong beer and rye whiskey also help quiet the unceasing voices trying to wheedle me into doing violent, self destructive acts, for at least a little while anyways.

>>16749412
Was he of the "exotic far east" complexion?

haha not dead yet

>>16749268
It's the last 3 of the VIN from the last owner. Used to be able to make it the old Interstate number. Think it was 6 digits.

>>16748524
I heard you got cucked last time you were there because you were double clutching up and down the beach and all the bitches clamped their legs shut

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>>16749268
Thanks for the support famalam

>>16749442
So it was $34 Canadian? As long as I'm around $20 an hour American then I'm down.

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>>16749867
I don't want to believe that that is real.

>>16748639
Nice filters. How much false advertising does she do.

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>>16749867
Zozzle.

>>16749869
Yeah, 34/hr Ganadian :DDD. A decent month was +-160 truck hours, a good month was 200+.

We got paid at the end of the month, with up to a 2k advance in the middle, so it'll be different than with 1845 from what their website said about their pay system.

I guess it'll depend on what they bill that unit out at.

Either way, congrats on the new job. Hope it works out.

>>16750049
Oh shit I didn't even think to ask how often we got paid but regardless that schedule would work for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdqfPrB5irE

>>16749948
i have yet to see the foot washing in the toilet but i have seen them up on the sink washing feet,washing shirts,washing their hair and im almost certain one dude pissing in the sink next to like two other guys shaving

>>16750282

rest in peace whineykun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUDJIfK5NSc

>>16750640
>me
>using a mac

yeah, no

>>16746778

You should google frac sand and lung cancer... also theres no money in hauling frac sand right now anyways

>>16749442

Nigguh do you work for SCHLUMBERGER?!?!

>>16750651
K

>>16748639
Dayum. Its a face not a fucking canvas.

Can you get acetaminophen and codeine without a prescription in the states?

>530 in the mernin
>Be soundly asleep in truck
>BAM BAM BAM BAM
>whatintarnarion.png
>BAM BAM BAM BAM
>Begin long task of getting up and putting pants on
>BAM BAM BAM
>Wonder if I'm being robbed or told to leave
>Nope, is only nother PAM slave
>Tells me he has locked himself out of his truck back down the road in the Ford plant
>Half-awake, hand him one of my spares
>He thanks me and walks away
>Look back as he leaves, realize he walked about two miles just to get to me
>Blame dispatch for telling him where I was
And now I'm awake and angry lads.

>>16750943
All your trucks use the same key?

>>16750943
Send Qualcomm message about being fatigued due to getting interrupted sleep caused by another PAM steering wheel attendant who was given your location by dispatch.

>tfw 4 beers down and time for bed.

>>16750947
t. Truck thief

>>16749867
>>16750628

I keep saying, these nonwhites, man. They have no concept of public restroom etiquette.

>>16751048
t. Racist bigot

>>16751061
And proud of it.

>>16751085
Enjoy your white minority.

>>16751181
Better to live one day as a white than 100 years as a shitskin.

>>16750943
yeah thats a definite go on duty report it then start your sleep clock over. be sure you state the reason as dispatch telling that guy.

>>16750947
So do ours and I understand that it's not uncommon in large fleets for recoveries, shop staff, idjits locked out (how'd he manage that anyway) etc.

>>16751234
Absolutely don't go on duty for something like that, that only hurts you. Dispatch can't force you to drive either way, so there's no point screwing up your hours.

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>>16750651
Always a buzz kill to be found.

Its called Silicosis. Basically it's the gradual buildup of silica quartz crystals in the lung from chronic exposure to frac sand dust or cement powder.

Its risk is mitigated by wearing a respirator, which Whiney's new employer states it provides on its website.

As long as Whiney wears his respirator with a good seal on his face, and replaces the cartridges every so often, he will be fine.

>>16750656
Those are Schlumberger sand chiefs, but I worked for a third party hauling company.

They chose their fleet colors to somewhat resemble Schlumberger's since they were by far their biggest customer.

>MFW babies freak out about occupational hazards that are safely managed by engineering, ppe and policies, but don't realize that driving is by far a more dangerous task than any high risk oil and gas work

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>>16750933
If you know the right kind of niggers

>>16750947
Yeah. Thankfully the dude brought my key back.

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>>16751061

>>16748569
Just report and ignore.

>>16751950
Not sure if lot lizard or glam metal frontman.

