Truckerfag thread - /tfg/

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579 a moderately pretty.

>>17553740
Would not like to 90 back in with that

>>17553775
It looks long because it doesn't have a roof spoiler and the exhaust is hidden, but effectively it's the same as a large bunk 388 with a setback axle. A 389 would be far worse because it's got an even longer hood AND a forward axle.

>>17553795
I stick to my daycab

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Straw trucks a cute, CUTE, but wouldn't it be smarter to buy something with double rear axles you can haul other stuff when it's not straw season? Are these actually just parked most of the year?

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>tfw no more big ol fuckers like this being built
>tfw they're all rusting to shit in logging camps because of carter emissions horseshit

>>17553815
But where do you masturbate and/or play emulated 16 bit console games?

>>17553822
>That paint, chrome and tire shine
Nice little rig. Double axles are a way better setup for North American trucking for sure.

>>17553836
>YFW you'll never get to drive a fire breathing heavy duty off road Hayes, Pacific or Challenger log truck along a gravel haul road along the side of a forested mountain with the windows down, the smells of fresh cut wood, the Pacific ocean and machine oil wafting in

Why even live.

>>17553775

That thing is barely longer than my Shakeliner and I do that shit every day in the Northeast. Y'all scrubs just need to learn how to back, shit I was in a place in PA a couple days ago that would have made most of you shit rebar concrete blocks

>Pick up out in hick country Tamaqua PA at a turkey farm
>Absolutely fucking gorgeous morning in the PA hills
>Get to 01, it's a tiny-assed mom and pop operation made for fucking straight trucks
>realize I'm going to have to New York it to get in this door
>they give me a door, and the distance from the door to the grass is about 10 feet longer than my truck
>slide the tandem to the rear because no overhang is best overhang
>jack knife my truck and the trailer and come under it at just the right time
>first try, straighten the trailer out
>tractor is all cock-eyed and shit
>trailer is perfectly sealed in the door and parallel to the trailer next to it
>loaded in 15min, get the fuck out
>struggle up PA fucking god damn 25% grade hills on roads that were designed when the Pennsylvania Railroad was still a thing
>one hill, at 37,000lb, could not do more than 4th gear at full boost up this damn hill
>road is marginally wide enough for two Smart Cars to pass each other
>switchback curves have my tractor in oncoming blind curves and the trailer in the other lane
>get the flying fuck out of that bullshit and rattle down the 309 to 81
>based Eisenhower system all the way to the 90

Fuck PA hills. Seriously.

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>>17554034
hey man, to be fair the Pennsy was known for cutting the best paths through shit-ass mountains.
>>17553872

>>17554034
Length doesn't have much to do with it, what kills the Paccars are the turn radius because the tires don't cut as sharp.I think Cascadias have 50° and 579s have 43° or something like that. I've done both and stepping out of a FL and into a Pete is really challenging. You overshoot every turn and undershoot every back until you learn.
But if you're setting your tandems back for no reason then you might just be retarded, idk. Having the wheels forward makes it technically, objectively, scientifically easier to back because your total wb is shorter. You just have to aim the overhang into the hole.

>>17553795
bruh. no. the 386 shares the cab with the 388/389 but the 579 is a different truck entirely. much larger cab.

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>>17553721
Watch dem seals...

Sure would suck if you got to the receiver and it was gone ;^)

>>17554234
>pulling trailer seals
>not just pulling the 5th wheel bar

>>17554234
>Sure would suck if you got to the receiver and it was gone
Except that wouldn't happen because seals don't just fall off driving down the road.

>>17553721
Don't sniff the petrol, oilcuck. You won't be a dardy noonga if you sniff the petrol.
Petrol stays in the car, oilcuck!
Don't be rama rama.

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Now this is efficient delivery

>>17554267
See you at the Love's

>route 2 eastbound in huron OH

is that you tfag?

>>17554352
Except you won't because I'm lucky enough to never go to that shit hole state you call home.

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>>17554289
>So tired, must lay down on nearest flat surface for a sleep

>>17554352
Zoz. Delivery right through your door.

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I don't know much about flat bedding but this doesn't seem right

>>17554352
>tfag regrets his international purchase

Do truckers actually use CB radios? My buddy and I have started a business and we need to do very light deliveries and are picking up a Ford Ranger to do so.
We kind of want to check out a CB radio to pass the time while alone on the highway. Will we actually be able to hear anyone? And will anyone be able to tell where / who we are? I imagined we'd get told to fuck off by real truckers if they knew we were trying to play trucker fag while driving a 4 cylinder ranger.

>>17555036
Arrrrrrgggggghhhh Ive got a big cock

>>17555036
The only time anyone uses them is if there is a traffic jam or to exude butthurt when the scale is open. I only use mine to sing anime themes into at night when I've been drinking.

>>17554034
no one cares, fatty

>>17555209
Name said themes faggot.

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>>17554366
Close, but not quite.

>>17554764
Nah, that's good enough. Load is probably 15k max with 25k securement given a conservative tie down rating of 5k indirect, two up front, and one every 10 feet, and he even blocked the shorty on the outside. Only thing iffy is that square tube on the passenger side, but can't tell what kind of pressure it's got on it behind the stack.

>>17555036
Get a decent $300+ setup from a CB shop and you'll do fine.

>>17555209
Vocaroo them, now.

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LMFAO
>44 Tonnes m8

>>17555372
>>17555553
No fag. You'll hear me out on the road around midnight if you're lucky. I'm just about to start my program

>cause I FEEEEEEL

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>>17555595
>80,000 John-Smythes of weight
>36,287 Metrics of weight
>MFW Ganadians can haul 46500 kg with a tandem truck and tridem trailer

America, y u no haul moar?

>>17555728
>Not recording your renditions of Cruel Angels Thesis and Duvet for posterity

Lemme smash, I mean listen.

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>>17554034
Get a real truck and you won't have to struggle with hills

I'm also in PA, not the worst place I've been. Nice quiet and dark. The worst part was getting in to the driveway because the gas asses decided to put the meter right next to the driveway and I had to jackknife just to not run it over

>>17553721
I had to look up what that meant. Only the patches I pull out.

