Truckerfag thread - /tfg/

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>typed up entire fresh bread post
>ip banned

>>17221540
whats the story?

>>17221540
>>17221566
Child porn.

>>17221566
Was taken at Mclanes Cumberland, hope you never have to go there. Story was he mistakenly turned off some backwater Kentucky highway on to some even more backwater Kentucky road. Hit a tree branch going around a curve. Drove it the remaining 40 miles to the receiver and tried to check in. Receiver noped since you have to back in a door to get turned around to leave. What you can't see is the basically one lane road to that trucks left with trucks parked on either side and trucks in line to check in, the basically one way road I'm on with trucks parked on either side and trucks behind me trying to check in, and the guard shack that is around a super tight 90 degree turn and down a steep hill. Poor guy had to back up from the guard shack around the turn, then squeeze down the road behind me. During this feat of trucking Mclanes shift change happened adding probably 50 cars into the mix. Took about 15 people helping and probably 90 minutes. I would have set the brakes and started walking to the nearest bus stop.

>>17217243
>NO.

>YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE.

>YOU ARE NEVER THE ONLY ONE.

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

Are you me?

>driving a end dump
>always end up lapping old fags because i can roll and unroll the tarp in like 2 minutes flat
>old fag tells me to wait for him he doesn't know where its at
>tell him gps it because they like riding my ass
>old fags try new tactics
>about to lap old fag he dumps maybe 2 minutes ahead of me
>see him not even untarp probably hopes ill get stuck at redlights and that will buy him enough time to untarp at quarry
>catch up to him and see his tarp blown over the truck as hes fighting it
>go past the scale and wait for ticket to print out hop out and help him
>its all fucked up tell him let me move my truck
>maybe their for 5 minutes tops
>old boomer behind me is talking shit from his truck
>turn around and confront him to apologize
>still runing his mouth
>tell him to hop out that piece of shit freight shaker if hes feeling tough
>speeds off crying

>>17221926
>cocklebiddy

Fuck Australia is annoying. GROW UP, AUSTRALIA

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>tfw 10,000 pounds over legal weight and see a DOT

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Some bluegum in Nig Orleans ripped a big ass hole in my trailer earlier today. I thought my day would be shot waiting on repairs but I got sent to this shop up the road and a pack of methed out coonasses went HAM on my shit, they had it completely fixed before my 30 min break was up. You could barely understand what they said because they speak coonass over there but I was assured that my roof was sealed up "tighter than a bullfrogs asshole". Top kek.

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>>17221505
Bretty sure I'm gonna end up quitting DHT and just be a cuck tier tow truck driver for myself. I can't handle the combination of being broke and away from home.

>>17222032
I would've thought it was the combination of working your ass off and still being broke but whatever.

I don't really understand the split break thing, but do you still end up getting the same amount of drive time in a week if you do splits? I read about it but I really don't get how to calculate what hours you get back.
It's supposed to work like, let's say you were gonna run down your 70 in 6 days and restart (that's what I do) you could either
Drive 5 hours, 30 minute break, drive 5 hours, ten hour break, repeat
Or
Drive 5 hours, 2 hour break, drive 5 hours, 8 hour break, repeat
Is that right? You still get 60 hours of drive time over the course of 6 days, but splitting only takes 60 hours of breaks, where not splitting takes 63 hours of breaks.
Am I understanding that right?

>>17222206
Idk if i get close i just override and thug life it

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>>17222032
You live in or nearby oil country in Texas don't you? Why don't you see about a job hauling potable water to rig sites. Up here in Ganada it's done with straight trucks and is day work.

Hot oiling, like what I do is another option as well.

>>17222032
Pls Whiney don't quit. What's so bad about DHT? What's the pay scale? Hometime?

>>17222032
Its what you get for being a weeb

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>>17222293

>>17222032

toppest fucking keks we told you so

don't mind me just balling over here Driving For The Best(tm) come on over and make some real money weeb faggot

>be Monday
>get a slaughterhouse load
>decide fuck it, 2 bucks a mile i'll do it
>don't have the hours for the pickup so they open the 01 since it's a preload trailer
>on my way in the morning the receiver moves my appointment another day
>oh hell no
>call dispatch, apparently all they have is a St. Louis local that doesn't pay shit and I'll be stuck in browntown for a night so nope
>decide fuck it, run it
>get there and I can hear the fucking pigs being slaughtered in the building across from the washout
>biggest shithole JBS I've been to, reefers and swine come in the same entrance and check in at the same window
>can see pigs scratching the bottom of the trailers trying to escape
>everything smells like death and pig shit
>thank god this is drop and hook
>nope the fuck out of there, get a mile down the road, dispatch says the trailer is out of service and I have to go back
>damage is in the inside of one of the doors
>u w0t m80
>go back, ask JBS about the damaged trailer i'm supposedly carrying
>two fucking hours later
>light a fire under their ass and read the bitches the fucking god damn Riot Act how im sitting my clock is running y'all are on yer god damn phones and on Facebook and I got shit to do what the fuck is the deal here
>find out it was repaired
>i sat for nothing, fuck it, roll it
>rode bikes yesterday on my 10hr
>ate some bomb ass Mexican food in town
>drop tomorrow

>>17222206
I don't consider the 8/2 to be all that useful since it basically means you have to sit somewhere for two hours. I do use it occasionally for short hops to a shipper/receiver when I've been delayed but for a normal day I don't.

And what you get back is the lesser of either the 11 or 14 when you went Sleeper. So if you sat around all day and changed to Sleeper with 2 hours on your 14 that's all you're going to get back at the end of the 8.

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>>17222463
Zoz. A little more like this:

https://youtu.be/W2mSJeE3WvY

>>17222563
I know, ya dink. I'm your biggest fan. Pretty obsessed with you desu.

Guess my gender.

>>17222541
Must be Beardstown or Ottumwa. Those were Cargill plants until last Fall when JBS bought Cargill's pork operations off them.

>>17222655

Beardstown. The whole fucking town smells like that place. Absolutely disgusting 0/10 will not pick up ever again

If you're looking for parking north of OKC. I35 x214 east side, new Valero tons of concrete parking, nice bathrooms, free fast as fuck wifi, and a papa johns. This mecca is completely empty at 2230, I bet the pilot on the other side of the interstate is overflowing.

>>17222781
It's not that bad, it hosted a Lincoln/Douglas debate!

>>17221946
DUNGHUTTI is better.

>>17222802
That's a lot of truck parking for middle-of-nowhere Oklahoma. In addition to the Pilot on the other side there's a Casey's that actually has more room than the Pilot and the Shell is a medium sized place too. Just seems an odd location.

Oh and that Love's up at the 211 is a joke. Avoid.

>>17221946
What's the matter, seppo. Can't handle the bantz?

I fucking hate Dallas and I hate this companies Dallas terminal even more.

