Truckerfag Thread - /TFG/

Yup

RIP Prime, squashed by coils.

>>16832367
RIPIP all the OTR fegs stranded at the TA in that snow.

We did have a tornado warning last night, that was fun. But cooled off real nice after that rolled thru.

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>MFW the blurb has been copied and pasted three or four times now

I remain a straight truck driving foreigner with inscrutable motives, for anyone that was wondering.

How many lot lizards you boys kill?


Trucking really is the leading cause of serial killing.
Is it the traffic? The constant weigh scales? Stepping in cum every time you shower?

What pushes you to that limit?

>>16832535
Pushing a button every 3 minutes

>>16832541
A metaphorical button or a real button?

>>16832299
>You ever have sex in the cab?
>How are the long haul drives where its you and the lonely highway?
>Will automation really take over the industry or loading and unloading more likely to be automated by machines...

>>16832606
Who doth thou quoteth, m'anon?

>Female class 1 driver at my work
>today, puts gasoline in her diesel tank
SEE YA!

>>16832299
Very off-putting to look at that picture while taking a shit

>>16832547
Lane departure

>>16832541
If you truckers as a whole had less heart attacks, you wouldn't need to keep pushing a button to prove you're still alive.

>>16832606
>>Will automation really take over the industry or loading and unloading more likely to be automated by machines...
Loading and unloading of pallets, likely able to be automated. It's all one guy in a forklift anyway, so it's just a question of the automation hardware cost in relation to the cost of employing the driver.
Flatbed stuff tends to be unusual, but can often be done by one guy in a machine. Again, automation cost versus paying one skilled labourer.
Tankers are already automated. What more do you want, hoses that hook themselves up like anime tentacles?
Highway driving is already automated. Truckers don't even think about it. Why not just have a computer keep the lane/speed on the highway while the trucker keeps an eye out between fap sessions?
'Self driving' is a long way off, and throwing radiation around to detect stuff is possibly dangerous. I think it'll be 'man in the loop' for a few decades, just because you need human judgement sometimes.

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So how do you dig your truck out of like a foot of snow?

>>16832299
alright I give up. who is this horrible looking woman-like creature you losers keep posting?

>>16833068
you put it in first and let out the clutch.

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>>16833124
shes a female truckerfag with a decently sized youtube channel. shes kinda annoying and a bit weird but it just makes me harder for some reason.

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I want to die.

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>>16833150
That was my plan but the guy next to me has been rocking back and forth for over an hour and hasn't budged.

>>16833174
your truck a Cummins? any major issues yet? it's about time for me to buy a truck and I can't decide if a glider kit would be worth it.

>>16833194
It's a cummins. It has 225k miles on it. Just replace the dpf doser every 200k and ur good. I had a problem recently down in Florida. When I had it serviced at 200k they failed to clean it like they said it would and it failed. It's a 400$ part. I drove 35 miles with 10lbs of boost as it was taking a shit.

>>16833211
what kind of fuel economy do you see? what trans and rear end? I'll be looking for a similar 389 flat top but with a tag axle.

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>>16833266
3:55 18 speed
I get between 6-7 when I'm 65mpg and under. And 5.5-6 when I'm 70-75.

>>16833327
cool that's not bad. thanks.

Where's the primefag?

I'm the guy that was helping him in the last thread. What ended up happening?

>>16833172
She's no coffee girl

I think I'm gonna chill down by the beach with her tomorrow night. Things have been going well but I gotta make a lil move here to reassure myself that this doesn't become a friendzone thing.

>>16833150
Lock dem diffs nigga

>>16833729
Stick it in her pooper

>>16832959
is it easy to get on a gas rig?

No experience in this industry and wouldn't mind making 50k working the fuel trucks

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>>16832367
Here is upgrade

>>16833741
Possibly. She has a nice ass. Hard not to stare at it when her back is to me as she's makin my coffee.

It's still like I don't want to move super fast with it but chilled with her almost every day. Yesterday was the first day I didn't see her at all. Sat she was working all night so I was hanging out with her there for like 4hrs and then Sunday I chilled with her and we were at that horse ranch and then got some smoothies. She was over at that ranch all day yesterday and wanted me to come over but I didn't go. Then today I stopped by to see her at work for muh coffee and then just been textin bullshit with her and she wants to hang out tomorrow. At least tomorrow she will be in my area by the beach so closer to bringin her home. Already extended the invitation that she welcome here whenever just to chill n watch TV and stuff but don't want to sound like I'm only in this to get in her pants but also don't want to become "just like her brother!"

I'm so confused and then I come to 4chan for advice. What could go wrong?

>>16833712
Oh he dead.

Somehow a bunch of videos of people bragging about their Swift pay got into my youtube recommendations despite never watching trucking videos or anything. What is Swift and is it a decent entry into trucking?

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>>16833836
By the sounds of it, you've already passed that "just in it to try and score some low effort pussy" range of time spent with her, and am now at the crossroads of "try to proceed romantically and possibly fail" and "stay the course become thought of as a non sexual, good friend".

Speaking from an early lifetime spent not striking when the iron was hot and regretting it, what do you have to lose? If she isn't into it, she isn't in to it, but at least you'll know that you tried.

>>16833765

I didn't know where to put third chain so I sat it in middle. But I feel much safer now. Thank you for shitposting me into safety /tfg/

>>16833879
>Swift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7meY0vOOTY

>>16833879
Anyone who knows anything about trucking knows Swift is the Best in Class ™ and their award winning drivers are safe and courteous.

>>16833987
https://youtu.be/vJW8KS-2oQM

A little late, but do this in the future with ratchet boomers.

>>16834011
What is a boomer? Theres only snaps in that video?

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>>16834011
>straight truck driver giving anyone advice

>>16834215
Either he's using some clapped out boogan lingo or his phone is autocorrecting "binder" to boomer

>>16833992
Is it really that hard to drive an 18 wheeler? I mean how fucking hard can it be. I've never done it before but I imagine literally the only two principles you have to understand is take turns as wide as possible and learn how to use your mirrors

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>>16834263
>>16834263
Yeah, that's basically it

>>16834263
Having a trailer is hard because your steering inputs are now trying to change the direction of something independent from your truck.

>>16833765
Still touching the deck, but turning the boards + using the rubber pads should keep the dunnage from sliding out.

I prefer to loop them around one pocket, just cause it's easier, but it's still much better there.

Do y'all really only carry 4 ft. timbers, though? I never rreally paid any attention.

Also I wanna know what the shipper said when you came back just for the lulz

>>16834263
Yeah, working knowledge of the physics of how mirrors work is an essential part of every heavy truck drivers toolbox, and one which the general population struggles with.

