Truckerfag thread - /tfg/

Am I supposed to be impressed?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/07/23/texas-tragedy-8-dead-including-children-found-locked-in-hot-truck-in-suspected-smuggling-case/

>At some point, somehow, one of the passengers got out of the trailer and asked a Walmart employee for water.
>They had been transportedinside “a refrigeration truck with no refrigeration,”he told CNN.

How the fuck does someone get out of a close trailer? Also, if they had the reefer on, would they have been frozen to death instead of dying from dehydration?

>>17585274
Every job is literally dealing with assholes all day. We're all proctologists.

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>>17587656
Explan this

>>17587872
Its upside down

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Daily reminder that Euro trucks are superior

The only passion I've ever had has been driving. But I will never be a trucker. Makes me sad. I only get to drive medium and light duty trucks at my shitty seasonal summer job.

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>>17587923
I wasn't asking for an explanation on the picture I posted, I was asking for an explanation on the question "Am I supposed to be impressed?"

>>17587949
That statement is patently and categorically false.

>>17587954
If you really want to drive big trucks, why don't you get another job wherein you can?

>>17588009

Because I spent a lot of time and (mostly my parents) money getting a 4 year degree in Economics. I owe it to them to use that degree. It's like a ball and chain. Going to college was the worst decision ever in many more was than just that. I believe that college is the reason why I am now a depressed, hopeless, motivationless, failure of a person. Oh plus I'm addicted to drugs. No, don't tell me to take responsibility for my problems because if I did that, maybe I wouldn't be such a terrible person.

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>deliver load to Calvert City, KY on Friday, just north of Murray, PTL HQ
>pick up next load in Paducah, just west of Calvert City
>Monday delivery to Pittsburgh, decide to swing by Murray and get nasty coolant leak fixed and get a few new tires
>garage says they'll do a pm while I'm here
>didtherightthing.exe
>dispatch messages me yesterday asking why I stopped
>coolant leak yo
>removes load
>mfw

Anywho I'm still here. Its now Sunday afternoon and they haven't got to me yet. Maybe dispatch knew the shop was busy.

How do I see companies advertising $1.05/mi for owner operators? Doesn't it cost that much just to operate a truck? What's the catch?

>>17588462
The catch is that the o/o pays all the expenses, so while he may gross $1/mile, he only gets like $200 at the end of the week. If a broker offered me a load for that price i would hang up.

>>17588583
I guess I should have just called and ask a recruiter if I wanted an actual answer

>>17588650
>>17588462
Was it a lease? There has to be more to it.

>>17588054
Kek. You can always get the CDL in your free time and have it just in case you are sick of sitting at a computer all day. But you should also stop doing drugs.

>>17588462
Plus fuel surcharge but it still not much money.

>>17588712
It just says "owner operators make $1.05 per mile, fuel surcharge paid based on DOE" doesn't mention leasing

>>17588650
He gave you an actual answer, you fucking retard. It isn't his responsibility to ensure that it's slanted to the bias you desire or that it's mushed up enough for your busriding, babyesque brain to digest it.

>>17588875
You're right he did technically give me an answer, just a stupid and wrong one. I should've specified.

>>17588054
>my parents have preconceived notions of the kind of person I'm supposed to be, so I owe it to them to live up to them and be miserable for the rest of my life

I hope you wake up one day

>>17588237
The shop is always busy.

$52,000 a year.
This good?

>>17588941
No one knows what you're talking about so maybe or maybe not

>>17588953
As a sallery for truck driving?
52,000 a year

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>>17588931
>>17588054
This tbqhfam. If a job using that degree in economics doesn't make you happy, or make you a lot of money that allows you to pursue happiness through out of work activities you enjoy, you are going to loathe every minute of it eventually, and you'll resent your parents who you already associate with the "ball and chain" manacled to your leg.

As cliche as it sounds, you should try to pursue your happiness. I could have a job supervising at one of the big oilfield service companies tomorrow, which would give me a full time company pickup to drive instead of the hot oiler I drive every day now, but I like driving a big vehicle enough that I am staying with my current outfit because it makes me happy.

>>17588009
Actually the 56 in 55 is pretty impressive. Kudos

>>17587725
>How the fuck does someone get out of a close trailer?
If you REALLY want out and have some sort of tool you can literally dig your way out through the side or a door. The things are mostly insulation with a thin metal exterior that's made of riveted panels. Motivated enough you could probably do it without tools. The trick would be recognizing you're in danger before it's too late. IMO that was just before they agreed to get in the damn thing.

>if they had the reefer on, would they have been frozen to death instead of dying from dehydration?

Naw you can set the things for a comfortable room temp if you want. Of course Border Patrol might wonder at a comfy 68 degree setting since only wines would move something like that. Most common settings are around 35-45 for produce, 25 for fresh meats, and -10 for frozens. Oh and bananas at 50. Continuous. Mustn't forget bananas must be on Continuous.

>>17589331
I haul a lot of chocolate, beer, and liquid hazmat that runs temps between 55-75. "Reefer" doesn't always mean refrigerated, sometimes it's just temperature controlled, so no dot worth his salt would bat an eye at a 68° trailer
You'd be super duper fucked of they xrayed the trailer though.

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>>17582042

>>17587591
>44 Tonnes of Coors
That's alot of piss bottles.

>>17588953
Its how much he earnt sucking dicks at the truckstop

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>>17589491

>>17589552
The better one has "your mom" covering all of alaska.

>>17589571
I didn't check closely enough, but one version has a smaller sized alaska within alaska, as well as all of planet earth.

>>17588973
If they offer you a salary to drive a truck, jump on it and never get off

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>>17589637
I don't think Bepisfag would agree with you.

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>head out a day early to get to my drop in New York
>too groggy to fuck with surface street traffic on rt 2
>take 80/90 because the tollway should be a comfy cruise
>broken down camper appears
Been stuck here for a half hour watching GMILFs wander around.

>>17589637
What if they offer celery?

>>17590399
Then you take it and dip it in peanut butter or Cheez-Whiz.

>>17588973
Depends on what you're doing, how much experience you have and how much home time you're getting.

>>17591267
The only thing celery should ever be dipped in is buttermilk ranch, you heathen

Am I the only person who hates the term "dippable veggies"?

>>17591508
>not chunky homemade bleu cheese dressing

Kill yourself

>>17591928
>Not making a melange of sauces by mixing good hot-wing sauce with chunky homemade bleu cheese dressing

Kill yourself yourself

>month 2 at martin
>low coolant alarm sensor dies, now chimes constantly for hours on end
"Well, we looked but couldnt find a problem. See its even zip tied up in there"
>the lack of sleep from being forced to wear a sleep mask 4 hours a night might be getting to me.
One of the assholes from knight management has come over and is encouraging dispatchers to push us past the 14 hour mark.
>two, million milers rolled after falling alseep at the wheel after implementation.
Well atleast the equipment is in good nick.. oh wait..