>>17221505
>straight truck
Gay.

That second axle on the front, does that turn?

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>>17222081
That too, average runs are 1800-2000 miles and it's getting boring since I've listened to everything I've wanted to.

>>17222293
lmao shits dead here, they're not doing full scale hiring yet. Especially with gas prices in the low $2/gal.

>>17222347
Pay is .34cpm, hometime is three days off for two weeks out. But, if you take hometime like that you're almost guaranteed to forfeit all the bonuses. Other than that they're nice and run hard but this is a company for no lifes.

>>17222541
What's your cpm and home time? Governor? Nanny Cams?

>>17222008
This is an english-language imageboard.

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>Western Star Is Bestern Star Edition
Now this I can get behind. Short hoods a cute, CUTE.

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>>17224545
>Straight drucks are gay
You're just transferring your frustration with Caffeine-Merchant-Female onto others. We understand.

>Second front axle
Yeah, they're for steering. That new big Western Star oiler I picked up the other day is the same setup. Makes for some tight turns in the name of weight distribution.


>>17224621
>Shits dead
Oh, I thought I read somewhere the other day that Texas was busy producing again, but maybe I was mistaken.

What does tow truck work pay down there? Heavy tow wouldn't be too bad of a gig I think.

>>17222588
I mean, I would like to believe that you are a qt3.14 grill or trap, but my natural cynicism tells me that you may be a full on dude.


>MFW I thought I saw GrainGuy's rig

>>17224771
>cute
Surprisingly accurate description.

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>reeferlyfe
Now that it's getting warm, these pieces of shit are getting even worse. Said 34F and Whole Foods almost refused it (I think 40F is their cutoff). And the thing was just busted for like a week and finally got fixed.

I just don't think they are built for the constant South Florida heat and opening and closing the doors every 20min.

>>17224801
It's not dead but production hasn't hit the point where there's job posting everywhere again. A guy I know needs another truck on his fleet so I was gonna go buy a truck and run with him since he's usually swamped.

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Why not 60 tonnes?

It seems that only Australia, Scandinavia and the Netherlands are truly into trucking.

Rest of the world, please step up your game. There's no excuse not to.

>>17224847
Germany's working on it, we legalized longer combinations this year, higher weights are going to be the next step especially if our cargo rail stays stagnant. But you can't introduce it all at once without drawing criticism to it.

>>17222032
Find a nearby steel mill, join the Brotherhood.

>>17224867
I wish we had any sort of industrial area near El Paso. Closest thing to it is the oil operations in Odessa/Midland.

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>>17224859
Would be great if Netherlands and Germany worked together on this. If so, Belgium will follow asap and france, with their new leader might as well.

>>17224847
You realize that greater weights and longer trucks are for the express purpose of putting drivers out of work don't you? Fucking Australian management shills.

>>17224943
I'm not a truckdriver but in the industry of design such trucks.
So, yes, i do realize that and think it is very profitable for the industry i work in and economically viable means it's good for the economy as a whole.

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>>17224835
You mean buying a tow truck, or just a conventional tractor?

>>17224847
>>17224942
Seems effeminate and decadent. Just like all the other aspects of Europe.

>>17224943
Except that only the worst shitheads will be laid off and the rest will be paid better because of the greater skills required.

>>17224977
Tow truck, they're fairly inexpensive used so it's certainly an option for me.

>>17224977
I wouldn't call 25% more bhp and torque 'effeminate' but maybe you base your opinion purely on looks.
Also:
how's a more efficient truck 'decadent'. to me it would seem that a less powerful longnose that carries less but is aesthetically pleasing (to some) is more decadent that just a truck that get the job done as efficient as possible. but hey, that's me.

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>>17224847
Why? I've got two loads on my truck in this picture and they haven't even broken 10,000lbs together.

>>17225069
>"Why?"
In the OP it says 44 tonnes like that is a high limit.
As with any child my fascination with trucking is directly proportional to the weight of said trucking.
And sure, i understand that trucking is not about always being at the absolute maximum, so in day to day life increasing that maximum wouldn't change a lot but it really fascinates me that it is possible.
also: when driving 1000+ km/miles it makes sense to do that fully loaded. (so collect to-, and distribute from- distribution centers and fully load the trucks driving between them) on shorter distances it is more economical to combine as much as possible but only use 1 truck. (thus saving the costs of dc's.)

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>>17225061
>Got e'
Just fucking with you Eurobro.

Ganada is a little different for max weight than the US.

Lots of trucks for use in logging, oilfield, mining and construction are tri-axle truck and tri-axle trailer setups that can haul a max of 53,500 kgs (117,947 pds).

B-Trains can do 63,500 kgs (140,000 pds), and tandem tractor, tri-axle trailers (the most common setup I see) can do 46,500 kgs (102,514 pds).

>>17225115
44 tonnes is just a meme that gets thrown into the OP blurb out of tradition, or at least that's how it is for me when I bake the bread.

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>wen u have a 1215 appt but lunch ends at 1220

>>17225115
>combine as much as possible
Not going to happen with 95% of spot market freight, sonce they write exclusive use of equipment clauses into the rate agreement. I've had to haul a single 400lb pallet from Illinois to Texas and couldn't put anything else on the trailer because it would be a breach of contract. The commodity you're ignoring is time, and that's part of what my customers are buying.

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>>17225069
Because not every load is a bunch of flowers. People manage to stuff 70,000 lbs of liquids into 20 ft tank containers. The whole package then weighs 80,000 lbs. That's as much as your entire rig maxed out.

>>17225193
44 tonnes is the highest permissible weight across the entirety of the EU; the long combination countries Netherlands, Sweden and Finland notwithstanding. It specifically applies to containerized goods in combined transit (from and to rail transport or ship transport). For all other trucks the limit is 40 tonnes.

>>17224885
Smuggle truckloads of young Latina 3d waifus over the border.

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Are there any tow truck drivers ITT that can red pill me on DOT or weigh station checks? My tow truck driver didn't want to let me drive my car up onto the bed (had to use the winch) and I didn't want him to do it because the car is so old and light the weight of it could fuck something up on the frame. He was saying some shit about not having the winch hooked up is illegal

>>17225684
Typically not having loads secured is a big no-no for obvious reasons.

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>>17225684
>>17225777
>UnflatteringPhoto.jpg

I don't see why one couldn't just secure the frame properly without the winch and have it legally secured, but it makes a lot more sense to have it attached, especially while unloading the car, in case it starts to slide off the deck or something unexpected like that.

>>17224979
In what universe? The savings goes straight into management's pocket never to be seen again. Trickle down doesn't work.

>>17225684
He didn't trust the brakes on your turd. Get over it.