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>>16834289
They were cool about it. But then they saw my load and they were like bro ur good. And I was like nah, I was on 4chan last night and a bunch of strangers said no. So I made them get the coils off the ground and I actually did put rubbers down. As you can see I moved the bevel to the outside, and with the rubber I'm like 2mm off the ground.

The weird part was when I spent the next 2 hours making it all perfect, adding the extra chain, and taping it, and all that. Ppl stoped talking to me and just stared like ok hold on that kid is weird after all actually.

I'm glad I did though because my chains are rated for 4.7k and I only had 2. They said they were rated for like 11k. When I realized no one knew what they were talking about I continued in autistic determination on my own plans alone.

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>>16834215
Apparently a boomer is a Ganadian term for a binder :DDD

>>16834226
>Anime response image
>Being this jealous of my not requiring articulation

You gotta learn to let go of that load my man. All it's doing is following along behind you, weighing you down.

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>>16834289
Can you loop around pipe stake?

And ya, 1 is better because you run out of places too fast with two.

>>16834289
Oh ya and I only carry ten 4 foot timbers, combined its five 8 foot. What else is needed?

>>16834263
Euro truck simulator 2 my nig

>>16834340
Autism triumphs over normies again!

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I found Bepis today on the road. He is a handsome fella but needs to get off the cell phone and focus on driving. Called your employer and told them.

>>16834348
Depends on trailer mfgr. But in general they're rated the same

>>16834469
>I saw a Pepsi route driver go by from my vantage point in the handicapped section of the city bus

>I left an awkward, autistic, rambling message on a voicemail system, filled with breathless panting and the sound of a foil chip bag rustling while I tried to get the last few chip crumbs left from the bottom of the bag

>>16834365
Industry standard is to carry 6-8 8 footers and 0-4 4 footers

Nothing wrong with what y'all carry, in a way it's more versatile and you wouldn't've avoided any problems by carrying anything else.

For fun, I carry 6 8-footers, 4 4-footers, and 2 6-foot 6x6es for the keks

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>>16834344
>be not a straight truck driver
>hourly
>half the day just shitpost on muh phone
>milk the clock as much as possible
>home every night
>broke 90k last year
Me? Jealous of a straight truck driver? Don't think so, bud.

>>16834521
Do you own your own trailer? I have to switch trailers a lot and is hate to have to keep resecuring that. 10 4' timbers is about all I can comfortably do with my headache rack

>>16834469
>handsome
I appreciate it

>>16834583
No, I drive for a company with two other trucks and I'm married to my trailer, so I can basically do whatever I want.

I feel ya bro. One of the big reasons I walked away from Roehl was having to swap trailers and deal with garbage equipment and bad securement on relays.

I want to fuck her so bad bros.

>>16834729
Prolly not even that hard. Used fursuits are like 80 bucks on ebay

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For real... Wtf
>inb4 C.R. England dumbfag
>drive for C.R. Cuckland
>quit because "Fuck Trucking"
>go back to finish contract because poorfag
>start looking at paystubs
>'Salt Lake Interest Payment'
>75 burgers every week

Jesus Christ, what am I paying for? I'm going to call tomorrow and find wtf it is I'm shoveling shekels out for. It's bad enough I'm only making 35cpm

Gonna try my hand at being an Uber driver for the time being until all the paperwork and background checks clear. How bad can it be?

>>16834457
kek

>>16832959
>Tankers are already automated.
Yet here I am driving my road train in the outback and its just me and the emus.

>>16833124
Its one loser. Please dont associate us with him.

>>16832959
>If you truckers as a whole had less heart attacks, you wouldn't need to keep pushing a button to prove you're still alive.
It is more to do with making sure you are paying attention just incase an automated system fails and overfills the tanker, thus spilling volatile product.

Yes, the fully automated loading system is a shit and fails spectacularly, very regularly. But if you are paying attention, its easy override it and stop the loading process. Hazmat/Dangerous goods will never be fully automated. Far too unsafe.

>>16833879
>targeted marketing

>>16833987
3rd in the middle is standard practice here in the land of deadly animals.

>>16834011
Why didn't they show the video of when the over center dog flung back and the cheater bar broke the drivers jaw?

>>16834263
>18 wheeler
Seems like its missing 4 wheels and an extra 8 tonne load capacity.

>>16834340
I'm glad anon. What you had originally was dangerous and could have killed a mini van with 6 generations of mexicans in it, plus yourself.

>>16835285
probably your training

>>16834309

Is it a lot different from pulling a large trailer with a pickup or medium duty truck?

>>16836497
Same principles apply for backing and stuff. But normally when you are pulling a trailer with a pickup or SUV, the trailer is smaller and lighter than the tow vehicle unless you are one of those fegs with an F-350 that has DOT numbers on the side of it.

>>16836614
They're called hotshots.

>>16836497
Ball hitched trailers are just as tricky but in different ways. The smaller the trailer wheel base is, the more responsive it is. Backing little trailers is hard because they're fidgety, or the smallest movements can send them off in unwanted directions. Obviously, It's still a lot easier to maneuver a 40' combination than an 80' one

>>16836497
It is harder to reverse a standard care and trailer than it is a truck and trailer.
The longer the draw bar (trailer tyres to hitch) the easier it is to reverse.

>>16836658
>tfw tryin to bump a dock with a pup trailer after driving 48' trailers all day
I remember my jet ski trailer being a little bit of a pain to back as well. Two jet skis, so it was wider than the Explorer I towed it with but still short. Trying to back in a straight line for some distance was tricky because it was difficult to tell when it was straight. At least with a semi truck, the trailer is normally the same width as the tractor and it makes it easier to tell when you are straight.

>>16836167
First of all, it isn't just one 'loser'. There are several Allie posters. Second, why are you pretending that you wouldn't? Drunk, 2am, you see her playing Euro Truck Sim 2 in her dimly lit cabin under the moonlight...you really not gonna make a move?

>>16836974
No, as if you are drunk like a real man, you can't walk.

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>>16836998
C'mon. Admit it. You see her bend over to pick up some clothes and you're really gonna tell me your dick don't jump? #BuildingThaLoad

>>16837030
Yes, tats are for degenerates. Plus I want dat THICC.

I'm so drunk rn, gonna call in sick tomorrow.

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>>16837030
>away for 1-2 months
>come back
>still disgusting allie spam

>>16837315
>americans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3wzh3jQvP4

>>16837548
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37j1IQTq080

>>16832299
>Whiney needs a jorb

Needs to be updated. Whiney-kun is now a man of God

>>16833836
Just kiss her already.

>>16836154
You don't have to pump every last ml out by hand, though, do you? Your loading and unloading is automated.

>>16837315
So start reporting it. The spammer fuck got banned for it a while back.

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>>16837733
Yes lordy that I am, praise Jesus and have a blessed day.

Got our MVRs today, mine is clean as a whistle despite the mishap with the BMW. PSP showed two violations but didn't seem to affect anything.

