Truckerfag Thread - /tfg/

craccaroni and jizz

File: IMG_1046.png (100KB, 466x393px) Image search: [Google]

100KB, 466x393px

>tfw you get back to the shop on Thursday and your truck was exactly where you left it last Sunday

guy fieri special would be yellow, whatever ftge

File: 1428714771535.png (332KB, 596x628px) Image search: [Google]

332KB, 596x628px

>>17669753
>Swift: best off bridge deck

>>17670602
Fuck, I always forget name on the new thread

>Work on the 60/week time
>Work 63.25 hours this week
Thank God for whoever made the 16 hour exemption a thing

Australian trucks > euro trucks > American trucks

It is known

>>17670673
DESU Australia just has the best mix.

USA Trucks
EURO Trucks
Glorious NIPPON steel trucks with names like GIGAMAX
Shitty CHINESE trucks with shitty names like DONG FENG

>>17670756
I feel like American trucks would be better with a name like Dong Feng

>30 second idle shutdown

Th-this isn't a real thing is it?

Whoa hold up, do some of you get reprimanded for revving past 1600rpm?

Some guy mentioned it to me. I couldn't believe it.

>>17670673
>tfw drive AUS truck with 510HP MX-13, has biggest radiator possible fitted and only gets to 90°C in summer when climbing the ranges. Otherwise sits at 78°C.

Thought it had a faulty sensor when I first got it. Was used to the cummins ISX getting to 105°C in summer on the ranges, normal operatung temp of 85-90°C, had biggest radiator fitted too.

>>17670937

It is I believe. Our trucks are 5 minutes but I know how to bypass that shit because our APUs can't keep up with fucking 110-degree Midwest heat, fuck me it's like 2200 here and still 95 out in OKC

>>17670955

Prime has a statement in their employee handbook or whatever it is that the DD15 floats valves past 1575rpm and I can verify that is absolute bullshit

I've hit 2200 on accident pulling it out of gear and the cruise going "wtf primefag" and caught it pretty quick, I will regularly do 1800 down really steep hills with the Jakes on.

No one has said anything to me about it I think my FM may just not give a shit, or he knows I fired my last FM for micromanagement in two months of being on his board, and two of my other friends who were on his board followed suit for the same reasons.

>>17670999

>MX13

I'm sorry.

>>17671040
The MX13 has already outdone the ISX it replaced. Much better fuel economy and already leading in the reliability stakes.
The AUS version is different to the USA one.
The Aussie Kenworth MX , is based on the Dutch-built Euro spec MX, though it does share some castings with the American version.
These castings are to help the 13-litre nestle between the chassis rails of a conventional prime mover rather than the European cab-over configuration of the DAF product.

File: 1501368076195.jpg (142KB, 520x860px) Image search: [Google]

142KB, 520x860px

I'm 22 and I want to become a trucker, but I'm afraid automation will take over.

Would you guys still go for it, knowing automation is coming?

>>17671313
>Paccar had a proven engine but went and changed it because "murrica knows best" and actually made it worse.

>>17671356
Move to India. They have already banned automated vehicles.

>>17671356
Attention:
>Robots are gay, and full automation won't replace drivers until long after we are all dead
>Buh, but muh automated planes and trains!
>Patently false, and also nobody cares
That is all.

File: 0a5ec67b-4322-48c7-8c7c-e4722422e41a..jpg (90KB, 1366x768px) Image search: [Google]

90KB, 1366x768px

Wew lads, first load on Monday. Pumping jacks and counterweights on flat beds, preloaded.

>tfw 40 mile commute
>tfw BRZ diff on IS300
>tfw dropped mpgs to 20 highway

Time for a Miata or MR2

>>17671356
Just do it cunt, I got in last year at 23 and after seeing it from the inside I'm positive automation is a non-concern.

File: IMG_20170607_210931.jpg (149KB, 1049x664px) Image search: [Google]

149KB, 1049x664px

>>17671475
>driving gook dogshit
>caring about mpg
>Miata

Don't you need to get laid? What are you doing my man.

>>17671576
>miata
>gook
If you want to be an edgelord, at least get your slurs right.

>>17671596
Any cunt with slanty eyes is a gook/slope/chow/slant. They all love it.

>>17671680
>being too dumb to even be racist accurately

>>17671680
Just like all whitebois are crackers, regardless of from where they hail.

>>17671693
You can't be racist against white people, their fragility can't handle it. You'll hurt his feelings.

On ATS I generally rev my truck between 1500-2000RPM. Is this realistic? I have 625hp Cat engine, 18 speed transmission and I feel like I can get the best torque output at this rev range.

>>17671687
>being to dumb to know Japan is an asian country

>>17671700
Thats where all the HP is at. Highest torque is produced under 1600rpm.