>>17224847
>Rest of the world, please step up your game.
>his country doesn't have a thirteen figure gdp
Lol

>>17224943
Ok. Better make USA trucks only have a gross of 20 tonned then. I mean I just made a shitload of jobs then.

got to drive my bosses Western Star today. 38 degrees and fucking pouring. loaded up a 16x12x2' water gate on a flatbed to go 60 miles north to get refurbished. finish loading, turn truck around, on the way out the crane operator waves me down to ask a question. I roll the window down and it does down about 2 inches and then just fucking collapses into the door. neato.

>>17226436
>trump sees this and makes a executive order

LOOK AT ALL DEM JEWBS I CREATED

>>17226436
Upset ya there did it management shill? Poor baby.

Besides they use Hours of Service for that. Why do you think they're pushing e-logs?

>>17226683
No. I'm o/o and when doing road train work I get paid twice as much. Meh.

>>17226683
eog_prod is that you? Ya paraniod muppet.

LMAO! Instead of moslems running them over. It is their own citizens.

http://nypost.com/2017/05/18/times-square-maniac-told-cops-i-wanted-to-kill-them/

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Something something GLOBAL WARMING! something something

fuck Wyoming.

>>17226844
Meeting up again for your monthly threesome, eh ef?

>>17221638

>Kentucky
>Steep hill

Pick one

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>>17226875
Was going to ask cause my gf was rly in the mood for a dp but bless tfag I didn't want to wake him

>>17226923
Good thing you didn't. You'd see him with curlers in his beard and a worn out pink terrycloth robe.

>>17226779
I haven't lurked /r/truckers in a while; is he still a fat-head blowhard?

What do you think about cng injection into diesel engines?

>>17226975
As long as you can slap a big ol' "POWERED BY CLEAN BURNING CNG!" sticker on the side of it...

>>17226993
But you could do that to any truck...

>>17226961
Nothing changes.

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So I just got a job with a local alcohol distribution company and they have a guy that passes CDL trainees so as long as I study and get my permit and take some time outside of work to learn to drive the trucks, etc. I can be passed by him to take the test and they reimburse the cost of the exams, I already have my DOT physical from a shitty seasonal job with UPS. Also no sign-on and getting the CDL is optional but with a pay raise of a few dollars, otherwise I'm driving Penske's. Anyone have good resources on learning airbrakes and the test? I can't focus enough to retain reading the book

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>>17226975
CNG is being used with frac spreads and drilling rigs to lessen diesel use and costs. With frac pumps, they can run up to 80% natural gas.

>OTRfags
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TgXTw1pvw0

>>17227251
doc, i...

>>17221505
Non trucker here, what class would the truck be in the op?

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today was entertaining

>>17228046
Its a bodyjob, or straight truck, so it would be a class B in America, and Class 3 in Canada.

>>17228060
Looks offroady. Where that?

>>17228070
the Denver area. it was a fucking mess today. 38 degrees and raining like crazy. this was also me
>>17226474

>>17228070
thanks. It looks like something that would fit in with Spintires.

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>>17228133
No worries.

Its a 40 tonne picker truck that most likely has seen a bunch of oilfield work.

Its up for sale for the low, low price of $118,820 Canadian dollars.

>>17227251
Find practice tests online. Permit test is really easy and basically the same across all states. The actual license test is slightly more difficult so you want to make sure you understand the brake tests.

If you're anything like me, try and find a tractor-trailer to practice in because doing the tests in an actual truck for half an hour will probably help you learn more than reading the book for a month.

>>17224621

Company drivers are I think 45 or 46cpm and extra 5cpm if they opt for a lightweight. They also get fuel bonuses for good fuel mileage and shit.

Lease ops get 72% of the total load revenue and most average 1.30/mi some more, I'm about 1.45 if I stay in the NE long enough.

Company are 58 on the pedal, 62 on cruise, disciple-tier lease ops are 65 on pedal and cruise and both cut to 1500rpm although I can rev up to 1800 to jake down a hill in a pinch if I have to

No nanny cams, but you will have On Guard which is actually pretty cool for fog and to set your speed and shit and see how fast people are going, and they have Lane Assist too.

You can coast up to 77mph and you get 30 seconds of 78 or higher before safety calls.

Compared to a lot of the mega carriers they give you a lot more freedom. Hometime, easy if you're lease. Company drivers get a day for every week they drive.

I won't say to sign up for the lease program but if you do you had better know your shit and be prepared to go 60mph everywhere lol. Their lease program is not horrible but it ain't the best in the industry. We do make more than most people though you just have to have basic business knowledge of profit, loss, revenue, costs and shit like that.

Our company drivers get paid well too.

>>17222545

8/2 is designed for the days when you deliver one load and wait to pick up another load. Your 14 gets shot to hell waiting for the next load but you still have a bunch of time on your 11. When you go to SB or OD for 8hr you get back what was left of your 11 the day before and it can help you get a jump on the next run. I've used it to make appointments and beat rush-hour traffic.

Plus, you can use that two hours you have to sit for a shower and laundry or if you run hard like me, a well-deserved nap. It's a very useful tool in the box but like any tool it's useless if you don't know how to use it.

>>17228511
I'm not too sold on the home time, I'm trying to get into towing like I said or possibly a trade. I'll look into it though because your pay scale blows ours out of the fucking water. If DHT started at even .38cpm I'd be pretty well off.

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>>17228675
>not even .38 cpm

>>17228675
flat deck construction material delivery. Hang out on construction sites, have people actually happy to see you, home every night, can still tell chicks you drive a truck

>>17228686
I did this for two weeks
>youll be driving a crane
>end up delivering shingles on conveyor
>up to 1000 bundles a day
>50-100 pounds each

I was making $20/hr but told them i can't go on without at the very least getting 25

>>17228675

Our pay scale blows most companies out of the water even for our company drivers. Come on over and make some money. We gets paper.

You gotta stay out though if you don't mind grinding. The longer you stay out the more you make. I have had weeks I grossed 5K and kept over 2K of that after fuel and expenses. You don't need to be lease to make bank here, hell most of our company drivers bring home 1K a week. You just have to stay out for a bit.

>>17225684
Different ops do things differently. I've driven cars onto the bed and I've wenched functional cars up. I can say I'd never let an owner drive onto the bed. Too much of a risk.

>>17228046
HR, Heavy Ridgid.

>>17228511
How much do you get paid in hand once all appropriate deductions are made (fuel, insurance, repair, tax etc)?

>>17229207
Just go the tfag route and you will be a billionaire within a decade. Fuck all that nonsense working for other people.

>>17228675
>If DHT started at even .38cpm I'd be pretty well off.

> Expecting jesusfags to actually pay you a living wage

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>>17230370
>within a decade

Take a look at this cynical motherfucker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORfz2UunRs4

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Anyone else stuck on i80?

>>17224802
Set the temp below what they want when in hot areas. In California in the summer, I'd set 32 when they want 36, then in Oregon change back to 36.