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>>16832606
>You ever have sex in the cab?
Just did, and so did ZF.
>How are the long haul drives where its you and the lonely highway?
Relaxing. Don't do long haul often, though, so it's mostly either having 18 hours to drive 7 hours, or rarely pushing against an unrealistic deadline.
>Will automation really take over the industry or loading and unloading more likely to be automated by machines...
Humans are going to continue to be cheaper until sexbots are self-cleaning. Then the massive labor shortage will make automation more feasible.

>>16832959
Automated forklifts can already stage loads running on painted lines, fucking up any time there's a coffee cup in their way. Only multi-billion dollar companies use it. Still need a human to load the trailers since there are no lines for the robots to follow in there.

>>16833068
Rock it back and forth and hope none of your brakes are frozen.

>>16833174
Typical airport faggotry.
>idk if we have a forklift or any docks
>better unload you with a baggage conveyor

>>16833179
Sounds like he needs better tires.

>>16833765
Still don't know why you're going full retard with your chains pulling the stake pockets on the sides like that. Just use the chain spools. That's what they're made for.

>>16834365
8 8' timbers is the industry standard. Enough for a full load of tube or angle iron. I might pull the chain rack out of my bulkhead to make room to chop up my old 8's into 4's and get a new set of oak 8's.

>>16834473
Stake pockets are usually only rated for a chain wrapped around it and hooked back to the chain. That puts the pull on the bottom of both sides of the pocket instead of stressing the weld on one side being pulled up and in.

>>16837030
>tfw have the same seat covers as allie
The instructions were unclear. Someone ask her how to hook the front to the back when they replaced the pull string in the diagram with velcro that doesn't reach the back of the seat.

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>>16837895

>dem thighs tho

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>>16835321
am i the only on that thinks this a terrible idea? Putting your cdl on the line for that faggotry
>mfw

>>16838244
why are his claws exposed like that?

>>16833174
is that Oakland CA?

>>16838255
Someone just took him out of the bath and he's pissed

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>>16838255
theyre stuck in the towel

>>16832299
good lord that woman is in a dire need of extreme makeover

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>>16838312
this guy gets it

>>16838312
You think she has potential?

>>16833765

maybe I'm an unsafe faggot but I would'nt have bothered with the 3rd middle chains on those.

>>16837904
Are they not rated the same? I didn't hook it in like last time, but I did wrap around it. Should I not use them at all

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>>16837904
>MFW I also have the same seat covers

>>16835321
You should do some reading about how abysmal driving for Uber is.

As garbage as Reddit can be, /r/uberdrivers has some good info for new drivers, and plenty of horror stories.

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>$4.29/mi
>didn't even have to use my own trailer

>>16838596
The spools are usually rated for an extra 1000lbs, but the stake pocket rating goes out the window if the chain isn't on it correctly.

>>16838633
What did you end up doing with the velcro straps on the front? Mine are looped around the front of the frame, but the male end of the velcro is too short to get any pull on them. Just zip tied the grommets in the back to the seatbelt bar.

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Why do I see some trucks where there's like 10' of space between the fifth wheel and cab? Is there any benefit to having that much space, like doing really tight jack knife maneuvers or something? And no, I don't mean stretched frame show trucks. Like this guy, there's almost two panels of space, so that's like 7'

>>16839632
It bothers me that those trailers aren't straight.

>>16839739
>being this homophobic
just let those trailers be free to choose their own sexual identities!

>>16839653
Looks like he's just got his 5th wheel slid all the way back.

>>16839837
There's that too but the wheel is set especially far back to begin with.
I feel like the fifth wheel should only be set far enough back that you can have full tanks and <12000 on the steers. That was how I set mine. I got a really heavy trailer, filled up, and set it so I could go 11600/33000/33000, that way I never have to move it again or worry about my steers, I can just move the tandems depending on how the freight is loaded.

>>16832299
Would hump and dump at a truck stop.

>>16837904
What is there to do on the long trips?

I think in that situation I would be deep in podcasts while on the open road.

>>16837904
>>16833174
Typical airport faggotry.
>idk if we have a forklift or any docks
>better unload you with a baggage conveyor

This can't be legal

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>>16839632
After putting the elastic part through the eyelet part at the back, I connected them to the Velcro on the side of the seat and let them tuck themselves under the outside side of the seat frame from the tension.

They have an install video:
https://youtu.be/9K-on7GElI4

The first set I ever installed on the truck I had while hauling sand took me an hour of struggling with those fucking straps until I realized I was doing it wrong.

>>16839653
Probably they don't know/worry about their axle weights.

>>16839739
>Current year
>Being this wrapped up in trailer orientation

>>16839912
Podcasts, audio books, satellite radio/lots of mp3s, and talking to friends/family with a Bluetooth headset. CB radio if you have one and like hearing a roughly 50/50 mix of racism and crackpot conspiracy theories.

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>when it hits you that swift wasn't such a bad decision after all

51 cents per mile on a dedicated route that goes from Jurupa Valley terminal up 400 miles and then back down 400 miles to Jurupa where I can take the night off at my place. I'll be able to run up my 70 hours where I'll be able to take my 34 at my house also.

Feels good for only being in trucking for 6 months before landing this

>>16839912
Piggybacking off this guy, but since I've gone to lower 48, over time I feel like I've died. I used to have hobbies, and I read, I was learning a second language, but now all I do is drive, eat, and sleep. I kept thinking "Oh, yknow, my body will get used to it and I'll be back to normal after a few months" but now I've completely lost what little ambition I had left.

How much time to you realistically have to yourself, not working, when you're OTR? Assuming adequate sleep.

>>16840295
>Assuming adequate sleep.
that's assuming alot right there

>>16840295
On a good day, maybe 6 hours. Broken down: 10.5 hours driving, a 30 minute break, 7 hours sleeping.
Some days you'll have more time wasted trying to deal with shippers and receivers, but you know you can only ever work a maximum of 14 hours any day.
Then you'll get days like, for me, I've got a thousand mile lime to run, but I'm running on recaps, so I had 7 hours today, 4 tomorrow, and then 10 Friday, so I spent most of today and tomorrow watching anime and jacking off and listening to stern, sometimes consecutively.

>>16840209
My dad actually drives and now hates it

>Not sure what the fuck he does on the roads
>Figure he might talk to himself the whole trip :)
>He also doesn't trust other people and can't drive with other driver
>Fuck. I hope I don't end up like him

>>16840124
Yeah whiney kun thought that dedicated route would be a good idea when he started Swift. I mean look how high the cpm is!!!

>>16840355
Does hearing Stern complain about his work/life balance advance or retard your reaching climax?

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Today Truckerfag told me he's considering getting a Volvo.

Talk him out of it, guys.