>>17671705
Generally when pulling up a HEAVY load up a hill, I stay at 2000 RPM. Is this bad? Do they do it in real life like this as well?

>>17671716
You have 18sp. Another half a gear will bring it back down to more real world rpms.

>>17671702
>expecting dumbistanians to know geography
They cannot even point out states within their own union.

>>17671726
The engine feels weak at RPM under 1500, but maybe that's just me. Anyway, I always skip gears and I go

1 - 4 - 7 - 10 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 18

Is this realistic? Sometimes I even go:

1 - 6 - 10 - the rest like above

>>17671716
1600rpm, 75% or less throttle.

>>17671687
You have to be dumb in the first place to be racist.

>>17671003
>>17671040
No A/C system can keep up with the sheer amount of mass of your diabetic meat vehicle

>>17671596
They all look like little yellow zipperheads and I don't. I know what they've done. They committed war crimes that make Germany look like a Disney film.

Thinking about quitting welding and going to trucking school because I hate people.

Talk me out of it please.

>>17671702
> being too dumb to know Japanese affect gooks

>>17671809
Sorry about your retardation.

>>17671809
Aren't°

>>17669753
I noticed a distinct lack of body count in your OP. How many hookers have you killed at this point?

>>17671809
You USA resisents are the dumbest about. The rest of the world calls any Asian a gook/slope/nip. Its even better when a faggot like yourself gets offended because they were so largely generalized.

>Dumb racists arguing over who has correct racist slurs

The dumbening is real.

>>17670805
>driving my Dong around

Would never get old

>>17671872
>eyyy gurl wanna ride on my dong

>>17671003
>pay for fuel in "your" truck
>not allowed to idle if you want
I'll never understand leasefags

>>17671867
I've discovered that you miss a LOT of shitposting if you just filter them.
Same with hiding all the frogposters and feelsposters on sight without even reading the text.

Filters make 4chan readable.

>>17671040
You can be over RPM but you can't accelerate while over 1575. So if using Jake I get 2000+ in vale pass sometimes but if you don't push the accelerater you're fine. And even if you do my FM doesn't care.

>>17671475
Jesus fuck son, I have one of the worst bikes for mpg and I still get 30mpg. You're getting mileage like my Ram

>>17671965
This is a prime thing. Swift doesn't tell you shit about idling if you lease (not condoning lease, just saying there are differences).

Prime is a super weird cult of mpg. I've seen no evidence to suggest that shit like those trailer tails even nets a return on mileage saved after cost over the life of the trailer.

>>17672297
>I've seen no evidence to suggest that shit like those trailer tails even nets a return on mileage saved after cost over the life of the trailer.
You must not have looked. Like, at all. They're not quite as effective as skirts but it's close, plus they're cheaper. The combo pays for itself after about 18 months. Insignificant to an individual, really, considering after 3 years, you'll have only really saved about $5-6k. But if you operated, let's say 5000 trucks, that's about $30,000,000.

>>17671867
Come to expect it on 4chan though.

>>17672002
How do you block racists? Just filter the slurs? I think Im going to do that, because I'm tired of seeing teens spew racist garbage in attempt to be edgy.

>>17672291
That's the benefit of having five gears with a 4.1 final drive, shitty mpgs.

>>17671799
Don't do it. Do the welding shit and specialize in something where you will always be in demand. That way people will need your services so you can demand a high price and act like an asshole and they will still need you.

>>17671576
>daily reminder that Whiney was dating a borderline prostitute and still never got his dick wet

File: m-nussbaum-1-3.jpg (63KB, 640x373px) Image search: [Google]

63KB, 640x373px

[aerodynamics intensifies]

>>17671799
Finish welding school and then go to trucking if you want to do trucking.

That way you have a fallback skill and don't end up working at McDonald's if you pull an M&M lol

>>17672958
Why is the sugar merchant being such a dick lately?

>>17671736
Well, you /can/ run it like that in the real world, but you'll get 4mpg until it blows at 700,000 miles.

That second shift pattern is possible bobtail.

File: 1501857901742.jpg (90KB, 548x718px) Image search: [Google]

90KB, 548x718px

>>17673172
>Bepis is slowly getting the heat madness that comes from being too close to the equator

Fuck, does nobody read the OP any more?

>>17671799
100% finish welding school. You may decide you hate trucking once you get into it, and if you finish trade school you will have something to fall back on.

File: 200howtojailbreakaniphonesoyoucanplay4196642.png (93KB, 500x380px) Image search: [Google]

93KB, 500x380px

>>17673197
https://youtu.be/9GsgwQpj57c

>Not revving right to the limiter in every gear for maximum performance

Its like you don't even want to be RUNNING IN THE 90s.