I never thought I'd say this but after a week of unsolicited drug offers in the Caribbean, I missed my truck.

>>17591507
>>17589637
3 months experience
Home every night
Going for the job today, no reason not to get it besides reversing, still not great at it.

>>17589870
>>17590399
How much celery?

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How long is it to go in between oil changes? And are pretrip logs mandatory by law or something?

Completed my first year as a CDL driver for a building supply company and still feel a little new. I don't really understand when my truck needs service, the other drivers are all in their 40's and been driving all their life so they have it all down and seems like I keep getting forgotten about. Retiring driver I replaced told me to have it serviced after 15k miles. So I did. I've driven another 15k since then, the company stopped using a local shop for servicing and don't know why. So I let them know I think my truck needs service and continued on. The other drivers have driven my truck once too, one mentioned to the company that the clutch feels like it needs to be looked at and another complained that the AC didn't work. So every driver has mentioned the truck needs looking at but it just needs an oil change mainly.

Also they've ran out of pretrip logs for months now. I don't drive very far, not really a safety concern for me but was wondering if it's required by law or insurance?

>>17592862
Anywhere from 10k miles, to 20k miles with a filter change and lube at 10k. OTR drivers with bypass filters and full synthetic in new engines are going fucking bananas with 500k miles between drains. If you're greasing it yourself, every week, or every other week is the norm, and throw in a brake adjustment with it. Don't forget to grease the U-joint, 5th wheel, and kingpins.

Pre-trip logs are more of a training tool. As long as you flag a PTI on your log you're good.

>>17592862
Just as another data point for you, my company uses 2015 T680's and does what we call an "A" service which basically consists of a chassis lube and fluid levels check every 10K/40days. Every 40K we get a "B" service that does an oil and filters change, brake adjustment, and all the other little items that aren't done on the "A".

Friendly reminder that this thread belongs on /n/ because trucks are a method of transporting goods, not automobiles.

>>17588054

Are you me? Parents spent upwards of $30k on my useless economics degree but I did whatever the fuck I want after college because my relationship with them is not a transaction. They don't owe me shit and I don't owe them shit.

>>17594211
Automobile (or car) – wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to six people, typically have four wheels and be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods.
>Cab
>Trailer
Now fuck off back to school kid.

>>17594266
>responding to trolls

>>17592503
That's a good yearly pay for your first year if they're not lying to you. I'd take it.

>>17594400
Sounds like he's talking about JB Hunt so I doubt he'll net anywhere near that

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Bros, does a 70 foot big rig w/ a sleeper have any business delivering to a mom and pop operation in downtown Chicago like this? Why can't they get a shuttle? There is no where to do anything safely or efficiently. I hate Prime.

>>17595081
They want me to turn right on Goethe heading N on Wells and unload in front of another store and a parking garage. I'm gonna get yelled at and asked to move.

>>17595095
I tried to call the city and demand my rights but i didn't know what they were and they pretty much hung up on me.

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First day being unemployed today. Feels like I should be working but I have so much shit to do around the farm I'm glad I'm not working. Enjoy your Monday /tfg/

>>17594266
>and be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods.

Name one cab that's constructed principally to transport people rather than haul a trailer filled with goods.

>>17595081
American problems.

>build roads wide as fuck
>retard wheelbase semis still can't get around

>>17587591
What is this 56 ins 55 meme. I drive 62 at all times. Including school zones and neighborhoods. Gotta make up for lost time.

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>>17594263
>>17588054
Damn who else here has degrees? I got a bachelor's of science in psychology that I didn't know what to do with so I spent five years after graduation fucking around the city doing odd jobs. Trucking was always my backup plan if I didn't go to school and get a real job until one day I realized I was getting close to 30 and hadn't done jack shit since I got a degree. So here I am.

>>17595159
So cars should be on /n/ too. They transport people.
t. your logic

>>17595596
Got two degrees bruv

>>17595705
How much did they cost

>>17595838
I'm so crippled I drive a truck

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>>17595705
nice meme

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>>17587949

>still slower than a Prime truck

Neck yourselves Europistan. 3rd world continent by 2020

>>17588462

1.05 for o/o is a fucking joke, hell even most of us ((((lease)))) ops turn down that kind of rate unless it's out of Florida or most of the Northeast and goes somewhere worth a shit. If I'm not in either of those states I typically will turn down anything that pays less than 1.25 unless it's hook and book both ways or has a ton of miles on it.

The key to making it independently is not by rate-per-mile but rate-per-day, if a load pays 2 dollars a mile for 500 miles but I have to babysit it for 4 days that's only 250 dollars a day, you have to compare what it pays per day vs. your expenses per day, which will be fuel and food + static expenses like truck payment, APU payment, taxes, accounting, lot lizards and other big boy shit.

A dollar a mile isn't necessarily bad if it's got a ton of miles and you don't have to babysit it much, even in a Prime truck that's still like 500 dollars a day. But most of us will turn that rate down because we know there's better-paying freight in the area. If my FM sent me a load for $1 a mile out of Socal or Wisconsin I would laugh.

>>17595979
>dumbistanians think heavy haulage has anything to do with top speed

What hotels are have the most consistent truck parking? My company has a deal with holiday inn but I've struck out at several already looking for parking.

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>>17594211
You must be new.

>>17596913

I've never heard of hotels offering full semi parking.

Seen plenty of bobtails parked in their lots though.

>>17596913
My APU has been down and I've been in and out of like 13 hotels. The hotels in the boonies usually have them. But its just up to local management. Not the hotel chain per se.

>>17595979
>>17596027
go die in a fire you worthless obese vegan

>>17598343
PISS BOTTLE!

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>>17596027
>he actually runs under $2/mi
>with a truck payment
>as a doorswinger
>he counts taxes as a static expense but food as a variable expense
Sweet lawd they've got you L/O's fucked all kinds of sideways.

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>>17597240

Protip: Most of the Prime FL's can idle. Set brakes, turn on cruise control, push accel, it will run all night

>tfw working APU master race

>>17599352

Not all of us can haul for eleventy-billion dollars a mile.

>>17599379
Didnt work I tried everything on my FL. If I set only trailer break it will work for 20 min instead of 5 min. Closest I got

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>>17599400

Well that's that bullshit, take it to Pittston for repair or the Bus Stop n Shop in Springfield

>tfw long idle master race

>>17599428
I went in 11 times this summer. They finally gave me a new one after I asked. Wish I had asked sooner

>>17599379
>>17599385
>>17599428
go away tubby

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>>17599962

no u

>tfw I just wanted Fleet to tighten my mirrors and they told me they didn't have time to do it
So I went to my car and got some tools and did that shit myself. Also this truck I've been driving, the turn signals don't work sometimes. The solution- leave the relay hanging down below the dash and just kick the thing when they stop working.

