Truckerfag Thread - /TFG/

>>17183794
Hey guys. I'm planning to take a cdl course in a few months. I have a cat, and I know some outfits will let you bring a cat. Only problem is I know that even when you have a cdl as a new driver they have you drive with a trainer for a bit. The course itself is located in longbeach and it's geared towards finding port drivers. If I was to drive in the ports for a bit could I bypass the trainer thing for otr? Or would some trainers be ok with you bringing your cat?

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why do people even like peterbilts over kenworths

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Anyone here a Garbage Dump Truck Driver???

What is the work environment like?

What company?

How's the pay?

>>17184609
>What is the work environment like?
Stinky.

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Today is the day b/o/ys.

We leave in a couple of minutes to go test out and bring back the new truck.

Its a five hour drive to the fabricator, so it'll be a nice drive back with it.

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Nypd needs to gtfo so i can make the turn

>>17184490
It's been my experience that KW's ride softer than the equivalent Pete and a lot of drivers prefer the firmer ride since it makes them feel more in control.

>local directions to cons: cons would prefer driver call for local directions
>call several times yesterday and today
>No answer

Welp.

>>17185165
Everyone knows pete drivers like to get ridden hard.

>>17185198
That's always fun, especially when it's going to somewhere you've never been before, and it just so happens to be located either downtown in a major city or a fucking suburban neighborhood.

>>17185198
So leave their load where the directions give out, and leave a message on their answering machine explaining why.
In a pinch, return it to the nearest company depot as a refused delivery

If enough of you truckers started doing that, people would fucking learn. Want a delivery? Don't fuck about.

>>17185456
Lol it was one of those downtown big city deliveries. Didn't go until I finally got verbal directions because it's small streets w cars parked up and down the shoulder and if you come the wrong way you're fucked. Once I finally got directions it was like

>Yea bruh you gotta turn right on X street. Unless there is a car on the corner then you won't make it. If that happens go through EXACTLY 3 stop signs and turn left on nigger avenue, go through two stop signs and turn left on degenerate drive, then turn left at the second light. Do NOT miss a turn.

>>17184609
>What is the work environment like?

It's garbage!

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>>17184636
>>17186270
Epik
But seriously, if any of you guys can give me a some info of what its really like, id appreciate it. Thinking about becoming one since my CDL has a restriction on trucks that use a fifth-wheel and need a job ASAP

what happened to the leper?

>>17186485
Kickd off truck, driver quit company, end of story.

>>17184609
Mediocre pay compared to other CDL jobs, rumpke is a bit shit to work for

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>>17183794
>long frame
>short sleeper
What did he mean by this?

>>17187148
Dick waggling

>>17186485
Don't know, don't care. All I do know is that he was sent to Jeffersonville and all his shit was stick locked in the truck in Indy, and he had no easy way to get there. Sucks to suck.

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>park three spots away from nearest truck
>reefer kicks on
>he gives me a dirty look and moves to the other side of the lot
get fucked skateboard

I get the idea of how to shift a truck for the most part but how do you actually stop? Like if youre in the highest gear like on an 8ll its 8th gear in the high range so what do you do if you went up a hill and noticed a stop sign and had to stop, do you down shift into low range 4th gear and then put it in neutral? what about if you had to stop at a red light? do you have to downshift all the way or can you shift to like 5th gear and just keep the clutch pushed in a few inches and then take off again or should you be in neutral? and if you are in neutral at a redlight what gear do you start in again? doesnt holding the clutch on big trucks damaged them?

ive drove manual cars but trucks seem hard

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>>17187622
bro it's the same as in a car, comes down to preference. some people downshift. some people throw it in neutral and coast.

>>17187622
I have heard from a diesel tech that you can blow up the clutch if you mis-shift, like going down to a low gear on the highway, spins the clutch disc so fast it flies apart before it even connects with the pressure plate.

well fellas I officially start tomorrow driving flatbed with a crane and rigging company tomorrow. first ever driving job. most of their trucks are W900 day cab gliders with 500hp C15s and 18 speeds. this is my first driving job and I learned truck in a 1995 FLD with a 360hp Detroit 12.7L with a 9 speed. shouldn't be that hard to get used to an extra step in shifting, right? and has anyone else worked for a crane company before? I honestly don't even really know what I'll be doing but it pays well and there are a lot of cool people there.

>>17183794

Anybody want to buy my 2000 international 4700 reefer strait truck? How much is it worth with only 110,000 miles on it? I tried being a trucker fag for 8 months before going back to hiring out shipments, truck has been parking lot surfing for the last two years.

>>17187622
Just let the auto do its job. Meh

>>17187860
what does that mean? jake brakes?

>>17187622
Eh. Don't bother with shifting down to the Low Range. Get down to the bottom of the High Range, declutch and coast in. You'll only be doing like 15mph by that point anyway. Once stopped, trigger the Low Range and shift to the gear you're going to start from. DO NOT throw it into Neutral or you'll have hell getting it into gear again if you have to start moving before being completely stopped. Also for training/school downshift every gear down to the stop until told otherwise by whoever is your supervisor.

>>17187870
I think it means drive an automatic

>>17188007
I was taught to shift to the lowest gear of the high box, coast from there and clutch in once the RPMs get below 1000, with exceptions being things like making a slow corner into a parking lot/yard or the light changing right before you come to a stop. in which case I'd just try to glide it into a gear in the low box with no throttle or clutch.

>>17188047
Sounds like we're saying the same thing.

>>17187853
I'll give you 3k for it

Which one of you shitlordes hurt Whiney-kun's feelings? He doesn't post here anymore. I will 1v1 you irl

>>17188320
I saw a DHT on the fuel island, I wanted to go ask him if he owned a FRS.