Picture unrelated.

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>>16840426
LOLvo w/detroit a best tho

>>16838312
>>16838389
She's attractive for sure but not in the same way as your typical club hopping 20-30 yr old.

I like the fact that she doesn't look like she's trying too hard.

>>16838312
>>16840463
Glad I'm not the one who brought it up first
Chick in OP photo is fucking hot

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>>16840473
>>Chick in OP photo is fucking hot

>greasy-ass hair
>poorly fitting glasses

lmao I didn't know Stevie Wonder lurked /o/

>>16840426
Go away

>>16840426
Better a new Volvo than that dirty old Freightliner that needs a paint job.

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>>16840402
Yeah but I'm not crashing my truck

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Shut down in East St. Louis for the night. What am I in for? Should I kill a prostitute?

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>>16840597
>Swift
>not crashing

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>>16840635
Only if your name is Mud

>WE LEASE TRUCKS

>>16840635
>St. Louis
>Murdering a prostitute
It really just goes without saying.

>>16840426
Deny him any more pussy and the little bitch boi will tow the line.

>>16840514
>kek

>I like real women and not plastic from california

>>16840709
So you like nasty trailer park pussy. Got it.

do you truckerfags take amphetamine to stay awake?

>>16840732
Do normal people not?

>>16840732
>Truckers
>Amphetamine use
It really just goes without saying.

>>16840760
>>16840836
how common is that? is every trucker basically a drug addict?

>>16840898
For the most part. I'm a raging alcoholic.

>>16840898
It's a meme now. The big companies use elogs which limit driver hours to something reasonable and the small guys try to pick runs that pay well instead of those requiring big miles to make money. Coast-to-coast stuff isn't what it used to be either so there's really not much incentive to use drugs like there was 20-30 years ago.

>>16840732
Legal stims for weight loss, this is why truckers are always fat fucks these days. Can't get legal stims while being a skinny fuck.

>>16840898
In the 70s, it wasn't unheard of to start your week at a terminal and be handed a bundle of paperwork that had the info for your entire week's worth of loads, along with a bottle of coke or meth because getting it all done did not allow for time sleeping.

Nowadays most trucks don't see terminals except for maintenance, enforcement is gradually squeezing out the illegal carriers, and taking any kind of non-prescription drug as a company driver is hilariously ill advised.

Basically the methed up midnight runners with 3 log books are restricted to the tollways on the east coast/chicago now, where they can pay the toll cash.

Even those are starting to log license plates at cash booths.

Microcarriers and owner ops can only dodge DOT scales for so long. My O/O friend who's been trucking for 30 years and likes to take 5 hour naps instead of 10 hour breaks is having serious trouble adjusting, and the microcarrier he pulls for is flirting with shutdown level CSA scores.

>>16837941
>dem thighs
It's a cartoon.

>>16839879
Doesn't really account for forklift drivers going full potato on weight distribution.

>>16839912
Podcasts, NPR, and save offline for documentaries on YouTube. Or you can stir shit up on the CB. Some drivers talk on the phone 12 hours a day.

>>16839920
What's illegal about it? Their freight, their property, their insurance policy.

>>16839739
How else would they fit 4 on a 45' trailer?

>>16839957
Well shit. The instructions in the bag didn't match that at all.

>>16840209
Go to the gym. It helps.

>>16840295
2-12 hours a day, depending on loads and sleep requirement. You'll rarely have free time when you actually want it, though.

>>16840426
Your boyfriend has two of them. When's he going to get gud?

>>16840635
At the pilot or the hook?

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>>16841208
>Go to the gym. It helps
Has it now?

well fuckers I feel good today. it was CDL test day. I got 0 points on pre-trip, 0 points on backing (straight/offset left/alley dock) and 6 points on my road test. I'm going to see my trainer again tomorrow to get a little more mountain driving practice and then I've got an extended weekend, and an interview on Monday with a flatbedding company that will have me home every night, and on top of that their fleet is almost entirely pre-emissions 550hp/18-speed Peterbilts and Kenworths. somebody hug me I feel good.

>>16841389
>road test
>mountains
Wut

>>16841377
Ask ZF. I can throw her around pretty good.

>>16841504
He's that Canadian what went to that fancy $15,000 school

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Orientation wrapped up today, here is my new cuck-shed.

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>>16841845
Looks breddy good. Kenworth is most worth.

I mean, its no T800 straight truck with a 28inch """""sleeper""""", but nobody is perfect.

What were you driving back at Swift?

>>16833174
How exactly did you end up offloading them? Surely they didn't yard the things off with that flatbed pickup did they?

>>16841504
>>16841612
False, I'm in Denver. Is road testing not a normal thing?

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Is this /tfg/ approved, and if not you guys fools. Ultraviolet radiation is not a joke. And the squinting you have to do reduces peripheral vision by 27%. I'm getting one for my driver side. Don't even try to stop me.

>>16841389
That's good man. Average for my company is 18 on road test.
>>16841845
Take pic of dash. I've never seen inside a of Kenworth. Is it comfy?

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Also lol at four separate drivers all helping CR England back. (4th is on other side)

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>>16842041
Kekkkkk annnnnnd he still crashed! Gunna need that contact info

>>16842008
>What are sunglasses?

Does it come with the car seat and Velcro sneakers as well?

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>>16842047
Assessing the damage...

Missed a interview for a maintenance tech 3 this morning and they were pissed and not rescheduling might end up doing otr type team driving for 19/hr hauling a reefer

>>16842041
>>16842047
>>16842068
Instead of laughing you should have gotten out and helped him you cunt. Just like the thread saved your sorry ass from certain death a bit ago.

>>16842100
I was in the Loves at the time. When I got back to my truck 4 drivers were already helping him. He doesnt need a fifth person...

Also, I am helping. By showing the ppl who lurk /tfg/ why they dont want to run with a bottom feeder carrier like CR England who will send you out before you're ready.

>>16842122
What did this retard hit and how retarded where the spotters? Must be in Texas or the south

>>16842122
>I would literally be dead right now if it weren't for the recent assistance of others
>Fuck it, I can't be bothered to help that other guy

>Look at this driver for this other big company that didn't get trained right!
Good thing I got trained properly, I mean, its not like I had fucking ratchet straps holding down a row of 9000 pound suicide coils or anything

>>16842203
What's wrong with ratchet straps if their rated for that faggot

>>16842100
Too many faggots spoil the glory hole or some shit like that.
I hate it when people try to help me back and completely ignore them.
I will try to help if someone is really struggling, but not if they have a helper already.

I laughed my ass off at the walmart in colton when england had no less than 15 people trying to help him hit a dock for more than 45 minutes.

Eventually somebody got up in his truck and parked it for him.
Icing on the cake is, they have a huge terminal right next door.