Also those older trucks, do they have a PCV valve deal? I think the breather hose just hangs down below the engine and blows whatever engine oil steam bullshit under the cab.

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>>17587725

I'm surprised /tfg/ didn't have more discussion on this topic.

The reporting in this case is shoddy. The facts are difficult to piece together because the writers are tripping over themselves in their haste to frame this as an immigration policy failure.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Immigrant-traveling-in-deadly-trailer-said-Zetas-11339719.php

So if I'm reading between the lines correctly, the driver Bradley was delivering the Pyle truck to Brownsville so a buyer from Mexico could pick it up. Instead, he drives to Laredo, picks up a trailer full of illegals at 9 p.m. and meets at least 6 SUVs at a San Antonio Walmart at 12:30 a.m. Those able to leave scatter to the SUVs and the general vicinity while 39 were left to be discovered by police.

July 24th article on MySanAntonio.com:
>The truck was registered to Pyle Transportation Inc. of Schaller, Iowa. President Brian Pyle said that he had sold the truck to someone in Mexico and that Bradley was supposed to deliver it to a pick-up point in Brownsville.
Later article that same day:
>The black, red and white truck had a logo of Pyle Transportation on it.
>Mike Pyle and Tom Kolpin of the company said Bradley is an owner-operator who owns his own semi but is authorized to haul under the Pyle name.
>"It's our trailer, but it's his truck," Pyle said.

These statements seem contradictory. If he was O/O and the truck was his, why was he selling it on behalf of Pyle? He statements to police claim he took it to Laredo for pre-sale detailing and then hauled this trailer, so I assume he was supposed to be delivering the truck which makes the second Pyle quote confusing. Bradley also told police he had no delivery address or appointment for the truck sale. (Nice looking truck, though.)

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>>17601152

Why would Bradley agree to haul a high-risk cargo from Laredo to San Antonio? With only 6 SUVs waiting, it seems likely to me that this was just the first stop but Bradley discovered corpses and panicked while everyone mobile bailed out and went freestyle. Does this sound reasonable? What do you think the original route would have been? What are the risks of discovery if you cross state lines?

Bradley appears to be on the hook for the whole shebang. If he actually knows anyone in the Mexican gang involved in the smuggling operation, he risks retaliation in prison if he talks. Unless he knows something worth a federal plea deal with a term served in a white-collar prison, his situation appears hopeless in exchange for what must have been one of the cheaper costs of the smuggling operation.
>60 years old
>faces this instead of retirement because the A/C wasn't working

Something else odd: the survivors say they were loaded into the trailer earlier that morning and were only moved at 9 p.m. The heat stroke and panic should have occurred long before Bradley even took off--driving down the interstate at night would have been a pleasure compared to what the afternoon spent waiting in the trailer would have been like.

>>17601050
Should just be a blow-by tube up until 2010 where they brought in crank case filters that clog constantly.

>>17601152
>>17601155
Ain't care. Ask >>>/pol/

>>17601220
>Ain't care. Ask >>>/pol/
Why would /pol/ know the particulars of operating a shady sideline to the trucking business better than /tfg/?

C'mon Oilfag, stop browsing Reddit for dadjoke memes and weigh in on this.

>>17601255

I think the truck was his but the trailer is what was being sold. What interests me the most is the ownership question. Was the trailer bring purchased by a mexican smuggling operation? Or did Bradley use the opportunity of delivering a truck to earn some extra cash before delivering it to the new owner who is NOT involved with smuggling whatsoever? Is this something Bradley does regularly? Or was it a one off opportunity to make some $$ he was offered.

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How lenient are weigh stations on axel weight? I'm picking up a load of heavy ass paper in podunk Arkansas tomorrow and my route has me going 100 miles or so down a back highway through the woods and fuckneckville then it dumps me out onto the interstate right before a weigh station that always seems to be open. There aren't any truckstops or scales before I pass the weigh station. If I'm over can I explain to the cops where I'm coming from and how I couldn't possibly scale out before I came through? Or should I just let my FM know and see if I can get rerouted to stay out of trouble?

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>>17601729
>What interests me the most is the ownership question.
This is odd. Bradley told police that he knew the trailer's refrigeration didn't work. If he just hooked the trailer and took off for San Antone as soon as it was dark, how did he know this? I suspect he knew because the folks inside were already raring to escape and only the threat of the smugglers was keeping them in that hotbox.

My guess is the trailer is something the smugglers provided--after all, they had to have it parked somewhere all day where no law-abider would notice 70+ illegals boarding. When Bradley showed up, the smugglers told him to ask no questions and he probably sweated that trip, although not as literally as his cargo.

>I think the truck was his but the trailer is what was being sold.
Bradley had the truck detailed, though. He told police that he went to Laredo to have it detailed (with the implication that this was related to the sale). Pic related: compare the tires on the rig versus the trailer.

>>17601982
500kg axle allowance
250kg gross allowance
Totally not relevant to your situation tho.
Have a nice day.

>>17601729
If the nigger was delivering the trailer he'll have contact info for the buyer given him by Pyle, the trailer owner. Otherwise he'd not know where to go.

Since Pyle own the trailer, that means the nigger knew the smugglers and didn't give a shit the reefer wouldn't cool. He's got a criminal record of offenses indicating he's a piece of shit.

Violent felons should never be employed in transportation. That boy should be trussed up like a hog and handed back to the Mexicans in Mexico for cartel-style skinning.

http://heavy.com/news/2017/07/james-bradley-bradly-san-antonio-walmart-truck-trailer-driver/

>>17602132
Y-you too...

You guys get the succ from cheap whores at gas stations?

t. interested anon

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Can a 13'6" high oversize go under a 13'6" bridge?

Cuz I watched that happen today and it didn't go well for this lad.

>>17602754

No, because generally they measure height when they build the road, and after it gets repaved for the 3rd time in 2 years, the road is usually 2-3 inches higher.

Never assume a posted height marker is right. Ever.

>>17601982

Depends on the jackass running the scale. Some will let over 1K lbs go with no problems, others will fine you for being 1lb over.

GL

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>>17602852
Yeah man he skinned the whole top of his load off. I thought maybe the tarp added a little height but nah.

Guy cut me off taking the wrong exit and seeing back on the road and was veering way off the road at times. Then this. Seems like one of those guys.

Swerving

>>17602754
I've gone under a lot of 13'6" bridges. Makes me nervous af errytime.

>>17602973
You are 12'6" though aren't you?