>Dropped down to high 40s a few days ago

I'm not ready for it.

>>17673016
>>17673201
Wasn't clear, I finished welding school a year ago and I'm already getting bored with the job.
I just can't fucking deal with a routine.

>>17672313
So goes the theory until they start breaking too and end up costing even more money in repairs, late load fines, etc.

My company tried them a few years ago and found no savings after purchase and installation and then subsequent repairs. They basically proved themselves to be a giant hassle to no point and our new trailers don't come with them.

>>17671799

You'll hate people even more when you start trucking.

>>17671965

I idle when I want and if Prime says anything about it I'll tell them to kick rocks or pay my truck payment.

>>17672297

pretty much what >>17672313 said. The tails don't save as much on fuel and can actually be more of a nuisance in a high crosswind situation but they do minimize turbulence inflicted on vehicles behind you.

>>17672685

>tfw 4.39 final, 5 gears and 3500rpm at 70mph and still net 30mpg on a V6

What is volumetric efficiency and injector duration / duty cycle for 1000 Alex?

>>17673501
>What is volumetric efficiency and injector duration / duty cycle for 1000 Alex?

>Injector
>Diesel

You're not a trucker because you ride the bus kiddo

>>17673172
Kek this >>17673201

Whiney just reminds me of a little brother that I always pick on. Or the nerdy kid at school.

We need Eminem back in here because he is more fun to fuck with.

>>17672313
>>17673480
>>17672986
Why not get the trailer snugged up closer to the tractor like eurotrucks?
Why not use more efficient engines?
Why not make simpler tails that inflate in the airflow at speed, and just deflate at low speeds?

>>17673628
Eminem deserved what he got. Whiney's actually sorting himself out, even if he's making a series of shit decisions and finding out that there are companies far worse than Swift.

I will laugh for days if he ends up going back to swift, though.

File: pokerface.png (210KB, 500x366px) Image search: [Google]

210KB, 500x366px

>>17673425
Oh. Well, at this point you could give trucking a try and see if you like it enough to pursue it as a career and still return to welding if it doesn't pan out.

Trucking isn't as solitude filled as movies and tv make it out to be though. You'll still have to deal with lots of people throughout the day: Shippers, receivers, cashiers, truck stop personnel, mechanics, terminal staff, company managers, dispatchers, etc. law enforcement, scale house operators, and others drivers to name a few.

Ask yourself these questions before committing though:

Do I mind being alone for long periods of time if solo driving?

Am I able to put up with being in very close proximity to another person while team driving/training for up to six weeks or so?

Am I okay with living in a small space for possibly weeks at a time?

Am I able to sleep in a noisy, moving vehicle?

Am I able to put up with potentially being mistreated by shippers, recievers, terminal staff or other drivers?

Am I able to keep effective time management considering I generally have to cram a lot of non driving personal activities including sleep within a ten hour span?

Do I like driving enough to do it for 13 hours a day?

Am I able to stay awake and focused enough to stay safely on the roads for that long?

Am I mechanically inclined enough to perform minor maintenance on the truck/trailer if needed?

Just some food for thought.

File: blownupbooty.jpg (6KB, 240x204px) Image search: [Google]

6KB, 240x204px

>>17673646
>Why not get the trailer snugged up closer to the tractor like eurotrucks?
You get it as close as you can while also taking into consideration front axle weight. Since my tractor has a 12,000lb front axle closest approach for me is 11,750 at 80,000lbs and that still leaves about 2ft between the trailer and the tractor fairings. Some have tried expandable ducting between tractor and trailer but those are really problematic.

>Why not use more efficient engines?
Money. Reducing drag is cheaper and the main place to do it now is at the trailing end of the truck. Since you still have to load the truck from the rear that means you need some Rube Goldberg device that will expand into the vacuum left by the truck but also still allow you to open the doors. Personally I think there need to be a revolution in how trucks are loaded because the entire process is just ridiculous but that's another conversation.

>Why not make simpler tails that inflate in the airflow at speed, and just deflate at low speeds?
Those exist and they're no less of a pita than the conventional types

>>17673660
Thanks, that's a really good post for someone in my situation.
At first glance I'm guessing some tech job innawoods or something would be a better fit for my autism.

>>17673646
>Why not get the trailer snugged up closer to the tractor like eurotrucks?
>Why not use more efficient engines?
>Why not make simpler tails that inflate in the airflow at speed, and just deflate at low speeds?
Another anon basically covered this, but why use them in conjunction with other things? They're proven to work and alone can improve fuel efficiency by almost 1mpg. So why not?
The only real downside, and it's the problem a lot of student training companies run into, is the trailer has to survive 18 months minimum without getting the equipment damaged. And when you put rookies behind the wheel, they're more likely to damage something.