>>16842216
Get a load of this scrub

>>16841935
I was driving an Intertrashional and it was falling apart more every mile. This seems like a god damn Rolls Royce by comparison.

>>16842011
I'll get a pic when I'm dispatched. But yeah nigga, some digital gauges, decent space, APU, 1800w inverter, place to mount my monitor etc. I'm happy, plus it's standard.

>>16842176
I'm not actually sure how he messed up because I was in my cab. He was shooting off the clutch in big bursts instead of just going smoothly though I noticed.

I'm in Utah.

>>16842203
The straps were to satisfy a DOT req "to have one additional tie down beyond what is necessary." I was technically covered with two chains. (4.7k + 4.7k = 9.4k.) The real problem was my coil racks were too long. And yes an anon persuaded me to go back. And yes while I was there I swapped the strap for a third chain since its more effective I guess. Sorry for trying to improve every day.

If you disagree with me ever again like this, I will take your life from you.

>>16842243
Very nice man, very nice. This Freightshaker is a little too barebones for my taste, but I'm still pretty comfy.

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>>16842057
I don't wear sun glasses that wrap around the side of my head. Also, its more about keeping the hot sun off you and keeping your skin looking young. Don't you even know anything

>>16842287
>Mommy always says that Mr. Sun is bad for our skin, so we need to keep it covered and wear sunscreen

>>16841504
So ZF has a bf and you cuck him.
ZF is also an unfaithful slut.

>>16842008
I strongly recommend getting one. Summer is around the corner, and that trucker tan on your left side never looks good.
>last year left forearm and left side of face tanned
>took until November to look symmetrical again

>>16842277
One of the guys in orientation got assigned automagic Freightliner because he preferred auto. It looked like a massive step down compared to the KW too desu.

>>16842440
Is thad Genworth a den speed? :DDDDD

>>16842287
Use to rock oil rigs now I have some offshoots they're pretty comfy

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>>16842431
Food for thought: Could a DOT agent cite a driver with one on the side window for it being an "obstruction"?

>>16842455
>Oakley Oil Riggers
Wew lad. Please tell me they weren't white or clear framed with purple irridium lenses.

I have a regular black framed Fuel Cell, and it is about as dudebro of a pair of name brand sunglasses as I am willing to go.

>>16842475
>Food for thought: Could a DOT agent cite a driver with one on the side window for it being an "obstruction"?
Doubt it. There's several trucks out there with them on the north-south freeways. They're see-through, and only used in daytime so even if you did get a ticket for it, you'd almost certainly win in court. The built-in sunshades actually do obstruct view, and nobody has a problem with them. I've even seen guys with jackets or shirts wedged in the top of the window to completely block the sun, leaving only enough room to see the mirrors.

>>16842452
Yeah, feels better than the International tho

>>16842475
They were white with badass designs throughout then with black iridium lenses, I rocked fuel cells a couple years ago also comfy

Have you shit yourself yet?

>>16842008
Our old T800s are tinted real dark. Shit's nice. Only problem is the AC doesn't work in most of them so you gotta roll the windows down anyway.

>>16842008
No one's going to try to stop you except the DOT because that's illegal. You're limited to 70% tint on trucks. They make clear UV blocking window film, or you could wear sunscreen if you really cared enough.

Fuck new job offer on the table probation pay is 24% per ton and after month it's 29% this is for a end dump/dump truck what do?

>>16843632
Either take it or don't.

What's your concern with it?

>>16843649
Never had a job that pays %

Forgive me Padre for I have sinned

I hit a shitbox two weeks ago, while backing in to a relatively small company

No one saw, and I just took off

>>16843749
F

That's a felony

>>16843653
Lots of bulk hauling gigs pay percent per tonne, or a percentage of unit earnings.

It's not an apples to apples comparison, but I had a buddy that would haul contaminated soil from, and sawdust loads to drilling rig sites, and was payed a percentage per tonne, and did fine.

Its all going to depend on what they charge per tonne, and roughly how many tonnes you get per day.

They didn't give you rough estimates to figure out what it pays?

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>>16843749
Griminal sgum :DDD

>>16840426
Rotate your phone.

>>16843809
Yeah he said like 1500 a week but new gig on the table for 25/hr 100% travel what a time to be alive

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>>16842287
Top kek

How do you get the sunblock on your back when mummy isn't there to help?

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>>16844013
25/hr hauling what?

What can I, a cyclist, do, to annoy you as little as possible, when I am forced to ride on the road?

>>16844125
> If you're holding them up, get off the fucking road.
> Don't sneak up the inside when they're turning, or they'll have to fill out pages of accident reports while you're removed from the undercarriage

>>16844125

put a gun in your mouth

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>>16844125
I ride a motorcycle so it's not quite the same but one thing I love doing is to cram them on the highway. I'll have a wide open lane to myself but I'll just choose to ride as close to the trucker as possible. I love seeing how uncomfortable they get.

>>16844380
One day a tire is going to explode and you'll turn into a smear.

>tfw pissed off some manlet this morning at my first stop
What a great way to start the morning. Had to deliver to this gas station, had the fuel truck there as well as Coca Cola so I couldn't even move anywhere until at least one of them left. Some manlet dude in his 50s right from the start had a shitty attitude and wanted me to move the truck so he could get to the air pump. Had nowhere to go anyway. Once Coke finally left and I could actually move, dude is still following me around annoying the shit out of me so I take like 10min more to finish my stuff. Then I finally go to the truck and he says he knows my boss and has my truck number and he's gonna get me fired and this and that and I'm just smiling at him.

Best part I think was I had another driver with me and manlet was trying to get him to move the truck and he's like "nah I'm just a helper I can't do any of that". So satisfying making angry people even more angry when they realize that they don't have shit for control over you. I'm guessing dude is some middle managemant cunt who basks in the glory of yelling at people like me all day who are 20yrs younger than him and it breaks his heart to realize the world doesn't work like that when he is off the clock. Hopefully his boss was pissed that he was late today.

Automation will be the end of all of u :)))))))))

>>16844844

Those sweet dubs are the end of me already, my man.

>>16844797

If he wasn't a fatfuck neckbeard busrider without a drivers license, trying desperately to get some (You)s, that might happen.

>>16844844
Idk, I think it will be my liver or heart.

>>16842068
The part I don't get is how did he manage to hit that reefer so dead on? I would have to do a couple pull ups to even be able to get lined up like that. I could understand clipping it on your blind side or something. There's gotta be a point where you realize that you're not even close to the hole.

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>>16844064
I don't need any because I always where my blue Dickies jumpsuit with Prime DRIVEN BY THE BEST™ logo embroidered on front. You are litrly so ignorant.

>>16844878
I am confused as you are and I was 20 ft away. My theory is the clutch got away from him. Maybe the sad bugger had a messed up truck. I don't know how good CRE's trucks are.