>>17187622
Can't speak for everyone, but if I don't need to use the engine brake, I'll skip from 8H to 5L, then if the light changes go into the appropriate gear and accelerate. Otherwise stop in gear and shift to L/1/2. It's better to stop in gear to make sure everything's stopped spinning and you can quickly get into gear to start moving again if need be. Stopping in neutral leaves the gears spinning, so you need the use the clutch brake.

>>17187542
I don't get how people complain about reefers. Mine's doing -10 on constant and even when it's defrosting, it's not as loud as any truck idling. APUs are what fucking suck.

>>17188666
>tfw company took my truck in for massive maintenance last Monday
>it had an apu
>they gave me a loaner that doesn't
I've kept this thing idling all night every night for cold air. If you don't sleep over engine sounds then fuck off.

>>17188666
Even reefer guys complain about the noise my propane burner on the asphalt tanker makes. It is loud as fuck.
Yet the bull hualers love it, as they say the constant drone of it seems to calm the cattle and they arent kicking and moving about when they are trying to get some sleep.

>>17184490
Pete 3's ride better than anything I've been in. I've driven all sorts of Franks, a couple Kennys, and a few Petes. The 379 I drove with 2.1mil on it rode better than the brand new Coronado glider with 24k on it.

When coming to a redlight or stop sign how do you down shift through all 8 gears? ive read some people say to downshift to 5th and pop it to neutral and then just hold the brakes. but how would a road test expect you to do it? are ypu supposed to saty in gear even at a lobg redlight? wont holding the clutch all the way in damage it especially for that long?

What is the fine/penalty for a over weight? I'm always fucking over weight because i get paid based off percentage

>>17189238
Always just shift to neutral then rev match accordingly

>>17189315
thanks bud

>>17188007
>DO NOT throw it into Neutral or you'll have hell getting it into gear again if you have to start moving before being completely stopped
Fuck, dude, just learn to revmatch.

>>17189307
$1/lb over gross is a common fine. Overaxle fines are all over the place.

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Picked up the new ride from the fabricator today and had a nice six hour drive back home to get acquainted with it.

Breddy decent, all in all.

DD16, 600 horsepower (extra powah for running the high pressure pump), seven speed Allison automatic transmission, heated leather seats, no governor or GPS tracking (Hit 81mph on the highway before backing down to a more reasonable speed), and the pump cab has a microwave and coffee maker for long jobs.

>>17189414
Fucking clean. So that carries crude oil?

Does holding in the clutch at red lights hurt the clutch if youre in gear and have the pedal fully depressed?

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>>17189466
>No, 99% of the time we only carry some kerosene or diesel for use in the burner. The oil or water we heat and pump is usually brought out by a larger tanker which we draw off of.

>>17189383
Dam i guess i haul a baby 85000 from now on

>Once all of the above has been completed, the DMV will issue a commercial instruction permit. With this permit, you can drive with another driver who possesses a valid California driver's license in the same class.


anyone near southern California? guess you can't get a fucking CDL unless you already know someone here. of fucking course...

>>17189705
Go to a trucking school or go to swift....

>>17189720
don't even know why i'm bothering all i have is a 1985 fucking old big rig truck with a flatbed trailer that is also old, bought from military base in Las Vegas and just wanted to do something with it since i don't have a job currently, it probably isn't worth it for me

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>tfw no squashed truck

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>>17189238
I think with the IL road test, they wanted us to go down to 6th gear in the 10spd. And pretty much as soon as you stop at a red light, you had to shift into 3rd and hold it there until the light turns green. It sucks, but it will be different when you aren't taking the test.

In the real world, if I'm coming up to a stoplight in 9th, maybe I will downshift one or two gears but normally I will just drop it into N and coast. Not like I'm worried about overheating the brakes. Then if the light turns green again while I'm still rolling, rev match and slip it back into whatever gear I can get into.

>>17189705
Fuck the DMV. I was there yesterday.

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>>17190353
I saw a fucking cabover dump truck the other day, like a straight truck. I'm guessing it was one of those Freighshakers? It was newer too.

>white trash ass girl at the DMV

>>17190353
It's a popup toaster

Whiney is dead.

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>>17190802

Y'all faggots that don't even drive the Coq

>>17183794
I didn't know Truckerfag finally got a live in pet.

chaturbate com/truckerdaddyntwink/

>Me and my daddy have known each other for about a year; we met on Grindr and have been living with each other since then. We only have sex with each other.
>Preferred gift cards:
Walmart, Pizza Hut, dominos, amazon, Best Buy (new mic maybe?), Petco or petsmart, McDonald's (or any fast food chain). If you have any other stores you think I may like, surprise me :)

>>17190559
Looks like cash me outside girl

>>17190559
Looks like your average female USA resident.

>>17190559
Bitch is in the way of that sexy fattie.

>Having a DAC

LMAO! Enjoy that freedom, cucks.

How do you know if your truck is a boy, a girl, or agender/nonbinary?

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>>17190848
>whine is kill
>no

>>17190873
Or we don't have to drive through southern BC.

>>17190878
He has three live in pets already, never mind the gayboi.

>>17190559
Are cabover dump trucks not a common thing in Florida? There are lots of them around where I live. Usually Freightliners.

>>17191065
You ask the manufacturer for paperwork that define it's pronouns, shit-lord.

>>17191065
ALL machines are a she

>>17189414
how much?

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>>17183794
Hey guys, first time posting in this thread but I casually lurked here a few times.

Have a few questions:

How would I go about getting my CDL? What's the easiest and least expensive route?

I've heard about some programs that pay for your schooling and CDL if you hold a job with certain employers for a year or so, is that true?

Do I need to have my own truck to start out or will my employer loan me a truck?

Sorry for all the nooby questions but I'm genuinely interested in this career path. Thanks for the help.