>>17554764
It's not oversize anymore, but he's actually doing a lot better than most LTL steel guys

>>17555595
>niggas in idaho
wew

I've always like older style trucks like old mack r's and kenworth w900's

Happened today.

>three lanes
>in 2nd lane
>ambulance, police, and towtruck is on the shoulder
>Truck in 3rd lane wants to move over to not give them road rash
>turn on left turn signal, looks clear next, car is way behind
>at least two seconds of turn signal before I slowly move over
>car either thought he could beat me or something but he was definitely going 90mph+
>1/4 into lane oh shit wtf
>try getting back over but he's already locked his brakes and the car swerved back and forth and hit where my landing gear is

cop there took our reports but he didn't tell me who was at fault and gave me a collision report information form

Am I fucked? He was felony speeding since it was CA and I had signal on and I didn't hit him first

>>17556761
Oh and I was merging before he got up to me but I was merging slowly so him going 90+mph took no time to reach me since I was going 60.i wasn't expecting that speed

>>17553721
Going for a new job in 2 hours.
>tfw UK is so small
Working nights (hopefully) £10 an hour
Nice and simple rigid work delivering to RDC's

>>17556796
10 bongs an hour sounds really low..

>>17556843
Easy job though, I hope.
It's all loaded when I get there, I drive around and drop of pallets.
That's the plan anyways.

£10 is ok for class 2 work, I was on 8.50 with agency work.

>>17555595
LMFAO
>80 mph m8

>>17556993
LMFAO
>tonnage bonus with mileage

>>17557157
LMFAO
>getting paid by the ton

>>17557207
LMFAO
>getting paid

>>17554246
That's a good idea too. Nothing like the sound of a loaded trailer crashing to the ground first thing in the morning.

>>17554495
Illinois?

>>17556761
Just because you have your signal turn on does not mean you have right of way. Him speeding is for a traffic officer to judge not you. Next time judge a little better.

>>17558125
k busrider.

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just accept it. eurotrucks are simply better. by kilometers. (miles for you burgers)

>>17556761
can I get any other opinions?

I found it weird that the cop didnt tell me who was at fault, do I literally just have to wait and can I fight the case if its against me? I feel like a good I can make the case that he was in the wrong and since I technically didnt swipe him, he couldve avoided the collision with not locking the brakes like full retard since I was only maybe 1/3 into his lane at most. him going 90 mph was his downfall

>>17558448
Yes, see
>>17558125

You're at fault m8. CHP most likely put you down as the cause of the accident. Learn how to drive better and learn from your mistakes.

>>17558482
>kamaz no. 1
>identical to kamazi being built today

I guess if it ain't broke

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>>17558698
new KAMA3 are different, desu. its pretty much an Actros body paired to a Cummins. Shite compared to anything European.

>>17558720
Their website says they're still building heavy duty off road straight trucks with stamped steel body panels

>be me, Doublesfag
>come up with new hobby
>buy boxes of fortune cookies
>leave single sealed fortune cookies in men's room on TP holder
>chuckle at obese truckers internal conflict between eating fortune cookie and getting fortune or worrying about poison, eating something from the bathroom, etc.

>>17556890
The fuck. That's barely more than I'm getting paid to move shit around a warehouse.

>>17559791
Bongs

And lots of Class B work and garbage trucks is migrant tier pay. Class A is just above.

>>17559988
I'm british as well, and get paid £8/hour for warehouse work, and have just been guaranteed a raise to £11 an hour over the next two years.
You get paid like £12 an hour to drive vans around and deliver groceries.

>>17560255
What kind of lifestyle does that pay afford you?

Do you own a vehicle and a dwelling? Do you rent and take public transit?

What part of the UK do you live in? Is it a city, a small town?

If I want to fuck with an xpo dude that drops off at my shop how do I do it? I've already yelled at him while he is peeing outside instead of 30 ft away in the restroom. I've told him if he can't figure out how to load a truck I'm going to start refusing his loads. Dude smells of anus and cigs Everytime he comes around with all my shit thrown all over his truck because he can't figure out straps and bars.

If anybody has a good idea I will do it and take pictures.

Thank you in advance my trucker friends.

Also tanker guys, you guys are cool.

>>17560345
Pull his 5th wheel lock out.
Switch his trailer air lines.
Sugar in diesel tank. 1lb shoul do.

>>17560345
>coin in seal for red air line, then reattach.
Harder to find than switching.

Pulling fifth wheel is risky if there are cameras on your docks you could be prosecuted and/or fired, so see above.

>find something to chock his trailer wheels, if he doesn't already. then watch him try to pull out.

Or....

Film him pissing on a customer's property and email it to every HR/corporate email for COP you can find with truck # info and where it happened.
We don't need nasty fucks like this giving us a bad name.

>>17560345
Piss in his trailer

>>17560826
*XPO

>>17560345
If he has an apu unit just throw a cup of piss into it.

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I got a handicap room at the hotel and it's bigger than the truck I'm driving. I could get used to this.

>>17561390
Man hotels are the best. If I were you, I'd grab the lotion, load up some Allie knight vids, and go to town for the next 3 hours.

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>>17561428
>Allie Knight
Not this THICC beauty

https://youtu.be/q4Nr8ahk4_E

>>17561428
>Masturbating to a skinny, pasty ginger nerd with no ass and tiny tits, that probably smells like taco beef from not showering enough

Lord, why?

>>17561453
spicresses with blonde/light brown dyed hair are my fetish.

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>>17561519
>>17561453
>Not going after the experienced, giving silver fox with an equally short cropped grey bush

555-Come-On-Now.

>>17560255
In addition to this >>17560324

How many hours do you work? Is it like the US where 40 hours is full time with 1.5x pay over 40?

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>tfw pissed in my first bottle today
>wanted to get home early so gave it gas until the limiter hit @70 and rpms 2200
Look at me, I am the supertrucker now

>>17561390
They knew a truck driver was the tenant. So the retard room was the appropriate accomodation.