>mfw midroof masterrace

>>17603119
13'6"

>>17602754
>>17602852
It's different for every bridge. There's a bridge marked 13'5" I go under all the time. They only put the sign there to keep trucks from going through downtown I think. I don't know why they don't just set up a truck route.

>>17603177
Do you run oversize then? Thought u were regular size

>>17602041
the real question is, if he knew what the fuck was going down, why didn't he just drop it in a dirt lot or a transfer yard or some bullshit, throw his phone and quallcomm out the window and haul ass home?
either the dude was completely fucktarded to not realize what was happening, complicit in it and is a piece of shit, or can't into self preservation.
fuck, even if the truck was for sale too, he could've called a taxi and told the mexishits that the truck started knocking or something and got the fuck out of dodge.

>>17602149
>Violent felons should never be employed in transportation
Then there would be no drivers

>>17600596
Get rekd you diabetic virgin

>>17601982
Call the scalehouse and explain the situation with a map in hand before you leave the shipper. Foresight is going to differentiate you from every bullshitter that ran through there with the same excuse after they got caught.

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>>17601152
>he thinks /tfg/ actually discusses trucking

tip lel, friend; big heh's

>>17601982
I don't deal with any of that, but from what I've heard most scale masters will give you a chance to make it legal if it isn't

>>17602973
I never even worry about 13' bridges

>>17603679
100% accurate

>>17594263

So what do you do now? Did you find something that worked out?

>>17604084
That's a yuge piss jug you have there.

>tfw you overcook the product

>>17587656
That's what she said.

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>TFW had to switch trucks three times in the past week and pulled some long hours under the hot sun

>>17601255
>Mining for maymays
Not much time for shitposting in the past week or so. Been slogging away down in the metaphorical trenches since this is the time of year where guys are taking holidays and its been busy as fuck.

>Mexican Dry Goods Shipment
It's always a shame when products spoil before they get to market.

>TFW Bradley looks like the love child of Trevor and Franklin from GTA5

I haven't really read too much about the smuggling incident aside from what has been said here.

The contradictory statements from the trucking company make me wonder if they are somewhat involved and are now in full blown damage control mode, shifting their involvement to Bradley, who sounds shady to begin with. The whole thing is greasy.

>>17603679
True. Think what would happen to the prostitute and drifter populations if there were no murderous truckers to keep them in check. The situation would become untenable.

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I've had these for over a week now.. How much can I sell my piss jugs for? Where can I sell them?

I've got advice for anyone looking to get into trucking but unsure what company to start with. Steer clear of fucking Werner. This shit hole is fucking garbage from the bottom up and there is literally not even one redeeming factor unless you're a million miler. I'm turning into applications to Stevens and Prime because at the very least, nothing could be worse than this.

>>17606658
noted, but how do they fuck you over? I've heard a hell of a lot of stories about werner being total dogshit but nobody ever elaborates.

>>17606658
>This fire is too hot
>I should jump into this sizzling frying pan
>It can't be any hotter, right?

>>17606664
The company employees are shit. You have a question? Call and get put on hold for a few days (m-f, 8am-5pm only btw) and when someone finally answers, they don't know anything transfer you to someone else, until eventually you just give up.
The accounts are shit except for a few dedicated customers like Home Depot. Regular van/reefer drivers get the scraps left at the bottom of the barrel that teams/owners/million milers didn't want. Expect 2000 miles a week on average.
The dispatchers are shit. I've had 7 so far in the year I've been here and they're all exactly the same. You are just a number on a board, they don't care at all about your safety or well being. This scenario has happened to me countless times
>wake up in the morning, nothing assigned, send available message
>sit around for hours waiting
>finally something comes through that afternoon, scheduled pickup at like 6pm, and due 500 miles away at 5am
>"hey, I've been up since 4am, there's no way I can do this"
>no response
I tried it the first couple times by going through $20 of monster a night, thinking if I was a good producer, they'd respect me (rookie mistake) but after I realized that was just par for the course, I just stopped bothering. I would respond that I wasn't doing it and just wait until the next day. Lot of unnecessary 34hr restarts that way.
Night and weekend dispatchers are even more brainless.
The equipment is also shit. Bare bones trucks filled with annoying nanny gear. My truck has been broken all month, towed 3 times, no shop can fix it but they won't put me in another one. And they say you get breakdown pay but you have to dog your dispatcher for it and when he finally gets around to it, it's not even close to what it's supposed to be.

Hey, guys. 30yo NEET here.

I have no experience with trucking, but was always fascinated by it. Is getting started with Swift a good idea? I have a kid now and was thinking about trucking or carpentry as a career. What's the trucker life like? What is the pay like? What do you love/hate about your job?

>>17606751
All the major companies for starters kinda suck, so only thing I reccommend is if you start with Swift, don't sign that contract. Pay for CDL school on your own.

>>17606658
I always heard Werner was shit, but far from the worst for new drivers.

Isn't Stevens all reefer? I mean at least you get a shiny black KW.

>>17606763
I like reefer. I started at Werner doing reefer but had to transfer because it fucking sucks

>>17606658
It is what you make of it. Stay off regional/otr and life gets a bit better. I'd do $700-$1200 a week on the AB account. Just accept your place as part of the machine, avoid service failures, keep on your macros, and you'll do just about as well as any other mega.

>>17606751
If you like your kid, go with carpentry.

If you like your back working and having all your fingers, go with trucking.

>>17607343
>>17606751
You can always stay local...

>>17607369
>leave the house at 0500
>clock in at 0600
>dispatched at 0900
>bump a dock for 6 hours
>roll into the yard at 1935
>clock out at 1959
>get home at 2100
>wake up the kid because you stubbed your toe
>go to bed on the couch at 2300 because your wife hates you
>contemplate suicide until 0200
>drag your ass out of bed at 0500

>>17607406
>leave the house at 0545
>clock in at 0600 with a hot Dunkin
>be on my way in truck at 0615
>finish last stop at 1230
>back at warehouse at 1315
>clock out at 1330
>home by 1400 with a cold iced Dunkin
That was my day. We have a couple dudes who stay around forever just because it's M-F and they can be home in time to meet their kids at the bus stop.