>>17222032
You'll be away from home a shit ton more towing. Exempt from hours of service in most places and 24/7 on call. It's real great. I haven't had time for a social life or even a drink in 11 years

>>17225684
normal drivers are too stupid to be trusted. I don't want to be liable for some retard that hits the wrong pedal and goes flying off the deck. Also you should really scrap that car if it's frame is so light and old you can't winch on it. God knows what 2400lbs @ 50mph hitting a decent pothole would do to that frame vs 2400lbs from a static position being tugged up a 6-8 degree incline

>>17231333
I'm sure you already know this, but his frame is just fine, he's just literally [spoiler]autistic[/spoiler]

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>>17228685
it's "supposed" to be .43cpm after bonuses but you throw your life away getting them month after month.

>>17228686
There's a lot of construction out here so maybe I can look at that. Our quarries are pretty busy too.

>>17228835
That money is what I was originally making when I started on the Swift dedicated, I do miss that job. But like I said, I'll check it out.

>10 internets says that Whiney will remain an otr cuck for at least two or three more years

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>>17224801
I haven't been up in your area in a few months but we just got another star so there are 2 of us running around pushing cars into the ditch.

>>17232117
Didn't actually look at the picture you posted. I'm offended you mistook biggar for one of our trucks. half of their equipment is rusted to shit

>>17229207

1500-2000 a week if I run hard, my lowest check on a full week out was 850 and I was going home that week, reefer rates apparently suck in the Deep South

>>17231708

I bet DHT probably pays that rate including your per diem so in reality they are paying you like a quarter a mile or some shit like that. Man fuck that shit, you can do better than that weaboo fag

>Be Primefag
>Deliver to fucking Middlesboro, KY
>Follow GPS like a tard
>Have to swing ultra-wide into oncoming traffic to get to the Smithfield
>fucking twice because cars park on the street
>get around the Curve of Death (tm) (if you've been here you know what I'm talking about)
>deliver, get my bills
>ask the guy at the front if there's a better way out that all that shit
>informs me all the Prime guys come in the wrong way, the way I came in
>tells me to go up 3 blocks, turn right and follow the signs for 2079
>thatwaseasy.nef
>get next load fucking 527 mile deadhead
>1100 loaded to Jew York, 2000 total revenue
>debate it over Taco Bell, decide fuck it, run it, NE rates are good right now
>on my way down find out the load is ready and I can pick up early :)
>manage to get through the ATL without touching the man pedal or dropping below 3rd
>75 north is stopped every 10 miles for various reasons

Legit if you are trying to go 75 north from Macon to Calhoun forget it, they had police rolling roadblocks at the 265 and 277 is a mess too, fender benders everywhere.

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>>17232117
>>17232187

Yeah, sorry my dude, I should have added about how disappointed I was when I realized they were from a different gompany.

In my defence though, dark blue trucks with matching belly dump B-train setups with out of province plates all look pretty similar from a distance.

>>17232117
What province is that, Alberta?

>>17232691
It's all good my dude, just busting your balls.

>>17232725
no that's at the bottom of my driveway in Manitoba

>>17232752
How are you liking the Western Star compared to the Volvo now that you've been in it for a bit?

>>17232942
He grew some pubes back I bet and his balls dropped again.

>>17226844
>>17226923
Ayy, I'm dogsitting at my brother's house. Grab some tacos while you were here?

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>>17233066
Zoz.

The Adidas tracksuit became a western-cut dress shirt with pearl snaps, and navy blue Wranglers with a ring worn into the back pocket from Copenhagen Long-Cut tins, and the dirty leather sandals became square toed Tony Lamas boots.

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>>17222032
Dude how can you complain? This is the neetest shit imaginable

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>>17233234
Patrician taste. How much was that theme?

>>17233262
X HD import pre-order bonus. I don't know if you can buy it.

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>>17233268
That sucks. As of now I think I still have like 100 songs of Future Tone to go through. Best project diva game to date.

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This fucking moron is driving without headlights

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>>17233222
You basically just described me except I don't dip I smoke and i wear a black 20x stetson kek
The truck is breddy nice, rides good, better torque on than the vulva by a long shot. Better fuel economy as well. As for driver comfort the seat is heated leather, the front portion of the truck(cab) is much more roomy which is nice because I'm 6'4. The sleeper is a bit deeper than the volvo and also significantly wider inside. The only downside from the volvo is its silent inside and because this truck has the side door thing I hear trucks drive by all night. Already at 28000km and i got it at 4500. The automatic is a bit tricky and sometimes when I throw on my jake it revs itself out to 2300 but I just make sure to not let it do that.

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>why arent you picking up garbage and sleeping in a bed next to a qt 3.15 gf everynight topkek

>>17233601
>not enjoying being alone
>not being antisocial
why aren't you an otr driver?

>>17233625
because it fucking sucks topkek

>>17233625
Judging from the way he types, I'd say it's probably because most companies don't hire teenagers.

>>17233703
enjoy being foreveralone faggot

>>17233710
I'd rather be a loner than to be retarded. I could get a normal job and a social life if I wanted.
You can't fix stupid.

>>17233601
You're the first to get replaced by a robot.
http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/volvo-has-deployed-an-autonomous-garbage-truck-1795312427

>>17233739
Do it then you neckbeard otr faggot

>>17233739
>you can't fix stupid
hit the nail on the head there driver

>>17233749
I doubt it, these stupid fucks will never set there cans out right, also bulk pick ups

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>>17233601
Is your gf nose-blind? Because that's the only way anyone would stand sleeping next to a stinky trashman.

>>17233625
pakis and russians killed otr

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>>17233761
the only thing i smell is that money bitch, i dont even touch the garbage

>>17233759
Its more of an assistive technology.
https://youtu.be/ZSL2H9JBWbI

You still gotta do labor.

>>17233770
>stink out in front for you to inhale all day

>>17233770
You don't make enough money considering how much your job sucks and you don't know it, but you still smell like a landfill; ask a stranger.

>>17233811
i make about 60k a year

all i do is
>listen to radio
>use joystick
>claw picks up cans

its pretty fucking easy bro, i get out of the truck about 15 time a day

>>17233834
>i make about 60k a year
>all i do is
>>listen to radio
>>use joystick
>>claw picks up cans
Average OTR makes more than that doing nothing but sitting on his butt literally all day. And doesn't smell like trash unless he chooses to.

>>17233943
haha ok at least i am happy as fuck while you are miserable as shit all day

>>17231708
Hey at least your not this guy https://www.reddit.com/r/Truckers/comments/6bzvsc/so_im_making_50000_this_year/

>>17233955
>haha ok at least i am happy being ignorant and projecting my insecurities onto strangers whose lives i know nothing about
K stinky

>>17233979
k bai

man the road lice are getting aggressive in here

>>17233943
>$60k a year
>OTR
>to sleep in a cuckbox 350 nights a year
Nope

>>17234327
What's the alternative? Bust your back like you do for 50k? Become unable to work before you hit 40? What then? How do you eat aftet that? You got a couple million saved or is mummy gonna support you until she dies?