>>17561758
Still not supertrucker. You need to shit in a bag.

>>17561904
Also try and develop a manageable addiction to amphetamines, kidnap a runaway, murder a drifter, fuck a lot lizard and then stiff her for the money, and scream at a truck stop attendant for 45 minutes due to them failing to keep the coffee/roller dogs fresh until the local constabulatory is summoned.

Eurocucks, am I missing out if I never drive a COE? I feel like it'd be easier to maneuver with those, especially backing in to small places

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>>17555209
I am almost 100% sure I've heard you before, heard some fuck singing in broken Jap, don't watch much anime so I didn't know what it was

>mfw

>>17555209
>drinking and driving in a truck
I hope you crash off the road and burn to death and then the first responding cop puts a ticket on your charred corpse for your next of kin to pay off.

Sorry /tfg/ I cut off a trucker in a Volvo with trailer from the left lane trying to get to the right off ramp. I got a well deserved honking for my jackass behavior.

>>17562522
>brainwashed dumbistanian

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>>17553721
any truckers smoke weed? you could always have a synthetic urine kit for drug tests, that shit works!

>Eurocucks have to brake for merging traffic
>claim their roads are better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v2lpHV6aw0

>>17562522
>next of kin to pay off.
What type of 3rd world has a persons debt pass onto their relatives?

>>17563026
We have nothing to prove. You're the ones with the worst traffic fatality rates.

>>17562593
Not if it's a follicle test...

>>17562593
>>17563355
Just massage the synthetic urine into the scalp in that case.

>>17561499
Hard to explain. I hate myself for it after. I guess the taboo of it is what gets me off. I imagine this is the kind of rush you get from hurting a defenseless animal. I've never done it so I wouldn't know but you get what I mean

>>17559791
But I get to sit on my ass most the day, and drive with no restriction that 2 & 1 have, I can speed, and all I have to do is throw a matters into a house 10 times a day, a mattress that is in a box.

Depending on which job I said I was getting and you are referring to.

Didn't get the class 2 by choice, so I'll be driving a van... fucking easy work for £20,000

>>17560324
I'm the guy who was gettin' the job.

My situation is:
Two cars
Stone cottage in a national park
Simple life so 20k a year is actually more than enough, if I get a g/f or someone to move in, half the bills.

Yeah I have a small mortgage to pay off, but I live were I love and don't need holidays, I just walk out my back door and I can walk for days.

Fuckin' retards who can't live within their means need to be taught a lesson. I have no outstanding payments except my mortgage, no kids, no other half, no pets (might get a cat, can't get a dog because not home enough.), £11 a month phone/internet/tv and £4 a month mobile phone bill.
Simple, happy life.

So what's going to happen on December 19th after the trucking industry collapses overnight?

>>17563691
And why the fuck would it?
Is the China railway going to be finished by then?

>>17563698
Have you not been following the news for the past 2 years?

>>17563730
No
>implying I'm not rich enough that I have to worry.

What's happenin' nigga?

>>17563750
Why are you even in this thread?

>>17563691
https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=opera&hs=1hW&q=December+19th++trucking+industry&oq=December+19th++trucking+industry&gs_l=psy-ab.3...20364.20364.0.20933.1.1.0.0.0.0.111.111.0j1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0.29yUU0cfma0

Fuck all.

>>17563750
I drive for a living & I'm rich.
Problem?

>>17563760
FUCKING TELL US ALREADY

>>17563730
http://www.dat.com/blog/post/5-New-Regulations-that-Could-Change-Trucking

If you mean this, not my problem.
In the UK we have been doing this for years... I don't know any different.

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>>17563769
>burgerfag truckers can't cheat their way into driving for 15 hours a day anymore
>suddenly all earn 20k less and realize the trucking industry is actually an underpaid hellhole

>>17562582
KILL YOURSELF DRUNK DRIVING RETARD FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL TRAFFIC

>>17563349
Nowhere but they should for drunk drivers because anyone related to drunk drivers is probably a shitty person too. It's genetics.

>>17563777
>implying the WTD is not 15 hours a day
if you don't know the rules don't pass comment or judgement on them fucko.

>non-Americans think they are truckers
Lmao. You guys drive shorter distances than my grandma when she drove to church. What a bunch of poseurs you are.

>>17563789
>36287 kg

>>17563789
Some of us, but I, for one, would like to drive in America for the distance and segregation from the general public.

Driving in the UK, just seems like a normal job. It is shit, but it's easy asf.

>>17563792
POSEUR
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>>17563796
The distance is great but segregation? You'll be driving with the general public on the roads all the time. Tollways are typically smooth sailing though. For some reason more people tend to follow traffic laws there.

>>17563769
We also have millions of miles more road and several times as much freight as your little rainy island country, so maybe, just maybe, what works for you might not work as well for us.
Kinda like how we don't have a wrinkly old lizard woman for a queen.

>>17563806
Yeah, instead you have the world's loudest cheeto for president.

>>17563792
>55mph

>>17563809
Top meme bro, did you get it from reddit?

>>17563809
But at least he's there because we put him there. We had choices.

>>17560324
>What kind of lifestyle does that pay afford you?
Not that good, desu.
>Do you own a vehicle and a dwelling?
Two vehicles, no house.
>Do you rent and take public transit?
I rent and drive myself around.
>What part of the UK do you live in?
SE England.
>Is it a city, a small town?
Large town.

Not having a wife and kids covers a lot of financial sins.

>>17561650
>How many hours do you work?
My contract is 'flexible', which means I get between 35 and 45 hours a week depending on demand. It's usually around 40.
>Is it like the US where 40 hours is full time with 1.5x pay over 40?
That's the USUAL method. However, the union recently traded my time-and-a-half overtime and weekend rates for a higher base pay, hence the assured pay rises for the next two years.
Considering I seldom work overtime and never weekends, I came out ahead on that. Why have an overtime rate I hardly get when I could just make more money?