>>16844920
Why did diabetes slinging nigger send you that pic? Are you guys sexting without us?

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>>16844920
I just sent that picture to coffee girl just randomly and she was really confused.

This was after last night she texted me and asked what I was eating for dinner and I sent her pic related.

Sarcasm doesn't always work so well in texts, especially when you are texting somebody whose first language isn't English.

>>16845091
>that meal
top fuckin kek she must think you're a proper loon

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>>16845105
Yeah it took a little bit to convince her that I found the pic online.

But I did send her this pic. Which was also a joke when I told her about how some people put butter in their coffee and she said it's like whipped cream on potatoes.

She is working tonight and I might go stop by and explain it all to her IRL. Was supposed to chill last night but other shit came up so it didn't work out. So I stopped by for coffee earlier in the day yesterday and she had left the store for a few min to go buy something they needed and then she called me right after sounding so sad that she didn't get to see me. I have no fucking clue what is going on.

Hell yea Bepis!! Piss those faggots off that bitch like that in public.

I asked about Pepsi last week and still waiting from a reply in Atlanta.

Hope to get it because it sounds better than the shit I'm doing.

Keep up the TF thread shit is entertaining!!

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>>16845135
wiggle your dick at her

>>16845091
>meming in the real life

don't do this m8. it ends in cringe more often than not.

>>16845135
Call her and arrange another date! She's waiting for you to make a move.

>>16845284
I'm gonna go over there tonight and chill for a lil bit since she is working and sleep is overrated. Those hours she works are killin me tho, she wants to hang out Sunday afternoon and do somethin but that is like the one day a week I kinda have a commitment already and I missed it last Sunday because we were hanging out.

>>16845225
>>16845228
What could possibly go wrong?

>>16845201
People are just cunts. Sometimes I have to park in shitty spots and block parked cars or at least make it a tight fit for them to back out (especially for women and old people who can't drive) and I will always move if people have to leave, but from time to time somebody comes out acting like a complete asshole and I take my sweet time moving the truck for them. I don't understand why these people have such a shitty attitude. They come out of a store and act like I blocked them in on purpose just because I was bored.

But yeah, it took me like 2 or 3 months to actually start at Pepsi I think. Maybe even longer. I applied in like December for the first time, they didn't hire me, then got an email from Pepsi saying to submit the application again because there was an opening (February maybe?) and then I went in for an interview like early or mid March and finally went for orientation like a week into April.

>>16845091
kek. im sorry m8

>>16845228
4chan humor has always come back to bite me in real life. It does not work easily in real time with normies

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>MFW I have to be up at 0230 to be at the shop by 0400, and on the road by 0430 to get in and out on a job before 10 am-10 pm spring time road bans come on.

Sleeper living still holds some appeal at times.

>>16845561
>>16845228
>>16845091

>Memer, no memeing!

Seriously, its 90% cringey since it doesn't generally work outside of 2d, and is even worse with a language barrier.

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>>16841208
He has three actually.

Today I got to argue with a guy that his employee identification number is not the same thing as a motor carrier number. Ugh.

>>16844125
Ride only on designated bike trails

>>16844380
>>16844858

>hahaha I like putting my life into the hands of a complete stranger who is probably sleep deprived and unattentive while he pilots an 80000 missile down the road which is more than capable of turning me into a mushy red pile on the side of the road in a matter of seconds
Yea, you really showed him.

>>16845914
Go away

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>>16845914
did you break the expensive parts or the cheap parts?

>>16846071
>>16844858
>>16844797

>implying i care about dying

>>16846199
Whoa dude so edgy
You must be the most popular guy in high school

>>16845914
Oooh. Must be why he's so shy around girls.

>>16846199
Get a fat tire bike and ride in the grass, m8. Make every day leg day.

>>16846199
So bad ass. I bet your dad lets you have two cans of beer at a single sitting.

I saw an orange Cascadia rocking the F2F logo today. I thought about asking him over the radio of he knew truckerfag.

>>16845680
>10 am-10 pm spring time road bans
Whozawhatsit? Are you Canucks clearing the roads for moose mating or something?

>>16845914
>He has three actually
No wonder you fuck the fat beta like the unfaithful slut you are.

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Why is >>Driven By The Best™in green text?

Am I getting memed on by Rob Lowe?

Was it sarcasm all along?

Really makes me think.

>>16846703
>implying arrows

>>16846703
>driven by the best
>dickies

Bunch of poofahs

>>16846472
Its because during the day once the temperature come up, all the ice and snow covered gravel roads get soft and shitty to drive on. With so much heavy truck traffic between logging and oilfield trucks, the road owners/counties put heavy truck road bans on, usually from noon to midnight or ten am to ten pm to cut down on the wear and tear.

>>16846703
Because it's a meme and they know it

>>16846766
I think u might be right senpai

>get DOT'd
>aww yea I could use a free 25 bucks for a clean inspection
>marker light out
>brake hose has faint wear spot
U fokn wot m8.

Marker light I probably missed because i've been running daylight and it was hard as fuck to see above the windshield, even the cops had to climb up on a ladder to be sure.
But the brake hose is pure bullshit, there's an occasional rub with another hose and it was shiny there from dirt getting rubbed off, not worn flat at all.

>>16846330
Nobody at F2F knows of my shitposting. Think I'm one of 3 flatbedders at this point, though, so there's that.

>>16846794
You done learned today. If they want to find something, they will.

>>16832299
What happens if you lose your medical card?

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>80k trailer
>34k tractor
>dry van
U wot?

>>16846864
Get a new one before you get an inspection.

>>16832299
Stop
Whining
I'm
Fucking
Training

>>16846878

Like its not expired its just not on my persons?

I really dont want to spend 90$

>>16846898
You can try your luck until you get your hands back on it, but it's a tax write off either way.

>>16846898
Damn, does your company have a copy or anything?

>update with coffee grill
>bepis is still a pussy
But slightly more optimistic. Still think I might end up friendzoned, but was talkin to her and she kinda freaked out when she saw the pic of the guy in the tub eating a hot dog until I tried to explain it to her. She said something along the lines of "I had two other guys I met and one of them sent dick pics within 3 days and the other one was like a week. I was upset because I thought you were just like them and this was the end of it!"

So I'm still confused.

>>16847011

Ok from my understanding of FMCSA rules they should have when my medical card expires on file right?

My wallet got lost wednesday and I have to finish out this week driving, If i get pulled at a scale house or random DOT inspection and they ask for my med card can't they look that shit up?

>>16846878
Tails wagging the dog on that one.

>>16847052
They have to, right? Whenever I get a new med card, I have to scan a copy and upload it to the FL DMV website or whatever it is.

>>16841845

Meh comfy truck but you still drive for religious harlots.