>>17234327
Hey man, the cuckbox is comfy to me and I'm not paying rent on it. I'm not paying rent at all because I'm only out of my box a few nights a month and my parents are cool. Sure OTR trucking is low pay starting out, but think of all the money you are saving by not paying for rent or a car note or basically any expenses other than food and nicotine. It's a good way to save money.

>>17234327

Paid travel tho!! You'll see the country!! Just sign right here, here and here.

>>17234327
>>17234342
>implying that pepsi will be worn out way before retirement age from doing some manual labor 5 days a week

>implying that lazy fat fuck otr drivers living off of truck stop fast food and sitting in a truck seat for 13 hours a day hauling no touch dry van freight are going to have a better standard of life or live a single second longer

that is the single saddest sense of delusion i have ever read.

>>17234342
Kek >>17234410

Honestly as broken as your body will get delivering soda, there's probably a higher chance of getting killed from a stroke or heart attack after living in the cuckbox.

Also there's the reasonable approach of working hard for a couple years before moving on to a comfy local gig like the fuel trucks. I was talkin to dude a week or two ago who left Pepsi and went there and he's like "Just apply and you got the job. They love hiring people who worked hard at Pepsi for a few years". Or just move to the bulk side of Pepsi or wherever.

Also I'm not a felon like most truckers so I need to get on that fuel truck soon.

>>17234384
I like my couch.

>>17234410
> living off of truck stop fast food and sitting in a truck seat for 13 hours a day
Like truck drivers are the only unhealthy Americans. You do know 66% of Americans are overweight or obese, right? Replace truck stop fast food with drive through fast food and the driver's seat with a chair and you've described the average wagecuck just as well. Meanwhile, I can't remember the last meal I ate that I didn't cook myself, jog 3 miles a day, and hit the gym at the terminal twice a week. I'd bet I'm healthier than that soda-water drinking, menthol chugging nigger ever was, and I'm a damn sight healthier than the average wagecuck

>>17235468
>this projection

>>17235996
>I don't know what "ptojection" means

>>17236177
>he's right you know
I actually haven't eatin any fast food like MacD's in months. In the back of my head I hear Coffee Grill being disappointed in me. Also I rarely eat during the day because it's hot and I'm running around but lately been trying to eat a nanner or some nuts or some shit to get that metabolism more active.

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>>17226831

>Caught same storm in Denver
>Nothing bad, just a little slush
>Vehicles still spinning out everywhere

>Get to yard
>yeah we'll have Victor help ya load up and there's supposed to be a 2nd team getting the other half of this load
>victor is off for the day oh and the 2nd truck isnt coming so we're gonna need you to make 2 trips and load it both times by yourself
Good thing I'm paid by the hour

>>17233137
Yes we did get the tacos
I used to stop here a lot more before they blocked up that lot and started charging to park

>>17226844
Should have pissed on his tire to mark your territory and assert your dominance.

>>17237220
Fuck if i ever get a load there im bobtailing to the weed store

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>>17233601
Try this in a garbage truck

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>MFW EF's flattop Peterbilt lifestyle humble brag got reborted and baleeted by jealous neets

>>17238901
I would walk around the block and take a taxi personally

>>17233601
Kek when i use to run the concrete pump i would always block the road with my outriggers and garbage cucka would always sperge out

>hur dur im a city employee
>move it or im calling the cops

>>17239056
If it makes you feel any better, no one in the world cares about you or what you do, so the janitor deleting your post doesn't really affect anyone else

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>>17238908
These ppl, no fun allowed
Not even clothed trucking related pics.
And you just know the mod saved it too before deleting.

>>17238908
Same shit that happened to me when I mentioned any of the coffee grills.

There was this Jamaican for like a week that was blowing up my phone all day and I basically told her I'm a convicted sex offender to scare her away.

>>17238905
Lel. I need to take advantage of the ol' Pepsi logo some more. I should become a playa and start pickin up all the ratchet chicks in the hood because they think I will pay for them to get they nails did.

>>17237490
How long have you been there? Just tryin to see how much longer u got until you're mowing grass at the golf course again.

>>17238901
Good luck when you get randomly dropped.

>>17239069
>bepis why?
Like a month

>>17238944
crane operator/wrecker driver/mobile mechanic checking in. Garbage truck drivers are on the top whiny bitch tier beside F/L columbia/cascadia drivers and fat ass super freight haulers. Had one bitch me out the other day because I told him no, I'm not dragging him 150mi with the driveshaft installed.

Almost daily I deal with them getting butthurt daily over not being able to drive with shattered leafs or sheared off hangers because they're too autistic to manage weight or at least do a simple walk around before they leave the yard

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>>17239064
That's not nice. I'm just trying to dump my trucking pics in a truckerfag thread on an image board. And spurr reasonable discussion amongst my peers.

>>17239139
Tell your dad he needs frame lines

>>17239197
Kek. I'm waiting for the electrical cord or air lines to go on this truck I have right now. Tried to adjust them but they are still a bit too long and get caught on this little lip on the bottom front edge of the trailer when I make tight turns.

>>17239139
tfw 2swag4extendables now

if you're going to stretch a deck hauler at least throw a pusher on it so it's useful

>>17239139
Post pics of sluts in cuck shed

>>17238753
They always charged, they just serioused up about it after they started building the Speedway. I've never bothered parking there anyway since there's always an open blindside spot at the TA.

>>17239067
I always miss your funposting.

>>17239078
Just pull the axles, m8 :^)

>>17239139
What's the kingpin at on that trailer? 24"?

>>17239242
My service line keeps popping off and I'm not sure why.

>>17233601
Is that the same container your gf came from?

>>17239139
Does your gf drive too? Or don't you trust her with the rig?

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>>17239915
Fucking savage

>>17240009
Why would he need a co-driver when he's already got 3 log books?

>>17240896
So she is basically a prostitute or he is her slave.

>>17239783
only takes 5 minutes for a driveshaft tops, I'm not fucking around with a stink truck any longer than I need to

>>17241256
>t. virgin that spends too much time on /b.

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>Hershey DC guard gives you free candy (not that I needed it)
Tyson never gives me shit, the fucks

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>BP plant operator gives you free crude oil (not that I needed it)
Shell never gives me shit, the fucks

>>17241912
>get to Tyson
>they give you raw chicken

>>17241912
We have a cooler full of shit right at the gate and the cuckshed drivers love stopping there when they check out.

>>17241912
The only place I regularly get stuff if from Wrigleys. I got real excited earlier this week, I delivered to Cargill's Innovation Center, figured if I was ever going to get a steak from them itd be at their test kitchen. Noooope.

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>be driving down interstate
>look in mirror
>see some potentially sexy feet propped up on dash
>pull out dick
>begin fap
>it's a dude
Sad.