I'm the warehouse worker. Seriously contemplating truckering, though, if I can find somewhere that'll give me weekends off or at least two days a week in a row to ride my motorbike.

>>17563800
I couldn't think of another word, but I mean you are never more than 500 miles from home (I live in the Midlands). Which ever road you are on, pretty much guarantee you will see a car within 5 minutes. Usually one every minute.

>>17563806
Wasn't saying it worked for us, fuck knows if it does nor not, I haven't been truckin' for long. I was just saying I know now different. I would prefer your rules as they are now I guess.
Fuck drive time and working time directives.

>>17564013
You agency work?
I just fuck off agency work and this van driving job should work out. Fuck living down there though, unless there are cheap spots to live in.

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Sheeeeeiiiiiit.

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Woops

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>heading to jobsite for first time at new job
>in 1 ton pickup pulling mobile office and inspection tool
>tech whose tool and office I'm hauling gets us lost
>turns us around in abandoned gas station
>paaaawhooooosh
>something slices one of the trailer tires open
>finally find the pipeline, roll up 30 mins late with a tire flop flopping down the road
>get out, "hi, it's my first day"

>>17564029
>You agency work?
Fuck no, Agencies are shit. I'm directly contracted to my employer, so I get the full whack of union, staff discount, generous pension scheme, opportunities for promotion (barely worth it), transfers between departments and locations, etc etc.
The discount maxes out at £1k a year, but I can ALSO apply it in various other places, like restaurants.

>>17564081
What, did you finally clean your cab out?

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why dont we have flat front truck in america?

>all of the USA truck manufacturer are owned by foreign groups

>>17565161
Because Americans still live in the '80s and think cabovers with decent ride comfort and heat shielding don't exist. Also because Americans are bad drivers and know they will rear-end another semi in their Peedrbild at some point so they feel safer with eight feet of hood in front of them.

>>17556761
>>17556766
>but he was definitely going 90mph+

keep blaming him speeding and not your lapse in judgement/attention.

on the highway speed car or not Im sure you would have seen him storming if you checked your mirrors longer.

>>17565182
k busrider

>>17565161

You can't fool us, tomas pavlovicz

>>17565162
Let's see:
International - Navistar
Peterbilt - Paccar
Kenworth - Paccar
Mack - Volvo
Freightliner - Daimler
Western Star - Daimler

So you're half correct. Also there's a Caterpillar truck now, but as I understand it it's basically an International.

>>17565182
are there any at all (new)

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>>17565223
In the US? As far as I know you can buy a Freightliner Argosy glider and get your own choice of engine and transmission installed, which somehow by federal law makes it a different thing from a complete truck. Or maybe that was only in Canada, I'm not sure.

>>17563789
>tfw can drive for 2500km one direction and still be intrastate.

LMAO. Murricans think they are big time interstate when they cross a state border every few kilometers.

>>17565182
Too bad 8ft of poor stuctual integrity hood does fuck all for them.

>>17565744
The hood itself doesn't, but the frame and engine do.

>>17565161
We have access to good trucks

Does Prime have any "driver assistance" aka tattletale shit in the trucks? I've had experience with Bendix and Mobileye and I'm sick to death of it all. I just moved close to a place where I could do tanker work at Prime and I'd quit tomorrow if they don't have shit beeping at me all the time

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Who here /pissjug/?

>>17566296
> when you put your truck in the shop but forget to hide your jug

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Dat cab over integrity game is lit af

>>17566296
Drink more water you diabetic fat fuck.

>>17566511
They don't call em flying coffins for nothing

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>>17566538
American cab "integrity" game weak af

>>17566696
>American truck after 75mph collision
>>17566511
>eurabian truck after 40mph collision

>>17566696
WE DON'T NEED TO ENGINEER STUFF, IT JUST MAKES THINGS EXPENSIVE, WE CAN COMPENSATE WITH SIZE

>>17566707
No American trucker cruises at 75. What's the most common speed, 60 to 65? Euro trucks are limited to 56 and usually riding the limiter. The speed difference isn't as great as you always describe it.

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>>17566296
>when the DOT asks for your manifest and it's under your piss jug paperweight

>>17566725
Wew lad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAO-EpxXh9U

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

>>17566725
I get passed on TX SH130 by guys doing at least 85. You have no idea.

>>17554182
579s have a wide range of turn angles based on steering gear, tire/wheel selection, front axle selection, etc. Dealers pick what they think will be best for specific jobs/price.

fellow ex army buddy became a trucker. he just bought a "freightshaker" with 90,000 miles on it.

what is he in for?

>>17567125
Shaken freight.

>>17567125
Agitated cartage.

>>17567125
Imminent bankruptcy

>>17566296
Dammit Ray

>>17567125
Becoming a fat, know-it-all, glasses wearing ginger bear that owns three cats and their giant shitting receptacle in a 4×8' space.

>>17566725
Hahahahaha, wow.

The speed limit in west Texas is 85, and I'm the slow guy out there running 80.

Not even company cucks drive >55mph

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>>17567848
Forgot pic

>>17567125
Ai trucks soon

>>17567853
that's for cars not truck you tripfaggot

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>TFW the rig manager of the rod rig had his entire truck line-xed from top to bottom

What the fug.

>>17567878
Robots are fags.

>>17567848
>TFW everything is bigger in Texas

>>17567125
Inevitable death, and eventually total and inescapable entropy throughout the universe.

>>17566758
>Jusd iced dea offiser :DDD

>>17567883
Except it's not, it's for both. There's only a couple states that have lower truck speeds, and the big ones, TX and UT, are not among them

>>17566296
What do you do when you need to shit?

>>17569586
Literally the only reason I wear pants

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Merry shitposts from the Caribbean ya'll

>>17567853
This infograph is all off... Unless this is for automobiles. Truck speed limit in Cali is 55, Idaho 70. Utah is right... There is no truck limit. Just a speed limit

>>17571231
That's really missing the point. Yes, we know there are a few states with lower truck limits. We know. The point is that in the other 45 states, trucks regularly drive in excess of 70-75 mph.