>Be me
>Drop this morning with 0:02 left on my 11 doing 8-2 split
>sit for hours get the rest of my time back
>mosey down to brick and mortar camera shop and buy Nikon glass
>get 1300 mile load that pays 2600 bucks and has some time on it
>get to run 40 all the way to NC
>all dose legit Indian truck stop restaurants
>stopped in Sayre for vegan samosas

My body is ready.

>>16841845
So since you worked OTR before, are they still going to send you with a trainer or pretty much just orientation and go start making money?

Always wondered about that. Like if I were to go OTR for some crazy reason, would TransAm still stick me with a herpes ridden obese fuck for 8 weeks or just give me the keys to my own truck?

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>>16847178
How is that lease working out? How much more are you making? Don't lie to me family.

>>16846898
Get camscanner and make copies of fucking everything.

>>16847178
>harlots
I think you could use a dictionary.

>>16847325
>>16847178

I do believe the word you were looking for, dear boy, is zealots. Zealots.

To whit:

Noun

zealot (plural zealots)

One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic

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You lads ever reserve parking before you get to a truck stop? I know it's considered haraam but occasionally I do like when I know I'll be getting home late for hometime and need to park at that particular TS because my car is there. Or days like today where I didn't need to go on duty until 1200 and would rather pay $14 than have to shut down after being on duty 6 hours, the extra miles I can drive knowing I have a guaranteed spot make up for the price imho.

>>16847822
>but were you a nigger at 19?

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Thanks for the Response on the job Bepis!!
I hope Pepsi up here doesn't take that long but who knows.
Yea a lot of folks are like that. I worked at Publix 11 yrs and man those fools were miserable cunts 24/7
I'll be lurkin for more Bepis stories and hopefully become a Pepsi fag soon

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>>16847481
>leasecucks super smart

>>16847822
You're part of the problem

>>16848062
What the fuck are you on about?

>>16849488
He clearly wasn't talking to you.

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>when you forget youre bobtail and drive thru the puddle instead of around it

>>16849662
Enjoy having mud in your airlines, forever

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>>16849488
Pepsi pls...

>>16847236

It's working out great I seriously don't think I've ever been this happy in life. Stacks on deck. Go where I want and do what I want. This week my truck is bringing in almost 5000 in revenue and ill probably keep half of that for myself.

Contrary to /tfg/'s predictions, I'm in a lease that is actually working out well.

>>16847822

>He paid for parking

Look at him, look at him and laugh

>>16849662

>He didn't hang his airlines and power connector to the rack specifically designed to prevent this

Dumb ass.

>>16832299
Man I'd love for her to fist me

>>16843653

I make 72% of linehaul on everything I haul.

It's max comfy.

My cumknee recently gave me a 579, and it drinks coolant, like a gallon a month. A guy I know says his 579 does the same thing, he bought his almost brand new, and he says other o/os at dealerships have said the same thing about their 579s.
Anyone familiar with Petes that can give a second opinion confirming or denying this problem? Seems like that's something it shouldn't do.

>>16849973

Can confirm. Both my 587 and my friends 579 do it. It's usually an issue associated with the Paccar MX13 motor, it's junk.

The 587 would drink 2 gallons a month sometimes, that thing was a colossal heap of shit. I'm in an FL now, no more maintenance headaches

>>16847043
She's saying she thought you were sending her a dick pic.
Ask
Her
Out
Again
Already.

Fucking seriously. Take her out again, and kiss her this time.

>>16850022
Sunday night. If I'm bored Saturday, I might go chill over by her work and harass her. And I'm gonna stop for coffee this afternoon after my last stop. I see her like 5 or 6 days a week. Last night I was over there and was a retard and chilled with her til close to midnight so I'm running on about 2hrs of sleep.

And even like Monday, she had the day off and was working at that ranch all day and was trying to get me to come over there and I was like "Nah, I'm just gonna chill today, I don't want to be a creeper like that seeing you daily" and then last night she brought that up and was somewhat offended that I would even think that.

Shit's interesting and I probably won't get friendzoned but it just happened too many times in the past where I'm all weary of it. But then I get the random texts like "what are you eating for dinner" or showin her something on the phone and she leans in real good so that's probably an upside. I'll just feel better about it after I finally bring her home or go to her place but she is probably one or two bad dates with creeps away from becoming a lesbian so I'm not trying to push anything.

>>16850022
Oh and the dick pic thing, she was saying it like it was a bad thing because she had too many guys like that who just want pussy and told me "I thought you were going to be the nice one but then sent that and were just like the rest of them and I would have to end it right there."

So yeah, wut do now?

>>16836154
Is it like Mad Max?

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>>16841935
Well of course they pushed them onto the flatbed lol. I didn't like it. But between the winch and 4 guys wrestling them, it somehow worked.

>>16850095
>So yeah, wut do now?
As I said, take her out again, kiss her, and tell her you want her, just not her pussy.
Not in those words, mind you.

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>>16850095

She's genuinely interested in you brot. She was upset because she likes you, and thought you weren't just after pussy like those other guys, but she misinterpreted the maymay you sent her.

Take her on another date and tell her you like her, and want to see where it goes, or something on those lines. Just be honest with her.

>>16850129
Well, I guess if they fuck them up during the removal, it's no skin off your neck.

>A beautiful day for being a bodyjobfag

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>>16849872
>This week my truck is bringing in almost 5000 in revenue and ill probably keep half of that for myself.
You legit need to learn the difference between truck monies and driver monies

so i need to go to a community college to get a CDL-A then i can just get hired to drive? Is it easy to get a job?

>>16849973
>>16849998
>PACCAR a shit
Bah. I've had Cummins drink more coolant, get far less economy, and have lots more problems than the MX's I've had. I've also never been stuck on the side of the road with an MX either. Had that pleasure many times with Cummins.

tl;dr they're all shit

>>16850790
I've had problems with our Internationals that have Maxxforce engines guzzling coolant too.

>>16850585
You don't even have to do it at a community college. There are private schools or a company can train you but beware of the latter.

>>16850806
How do i get my first job? whats the job market for drivers look like right now?

>>16850833
The turnover rate for drivers is like 95%, so big carriers like Swift are constantly hiring anyone and everyone.

>>16850833
The first company I worked for had 3 orientations per week of 30 new drivers at 8 terminals. That's over 30,000 accepted applicants to keep 7,300 trucks moving. By the time I'd finished orientation 6 people had quit or been dismissed, by the end of training 15 more had quit or been terminated, and by the end of the first year only 2 of us were still with the company. Big companies run on rookies like gas through a 2-stroke.

>>16850916
>>16850888
whys the turnover rate so high is it because people dont like it or is it like difficult in some way?