>>17607406
>be me, otr cuck
>10 hours off to the microsecond
>qualcomm alert as alarm clock
>time to start driving driver
>company doesnt trust or respect me enough to allow me to manage my time
>thats fine with me since i have no self respect anyways
>begin to """""pre-trip""""" truck
>turn over engine immediately with no time for diagnostic routine or priming
>engage high idle
>"""""pre-trip""""" complete
>update elog since company doesnt trust me to complete paper copies cleanly and accurately
>drive for first hour
>better do a load check
>buy two big macs a large fries and two large cokes
>load check complete
>consume healthy breakfast while driving
>better take my 30
>grab two baconators and two orders of wendys five piece value nuggets
>fuel up truck, spill 45 gallons of diesel on the ground from satellite pump not clicking off
>leave mess because dont have time to clean it up
>30 completed
>consume healthy lunch while driving
>qualcomm message
>time to stop driving driver
>company doesnt trust me or respect me enough to allow me to manage time spent driving or distance travelled
>take 25 minutes to back into parking spot
>pull mustard and ketchup buttons
>begin post trip
>turn key to off position
>post trip complete
>go buy two footlong chicken subs and four cookies from subway
>consume healthy dinner
>smell pits
>rancid rotting beef smell
>not too bad yet
>shower can wait for another day or two
>fire up 45 dollar chinese tablet
>fap to milf thread on /s/
>qualcomm message
>time to sleep driver
>company doesnt trust or respect me enough to allow me to manage rest periods
>calculate cpm
>earned almost 65 dollars before taxes today
>fall asleep
>no dreams due to lack of mental stimulation

>>17607459

>buying coffee from Dunkin

>>17607343
I keep moving around looking for an account that doesn't suck but all the good ones seem to be based more North East. I keep trying to get information on flatbed but the recruiters all forward me to the dispatcher who never answers which doesn't seem like a good sign. I'm in line for the boat haulers, I've talked to some drivers who say they like doing that.

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>>17607485
Holy fuck, this life sounds horrible. Would honestly consider killing myself and probably go through with it.

>>17607698
It's a meme you dip.

>>17607900
Doesn't mean it isn't 100 percent true

>>17606501
I just wish I knew where to get rid of all of them. I save gallons of piss and dump out like 12 gallons at the dropyard under my trailer. Too embarrassed to dump a garbage bag full of piss off at the truckstop dumpster (too obvious) and I'm still too normie to be that guy who just leaves gallons of milk jug piss behind his trailer at TA for someone else to take care of.

>>17608305
Chuck them out the window on the interstate. Bonus points if you hit a windshield.

>>17608327
Those dashcams would love that

>>17607900
Keep telling yourself that

>>17607514
Hell yes. Unless I can make it until 7am, then I will just get free 7-11 or Speedway coffee.

>only 23
>already 2 speeding tickets and a seatbelt ticket this year

>>17608335
>being a company cuck

Truck-stop hookers are the worst.

>>17608348
Hahahahaha how the fuck are speeding tickets real hahahaha nigga just slow down like nigga let off the accelerator haha

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Hey fellow truck cucks. You think a 13' 6" trailer can fit under the beam where the straight truck is? I have to park on the left of the street where those cars are. This is the only way in. Street is lawton st off broadway in Brooklyn. Have to go tomorrow morning. Fuck my retarded company.

>>17608908
Ive delivered here many times in a straight truck. There are no height signs. This is new york city after all.

How hard will it be to get some cocks to suck at the truck stop?

>>17609265
Hardly ever hear anyone not taking up an offer on the CB.

what are those tankers where the tank trailer has like 8 axels?

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>>17609291
Do you have a website, or a phone number, or is it more a word of mouth type of thing?

>>17609359
>>17609265
Give up your life of sin and turn to Jesus or die of aids.

>>17609387
Jesus sucked cocks too.

>>17609306
An 8 axle tanker.

>>17609359
All ideal bf threads on /r9k/.

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>>17609636
>Athletic build 24yo FSM - Seeking cuddly built, nomadic, steel hauling viking with poor eyesight that roams the Heartland. Must love cats.

>>17609746
Ey gurl, u wanna sum fuk ;^)

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>>17609765
You probably tell all the other diner waitresses that.

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>>17607406
>leave the house at 1200
>clock in at 1230
>drive 450 miles for 9 hours
>roll into the yard at 2200
>clock out at 2215
>get home at 2230
>wake up the cats because they love you
>shitpost on /tfg/
>enjoy home cooked Joe Rogan Keto/Primal dinner and TV until 0200
>go to bed at 0230 because your wife is fat
>drag your ass out of bed at 1000

Hey TF how many JRE's have you heard, I've been listening since about #600 and slowly getting to the older ones

>>17609990
Post fat wife

>>17609990
Post fat wife

>>17609990
Probably around 200. If you start at the beginning and listen at 1.5x speed you can pump those numbers up. I've listened to 1-40, 500-570, and 820-925. The early episodes are rough. Redban is shit on the sound leveling and nobody talks into the mic. About half of them are literally nothing.

MCT oil is the shit, though. Yummy, yummy stuff.

(Joe Rogan posting on /ck/ is top-tier trolling)

>>17609990
Why not rail fat wife? Fuck her fat ass cheeks even. Oil her up.

>>17609990
Post fat wife's cock.

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>>17610016
>>17610119

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Damn basketball americans fucjing up everyones morning

>>17610378
Not fat enough.

>>17610378
Don't look so happy. No wonder I named y-you cactus.

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>>17609265
Pic related is you

>>17610782
We used to have a rest area called pickle park, they shut it down because of homos

>>17606658
>Peterbilt check engine light comes on, SCR System fault, engine derated, seek service immediately it says
>contact breakdown, limp to terminal, truck goes into shop
>good to go the next day
>3 hours later, derated again, nowhere near civilisation, contact breakdown, get towed to a dealership
>truck is ready to go again
>heading back towards terminal from earlier, derate again
>get towed to terminal
>this time they work on it for 3 days and finally say I'm good to go
>derated later that day
>made it far enough that I can get towed to home terminal for home time
>"guys can I just get a different truck or something, I can't keep getting towed everywhere"
>no put ur truck in shop get fixed thx
>Fourth time's the charm, right?
>shop says ur truck is fine no problems with it equipment transfer request denied
I can't. I can fucking not.

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Im going for my cdl pretrip and road test on monday any advice?

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Tfw no qt gril fiend to help clean my rims

>tfw literally dying to alliepost but she has been completely AWOL for the last 2 months

>>17611066
I would recommend you pass. Much easier to get your license that way. And companies are more likely to hire you if you have a license.

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>>17611140

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Front bumper dragging, JOIN THE GOLD RUSH

>>17610813
It was called pickle park because of the homos.

>driving end dump
>get loaded at quarry
>drive up printer is broken so have to get off and go to the scale house window
>more than 3 occasions now I have had a boner
>scale Lady is like 70 yo

What do these thread have so many name fags?

>>17611241
The loneliness of the trucker life gives one the desire for recognition and familiarity with others.

>>17609466
You probably already have aids.

>>17611275
It feels dirty to name myself

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>>17610378
>Oakley glasses and shirt
>Polo shirt with undershirt
Bruh.

>"""""fat""""" wife
She's cute. Not really seeing the chub-club though. Can we respectfully see more of her?

>>17611074
The boss paid for one of the heater trucks to get all of its chrome professionally polished a couple of days ago.