>>17191319
>Easiest and least expensive route
Company-paid CDL. Yes, most places have it where if you drive/slave for them for a year, they will pay off your CDL training. As for the truck, most companies have trucks waiting. Only time you'd need your own is if you go owner operator.

t. cucked for 4 months by PAM

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>>17183794
Not kill but I've been hammering out miles for measly pay. Danny Herman has their shit together, just not their pay scale.

>>17188633
I don't own one any more senpai, start asking if they have an IS300. Where was this at tho?

>>17190802
Not quite but almost

>>17191364
Loves Steele Alabama
Oh that's right you got that mexicanized IS

>>17191389
Nah, wouldn't have been me, I've been running on the I-10 and I-20.

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We windfarm now

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>Get routed into Springfield to handle some legal shit, eat Huhot and do my car registration
>get it done
>be yesterday, up all morning early af to talk another guy out of leaving The Best
>decide 1300, take a short nap
>wake up at 1430, loud thunder outside
>look at my phone to check weather
>tornado sirens start going off
>wellshit.nef
>grab my laundry bag and laptop and camera and run inside the terminal
>everyone is going into the basement offices
>run outside to wake my friend out of his sleeper
>get in the basement
>literally nothing happens and 10 min later we all go back up

Supposedly there were funnel clouds and shit south of us to Republic and Nixa

>mfw

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>>17191481
It's a fucking gorgeous day out here. Better than the shit from last week.

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>>17191488
>even less truck related than a pepsi poast

>>17191544
/o/ is everyone's personal blog, you know this

>>17190956
What's wrong with having a dedicated audio controller?

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>hauling drums of chemicals
>bills say maintain temps between 65-85 degrees
>receiver stacking them outside in direct sunlight in Atlanta

>>17191609
Oh, that's all right. If there's anything wrong with them you know it happened during "shipping".

>>17191609
Take a picture of them at the receiver with the current newspaper.

>>17191678
>>17191787
Eh, the reefer logs temp time and location data to the company so Im covered. Just seems silly. Apparently the shit is going to go on the roof of this factory so I'm guessing it can handle some heat.

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When I'm driving the inside of my left ear gets super tender doesn't hurt unless I touch it then it's a sharp pain. I don't get it when I'm not driving and it goes away a few minutes after parking. Am I kill?

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>>17183794
>dropping your lighter in between the seat and door.

>>17191319
You'd earn more money sucking a few dicks per day.

What do you do and what mpgs do you get? I used to do LTL in a Cascadia and I get and 7.7-7.9, now I'm doing max load reefers in the Midwest in a 579 and only getting 6 on a good day

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>>17192736
>having a lighter
>smoking

>>17190559
Id lick her butthole all day

>>17192736
And them feets

>>17193354
Why doesnt my namefag save

http://www.wltx.com/mb/news/the-drug-whisperer-drivers-arrested-while-stone-cold-sober/439081096

LMAO!

Nice police state you have there.

>>17193335
I don't smoke, but I need a lighter to operate my trailer.

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>i hope atlanta gets nuked first

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>>17193381
Explain further.

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>>17193389
To ignite LPG burners.

>>17192736
Is this a lot lizard

>>17192736
What does she contribute? Is she just basically a prostitute?

>>17193488
It's EF's real doll.

>>17191292
How much what?

>>17191364
What are you averaging for your cpm?

>>17191887
Boneitis.

>>17192736
>Would probably smash

>>17193511
Gross.

No offense Americans but if you run a tandem/tandem thats like a smart car to a large part of the world.

>>17193606
CPM is .35 but mileage per check varies like a mother fucker. From 500 on one to 4500 on the next since I rarely finish trips before pay roll cut off.

>>17193783
Damn son, what were you making per mile at Swift? I've been w Roehl less than a year and am up to 38 cpm

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>>17193606
How much did you pay the fabricator?

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>>17191085
Those Freightshaker cabovers aren't in the US much at all. Only cabovers are buses and little Hino type box trucks.

>>17190905
Kek, pretty much but even more trashy.

You cunts all need to buy these ADHD toys. I wanted to hate it, but goddamn they are kinda fun.

>>17191573
>>17191544
I mean generals all are basically blogs

>>17194066
The fuck are those nigger?

>>17194157
Autism spinners

>>17193932
Swift was .43cpm when I left the dedicated. Danny Herman makes it up with a lot of bonuses up to .07 of bonuses depending how much you run. Next paycheck shows the bonuses so we'll see

>>17189414
Holy shit dude, that's fucking beautiful

What kind of music do you cuckshed drivers listen too while on the road?

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How can american trucks even compete?

>>17194686
TRS podcasts

>>17187816
me here. turns out they have a C12 9-speed International 9300 they save just for rookie drivers. so I get to enjoy this peach until I prove to them that I can take care of it. joke's on me!

but regardless, this job is super fun. I'm already incredibly glad I decided to get my CDL.

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>>17194686
Baroque/classical/romantic actually. Especially in big cities or stressful driving situations. If I'm listening to normie music or talk radio I have to mute it when I get into traffic, it's too distracting. Orchestral music doesn't throw me off.

>>17194759

Same here. Busy music works nice for me at night since it keeps my brain going. Just different genres for different situations.

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Enddump is a pretty comfy job fucking boomers try to make the easiest job hard by being faggots
>hauling sand to concrete plant
>faggot in loader keeps getting in the way when im setting up to dump

>>17187816
What the pay

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>>17194037
It was initially about 800k from what I have been told with the cab/chassis, equipment and labour, and the retrofit, which was just finished was just a tic over 100k.

The second go around extensively modified the original layout to make it a lot more user friendly and versatile for the types of pumping jobs it can do.

>>17194666
>Satanic trips checked
Yeah, I like it. Rides pretty high with the twin steer setup. Bucks like a mule with a bee sting on its ass when it goes over real rough pave with the long chassis.