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>>17221505
Have a question about DMV and DOT PHYSICAL.

I have 20/50 vision in my left, and 20/10 in my right
I've been driving the same route for six years in the same truck, but only now is my company requiring me to get a CDL. I'm going for my CDL through my company.

If I don't get my CDL, I will be asked to resign.. I have a wife and kid, and I'd always thought I had job security. I do my job well, and I've never taken a day off.

>No tickets.
>Never had an accident.

I took my DOT physical, and passed. I knew DEFPOTEC and FELOPZD as the 20/25 and 20/20 line for my left eye.
I cheated, but got my federal DOT physical longform. I passed the DOT Physical.

I'm going in tomorrow to take my CDL permit (been studying, I'll pass)
Is the DMV going to do another vision test on me after I pass the permit? They use the computers. I have 20/10 in my right eye, so I can pass the vision, but if they make me cover that eye I'm screwed.


tl;dr: 20/50 in left eye, 20/10. Got DOT physical. Will DMV make me do a vision test after I get my CDL permit?

Thanks.

>>17243016
I'm in Dallas tx btw

>>17243016
>>17243020
Get glasses?
I got my permit in Dallas, I remember for sure some simple vision tests. You look into these goggle like things but can't remember if it was one eye or both.

>>17243016
Yeah you'll have to do it

>>17243016
honestly if you only have 20/50 in one eye you shouldn't be driving a truck. it's probably time to quit before you kill somebody. you're not qualified. you don't need to be driving. you're only cheating yourself and making the rest of us look bad.
quit before you kill somebody OP. you're not a driver, you're a wheel holder, and an unqualified unfit one at that

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>>17243016
>>17243233

>>17241909
>t. cuck who enjoy's getting leeched

Can you drink in your trucks?

>>17243634
Yes

>>17243634
Yes, that is why every place on Trucker Path has at least one review simply asking "Beer?"

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>get parked early next to receiver, load delivers tomorrow night
>spend couple hours taking shower, doing laundry
>spend a couple more hours folding laundry, cleaning truck up, cooking
>settle in for evening of vidya and shit posting on /tv/
>qualcomm dings
>oh no
>anon, we need you to save yet another load, as soon as you get hours back go swap with this dumbass that can't manage time and deliver it by 0700
I seriously need to get off my ass and find a company that doesn't have thousands of trucks full of late loads.

>>17243233
Why would it matter to a fat, neck-bearded busrider like yourself?

Mommy and the bus driver are the ones that should be worrying about it.

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>>17243634
Not supposed to, but I do.

>>17244064
Get them to see if you can drop your current load off early, so at least THAT doesn't get fucked up.

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Electrical tape is how you fix warning lights on a century class, right?

>>17244689
only way to fix a freightliner is to scrap it

>>17226914

I take it you've never been to Middlesboro?

>>17241912

I picked up a tight hook and book at a Nestle Waters and they give you as much water as you can take, I took a 12 pack of that shit. Ben and Jerrys in Vermont gives you free ice cream if you ask

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My doggo chilling in the back yard the other day.

>>17242493
Did, did you finish?

>TFW DOT and the bolice have been going hog wild in this area the past couple of days

>>17243016
You seriously didn't think to get a cheap pair of glasses from Wal-Mart or an online retailer in order to maintain your job and provide for your family?

>>17244984
Free stuff is best stuff.

>>17245986
>provide for your family
>trucker
LMAO!

>>17246268
This

Daquan can do that

Fuck Mondays

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>>17246688
You're just salty because my dog is cooler than yours.

>>17246268
This may come as a shock, but some men eschew 2d waifus altogether in favour of flesh based women.

>>17246865
>eschew 2d waifus altogether
BLASPHEMY!

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>>17246865
Bullshit. Lucy is best doge ever.

>>17246907
You have pet rats?

Thoughts?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/us/trucking-jobs.html

>>17243634

Just remove all evidence from your truck. If you accidentally agree to a search, they will look for beer cans.

>>17247026

Feels bad, man. Really gives light to how mega carriers hurt the industry too.

>>17247231
You have to agree to a search?

>>17247026
>is now low-paying, grinding, unhealthy work
Welcome to the rest of the world, faggots. That's how things naturally evolve if the required skill set consists of little more than learning to reverse and getting the correct license. In fact the US are probably one of the easiest countries to truck in, I don't know why you'd expect good wages from it.

>>17247288
Unless there's probable cause. If you're parked they need a warrant. Of course I don't really know what I'm talking about.

>shipping clerk qt3.14
>agrees to load me 5 hours early
>might even have room for me to sleep since my dispatch is retarded and I'm about to run out of hours
This place is alright

I was watching youtubes and this driver was saying the company deducting out of my paycheck per diem was stealing money from me. Is this true? Please explain.

>>17247500
>Unless there's probable cause

'I smell weed' is cause enough, just as 'I feel threatened' is cause enough to shoot you dead.

>>17247500
Cops don't need probable cause when you are in a commercial vehicle, your rights as an individual don't apply to a commercial setting. You can be pulled over for no reason whatsoever, and they don't have to ask to search your truck, as a commercial vehicle no parts of said vehicle are private and require consent or cause.

>>17247865
The sleeper is private, the cab is not.

>>17247917
The 4th Amendment rights do not hold true for a CMV. That vehicles registered as CMV's are subject to search (aka: inspection) at any time without warrant - even the sleeper cab area and sealed load. Unlike a POV - a CMV is subject to inspection at any time - and you can't tell an officer, no, stay out of my cab unless you have a warrant - as you can with your POV. The only thing a driver can really say no to when it comes to searching the CMV is having his personal items searched. Things such as duffel bags, suitcases, personal books, movies, music, computer, etc.

396.9 (a) Personnel authorized to perform inspections—Every special agent of the FMCSA (as defined in Appendix B to this sub-chapter) is authorized to enter upon and perform inspections of motor carrier’s vehicles in operation.

If you drive a company truck.... you don't have a right to demand a warrant. They can simply call the company and get permission or the company has already implied consent by having an ICC number.

I've never has my cab or sleeper searched, but I have been pulled over for no reason in my truck, which is perfectly legal being it is a CMV.

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A nice, relaxed, easy peasy day doing a dehydrator tower flush.

>>17248065
Breddy sure it's the same in Canada when dealing with our provincial CVSE officers.

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The fuck?

Would you drive a trailer with this kind if tire? I'm about to refuse.

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Another one. It's bald and all bubbly. The tire behind it is completely flat.

>>17248855
>>17248861
not worth risking your life, license, or wallet over shit like that. I'd tell the owner to get fucked until it's repaired

>>17248861
Alignment is out and possible bearing issues. But yeah don't take that heap of shit.