Cost 2000 Tim Hortons, but it looks ridiculously shiny. I'll try to snap some photos when I'm at the shop next.

>>17611066
Stay a couple mph under the speed limit so you don't accidentally go over, but don't go so slow that they dock you points.

Don't shift while turning through intersections or crossing railroad tracks (if applicable).

Try to leave yourself a decent space cushion between the vehicle in front of you so you have more time to react if they hammer the brakes.

>>17611231
You know what to do.

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>>17611332
She hides it with camera angles like all fat women

>>17611455
She looks like she is a moody bitch that goes out to the theater for bbc

>>17611455
I bet she gives good head

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>>17611455
>Would still smash/10

Some questions:

1. There seems to be a lot of degenerates that are truck drivers, the guy who's posting pics of his wife, the guy looking to suck dicks, etc. Will truck driving turn me into a degenerate?

2. Are all of you obese?

3. Is the light in a truck good enough to read in at night?

>>17588054
If your so smart surely you can use that schooling to further a trucking carrier. Become a owner operator branch that into a trucking company. This should be easy for you with all that education. I mean you will have to spend years as an intern and then work cheap to get experience in your trained field anyway so might as well go to Swift for a year to lean the ropes.

Do trucks have rights?

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>>17612153
In order:
Yes, Yes, and It doesn't matter anyways since you won't have time for activities that aren't driving or sleeping, primarily the former.

>>17611508
All fat chicks go.
>they're always hungry

>>17612153
>Is the light in a truck good enough to read in at night?
Not ime. Any lights in the sleeper are usually inconveniently placed for reading. The ones over the front seats are better placed but not really good enough for reading much more than your bills. I was given a Kindle and have found its backlighting essential for reading in the truck.

>>17612469
>AR15_front_sight.jpg

>>17611455
Looks like a skinny USA woman.
I like 'em USA fat, 300lbs+ please and sit on my face.

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>>17613957

>>17612153
I was an obese degenerate before I drove a truck and I quit reading awhile back.

>>17614178
This. It's a "chicken or egg" argument.

Like the BMW driver, was he a cunt before or after he got that 320i?

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>>17612153
1. Generally, were all degenerates before we started trucking and thw job just allows us more free time to further the hobby.
2. Yes. Even when we only weigh 190 dot sees us as obese.
3. I supppose you could try.. lemmie just turn on the reader here...

>>17614763
Bost cock.

>>17614763
Post cock

>>17614763
pls post beenor. No HOMO

helmet shot pls

>>17607485
>mustard and ketchup buttons

kek'd

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Sometimes, I jack off in the back of my truck :(

>>17615765
I do it in the showers and smear it on the tap handles.

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Sheeeiiit

>>17616391
Why didn't you idle it down when it have the first warning

>>17616487
The first warning is when it tells you it is shutting down. Was pulling Parleys canyon eastbound in a 3 in to 1 lane construction zone. Barely got it off the road.

>>17616561
USA trucks a shit. Should have a warning before hitting critical temp.

>>17616640
They do. It's called a Temperature Gauge.

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>>17616640
You know this is a volvo right?

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What a fucking joke this warehouse is

>fleet manager says it's an open delivery as long as I'm there by 1600, that's when they stop taking trucks
>bust ass and drive 6 hours non-stop, get there right at 1600
>they tell me they stop receiving at 1300 and they'll take me at 7 the next day
>get here at 7, gates closed nobody here yet

I mean wtf kind of hours are those. They're only open 'supposedly' 6 hours a day. Except today when everyone shows up an hour late.

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>>17616726
They knew youd be waiting and wanted to be extra special cunts.
>wake up at drop yard look for trailer
>nothing,pick up time was at noon yesterday
>decide to go through the hurdles of checking my paystubs.
>.20cpm
Oh. Thats why im not making any money..
Welp time to clean out the truck.

>>17616391
That's funny, my truck has been going through 3 gallons of water a week for the past 3 weeks. Boss man finally finished fixing up his spare truck so it looks like my nice red one is out of commission for the foreseeable future

>>17616669
This. Why weren't you watching the temp gauge?

>>17616726
I always wanted to find a job like that

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CHECK EM

>want to go west, fuck the NE
>dispatch sends me comfy 3M load out of Decatur AL
>has a shit load of time on it and pays 1200 to Brownwood TX
>open appointment delivery = drop early
>get to pickup and they are in my trailer before I get to the shipping window
>hustle like a true player all the wway there
>drove through MS, TN, and AR without stopping to Little Rock
>manage to dodge Dallas rush hour traffic somehow
>roll 7h straight to drop
>get to 3m a full day early they let me drop
>2 days / 1200 dollars
>now we wait for dispatch

They might be loading me where I dropped that would be awesome. It's great to be back west, it's like extended hometime. Fucking truck parking EVERYWHERE, god bless Texas with His own hands, brought down angels from the promised land, etc.

>>17606658

Primefag here.

It's not a *bad* outfit but like the others said get your CDL before you come here. Their training program isn't bad but it's not what it was when I got here. Used to be trainees interviewed trainers, I wouldn't get on a truck with anyone with less than 10 yr. experience. Now they randomly assign trainers, my friend almost ended up with a dude who dumps piss bottles out the side of his windows while he's going down the road and was instructed to not touch the driver's side of the truck while doing pretrip, yup fuck that.

You also have a lot of trainers who won't teach you anything they're just looking for cheap labor to make that 1000/wk lease payment. There's diamonds in the rough though.

Also if you do go through orientation and get stuck in the sim lab do NOT tell Wally it's a Nintendo and do NOT give him a quarter and ask for another play I watched people almost get walked out and sent home over that lol

>>17617221
I mean, I've been a solo driver for a year so I don't really care about any of that.

>>17617250

You should be good to go then, show up, keep your nose clean, stop by Fire and Ice on your way out and hit the road. You'll be in a truck in 3 days max.

>>17617174
>>17617221
>>17617255
shut your fat mouth and kill yourself

>>17602754
i've gone under the one on US30 outside gary, in fuckloads of times. the ground udnerneath it is worn to shit an it's gary so they'll never fix it tho

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>>17617221
>Simulator
>Nintendo
>Quarters
>Wally Bear and The No! Gang

Let me just write this down:

>Don't act like a childish fucking retard around trainers/evaluators when trying to gain employment.

Got it.

>>17616703
USA volvo.

>>17616669
Dirty old Mercedes Actros I used to drive gave warning at 95c, critical warning at 105c and then would shutdown.

>>17618805
k eurobusrider

>>17618853
Show is where they sell that volvo outside the usa.

Any Werner anons want to team up? had to break my current team up, Co driver drove up under a concrete overhang at a hotel in Monee this week.

>>17607689
This the Dallas terminal?