>>17194686
Depends on my mood and the situation. A lot of classic rock, country and golden era of west coast hip-hop when I have a swamper with me. When its just me, almost genre from classical to electronica, and lots of podcasts. I like listening to ambient/world music while driving late at night for those comfy feels.

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>>17194686
I'm pretty patrician

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>>17194975
superb taste

>>17194922
starting at $19/hr with a review after 60 days at which point I can potentially get up to a 50% increase. also 60-70 hours a week is the norm and it's time and a half after 40 hours, extra dollar an hour for oversize and for third shift.

>>17194975
and some people still claim this isn't an anime site

>>17195025
Not bad what do they crane? I used to operate a concrete pump truck and know how to use out riggers properly so was thinking about trying to land a gig like that also

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White trash world-wide

How hard is it to drive a truck? Ive always drove an automatic car and i love r model macks and really want to be able to drive one but i feel like i wouldnt have what it takes

ive saw r models that have twin shifters and that seems way more conplicated than driving an 8LL eaton

>>17194686
Audio books

>>17195313
>twin shifters
Those went away in the... '70s, I think? Maybe Tfag can enlighten me.
IDK the Roadranger is king now.

>>17195337
will it be a tough thibg to do for an automatic fag to learn to drive a real truck though?

also im pretty sure youre right twin shifters are a thing o the past

>>17195345
Automatic trucks are a thing now, but yeah it would be tough.
Maybe not as tough as learning how to drive manual on say, a Geo Metro. Also learning manual on a car will leave you with some bad habits that you'd have to unlearn when you get in a truck.

>>17195301
Granny is onto you.

>>17195379
>learning manual on a car will leave you with some bad habits that you'd have to unlearn when you get in a truck.

Why. I never had any problems. I learnt manual at 16 then learnt crash box at 24 and had no troubles. You just have to listen to the instructor and its easy.

>>17194686
Hours and hours of weeb music.

Also post-rock.

>>17195416
>revving the engine before letting the clutch out
>slipping it into neutral and coasting down to a stop
etc.

>>17195453
I never had that issue. Just treat it like learning anything from scratch.

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>>17194686
>lots of randum shit
Faction on Sirius for pseudo punk

Lots of podcast, Dr Steve, Bill Burr, Dan Carlin, Rogan's dumbass, Dave Ramsey, The Ancient World, Revisionist History

I've tried getting into audiobooks but so far not really a fan.

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>>17195416

isn't a crashbox just a regular tranny without syncros?

>>17189414
>not a kenworth

You dun goofed

>>17195047
all sorts of random shit, yesterday I helped load a couple big rooftop AC units that are going to a community college and the big crane has been out lifting girders into place for a new highway overpass.

they hired me with no experience, I just went for a drive with them and proved that I have half a clue what I'm doing and they offered me the job but at their lowest pay for now. they said another guy was in a similar spot and has turned out to be one of their best drivers and within 6 months he was up to $27/hr.

>>17196524
I'd say your picture is a regular tranny.

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>>17196675
The company was on a big Western Star kick for a while. The next unit, which the fabricator has already started building is on a Kenworth T-800 cab chassis.

>>17196050
>Dan Carlin
>Quote.
"My Nigga."
>End quote.

>>17196748
>>17196524
BTFOTBQHFAM.

>>17194686
>not driving everywhere with "Eastbound and Down" on a continuous loop

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>>17196524
No. A crashbox is a non-constant-mesh transmission, with straight cut, sliding gears.

A 'regular transmission' is constant mesh, meaning the gears stay put and changing speeds is accomplished by moving dog clutches. Not necessarily synchromesh.

>>17194696
RIGHT
WING
TRUCKING
SQUADS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fnVrRIFcR0

>>17199040
>fendirror users

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>*blocks your path*

>>17199213
Motorhome drivers are either oblivious or breddy kool. No inbetween.

>>17199213
They usually have a UHF in Australia. Just call em up and they will slow down to get you past faster.

How I imagine pepsi drives.
https://youtu.be/fCITJp65bpQ

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anyone have a twin-steer, how are they?

>>17184609
It's TRASH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Lf94q9zaE

>>17190944
came here to say this

>>17199322
Top kek. Add a lit Newport and cup of coffee in one hand and a phone to shitpost on in the other and this IS Bepis.

>>17186310
I was one for 5 years, if you're not running a rear loader its fine, pushing 3 yarders is the pits. I can't tell you what your regions companies are like but mine was fuck awful.

>>17199543
IKR. that white trash whore isnt half the woman she is

>>17199878
So what about roll off trucks?
Got any experience with those

And could you explain a bit more about why it sucked atleast for your company

>>17196050
>jedi mind tricks

ayy

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>do pre trip
>find flat tire
There went my early start.

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>TFW Silent Hill

Am I dead?

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>>17201933
spooky mornings are best

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I almost had to cut a bitch this morning

>two days ago
>get Detroit area load with no time but a ton of revenue
>start hauling ass
>spend the night in our terminal day of pickup because free showers and taco salads, and Huhot for dinner
>do an 8-2 split and ride the governor all the way up from Springfield, MO
>somehow get 9mpg at 76k gross
>leave at 5am this morning to make it on time
>pull into Lipari in Warren for 1000
>fucking nobody is here
>doors locked
>about to call sales and read them the Riot Act
>call dispatch and explain the situation and that if no one contacts me in an hour im dropping the trailer
>10min later some guys show up
>now I have a door and im being unloaded

Whew that could have got ugly.

>mfw

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>>17201933
>Am I dead?

>>17202276
>>call dispatch and explain the situation and that if no one contacts me in an hour im dropping the trailer
Good, you're learning. Enough threats, enough dropped trailers, and they'll learn not to fuck about.

>mfw 1000+ miles on personal conveyance mode

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>>17202081
That is spooky skeletal levels of spooky.