>>17571365
That's just how eurofriends argue. They pick out the single insignificant exception and beat you over the head with it until you go away

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>>17571473
>But muh 730hp Scania motor!
Europeans, amirite?

>>17571592
760HP Volvo motor, extra 30HP much wow.

>>17570540
citation needed.

You shit your pants?

>>17571592
>But muh daily showers and hygiene
Eurabians, amirite.

>>17571473
I thought that was americunts?

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Used Christmas grotto set? Rat and pigeon shit included.

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I'm going to blogpost
>be me, company cuck who picks up parts for pops
>do it regularly, I'm in town with good parts dealer, he's in next town over
>super qt3.14 KW parts dealer girl
>always bubbly and nice
>get drunk some nights and notice she's on POF
>tfw too big of a pussy to ask parts girl out
>also no rig of my own to take her on truck rides
I mean. Others might call her a 4/10 but she's always smiling and real friendly. Always offers to carry parts out with me. We talk a lot, but I don't know how to see if dating would be a thing

>drive down narrow tunnel cut through woods to pipesite
>make it in no problem
>sun sets
>much darker now
>drive out exact same way I drove in
>back at hotel notice a 1/2 in rub mark from a tree branch down the entire length of trailer
>what the fuck
>company says I have to take post accident drug test
>been outside sweating all day
>chug water on way to test
>get to test, a couple ounces come out
>not enough, well give you 5 cups of water and you can try again, if not enough again it counts as a refusal
What happens if I get a refusal on a dot piss test?

>>17572265
Drink more water, then chug a can of energy drink and wait for a while.

>>17572265
Drink a shit load of tea or coffee. Caffeine is a diuretic.

>>17572329
>>17572348
I figured the liter I drank on the way to the test facility would be enough, now that I'm here I can't leave. They gave me the option of 1 soda and three cups of water or 5 cups. I chugged the soda and the water and can sit here two more hours before they close.

>>17572380
Test is going to come back dilute at this point. Plan on getting another test before they let you drive.

>truck broke down at 5pm on a Thursday
Cool, that means I get paid to live in a hotel all weekend

>>17572037
just be casual and see where it goes
also try the cliches
>want to see a movie?
>want to check out this local event?
>want to get some coffee/food?
worked for plopsifag

>>17571969
shit nigga i could use that for the unofficial july truckers parade where's my x-mas lights

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>>17562049
you forgot scare a four wheeler into crashing with a tire blowout

>>17572037
Just grab her pussy. Bitches love a man who takes charge.

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She's coming along nicely

>>17572037
>4/10
Topkek. Just start talkin more and dig a little to make sure she's single and then come up with some shit to do over the weekend and ask if she has ever gone there.

Or something. Idk. I was at a 7-11 today that I used to do a lot, but now it's rarely on my route but I got it because dude is on vacation. They hired some new girl who looks like coffee girl but younger and taller and more thin and the whole time I'm taking to the manager she is tryin to get in the convo talkin and smiling at me a whole lot. I need to find an excuse to get over to that store more often and see what's up with this one. She is really pretty.

Also today I literally have the furthest route from the warehouse, I have more seniority than 90% of other drivers, and I'm driving the oldest truck in the fleet.

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>>17573018
Oh shit and tomorrow maybe I will see another grill I been talkin to a bunch. Literally 10/10 Dominican girl at a stop I have Fridays. But she kinda basic and with how she looks, she has to have a Chad somewhere. I would still take it on a date to make all the Latin guys jealous as fuck. That's what happens when they see me with coffee grill.

And check out my co pilot. Found it a couple weeks ago and he been ridin along ever since.

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Fuck I'm almost full.

>>17572634
Tbh I've been as casual as it gets. Like,
>hey thanks for getting my dad some parts?
>fell for the red-pill meme of being cool and disconnected to every human on the planet
Maybe it would work. Maybe if I asked for her number in case I need a return on a part? Lol

>>17573018
>>17573048
>I would still take it on a date
Top kek
But honestly, these are some good advice responses. I'm better at giving advice and not being able to follow through on my own words, you know?
Also, I found out that when I did pizza delivery 5 years ago that this really cute naive girl crushed on me hard. Now she's dating some dude who kinda resembles me, but is 100+ more pounds and more cringy than I am. She did the same thing, always butt into convos just to have a say. So it might be a clue, Scooby-Doo.
And one more also. That rubber ducky is the sexiest co-rider on the road I've seen yet. It's more aesthetic than these plush bears and bunnies in the dash of most trucks. Def get you laid in 5.1 seconds.
I'm running on... Because I'm in a 6 day layoff period before new hire will put me in a truck. Can I get a little goose in my oj?

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Since we're on the topic of copilot, this is mine. I don't know why but Boo from Mario has been my spirit animal forever.

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>tfw seeing your copilot again getting back into your truck

>>17573677
My dad had a Yoda, like 12" tall. Some dude he trained gave it to him.

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>>17573677

Mine is a black bear I bought when I was in Tennessee long ago, pic related, dumb tourists thought it was real

>>17573018
>>17573048
Nice blogposts you faggot.

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My copilot is kawaii as fuck, my kokujins

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My copilot

>>17573755

>otaku
>autotragic Peterbilt 579

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dbR2JZmlWo

>all these insecure fags and their needs for companion animals/objects

>>17573853
>autotragic
That's the trolley brake, Einstein

>>17573855
I don't think it's insecurity. Insecurity is needing to remind everyone on a Chinese Cartoon Web Board that they're insecure with themselves by having companionship in a long haul vehicle, whilst having to need confirmation on their viewpoint at the same time.

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>>17573890

The plastic cover on the floor where a stickshift would be says otherwise, Einstein.

>>17573998
What you circled is literally the base of the shifter. You highlighted the thing you're saying I don't have.

>>17573427
Drink it when its full

>>17573892
t. Mentally unstable companion animal/object poster

>>17574092
He should add a pound of sugar and pitch a packet of US05 yeast into it.