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>tfw there's more liquid in your air tanks than your piss jugs

Let the slopes immigrate and help ease the driver shortage problem, they are used to living in a box anyway.

https://imgur.com/gallery/Tqhhv

>>17619147
Nice photoshop, you dirty nigger.

>>17619199
Had some new white boy helping me today. I was teaching him what competent employees do for their pre-trip. I took the picture while he drained the few gallons of water from the ol' 8100.

Also whatever that rubber tube is coming out from under the engine, it's pumping out a lot of steam/smoke lately. It has to be the crank case vent or some shit. I should probably check the oil levels next week because I'm guessing it's getting low.

>>17619113
Yeah

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>>17619188
>Man, living in this small space is so much worse than having no place to live at all
>I'm so depressed about my living situation that I don't have much of an appetite

What a bunch of fucking whiners. There are people that sleep under bridges with blankets made of old newspapers, and they're complaining that their living spaces aren't roomy enough. Pathetic.

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I'm not a trucker but I thought you might enjoy this.

>>17619529
Yea boi, get dat cracker workin fo yo

>>17619742
>this triggers the ameritruck

>>17619814
https://www.hgvuk.com/migrants-at-calais-target-an-hgv-driver-to-hi-jack-the-truck/

So glad I'm not in Yurop and Killary lost

>>17619825
Why don't they just run them over, then claim the Australian defense?
>don't sleep on the road!

>>17619825
>So glad I'm not in Yurop and Killary lost
http://nypost.com/2017/07/28/couple-caught-in-financial-spiral-jump-to-their-deaths/

IKR

>>17619742
>>17619816

>Yes, with this new configuration, Phillipe can easily haul up to 600 kilograms of the finest French cut cigarettes, bound for London, and haul an equal heavy load of English homosexual pornography magazines back with him.

>>17618954
>AMERICAN TRUCKS SUCK LOL EUROPE MAKES GOOD TRUCKS
>this truck is a Volvo though
>w-well but it's not a TRUE Volvo

>>17620294
>dumbistanian

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alright guys, all "lol swift" bullshit aside,

I work for the highest paid account for swift non owner op account,

I can choose daycab at $21 an hour 5 AM-~4 PM maybe the full 14 hours, it depends mon-fri and sometimes saturdays

or I can stay with my Regional job which has me home whenever my 34 is due (90% of the time on the weekend) at 51 cents a mile, empty miles included at 51 cents a mile which I would say I can pull in a little more dough than daycab if I have the motivation to work my full 70 and get 500 mile loads over and over (on a good week I can bring home after taxes around $900-$1100)

which would you choose? I like the flexibility of regional, but I like the fact that daycabbing can reign in my bad eating habits and give me the opportunity to be home every night and on most weekends so I can start working out like I used to before trucking

>>17621092
oh, and the nice thing about the hours that the daycabbing gives you is that you clock in at the office in the morning and it takes about 15 minutes to find your truck (so you get paid for that) and your 30 minute break youre still getting paid..

so essentially you are getting paid for the FULL time you clock in at the office till the end of your day when you clock out of the office

>>17620294
>USA designed
>USA only engine
>USA made
>i-its still a e-euro truck

>>17621152
That 30 min break will be classed as your lunch break and not paid.

>>17621747
I know someone whos been a daycab for a year

its paid, believe me.

>>17621729
Let me guess, you're Scottish Catholic, right?

>>17622786
Let me guess, you're grasping at straws. Right?

>>17622786
Arab Jew tyvm

>>17623201
You don't understand what that expression means because no, I'm not

>>17623201
It's also straw, not straws, by the way. The plural of straw is straw. I know English isn't your first language, and I admittedly don't know pluralization works in Arabic, but it's complicated in English

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>>17619906
For each brown person you kill in Yurop, it's like killing 4 white people and they will sentence you as such.

>>17620007
Good. Fucking dems have been in charge for too long and these pussies are getting stuck on the gov't tit. Needs to end.

>>17624061
>For each brown person you kill in Yurop, it's like killing 4 white people and they will sentence you as such.
But you don't get punished in Eurabia anymore for killing white people. It's actually incentivized by the EU

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Is Ryder a decent company? I have an interview for a "home every night" position on Monday.

>be me dirty plebian 4-wheeler
>on the way home from work with Mexican carpool buddy
>taking it easy at 65mph
>slowly coming up behind a truck on I-10 in Phoenix
>truck swerving a bunch in his lane
>"fuck this I ain't staying behind this fucker"
>blast past at a cool 75
>RAHBOOBH SINGH TRUCKING or some shit on door of truck
>Mexican coworker yells
>GOD FUCKING DAMMIT PAJEET LEARN TO DRIVE
>kek heartily for a while

I love that fucking beaner

>>17616828
>driving for a company that pulls for Wal-Mart

Guys! I think I found his problem!

>>17624877
No idea, they advertise a ton though....so I doubt it. They're trying to be a mega

>>17623497
You dont either obviously.

>>17626992
Oh, good one.
>he said I don't know what it means? Well, I'll say he doesn't know what it means. That'll show him.

>>17623634
>The plural of straw is straw.
LMAO DUMBISTANIANS DONT KNOW THE QUEENS ENGLISH ONLY EBONICS ENGLISH

>>17624877

It's probably just delivering rental trucks to other companies and shit like that.

I did an interview at my local Ryder for a gig delivering Class B trucks and I wasn't particularly impressed with their payscale.

>>17627197
>>17624877
I actually saw a listing for Ryder recently too and there was something off with it. Didn't seem like consistent hours or pay.

>Pre-2000 ELD exemption applies to engine model year, not chassis

Why are they determined to make this whole ordeal as complicated as physically possible?

>>17621092
Think I'll stick with flatbed and get $1200-1500 weekly with home time every week or two.

>>17627197
>>17627246
It says it's a dedicated running auto parts, average W2 is $45k but if I'm home every night I don't care.

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stop driving in the left lane

>>17627246

Yeah, they basically told me it was going to be very on and off type work. 15 hours one week, 40 the next. All dependent on how many trucks were rented out per week.

I ended up staying at the bus company. We get a fuckload of hours but no OT.

>>17627691

$45K for an experienced CDL driver is low, but I guess that's just me. Here in the Midwest daycabbers can usually break $60K/yr at the very least.

>>17627709
Stop buying consumer products

>>17627000
Thanks for proving his point.

>>17627709
Left lane is the slow lane, ya mong.

>>17627881
Eh it's El Paso, cost of living here is cheap so I don't mind it for now.

>>17624877
Get lost, frogposter. Take your maymays and gb2/b.

>>17628002
no

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>>17627910
Only on rainy island, the 4030km wide desert prison, the curried lands, and the empire of shokushu goucan.