Back on the Genworth today while the big Western Star sits waiting on high pressure pump parts. Playing in the mud again. Can it be summers nao?

>It's Mother's Day /tfg/, did you remember to wish them a happy one?

>>17202338
Tanks for the meme. Also you are probably right. I am literally standing beside a box full of fire being fed by a constant supply of pressurized oxygen and kerosene as I phonepost this.

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>>17202276
>making monthly payments for the privilege of driving a governed truck

Maxcuck, friend

>>17189383
That's really hard to do in the lowest gears

>>17189476
Is it your truck? Because if not know it doesn't matter.

>>17194686
Hammerfall

>>17196050
History of Rome podcast is good

>>17202545
>Really hard to rev match in the low gears

Git gud scrub.

>>17202545
>Hammerfall
So you have ONE redeeming feature.

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>pickup sanderson farms summit ms
>deliver ferguson no
what a way to start the week

>>17202753
It's okay. Obama fixed race relations forever. Don't you remember?

>>17183794
Gatehousefag for a warehouse here, not a frequent tfag general postet
We have a shit ton of empties on the lot, and we're having issues with space. Is there a good way to let drivers in the area know that we have empties for the taking?

>>17203141
Not really. You'd have to know what their other drops are and post dated notices there if the other drops would let you. And even then most drivers would miss it because they fucking refuse to read anything at all.

So you'll just have to complain to their company who will promise to get the extras out asap because they really do need them and if you have extras that means somebody else is short. The subject may even come up in a meeting about how these extras need to get moved out soonest where the staff will pledge to do it. However what will really happen is you'll probably end up with a few more before they start slowly drifting out until you have too few. Then drivers will start showing up looking for trailers because they were told there were too many there.

I guess a short-term solution for you guys is that none of that companies drivers leave bobtail so you can at least limit the extras to about what you've got now. Some will still slip in because there's always somebody that doesn't get the word.

>>17203267
I kind of figured that would be the response, I just wanted to confirm I wasn't missing anything. Thanks, anon.

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Daily reminder that straight truck drivers are NOT allowed in this thread

>>17203348
We're all a bit gay anyway.

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>MFW we have to drive an extra 45 minutes to get to a truck wash and then back to our yard since the shop washbay sump holds roughly 4 tablespoons of water, and three pieces of pea gravel before it's full.

>>17203348
>Ain't even care.
Go do a visual on your fifth wheel jaws.

>>17189720
Students with idiot trainers... yeah get the fuck out of here

>>17203440
Was there supposed to be a F in there?

>>17202709
We will retake Jerusalem.

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>>17203758
Deus Vult, Driver.

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>>17198087

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>>17195025
That's a general max of $1645/wk or $78,960/yr. BEFORE the increase after 60d. Wew lad

Where were you when Celadon went broke and left all their drivers stranded?

>>17203905
In the guard shack, watching swift drivers get stuck in the mud and shooting the breeze with the mailman.

>>17203905
Really??

>>17203964
It's coming, gonna be another Arrow repeat. Plus all the other companies who will get affected if they have trucks leased with Quality Leasing as it is owned by Celadon.

>>17203979
I heard that like half the companies out there are barely solvent

>>17203987
That might be, the issue is with Celadon is over valuing their assets and playing hide and seek with the accounting via numerous shell companies.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4060487-celadon-group-story-ends-chapter-11

>>17204004
The TL;DR version of that link:

Celadon created a network of allegedly semi-independent companies and passed assets and money back and forth to hide losses. This seems to have started when they over-valued the fleet of old trucks Quality Leasing had available. Once the true value of the fleet became clear they were looking at huge losses that would have tanked their stock prices. So they hid the losses with various games and kept it up for at least a couple of years. Investigators for major investors have now figured out what was going on.
There's a conference call with investors tomorrow that could lead to their collapse. There's also federal regulators on-site. The whole thing could literally fold up tomorrow.
What J Canell hasn't figured out yet is that we could see truckers from other companies fucked too, tossed out of their Quality Leasing trucks at random truck stops. That could make this fiasco much bigger than the Arrow collapse.

>>17204004
Modern finance is so cancerous.

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>>17204024
It's an endless cycle, my friend

>>17204146
I'm sorry but that image seems very anti-Semitic and just because we haven't had a gentile Federal Reserve chairman in 30 years doesn't mean we can be throwing around stereotypes like that

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>>17204209

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>>17204285

>>17204004
That shit confuses me. So from reading the first little bit, it sounds like they basically set up shell companies so say they need to sell a bunch of old trucks off, they "sell" them to shell company for $50k each, then shell company sells them for $10k each. So shell company that (on paper) isn't related to Celadon takes a $40k loss on each truck but Celadon is somehow recouping $50k on old trucks that are really worth $10k and it makes their books look good?

Not necessarily exactly how they did it, but companies like Celadon are playing games with some shit like that?

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>>17184609
Drove a trash truck for my town for two years before moving on to a different gig. Wasn't bad, just didn't enjoy smelling like shit all day and having to wear the meme safety equipment.

>>17204411
didnt celadon merge with another company like 2 years ago?

>>17204523
>too many nuts to handle
Must be why he cut his own off and became a tranny redhead trucker.

How do you fight stinky truck?

I've cleaned everything, vacuumed everywhere, but it still smells like someone elses house. Masking it with cardboard trees only hides thw problem

>>17204654
New mattress. That's most prob the issue.

>>17204654
Disinfect and Nilodour all the things.

Or clove oil, make your truck smell like apple pies.

>>17204654
Ozium and legit cleaning the seats, carpet if any, curtains if they're fabric, and tossing out the mattress and getting a new one.

Guess who's driving again

>>17205740
12 months until you murder another innocent utility pole.

Cap this post.

>>17205782
( ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

>>17205782
Nah, I bet it'll be something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfLA1c53-i0

>>17205819
How does this even happen?