It's how they make Coors.

>>17573998
Get fucked, you obese slob

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>>17574998
>>17574052
>>17573890
Show us pics of your shifter with your plush copilot beside it.

>>17573853
Upboated for Bossu.

>>17573821
Dogger a best gompanion.

>>17572037
>Sleepy truck driver.jpg
He's actually just shocked and disgusted with himself after coming to the realization that he is in a eurotruck.

>>17571113
>All those abandoned rig platforms
Stay out of the casinos.

>Ganola fields as far as the eye can see

Was back up in farm country today. Pretty time of year.

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R8 my co-pilot and Hi-Vis reflection.

>>17575401
Wtf is that?

>>17573855
Hey man, gotta add some character to the cuckshed. I drive a 20+ year old truck all day that is like 120F inside so I need something to distract me.

>>17573821
Yeeee

>>17573748
Ikr. We went to Naples on Wednesday. That was fun finally getting a day off together since she has been working like crazy lately.

I was supposed to be at a meeting at 5am today. But it's also Friday, like the heaviest day of the week. And the meetings never say anything useful. So instead I'm sitting on the john drinkin coffee and smokin a Newport.

>>17575401
Is he ok?

>>17573998
That is indeed the bezel for the shifter boot. Automatic PACCAR's don't have an opening for a manual shifter, it's just flat floor there.

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>>17573998
>>17575150
>manual
>big plastic cover

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>>17573998
>>17575150
>auto
>nothing

>>17575595
>>17575502
>Wtf is that?

He's my good luck golliwog, fends off the boongs from raping me in the middle of the night.

>>17575685
>not having cobra shifter
Ultimate auto pleb.

>>17575401
Looks like the zulu nigger king

>>17575775
Why that nation specifically?

Are the new model international's any good? Too early to tell?

How bad of an idea is it to buy a 2000 Western Star with 1.2M miles for $19000? It's the only thing in that price range that's not a Columbia.

>>17576322
>missing ELD exemption by a year
Tell the seller they're off their rocker and you'll take it if they knock it down to $15k. Then take the $4k you saved and buy a used motor with low miles to swap in when this one blows in the next 100,000 miles.

>>17576108
I've heard good things from drivers and they supposedly get stupid good fuel mileage. Like 11+ loaded.

>>17576434
Our brand new Internationals with the Cummins engines are much better than the 5-10yr old Durastars with Maxxforces. Still nowhere near as nice as a KW, but they are much more quiet and smooth inside.

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>>17575775
That's a good idea, except mine actually works

>>17576555
>>17576434
Interesting. Company supposedly just bought 200 new units with the Cummins engine. The mechanics have had a hell of a time with the older maxxforce equipped units.

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Never seen a tractor and trailer come back on a long ass flatbed like this before. I guess one of the trailer bearings seized and since it's a single axle, it's not possible just to chain it up like a regular 2-axle trailer.

>>17576969
The other nice thing is they are finally getting a bit more heavy duty tractors with the newest Internationals.

We are one of the few locations that delivers the Naked Juice and cold Tropicana with the rest of the stuff, so we have the longer trailers with the reefer. Those DuraStars with the Maxxforce N7, or the KWs with that smaller Cat (7.7L? Something like that) do not have the power for those big trailers.

I actually read an article awhile back talking about how local delivery trucks kept going smaller for some time with the advent of reliable automatics because they thought the small engine plus torque converter would work fine for lower speed city driving. But then you have to remember that it's a turbocharged engine without enough power for our 16.5 bay trailers (43'? 46'? I forget) so you are redlining every gear accelerating and cruising at 2200rpm on the highway. This means that the things are still getting 5mpg and it's a lot more stress on the small engines. I also think that they bought lots of those tractors before we had the reefers, so they were much shorter and lighter 10-bay or 12-bay trailers.

But anyway the newer tractors are 9L-11L engines instead and they are much better to drive. And it's not just our location, but tons of other companies are going larger with the engines on their medium duty trucks. The fuel mileage is about the same because you don't have to run the thing at redline the whole time and the engines are lasting longer with less issues.

>>17575401
THATS RACIST!

>>17577324
Good boy. See how much better you post is.

>>17576108
>>17577324
You talking about the IInternational LT?

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These fuck s going in San Diego Comic-Con are pissing me off

This part of the highway is always empty

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How long am I supposed to let these ferment for? Started on my second piss jug today.

Life as a trucker sure is grand.

>>17578237

2 days max, when you throw it on the road the fermentation is accelerated further, when DOT or prisoners pick them up there is a chance it could explode

>>17578237
I've got some smaller piss bottles I keep on hand that are months old. I save them for customers that are particularly fucky. The smell is tremendous.

>>17576850
criminals get deterred once they see you are rapeing the dog

>>17577665
Idk what model it is. It's a daycab, single axle. They might be a range higher than the DuraStars from a few years before. Battery box is on the frame back a bit from the fuel tanks towards the rear wheels.

>>17578237
What % ABV are you shooting for?

>>17577651
I talked to that fine Dominican girl a bunch today. Gave her some free Starbucks stuff. Idk if she single, but I probably would have a chance at it if I really tried. Like I mentioned tho, she seems basic and I get bored quick. That's why I keep ending up chillin with original coffee grill, she's crazy but most of the time it's fun.

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>>17578571
Maybe it is just a DuraStar. The WorkStar is the only other model offered with that Cummins and it doesn't look like that.

But it's a little different from the older DuraStars. The older 4x2 Durastar tractors almost seem like they just took some shitty straight truck and slapped a fifth wheel on it. I can pull up to a similar straight truck and I sit about the same height, maybe an inch or two higher in those late 00's DuraStars. These newer ones with the N9 just seem like a bigger truck. There is a little more space between the cab and trailer and they sit higher.