>>16850888
>>16850916
When I went in with PAM, the statistic I was hearing was that for every driver that quits, they've got 80 fresh ones to take their place. When I quit last week, I was the last one in my class to do so.

Also got the job running rebar. Just waiting to play piss cup and touchy-feely time with the doctor.

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>>16850934
It's not what people expect and they think the grass is always greener on the other side...

>>16850934
Because lazy niggers can't hold jobs and their career goals consist of chasing bigger sign on bonuses

>>16850934
The recruiters say you can make like $50k your first year but you'll really only make like $30k, also it's really challenging to stay away from home for weeks at a time unless you're some kind of loser nerd virgin with no friends like us, and it's really stressful having to deal with shippers and receivers and other truckers, like you wake up at 3am to drive 8 hours to a receiver, then some fucking guard fuck wants to give you some attitude for some bullshit that's not your fault, now you're pissed and tired and you've got to back in between two long nose super truckers in this shitty yard that's like a fucking obstacle course, and oh woops, you backed into something and now that's on your record for basically ever, and you only got paid like $100 to put up with all this shit

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>>16851034
At least it's Friday!

>>16851034
i could deal with most of that, im only worried about the fucking up part and of course it being on your record forever. how long into your career before you can drive across the country and shit?

>>16851189
That'll depend entirely on the company and your training. I was trained OTR, so I got in my trainer's truck and we set out for California that week. Or you might do regional and wear ruts up and down the same interstate.

>>16851189
I got a ticket for using a handheld device. Might get my CSA record fucked up. Hired a lawyer to get it dismissed. You're a driver. You will fuck up things sooner or later. All we can do is get used to it.

>>16851189
Took out a power line and 12 poles. Cops rerouted for construction into residential. I politely told him fuckoff. He said go or i get some sort of blocking the road charges. Im gonna hit those lines phagit. Gets out ticket book. Takes of banging gears and waits down the block. Power line between truck and trailer the cop tries to write me a ticket. "Muh dash and sode cams." AHAHAHAHA

>>16847043
why would she think it was you?
wait, you're black and chunky?
this explains the menthols

>>16850986
get the fresh squeezed juice bro

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So do you have a recommended "so you want to be a trucker?" type of deal I could read or watch or something?

I like being a welder but I can't shake the feeling of wanting to become a trucker.
I've switched career paths like three times already and I'm only 25.

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I want to drive trucks but I still don't even have my full car license yet

why must everything cost money

>>16851591
Yeah she tells me I gotta try it but they really only do it in the morning.

>>16851552
>not knowing Pepsi is black
Lel but seriously I talked shit to her after that like "Yes, it's obviously my black legs in that pic". She was probably just so mad that she barely even looked at it.

She works with her friend some days and that other girl was over there today and it's annoying as shit when the friend plays those games trying to ask me a million questions. And you know like half of it is shit that they were talking about before and just bugs you because you want to know what the girl u goin for is saying about you to her friend.

>>16851610
Eh, it's overrated. Just get your regular car DL and rent a 26' Penske and dangerously overload it like most people do.

Wat company runs dedicated lanes out of Houston? Or maybe Dallas?

>>16851964
Whiney-kun has been asking himself the same question for years

>>16850934
Its inhumane

>>16852125
Nah he lives lives like 700 miles away in worst texas

>>16852201
how so

>>16852347
If you calculate the hourly pay of some OTR cuck based on how many hours a day you are stuck at work, it ends up being less than minimum wage.

>>16852376
Watching Futurama while naked is basically the same thing I'd be doing at home.

>>16852376
just in the beginning though right? i thought it picks up a lot from there

>>16851409
What did he mean by this?

>>16852420
Sounds like a cop was blocking a road for one reason or another, so truckerbro stopped because the only way to get out was down a residential street with low power lines. He was probably blocking traffic with his truck and cop being an asshole told him he had to go down this residential street anyway to get traffic moving and took out the powerlines.

Something like that? That's what I imagine from wordpukebot.

>>16852402
Not until you own your own truck. And even then I hope you enjoy living in a truck.

>>16852427
what the fuck i read people were making like 50-70k easy how can they be jewing drivers when there is a shortage?

>>16852402
Don't listen to him, he uses fake math to calculate hourly wage. I drove for 6 hours today and spent 7 hours in line/unloading at a receiver watching anime, and I'll get paid about $260 for six hours of holding a steering wheel + layover.
A normal person would say "wow, that's over $40/hr for sitting on your ass on a few hours, that's a sweet gig" but this stupid nigger considers OTR drivers to be "at work" for 24 hours a day. Sleeping? Nah, at work. Eating lunch? Nah, working. Sitting in the sleeper jacking off? That's work.
If you intend on being a regular in these threads, you need to learn right away to not listen to him. He's not even a trucker, he just blogs here about his personal life all day.

>>16849998
That's good, because the good Lord blessed me with a rare cuckbox that doesn't have an idle shutoff. I've only met one other company driver who was lucky enough to get one. I don't know why it doesn't have an idle shutoff, but I was really afraid of having to put it in the terminal shop and risk them finding out.

>>16852453
ok thanks for setting that straight, i am still on the fence about doing this.

>>16852467
>>16852453
Might as well get some shitty overnight security job and offer to work 24/7 with no overtime pay. Make $6/hr to be stuck in a little shack and watch cartoons.

>>16852452
>$70k easy

>>16852480
i read that walmart drivers make 70k+ *shrug*

>>16852521
Yeah. After 5 years in the business with a clean record.

>>16852467
If you're like me and you've got no friends or family, no marketable skills, educating, ambition, hopes, or dreams, it's the easiest way to make above average money. I'm on what would be considered the low end of the pay scale, and I still regularly average >$800/wk after deductions. If I can another year without hitting anything, I'm looking at a company where I can make double that.
If you do have a family or since gay shit like that, you can get home every night/every other night jobs, but you'll probably have to work a lot harder. I used to do driver unloaded freight, and I made more and was home twice a week, but it was exhausting work, and it's really dangerous since you'll be doing way more city driving.
The hardest part is starting out. I remember thinking to myself in school that I could never learn how to back a trailer. I've never felt so stressed as I did when I was trying to back up at a truck stop or bump a dock, and you feel like everyone is watching and judging you, but in reality no one gives a shit, and everyone will tell you it's just a part of trucking everyone has to go through. No one was born knowing how to walk, or back a truck.

Anyway, I think it's easy money, basically. There aren't many jobs I know of that pay over $30k first year to sit around all day listening to music and talk radio.

>>16852453
>t. fully cucked otr driver that is fine with living on the road due to poorly developed social skills and the inability to attract a mate

>>16849662
Thats why I have mud guards.

>>16849998
>Paccar MX13 motor, it's junk.
Only the american version is. Had no issues with the euro one in 3 dafworths at my cumpknee.

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This is how an o/o parties on Friday night