>>17202545
I usually revmatch but sometimes I miss it and have to completly stop I feel like a jackass but it rarely happens.

>>17202581
Fuckin this. Gotta know your truck.

I can smoke the fuck out of any of you trucker fags in my 2000 EK hatch with a couple of simple mods:
> MOMO Leather Steering Wheel
> OBD1 Socketed P28 on Phearable.net Basemap (9000rpm Rev Limit, 8600rpm Shift Light, 6000rpm Vtec)
> eBay Hub Adapter
> Progress CS-2 350/350 Coilovers
> Kenwood Front Speakers & Pioneer Rears
> Skunk2 Pro Series Intake Manifold
> (ey) B0SS Single Din 7" Flip-out Touch Screen Radio
> Blox Adjustable Front Upper Control Arms
> Upgraded Grounds
> BWR 70mm Throttle Body
> BWR Poly Shifter Bushings
> Blox Adjustable Rear Camber Arms
> Gutted behind front seats
> 97-99 USDM Integra Type R Cams
> Some grinding and cutting of bracketry behind front seats prepping for Cage
> 2-point Front Strut Bar
> Integra Type R Dual Valve Springs (Intake)
> 16x7 Rota Slipstreams painted matte black with Yellow Spoon Sport Stickers
> GSR Intake Dual Valve Springs on Exhaust
> 99-00 Civic Si Prop Valve
> Cometic .030 Head Gasket
> 99-00 Civic Si Master Cylinder
> ARP Head Studs
> Rear Disc Conversion
> Supertech Viton Valve Seals
> Mugen Style Front Lip
> DC 4-2-1 Header, Heat painted and Wrapped
> CTR Style Rear Lip
> AEM 3" CAI
> Painted Stock Hatch Wing
> 2.5" Catless Exhaust w/ Flowmaster Super 44 w/ Turn-down tip
> Super Legit Hole in my front bumper covered with white tape
> Power Steering Delete
> Civic Si Body Matched front grille
> A/C Delete
> DEPO "Euro" Style Blacked out Front Headlight Housings
> eBay "Staged" Clutch
> DC Sports 400g Weighted Shift Knob
> Turbo Oil Drain Plumbed Oil Pan
> Adjustable Shift Extension
> Civic Si Gauge Cluster
> IACV and TB Coolant Bypass
> Sparco Torino 2? Seats
> JE Piston Rings
I'm making 448 horsepower to the FRONT WHEELS because thats the only place the power should ever be.

>>17206067
It happens to me a lot but its because I don't pay any attention to what I'm doing. If I want to revatch in low gears I usually can if I really concentrate, except for 5th. I dunno I think the guy before me did something to that gear. It is never there for me.

>>17205844
You'll soon know ;^)

>>17206105
>448 horsepower
With only 50ft/lbs of torque

>>17206873
>torque
>relevant

>>17204543
They bought and dismantled Tango.

>>17205740
Where do you drive and what does your truck look like? Lol stay the fuck away from me.

>>17206879
You certainly are retarded.

>>17203758
I'm more along the lines of storming Berlin and killing nazis myself, mostly.
Or dying gloriously in battle to earn a place in Valhalla, while trying not to pass out from trying to keep up with the volume and lung capacity of a singer twice my size.

>>17206105
How much can you haul with that, and for how long?

>>17207209
Coming to a neighborhood near you

>>17207793
Not a light pole or power line will be safe.

>>17205740
Who hired you, fellow newbie?

>>17206105
>doesn't even have a WAT sticker on it
It's like you enjoy being a turbocuck

>>17208121
Some oil recycling company named GSR oil. Went in for a shop job told em i had a cdl and boom driving again. Bobtails mostly.

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How does anyone back into spots like this? I'm not an amazing backer, I've only been solo for about 8 months, and when I have to bump a dock or drop off a trailer, I can usually one shot it or get it with one pull up, no problem. But I missed the memo on how to set up for these when there's other trucks. I think I'm just too afraid of bumping into someone. But every single time, I get myself in a position where either the back of my trailer is at the spot but I'm at a retarded angle, or I get the trailer parallel to the spot but I'm a foot or so off to one side or the other. It never feels like I have enough room but I know there's enough room because everyone does it. I'm so afraid of these spots that I drive almost exclusively at night, so when I go to shut down at noon-ish, I know whatever lot will have lots of empty spots and I can find an easy one.

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>>17208397
That lot does look very tight, so I'd expect it to be difficult. Being afraid to bump someone is a good thing. You do not want to do that.

This may help if you haven't figured out the ideal starting position.

>>17208397
Fuck that, that's a good place to lose a hood.

>>17208740
When do you start to pull away from the line of trucks? When your cab reaches the spot, or when your trailer is there?

>>17208397
I know this feel to the max anon. I start at 4am to avoid this.

I never have enough space to swing my nose around when its all smashed like this.

>>17208855
Wouldn't it be different for everyone, depending on your truck, tandem placement, and available pull up room?

>>17208888
I don't know anon. I don't know.

>>17208855
>>17208888
>>17208891
It's the same with any trailer. Just watch the trailer wheels. Pull up at an angle so the trailer wheels will be right in front of the truck to the left of the spot's bumper and then just roll it right around the corner of that truck into the spot.

>>17209313
But when do you turn away from the spot to make the angle?

Is it worth becoming a trucker if you don't have a direction in life?

>>17209617
no trucking is only for people with high hopes and aspirations

>>17209810
This.
I had high hopes and aspirations to become the fattest, stinkiest loser ever and it has all worked out.

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Wew lads. Got my drug screen cleared just in time to go sit at Menards all night. Actually got in and out in 4 hours which is pretty quick. They even waived the tarp requirement. I'm about to pull out and see what I blow up next.