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>tfw coffee grill asked for da facebook today
Holy shit I might actually be making progress with this one.

>>16750933
This >>16751681
They rarely prescribe codeine pills in the US anyway, only in cough syrup. Codeine sucks anyway, just get some hydrocodone or oxycodone

>>16751374
I figure most of this would be covered in orientation. I also realize this job isn't a permanent fixture, most oil field jobs down here are basically seasonal, fluctuating by oil prices and demand.

>>16751259
>>16751756

I find that odd, but okay. At my company we just had a spare key hooked onto the cord for the DEF tank cap. 3 keys total with the truck at all times: One key stays in the ignition 24/7/365. One key goes with the driver, and stays on the hood when parked in the yard. The backup key stays on the DEF cap to prevent lockouts. Of course, dispatch kept a fourth key, just in case.

>>16752625
Lel most of our trucks have one key because they have been lost so many times. I locked myself out of the truck a couple years back and fleet just told me to call the locksmith.

http://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desktopnews/iihs-recognizes-semitrailers-with-good-underride-guards

>>16752785
I would love to see the correlation between amount of smartphones sold and people rear-ending semi trailers.

I want Allie Knight to stick her fist in my ass

What are you guys going to do for work when automation destroys your job?

>>16752860
>being this retarded

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>>16752860
Going on long term disability if I'm not dead by then

>>16752855
What if she had Dory's slime coat and went in nice and smoof?

>>16752871
Why is is dumb? Honest question.

Do you think the timeframe is too long for it to impact you?

>>16752785
> America adopts something that's been around in Europe for over a decade
> REVOLUTIONARY NEW TECHNOLOGY WOW
It's rare to see trucks without a low rear bumper here. VERY rare. Same with side skirts, or at least bars down the sides to stop small cars getting underneath.
What's next, three-axle trailers? 40 tonne gross vehicle weight? Rear-axle steering? Cabovers and fuel-efficient clean diesel engines?

>>16752860
Keep driving my non automated bulk dangerous goods truck in the outback as usual.

>>16752910
>bulk dangerous goods
>in the outback

What, exactly, constitutes 'dangerous goods' in the outback? Surely everything around it is more dangerous, unless you're carrying armed nuclear warheads or nitroglycerine.

>>16752899
I think they have been legally required in the US for quite a few years now. But lots of them are mostly there for looks and aren't worth a damn when some cunt is texting and plows into a stopped trailer at 40mph.

Dude who I used to work with, we got hired on the same day and he was there about a year and a half and had two different accidents where he was making a right turn into a parking lot, had to stop and wait for somebody else to turn out before he could go in, and some dumbass not paying attention smashed into his trailer. The first one was a lady who tried to move left at the last second and ripped the whole passenger side of her car off. The second one, the dude was in the ICU for a few days and died.

>>16752883

Self driving cars cannot handle anything other than clean dry pavement. A large number of shippers do not have paved lots. Driving anywhere other than the southern US means winter and snow exist. Rain cripples self-driving too. A large amount of new infrastructure would be needed for self-driving trucks to be more reliable than a driver - someone needs to fuel it, perform daily inspections, daily repairs, open and close the trailer doors for loading/unloading, clean the trailer interior, and do all the paperwork. This is especially true for trucks crossing the border. The fact is, driving may be the most time consuming part of the job, but there's a lot more to it than that, which a computer cannot do; and it can't even handle the driving that well either.

Most importantly, it's far cheaper to (not) pay a driver to do all of these things than it is to pay for them as services at the various locations the truck would need to be.

>>16752484
You're in m8. We want pics of dat ass.

>>16752937
Its a roadtrain full of australias deadliest animals, the worst kind of dangerous goods.

Also did you guys ever see the damage an ammonium nitrate truck did when it rolled over and went pop.

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-06/ammonium-nitrate-truck-explodes-in-charleville-queensland-8-hurt/5724512

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>>16752976
>when bogans explode

>>16752965
When she adds me I'll creep the FB real good.

>>16752943
>some dumbass not paying attention smashed into his trailer
Honestly, I'm in favour of adding girders to trailer sides specifically to kill anyone driving into them.
My original comment was mostly making fun of the american automotive industry being 15-20 years behind europe.

>>16752976
> Ammonium nitrate
> Diesel truck
Literally could not pay me enough to drive that on a road with traffic around.

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>>16753085

New thread:
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>>16753396

>>16753396