>>17248861
And the shock is fucked

>get to C&S in Chester NY
>2100 apt. get there at 1947
>becomes an 0100
>0330 i'm finally cut loose
>get next load at Railex in Schenectady
>1400, 322 miles loaded 520 bucks
>meh but it gets me out of NY and there's a bomb ass Chinese joint up there that delivers to Railex
>halfway there cust. moves the appointment to 1900
>hellnaw.nef
>decide fuck it, roll to Railex and enjoy Chinese
>get there, load is ready anyway
>in and out in less than an hour
>make it to Petro in Scranton to enjoy some comfy showers and max comfy Iron Skrillex
>easy delivery at Giant in Carlisle to round up the week for revenue

How did we all do this week?

>>17247534

essentially, if I understand per diem correctly, yes.

Every day you are out away from home on a job that makes you travel you get a per diem from the US Government. I forget how much it is now, anyway.

Lease operators and O/O usually take it as a tax deduction come April. Company drivers, depending on the company, can either do the same, claim it on their taxes, or take it on the side as extra I think, I'm not too keen on company drivers and per diem but I know how the big boys do it and it's a nice deduction at the end of the year.

Some cheapskate shithole companies include your per diem in their .cpm which if I remember works out to .08cpm. If they pay .34cpm, per diem included they actually only pay .26cpm out of pocket.

I'm sure some of the tax experts in here will correct me if I am wrong on this one.

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>>17249489
I don't work on weekends, so I just drove out here to Staunton for a mid morning delivery in DC

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>>17249710
>barefoot
>touching dash
my pet peve. you disgust me driver

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>>17249724
They require dust masks while being in the loading area at grain loading facilities?

Don't want to end up with dat Occupational Asthma.

>>17249778
That was at a hutterite colony so definitely no safety requirements there. The only place we go that requires a mask is the fertilizer plant in Trail BC. Our company will supply us with dust masks if we ask though.

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>>17249724
Why are you so invested emotionally in the ways other people choose to live their lives?

I think you need to chill out a little, friend

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>>17249724
Why u no use b train tippers with grain chutes. Much productivity, many grain, wow capacity.

>>17249833
>hutterite colony
You mean the Nazi war criminal safe haven colony.

>>17239915
I believe that is the anime waifu container.

>>17249913
I don't really have an answer to that but I imagine it's because less maintenance because less moving parts and less weight. Also I don't think tippers would be much if any better than these hopper bottom trailers because of the amount of volume you can get in these bastards

>>17249892
We care

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Been with Werner for 3 years now, how do I into local trucking?
Central Florida, can't really find anything with a decent pay.

>>17239067
>hauling a $16-28k bike behind a $35k Volvo on a $250 garage sale trailer that isn't even big enough

Da fuq?

Guys, is Swift buying Knight or is Knight buying Swift?

>>17250280
Maybe they're buying eachother :3

>>17249489
Did $2679 on 970 loaded miles, 1150 actual miles. Two full loads and two partials. Started at 1400 Monday and was done 1200 on Thursday.

The


Best


™

>>17250199
Move to Australia. You have to do local first before going interstate here.

>>17249913
Because unload time. You can either unload a few litres per second, or dump the whole trailer out the bottom in a few seconds.

>>17251839
Only good for customers who have a pit.

>>17252269
Anyone who doesn't is likely too small-time to want that much grain.

>>17249892

Some Missouri yokel at Joplin 44 tried to tell me Missouri was not part of the Confederacy it took everything in my power to not slap him in front of everyone at the Iron Skrillex

>but muh union representatives

Like I get it, they got in on a technicality but Missouri is much more like the South than it is the North, Missouri is essentially the South plus caves and mountains

>>17250199

Florida sucks dicks for pay for anything because muh Southern wages even though Jew York carpetbaggers have jacked up the cost of living (Reconstruction anyone? This is what happens when you try to erase Southern history faggots) local companies will be Publix, Walpole if you wanna haul sand, Cumberland Farms if you have your tanker yanker endorsement, and they pay well too, I believe Walgreens has some local shit and pretty much any major municipality is always looking for Class A CDL holders who have all of their teeth and graduated high school.

Prime, FYI, has a flower account in Pierson, FL, which is between Deland and Palatka on 17 and they have a bunch of local guys who deliver to their terminal there, where they combine all the small flower loads from local growers into whatever they can fit into a 53' and send some poor bastard off with it to the North. I know they have flower loads that originate in Miami and drop in Pierson.

>>17251839
You can unload these trailers the same way man. Either a little bit at a time or you can open your gate wide open when the pit is deep and dump as fast ae gravity moves. Tippers are pretty heavy so I imagine that's why farmers are the only people I see with them, and they only have 5/7/10 tonne trucks. I have no idea where you live that you see trains like that but it's not really practical for our company anyways. Canada max gvw is 63,500kg for super b, I scale in empty trailers and full of fuel at 18,000. So I can take 45 tonne. Where as most companies out here only take 42 tonnes at the most when they load up.

>>17252444
I see big 4-axle rigid tippers all the time doing construction stuff, and freight trains hauling aggregates in bottom-dump trucks. Volume volume volume.

You know you're gonna be sitting awhile when a fucking coroner's van drives by to an accident on the interstate. Avoid 70W into Indy if you can lads. Around the 140 mile marker.

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Oud in brairie goundry doday :DDDDD

>TFW we get to the job site and they haven't even spotted the rig, let alone any other equipment

Aw yeah, sweet, sweet billable hours.

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>>17252645
What kind of accident? Probably a motorcycle

Thread theme song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXNwVnOZ6BU

>>17252919
Guess it was some kind of chase. One confirmed to be free of their mortal coil because they fucking plowed headfirst into a truck.

>>17252911

Is that like detention pay for oilfags?

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>>17253027
More or less.

We start charging by the hour from the time we pretrip the truck to the time we get back to the yard on the field ticket that gets charged to the customer.

The hourly pay we get goes off of that ticket, so the longer the job, the more we get paid.

>>17252491
I rarely if ever run out of space in my trailers before I have enough weight to hit gvw. the only time it happens is hauling oats and maybe canola but guys who haul a lot of oats have a pop up type thing on the top of their trailer to be able to add more volume.

Just ran my 5th scale new streak who here /thuglife/

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>>17253744
Bu, bu, but mah safety inspections!

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>>17253744
>SON DID YOU THINK YOU COULD GET BY ME? I'VE WATCHED YOU FOR MILES

>>17253744
I haven't pulled into a scale for nearly the last 2 years. Last record was 4 years.

Who is the shittiest of the big four truckstops and why is it TA?

>>17254442
D-dont they mail you tickets

>>17253744

That's illegal.

>>17254476
If TA is worst who's best?

Not a trucker but I usually find myself on long road trips going to truck stops for a good meal, a walk and to fill up

Genuinely curious about this

>>17254601
I like pilot J coffee the most so that's my default. Petro usually has the biggest parking lot and i like how the fuel island has a separate store from the main truck stop, those bathrooms are usually empty. TA is alright, decent coffee. I think Love's is the worst, small parking lots, shitty coffee and tea, weird bathroom layout.