>>17208888
Only real difference is with a 48' spread axle, since there's no tail swing, and the pivot point varies with load distribution.

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>tfw been in a clean loaner truck for two weeks and finally get back in mine
>realize it smells strongly of a run down bowling alley
>layers of dust, cigarette smoke, junk food and foot sweat with very faint background notes of stale beer and urine

My essence is eternally bound to this truck.

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>>17210826
>My truck smells like anything besides a pleasant air freshener, cleaning products and dash spray like Mother's or Armorall

Absolutely rancid and disgusting. Keep your shit clean you swamp dwelling feral pig.

>>17210741
That the one in Holiday City?

Is it possible for a truck to reproduce asexually?

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>>17211267
>mfw at the people that keep their truck in anything but pristine condition

>>17211527
>"their" truck
Not my truck, not my problem.

>>17211455
Yep.

>>17211500
No, but they can reproduce symbiotically with a donor truck.

>>17210826
You're missing the smell of hot bronze and oil soaked leather. Git gud.

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>get parked near receiver almost a whole day early, good, got shit to do like applying for non shitty jobs
>settle in go to turn on WiFi
>no wifi, "wtf loves, eh I bet I get swapped out anyways"
>qualcomm beeps
>"anon we need you to save this load that this leasenigger fucked up"
>lawl knew it
>retard is 5 hours out
>only been up 7 hours but I guess I need to try to sleep
>eat handful of melatonin
>sleep fitfully waking up every hour
>leasenigger eventually shows up 3 hours later than expected, drops trailer in bumpiest holiest corner of shitty dirt lot across shit
>jesus what a retard, gingerly crawl to trailer hook up
>reefer set to the wrong temp
>theres a hole in one of the tires
>fuckinggodammithhdssyibdejvdyivsaeuionn
>eh, fuckit I got plenty of time if I leave now and get it fixed on the way
>pull out, have a choice of massive truck sized bumper eating pothole or slightly smaller car sized hole
>gingerly drive into hole, get stuck
>diff lock pulls me out, almost
>bang, clang, clunk
>get out, air bags have deflated, won't reinflate, bet the leveling valve broke again
>yup sure did, 3rd time in 6 months
>goddammit
>now in line for shop at TA
fuck swaps
fuck lease drivers
fuck potholes
I kinda hope I'm here all night so this shit gets rescheduled and I can get some sleep

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>>17211794
You know what's worse than a lease driver? A company cpmcuck that's at the bottom of the food chain. Just become an hourly master race already. Look at me, I finished my stops 5 hours into my 8 hour day, took a two hour lunch, left an hour early to the comfort of my house. Tomorrow probably the same thing again.

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>>17211866
Forgot to mention that I still got paid for an 8 hour day.

>>17211566
>Entitled, spoiled, and childlike attitudes and sensibilities in the 21st century and beyond

Well paint me surprised, a lazy trucker.

I bet the company is ALWAYS trying to screw you out of your hard earned dollars, so why should you bother wasting your precious time maintaining or cleaning THEIR stuff.

I mean, its not like they pay you in direct exchange for the safe and proper operation and maintenance of that very expensive piece of equipment assigned to you, right?

>>17211866
You sure earned that $80 day.

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>>17212517
Add $260 to that buddy.

>>17212040
>I mean, its not like they pay you in direct exchange for the safe and proper operation and maintenance of that very expensive piece of equipment
They do, and I do. And they don't pay me a nickel to keep it clean.

>>17212040
>bet the company is ALWAYS trying to screw you out of your hard earned dollars
Zip to zip. Not actual miles driven is a classic example of a company always stealing your wages

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>set alarms for 5am to make 630am delivery 25 miles away with time to spare
>so used to NEETlyfe I wake up at 645am
>arrive at 730am
>forklift driver shows up at 8am
Welp, that's trucking, boys.

My truck hasn't been washed since the day it was born. 150k miles.

>>17213560
Yeah, but it's mostly menards

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>>17213560
At least you aren't a company cuck.

>630 appt this morning in downtown Houston
>show up at 640
>guy here tells me to chill, the unload crew will start rolling around 700
>start unloading around 720
>FM messages me asking why I was late this morning
>Respond that I may have been 10 minutes late, got caught in traffic but that everything was fine, the employees hadn't even shown up yet
>get this response

I actually was up early enough but I had to wait in a line to take a shit lol

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>>17213832
Pt 2

Nobody here is even mad, they were impressed I backed right into a spot that takes most drivers 20 minutes

>>17204654
It smells like someone else's house because it IS. It needs time for your scent to soak in.

>>17213832
>>17213838
They're not wrong. It's not hard to show up on time.

>>17213832
>>17213838

Man or woman boss?

>>17213838
lmao, typical roehl b.s.

>>17213871
Blatantly a woman.

>>17213832
>>17213838
that is the saddest, passive aggressive shit i have ever read.
>>17213871
i would guess woman. but with the way things are now...it could be a guy.
>>17213881
its bullshit from a lot of companies now.

this is the type of bullshit id get whenever id do a keebler run.
Appointment is for 630
Arrive at 640
Employees arrive at 700 to let me on the lot.
>why were you late?
motherfucker,THEY weren't even HERE for this appointment. why were THEY late?

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>>17213838
>This is a failure on us
>Translation: Upper management is breathing down my neck about screw ups and profit margins, so I'm passing the savings onto you

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>show up to site 20 mins early
>wait 4 hours for crane truck to show up, unload other truck before me
I'm starting to like these windfarms. Guaranteed 10 day at the minimum.

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>105mm howitzers
We gun hauler nao. Who's waifu is this?

>have 10.00 to 15.30 appt time at shipper
>get there at 09.50
>got a message 5 minutes before arriving
>can't read until stopped
>get to shipper and read message
>appt update, now 11.00 to 15.30
>read further, says to call shipper one hour out to let them know I'm omw

Oops lol.