I wonder if we will get any rental trucks by the end of this summer. So many tractors in fleet. If they get another Penske 10spd Volvo, or even a Freightshaker, I'm going to grab that bitch right away. They are 4x2's, but they are actual Class 8 tractors and it's nice actually having a truck that feels like it's up to the task of pulling those trailers. I would take an old KW T-800 all day to pull my trailer if they would fit under the bay trailers. But for now I have the old 8100 and it feels much better than the 4700s because those 8100's were actually originally purchased to to pull 40'+ trailers, not just the little bay trailers they had 20 years ago.

>>17578383
Oh shit, you got me good you fucker!

Fuck Peterbilt. This 579 started just falling the fuck apart after 350k miles. At 380k now, ac broke no one can figure out why, all 6 acc outlets broke, and 3 dpf system faults in the past 2 weeks, shops keep fixing that then it breaks again a couple days later. I'm glad I'm a company driver getting free hotels and breakdown pay for the dpf system, but it's hot as tits and now I can't even charge my cellphone anymore.
At least my cascadia fucking worked.

>>17578957
Smells like a paccar motor

I'm only back here for the pics.

>>17578992
The motor is the only thing still running, every electrical system around it has gremlins

>>17578957
>579
>Cascadia
Drive meme tier aero junk slapped together for otr cucks, get what you deserve.

>>17579025
>meme tier aero junk
Welcome to the 21st century. It's something like 95% of trucks sold in the last 5 years were "meme tier aero junk" trucks. There's no place anymore for trucks that get 4mpg and can't turn.

>>17579045
The white house is actively running long nose trucks off the road, too. Model year 2018 trucks are required to be 20% more efficient than the national average in 2011, and 2025 models will be 20% more efficient than 2018s. And as result of being more efficient, it also raises the purchase and maintenance prices of new trucks, making it harder for anyone but mega fleets to comply. This with the ELD mandate is basically the feds trying to ruin OOs out of business and every major company will be covenant lapdogs like that fucking faggot Williams of Maverick and everyone in the Trucking Alliance

>>17579045
>The 21st century
>Muh fuel savings
>Give me aero or give me death
Tell that to the logging, mining and energy industries my dude. Lotta square and long noses out here for the foreseeable future.

>>17578762
Your welcome, dog fucker.

>>17579194
>Imblying you wouldn't
Why lie to yourself?

>>17579225
Well. I bang your wife.

>>17579025
Oh, and like I said, I never had any problems in the FL, so I don't know exactly what I "deserve". It was a fine truck even if it rode a little rough

>>17579158
And fucking Commiefornia leads everything in making everything fucking trash. That's a whole lot of efficiency to pull out of the air in a couple years for something that is supposed to run with minimal problems for 1,000,000 miles.

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>>17579284
Get in line. Jamal, T'Shaun and Mr Goldstein have first dibs.

>>17579323
Fuck you welfare state resident.

#CALEXIT when

>>17579532
KEK

>>17579532
We all do it at once. She has 3 holes and one of them can take 3 dicks at a time.

>>17575401
This would get you arrested in USA/Europe.

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>>17579004
Shit happens man. My last lease was a 13 spd 579 that I turned in at 410k with nothing but oil changes and a parts swap under warranty.

Did your company have the Def system/filter serviced at 300k? That saved me alot of grief. But I had a cummins.

>>17581390
LMAO!
pay thay lease and trade in for a new lease. Pay for a truck you will never own!

>>17581390
>turned in at 410k with nothing but oil changes and a parts swap under warranty.
Why not keep it?

>>17581394
Comprehension isn't you thing huh anon?
My LAST lease, as in.....the last one, which was also the first, I turned in and took a job making more money.

>>17581427
Because I run team, there's no incentive to buy a truck I put a million miles on by the time the payments are done, plus as with most leases it was set up to cost way more than it was worth.

I did it to Get our 2 years in because L/O gave me more freedom than company drivers had. I could refuse loads and a few other things.

>>17556761

If you can prove the car was moving at 90+ mph, probably 50/50.

>>17560345

Complain to higher authorities and don't do stupid shit. You can kill someone by pulling their kingpin.

>>17581394
>>17581427
Why would you want to own a truck with 400,000 miles?

>>17581660

No truck payment

>>17581880
Just trading one big problem for lots of smaller ones

>>17578260
Go away you obese vegan

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>>17565720

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Halp with buttons, main last two on top two rows. I'm guessing the blue one is regen related.

Truck is less than a year old and it doesn't have a plug for an aux cord...

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>>17582042
Breddy sure the 2500km comment was referring to Australia my dude.

>>17582045
Heated mirrors and engine brake controls on the top layer. The second layer of two escape me.

What make and model is it?

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>>17582042

>>17582130
>Comparing a continent to a single country

>>17582174
>>Comparing a single country to a continent

>>17582117
Mack pinnacle

>>17582253
Apparently the battery and key switches are for turning on accessories that are directly wired to the battery or are ignition dependant, respectively.

>>17582174
>>17582236
>Australia
Por-que no le dos?

>>17582045
Bidet | fart filter | bug zapper | motor ride height | engine calculator

Speed cartel | cruise control | on/off switch | battery | key ejector switch

Sleeper pinwheel | blank | blank | blank | bullet

Remove differential | settings | 5th wheel position | low rider mode | blank

>>17581960

It's not for everyone, I've always worked on my own vehicles, hell when I had my PM done at our terminal in Pittston I was on the catwalk bolting it back together while the mechanic was working on my APU. If I could find somewhere that would let me dump 16 quarts of oil I would do the PM and oil change myself.

I've already fixed some small things on the truck while on the road that saved me megabucks in downtime

>>17582130

>18: Florida, Connecticut, New Hampshire = Italy

Oh the fucking irony lol

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>>17582584
Zozzle. Good stuff.

https://youtu.be/vL5kX7ilrFE

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>>17582640
>slippy juice

I just figured out a brilliant loophole in the hos that could save you dozens of hours a month.
>have a kid
>raise said kid
>have kid ride along with you as a passenger
>make kid do your pti, fuel, deal with getting papers signed, etc
While he does all the busy work, you can just log off duty. I'm a friggin genius.