>>17254601
My power rankings
1. New Loves, smartly laid out parking, good food, same shit in every store, great wifi when it works about 50/50
2. Petro, usually great parking, usually good food, interesting nick knacks, the great ones are GREAT, wifi probably won't work
3. Flying J, usually decent parking, good food, wifi always seems to work
4. TA, shit to great, shit to great parking, shit to okay food, wifi probably won't work, the new ones are great, older ones can be terrible
5. New Pilots, good to great food, usually small, dumb parking in the ones I've been to, wifi decent to good
6. Old Loves, smaller and shittier parking than new loves, old and run down, staff less likely to give a shit, some don't even have roller dogs
7. Old Pilots, old, normally tiny or retarded parking, lots are in the middle of cities, avoid avoid avoid

My current beef with TA is I paid $6 for wifi and it worked long enough to charge my card and quit.

>>17254601
I prefer a PJ if it's a good one, love's is second, I avoid TA at all cost unless it's my only option.

>>17254476
>big 4
Who's the 4th one? Sapp Bros?

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>>17252372
imo, southern MO is just the right mix of southern and midwestern culture, topography and climate

>>17254476
It is TA, because they've given up on building new stores, have piss-tier coffee and their fast food options are trash unless you're in the mood to spend $15 at Popeyes

>>17254522
>he fell for this meme

>>17254601
I like Loves now that I can rack up that 4x points and unlimited showers on diamond. Still prefer to camp at customers overnight, though.

>>17254886
Eh I fucked up, I guess I meant big 3 or 5. The Sapp Bros I've been to have been legit.

>>17254920
The new TA in Hillsboro, TX is great. There's another new one in Caryville, TN but not so good.

>>17254933
haha, I thought you were throwing a brutal burn at petro

Will driving 60 instead of 62 save significant fuel?

What about 58?

>>17254686
>>17254702
>>17254879
>>17254920
I definitely learned something new today

I guess I'll keep these all in mind on my next trip

>>17254476
Loves is my least favorite but I've been to some good ones. If I'm running hard and I'm doing a take 10 and spin I like Pilot because the coffee is good and they have both quick fast food and usually Flying J deli food too. Pilot is like Loves but w better food and coffee. If I have time to relax and eat a good meal Petro is the best. Usually the parking lot is big with lots of space, Iron Skillet is based, and it's cool they have a separate mini store at the fuel pumps. Also in the mini store they sell some local regional shit from the hot case. Also Petro feels the most like a "classic" truckstop. I mostly hate TA and avoid. Flying J is a good middle of the ground stop, it isn't bad.

>>17254920
They send your company a ticket with a huge fine

>>17254702
>some don't even have roller dogs
Jews did this.

>>17253744
Haven't reported to a scale or inspection station for 6 months. If some pig faggot wants to chase me down he'll be disappointed to find out that I scaled my own load completely legal, my truck and paperwork are in pristine condition, and that I haven't had a single logbook violation for my entire career.

>>17255419
So they don't have the power to send you or your company tickets? Wtf I'm never stopping again

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>>17255419
t. Tough Talkin' Supertrucker

>>17252383
thank you

>Back into door
>Run to restroom to crash and smash
>Come back out
>Finally notice fucked bumper on new truck
>Have zero idea how it happened

The worst fucking feeling.

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Off topic so saging.
What board would I go to to get advice/recommendation on getting an office chair? My fatass broke the one I picked up on the side of the road and I need a new one.
>just local driver things

>The Best

At slander

http://www.overdriveonline.com/new-prime-inc-ordered-to-pay-100k-to-driver-it-allegedly-retaliated-against/

>>17255626
I'd suggest a treadmill. Ya fat fuck.

>>17254920
Does Love's have outdoor wifi? I've been PJ loyal because a lot of em have that and I'll trade my points for that, and also because I can get a shower without having to talk to anyone. I think love's has better designed parking lots most of the time, though, so I like that because I hate backing between trucks.

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>>17255635
Kek. While I won't deny that I am in fact fat I abuse the hell out of the thing. I'd sit on it with both feet on top. So basically squatting. Kinda like L from death note. Would rock back and forth and shit. Poor thing just finally gave up on me.

>>17255652
Love's is shit unless you want to get your mirrors and bumpers ripped off because non experienced drivers such as yourself flock to Love's like flies on shit

>muh diamond platinum rewards card status

>>17255655
>The bedbug ridden chair that permanently smells of swass I picked up off the side of the road surprisingly wasn't of Eames chair build quality

>>17255133
I haven't noticed any real difference between the two so I run 62 most of the time. Where I get the greatest part of my fuel economy is going up hills and taking it easy getting up to speed again at the top. Last months fuel economy bonus was for 8.8 mpg. The truck says 9.3, the bastards.

>>17255767
>fuel bonus
Hah. They're lucky if I get over 6. I wouldn't be a successful o/o.

>>17255767
>>17255799
I get like mid to low 7's every week and I don't know why

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>>17255850
I only get 4pmg, thankfully I don't pay fuel bills

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>>17255883
Wew lad. You're pretty much always at 63500 when loaded I'm assuming?

>>17255906
I usually load 62.5-63 so if I get stopped for being over I can try and shovel to a different axel group instead of getting a ticket. Manitoba and Saskatchewan generally only allow for 62.5 with a few highways that are exceptions

>>17255850
In my best quarter I somehow got 8.10 mpg average. I was really trying. I never got the promised company jacket and have fucked off since then, now I'm at like 7.1

>>17255850
Like I said, it's almost all in the hills and how hard you try to go up them. If you're hammer down trying to hold speed or even gain on a hill you won't get good economy. Remember, boost is the enemy. You may not have a boost gauge but you can hear it and stay out of high boost as much as possible.

Also, don't use cruise except on nearly level ground. My cruise percentage is in the teens.

>>17255982
So don't floor it up hills? Or just don't get to the highest gears?

I thought CC was better???? I use it like 97%

>>17255939
I feel like I might experience the same thing with Prime and should just preemptively become jaded

>>17256051
You should pull hills at like 1400rpm in whatever gear holds you there

>>17255932
>The set of Corner Gas, and Louis Riel's Land generally only allow 62.5

Really? Are they all signed accordingly?

>>17256072
Nope that's up to you to know. In Manitoba it's only the #1 and like 1 or 2 other Highways. In saskabush it's #1,#16 West of Saskatoon and #11 between Regina and Saskatoon. Probably 1 or 2 others but iono.

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>>17256072
>>17256100
Typical, devious flatlanders with their laws designed to trap honest truckers.

This new job is breddy local; the longest drive I've had so far is around three, three and a half hours from town.

>MFW we finished the job and got back to town before the now biblical levels of rain began to fall