>>17627964
https://youtu.be/OeL1Vjz8ves

Lots of cdl related jobs on Indeed out of El Paso.

What about that lumber hauling job for Foxworth-Galbraith?

I have a question here.
my company is trying to fuck me but I'm not sure how to counteract the situation.

backing up blind side my passenger side trailer door came undone and swung around and smashed into dock. the door broke off 3 of the 4 hinges and ended up damaging the dock door a very slightly. incident report was filled out and receiver wants to settle with me personally (cash or cheque), which is fine. I paid for the hinges to be fixed out of my own pocket.

company wants me to fill out a incident report and send to insurance and possibly pay a $5000 deductible for the trailer door (which is now fixed) and the receivers dock door (which they wanna settle with me personally on)

what the fuck do I do?

>>17602041
The reefer has a big ass number of the temp inside, and a smaller one of the setpoint. And they are loud as fuck. And a light on the driver side that tells you if its faulted.

>>17627276
That's how regulations have always been handled in trucks. Chassis are manufactured, and everything in the drivetrain is an option, which is why we have gliders. The EPA doesn't regulate chassis, so why should the FMCSA?

>>17628148
>what the fuck do I do?
You're a door swinger. That's literally your job. Secure the doors properly.

>>17602041
>Bradley had the truck detailed, though. He told police that he went to Laredo to have it detailed (with the implication that this was related to the sale). Pic related: compare the tires on the rig versus the trailer.
Look at the gorillion chrome shop tack on parts. That type of O/O goes broke because they blow $1000 a month on truck washes and detailing, then has to run a load of illegals to pay their mortgage.

>>17628143
I've been on Indeed since the week I quit. There are a lot of jobs but most are megas, oilfield, or OTR mom and pop gigs.

I didn't see the lumber gig and that doesn't look too bad, but knowing El Paso that's probably gonna be a $14/hr. job. I've applied at Old Dominion, YRC, Erives, Lowes, Ryder, and a few others so far.

>>17620074
55,000 to 65,000 lbs actually.

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>be me, ex-lowesfag
>decide to take job with HD supply
>tell them I need to give two weeks notice before I start working, HD supply agrees
>tell lowes I'm quitting and I'm leaving right away because new job needs me right now
>store manager wants to give me counter offer to stay, he just needs approval from his boss
>approval never came so quit
>"sweet, i got my two weeks vacation"
>get call today from ex co-driver
>asks me how im doing and that if my current job is hiring more drivers
>tells me lowes in northern CA is outsourcing the flatbed deliveries to a third party contractor
>his position is terminated aug 18th
>mfw
wew lads, I JUST quit this past Tuesday
Did I dodge a bullet or did I dodge a bullet?

>>17628143
>Only on rainy island, the 4030km wide desert prison, the curried lands, and the empire of shokushu goucan.
So, basically everywhere worth going to.

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actual truck driver streaming real truck driving under American Truck Simulator

>>17628688
>Did I dodge a bullet or did I dodge a bullet?
You dodged a redundancy payment.

Oh, wait, you're American,. Your labour laws are so piss-weak that you don't get those.

>>17628959
On Twitch, forgot that part.

>>17628148
You're a company pleb. Never pay or admit fault. It's the company's problem.

>>17628579
>$1000 a month on truck washes and detailing
Its costs a few rags and about 10mins a day. How dumb are you americans?

>>17628961
>tfw was casually employed for 3 years then got put on full time. 11 months and 28 days later got notified of pending redundancy
>told them I needed a week to consider
>now 12 months full time employed
>all previous casual employment with them counts as full time for long service and redundancy
>tfw accepted redundancy payout of 18k plus all sick leave unused paid and all remaining holidays paid

>>17628148
>my company is trying to fuck me
It's the American way.

FUCK YEAH MURRICA

>>17628148
Tell them to go fuck themselves

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>>17629128

>>17629143
>this upsets the average American and starts lawsuits

>>17629143
Reeeeee chrome bling and shiney truck.

He will be broke soon.

>>17629093
That's the pricey way. You'll net some hefty EPA fines without a properly engineered and permitted dedicated drainage and mitigation system.

>>17629145
Don't worry. Americans under 25 can't read cursive, and Americans over 25 are too blitzed on alcohol, opioids, and cannabis to read anything.

>All these assmad foreigners making assumptions about America.
Keep em coming thirdworlders

>>17629143
I bet he really likes trucking with his cat.

>>17629179
>Don't worry. Americans under 25 can't read cursive, and Americans over 25 are too blitzed on alcohol, opioids, and cannabis to read anything.
Handwriting is a lost art in the west.

>>17629339
>Handwriting is a lost art in the west.
Because we've developed type in the civilised world.

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>>17628961
Yeah but I at least get
>muh gunz
>burgers
>freedom
>loli
etc

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>>17628606
>14/hr jorb
I was surprised at how much less per hour some of those oilfield jobs were being advertised for when compared to Canada, but I suppose the lower cost of living makes a huge difference.

>>17628579
Just think about how nice your truck could look if you'd strap a couple tiers of [Migrant Workers] to the deck every so often and use the proceeds for chrome and detailing.

>>17628643
>65000 pounds
>29483 kg
Wow, such load, very transport.

>>17628956
>Everywhere worth going to
Quite. If you like aggressive immigrant populations, murderous, poisonous animals, roving gangs of shit covered rapists and a culture that has a specific word for when one works oneself literally to death.

>>17629143
Old-school pinstriping, a Cat motor and a chrome moose bumper? Sign me up.

>>17629131
>TFW they actually found someone to be with, and look so happy

Are you that happy /tfg/? Have you ever been that happy?

>>17630044
I was on board until the loli.

>I was on board until the loli.
What are you, a fag?

>>17630249
Okay, enjoy your 80k lbs combination weight.

>>17630249
It varies, oilfield workers usually bank on over time so seeing a 90+ hour work week is common. I think average pay for oilfield workers was $65-$72k iirc

>>17630378
Okay, enjoy your 54mph top speed

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>>17630249
>he doesn't live in a glorious blue state
>yfw bongs can get arrested for even LOOKING at some of the items in my collection

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>>17630378
102,514 and 117,947 pounds combined weight with tandem tridem and tri-tri setups respectively.

>>17630401
Yeah, long hours and overtime are definitely the clinchers with oilfield work. I'm glad I found this hot oiling job that pays pretty well and has a decent work/life balance. I don't much miss being gone on the road for five weeks at a time to make ends meet.

>>17630477
>TFW living in a yellow province
By Golly, Ban That Loli!

>>17630435
OFC, they get paid hourly. Why go faster?

>>17630477
>being a paedophile

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>>17630875
>he doesn't enjoy watching little girls squirming
Are you gay or something?

>>17630930
t. Paedophile