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>>17214204
B, baka!

Hi Guys/Girls, I am a broker in California and also operate 9 company trucks. All stepdecks/rgns.

>>17214600
Cool story bro

>>17214607
Keep running under someone else's authority and never make any real money. Pawn in the game homie.

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>>17214614

>>17213871
Woman, obviously. My normal FM is based as hell but he's off for the week so I get to deal with this. What is it with women and being exact with time? We aren't landing airplanes here, 640 is the same as 630, even my computer registered it as an on time delivery. I used to have a female boss who would force employees to call if they were going to be even 30 seconds late for work. Would threaten to fire you if you didn't make a stupid call like "hey I'm supposed to be there at 800 but there was a wreck, I'll be there at approximately 8:03"

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>Fin vs american tonight
>fins vs usa next game
Hmmmmm

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>deadline for paperwork is Tues 4pm
>get four loads submitted and processed by 4pm on the nose

That feel when getting paid this week after all.

>>17203842
yep I think making 75k my first year and 100+ my second should be achievable. I also found out I get paid an automatic half an hour for pretrip and half an hour for fueling no matter how long it actually takes me. so far I haven't met a single person there who doesn't love their job. just finished moving four 4800lb battery packs into a fire station and they grilled up some brats and burgers while we were there. but I do get the shit truck to start. 1993 International 9300 C12 9 speed.

>moved from driving to shop
>some comfy shit, enjoy it far more
>work for a rock bucket company
>have to fix the same shit every time, like so
>new driver moves from bullshit loader or forklift job to dump truck
>slams truck into neutral and uses the park brake instead of the trolley
>run the engine up to redline, hit the cruise in park
>slam the dump lever to up, bonus points for not unlocking the tailgate beforehand
>box maximum vrooms up and slams the cylinder
>dumps out half the load into a big retarded pile that the customer has to grade back out which gives us a bad rep
>dipshits will now jam it into 2L (don't ask me why we run 18s)
>pop the parking brake
>redline the truck forward with significant jerk
>most trucks goes through this for at least 5 years at a time
>one poor bastard truck has done this all its life
>the fucking epitome of same shit different day
it really hurts sometimes

>>17213871

>Man or woman boss?

heh...

I do technical service...

This sounds so much like my boss, i can hear her bitching reading this...

>>17215731
Used to have a guy who did that. He kept blowing the seals on the ram.

>>17213832
>>17213838
Fuck I hate dispatch. YOU THIS I THAT WE THIS SERVICE FAILURE SERVICE FAILURE OUR TARGETS

Dumb shits don't know how anything goes on the ground. Hope their chair is comfy

>>17216886
What did he mean by this?

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>>17216912
>YOU THIS, I THAT, WE THIS, SERVICE FAILURE SERVICE FAILURE, OUR TARGETS

Nigga you got road eyes. Slow down a bit and read.

Also, some of the best hot dogs in BC can be found at the tops of mountains.

>>17216886
>>17216935
I see it now. My dispatcher generally isn't stupid so I don't have issues.

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>Qualcomm directs you onto this road.

>>17216997
>Defending the person that wrote those messages

C U C K

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>>17217016
>trusting quallcom

Do some homework nigger.

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>>17217016
>Qualcomm

Also RIP Whiney

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>at a stoplight
>see bridge ahead
>13'5 clearance
>Ok cool I can pass
>get near bridge
>look out rearview mirror
>on trailer it has 13'6 clearance
>wait fuck what
>approach slow as fuck
>pass with 3 inches to spare
>mfw

And a truck passed by me at 40mph while I was waiting for the worst

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>>17217022

>>17217109
Unless you are in the deep South the truck clearance signs are labeled up to 12 inches lower than the actual clearance height to account for a foot of packed snow on the road in the winter.

Am I the only one who sleeps naked?

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>>17217206

What happens if you need to leave your truck for emergency purposes and are just running around naked as a jay bird

>>17217206
NO.

YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE.

YOU ARE NEVER THE ONLY ONE.

YOU ARE NOT UNIQUE IN YOUR PREFERENCES OF A MUNDANE ACTIVITY.

>>17217235
I become a legend in trucker lore.

>>17217235
Ensure you have a raging erection the whole time and stare people dead in the eyes while they stare at your massive boner to assert your dominance.
Unless you have a micropenis, then you're out of luck.

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>>17217206
You must be new here

>>17217235
There aren't really any "emergencies" so pressing that I can't spare the 5 seconds required to step into a pair of boxer shorts

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>>17217073
I'm still here nigga

>tfw haven't been off the I-10/20 in almost three week
Money is absolute shit tho

>>17215682
>1993 International 9300
Looks sick brah

>>17218347
They know you are a heretic.

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>>17217235
It would be a regular Tuesday at most truck stops.

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>>17217109
Come here to the land of the free where bridges are marked 11'6" and you still clear them with 13 6trailers

Two questions:

-How much do y'all make in a year and what expenses do you have to take out of that?

-Is meth as easy to get at large truck stops like the stereotype says? (not being condescending - I don't think it's actually that bad for you)

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>95% max

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

god

>>1721907 i hope thats not an end of a day fill up where you come back and 5 gallons leak put because of expansion

>>17219104
fuck you

Goddamn this wind is bad in southern kansas/OK.

>>17219607
You should see Arkansas. 35+mph in some spots.

>>17220052
>You should see Arkansas
No thank you.

>>17220090
>80.1% white
Yeah, I can see why you wouldn't like it there.

>>17220090
Now, I ain't defending Arkansas by any means, but if you think south Florida is superior in any metric other than "miles of shoreline", then you're seriously deranged

>>17219607
It hasn't stopped raining all day here. Literally hasn't fucking stopped. Full wipers on just to see, even when stopped.