>>17584593
You could just drive team anon. Then chuckle at DOT when they check your logs

>>17584628
I'm too autistic to survive in a team. But if I had a kid, then he'd have to like me.

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babbys first oversize load was today. it wasn't much but it was a good feeling. I've only been driving for 6 weeks and they were willing to let me pull that triple axle 53' pig through downtown Denver.

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>Be Me, Doublesfag
>Be this afternoon
>meet dallas truck for last run of week before 2 days off
>get to truck stop meet before them as usual
>dallas cucks always late
>3 ocala trucks including me sitting, waiting.
>revitiligo Mexican finally shows up an hour later
>swap trailers and paperwork
>do pre trip, second trailer has no lights
>dafuq?
>upon further inspection Mexican has been dragging dolly power cord for rear trailer under the fucking dolly since dallas
>oh hell no.jpeg
>go beat on Mexicans sleeper
>acts like he has no idea how it happened
>fucking cunts, call contractor..."what do?"
>"make him take his dolly and wait on fleetnet"(repair service)
>make Mexican unhook his shit and gimme my good dolly.
>pic related

Hi truckers. Is there any money to be made in trucking with lighter duty trucks, like F350's, F450's, and the like? Are there certain cargos these types of trucks are designed to tow?

I have a stable six-figure job but my dream would be to one day own a few light trucks annd have some guys to drive them around the province.

>>17585218
There's not much a hotshot can do that an 18-wheeler can't, and what a hotshot saves in fuel economy, a big truck makes up for in longevity and flexibility.

>>17585218
Hotshots get shit on pretty hard because you're limited pretty heavily by what you can haul, you still have to work just as hard to make less money, and the lower startup and operational costs usually end up getting cancelled out by higher maintenance costs. That's why it's such a niche business, it's really hard to do it profitably compared to a real truck.

>>17585166

Meh, that's why I never drove truck for a living. The job is literally dealing with assholes like this all damn day. Was bad enough being a mechanic, fixing their dumb shit.

>>17585253
>>17585258
So what are hotshots usually used to tow?

I see guys driving around in Ford superduties and huge RAM diesels all the time around here but they're always super-duper-crew-cabs without anything in the bed or on the tow hook.

>>17585278
Mostly RVs that are too tall for stepdecks, but if they've got a trailer they'll haul light machines, cars, foam insulation, and their biggest niche, hotshot oil patch parts. They'll sit at a machine shop for days waiting for an emergency part to be fabricated, then drive it straight out to an oil rig when it's done.

>>17585278
Typically 3-car wedges and any LTL flatbed freight. Where they really shine is personal auto transport and RVs, but those are the only 2 things I can think of that heavy trucks can't do.

>>17585325
Are they allowed to have piss jugs?

>>17585325
>>17585328
Thanks for the replies guys. Probably not anything I would ever go through with but it's a fun pipedream if nothing else, I've always found trucking and logistics pretty interesting.

>>17585354
If you want to be really cool, then skip the whole trucking thing and just DD a M2 sportchassis.

>>17582616
Go be fat somewhere else

>>17585477
Said the anonymous busrider that offers no reliable proof of contributing anything of related value to the thread.

how many deer do you trucker bros hit on average a year?

>>17585518
I only ever hit one deer. Typical story, late at night, real dark, jumped in front of me out of nowhere. It was weird though because it was in the middle of Chicago. Don't know what it was doing in the city like that. I didn't know that deer could scream like that either.

>>17585500
Go white knight somewhere else

>>17585553
>Chicago
>"Deer" screamed
>Night time
>Dark outside
>Couldn't see "deer" until it was too late
I, I think you may have hit a black dude anon.

>>17585518
I've only hit one deer so far. Clipped its head as I went by with the moose bumper and broke its neck.

You truckers think you own the road and your shit dont stink. Well let me tell you, mister, I went to a Flying J once, and you fellas stink pretty damn bad!

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I picked up my first flatbed load today. Holy fuck door swinging has gotten me out of shape. This tiny ass mack would be a bitch to live in more than a couple days. Somehow the air conditioner has a hard time cooling it down and it's not even that hot outside. Unfortunately I'm just over a days drive away from the hotel.

Eminem strikes again!
http://whdh.com/news/trucker-yanks-down-power-lines-knocks-out-power-to-boston-neighborhood/

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are kenworth rigs good?

>>17585518
No deer. But on average every year I hit about 10 hoppin dogs, 4 boong chooks, 2 walking pin cushions and about 20 sleeping boongs.

>>17585981
Only cabovers are good.

>>17585996
k yurophile

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>>17585981
Yes. Kenworth, as well as Peterbilt and Western Star are the only good current brands.

>>17585188
holy shit, i almost got diabeetus just from looking at your hand

>>17586093
damn you

>>17585188
Post cankle

>>17585996
>>17586002
Samefag

>307 posts

>>17585160
>triple axle 53' pig

That's a perfectly normal trailer by european standards...

>>17587131
It's normal by anyone's standards, he's only oversized on width

>>17585867
We own as much road as you do when it comes to the footprint of the vehicle.
Go fuck yourself, we are bigger we need more room you fuckin' idiot.

I have had 5 jobs in a week.
Start a new one Tuesday first class 1 job I've had, all I do is deliver chilled food.

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>the only thing Eurabians have to be proud of is their 44 tons
>meanwhile in America
2 8 0 tons

>>17587251
I saw something like that on the road in britain a couple of weeks ago, only shorter and wider, taking up two lanes on the motorway.

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U S A

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>>17587443
What am I supposed to be looking at? Just looks like an empty double drop trailer to me.

>>17582045
>>17582584

Oli slicks, DEF tank ejector, EKG, Yellow Submarine mode, Cloner button, Syracuse Police Dept. speed dialer, Fisher Price Jake brake, euthanasia button, Roadside repair bot, and emergency screwdriver

>>17587591

New bread is baked.

>>17586314
>not my hand, my codrivers.

You already had diabeetus before you saw that picture anon