>>17673772
>problematic
Eueotrucks manage it, often with only two tractor axles. Most of the weight is on the trailer axles.
They also have a fairing going back from the tractor to the front of the trailer, and no need for tails.

Otherwise, train your fucking drivers better?

>>17673501
Go away faggot, drive your fat queer ass and rental truck off a cliff.

>>17674135
>They also have a fairing going back from the tractor to the front of the trailer, and no need for tails.
Yup, we have those too, gap extenders.
Why are you so against methods of improving fuel efficiency?
>these things are a cheap and easy way to save fuel and money with no downsides
>wow why the fuck anyone want that why not just redesign the entire powertrain?

File: komatsu.jpg (166KB, 1920x1080px) Image search: [Google]

166KB, 1920x1080px

>>17673646
>Why not get the trailer snugged up closer to the tractor like eurotrucks?
Because American truck design revolves around wheelbase and axle load in its entirety. If your wheelbase is just a little to small or your axle load a little too high you're going to damage those frail American roads. Pic related, hauling a digger in Murrika.

File: Komatsu-PC490LC-10-031.jpg (82KB, 640x480px) Image search: [Google]

82KB, 640x480px

>>17674172
Hauling the same digger in Europe.

>>17674172
>>17674175
This has absolutely nothing to do with fuel efficiency.
Why can Eurabians never stay on point? Every time they realize they can't defend their opinion, they shift the topic in another direction. You always argue line women, that's a female diversionary tactic, the result of arguing with your emotions instead of reason and logic.

File: 10-browand-1011trans-18-638.jpg (65KB, 638x493px) Image search: [Google]

65KB, 638x493px

>>17674197
Of course it does. American trailers have their kingpins set relatively far forward (36 inches if I'm not mistaken, sometimes even less) to increase the wheelbase and therefore total weight capacity, which means that in order to prevent collisions with the cab in turns approaching 90 degrees there needs to be a substantial gap between cab and trailer.

You know what the kingpin setback is on a European trailer? 63 inches. You know what small gap this allows for? 21 inches of gap, minus the gap fairing. There's barely any gap at all on European trucks, while enabling the same turning angle (>90° in fact), and the only tradeoff is a bit of axle load.

File: sattelzug_1.png (468KB, 1000x508px) Image search: [Google]

468KB, 1000x508px

>>17674232

File: mb-actros-1850-kuehlsattelzug-berlin-moabit-66373.jpg (95KB, 1024x670px) Image search: [Google]

95KB, 1024x670px

>>17674238
Looks even crazier on fridges because these have the power unit contained within the swing radius of the trailer corners.

>>17674232
>>17674249
You can do the same thing on a conventional truck with a sliding fifth wheel. If I set mine all the way forwards, there's less than 2 feet between my gap extenders and the trailer. And as far as weight goes, it only became a problem if I was fully loaded with full tanks, but anything under 40000 was no concern.
The reasons no Americans run that way is
1. Sliding the fifth wheel is requires work, so it's easier to just set it back and forget about it.
2. Having it farther back allows slightly more maneuverability in close quarters conditions.
3. It's easier to get in between the truck and trailer and most of us are fat and fatties can't squeeze into a 24" space
4, and most importantly,
a e s t h e t i c

I never talk out of my ass. That's just a distance label you guys use on me when you don't believe what I'm saying. But what the fuck do I know. 17 years of driving them and more than that working on them.

t. eog_prod

>>17674197
>Why can Eurabians never stay on point?
Are all americunts this stupid, or are you just special?

File: ShowcaseRoundabout.png (2MB, 1366x768px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1366x768px

>>17674238
>>17674172
>>17674175
Also note the trailer axles being set forward, and there being three of them.

I really do want to see if eurotrucks would be at all competitive in the american market.
And if ameritrucks would even manage to make it through a european town.

>>17674337
Thanks for proving my point, Mohammed. Now the topic has shifted and you don't have to grasp at straw anymore to save your sinking argument.

>>17674347
>And if ameritrucks would even manage to make it through a european town.
The Northeast says 'hi'

File: MagicRoundaboutRoutes.jpg (196KB, 760x507px) Image search: [Google]

196KB, 760x507px

>>17674348
> I can't follow a conversation, so I'll turn it into a personal attack instead!

>>17674351
> Pic related

File: d1.jpg (462KB, 2048x1536px) Image search: [Google]

462KB, 2048x1536px

>>17674347
>I really do want to see if eurotrucks would be at all competitive in the american market.
Probably not because their weight rating would be complete garbage thanks to the wheelbase and weight distribution to suit European regulations. There's less than 35 ft between the first and the last axle on a European semi, the trailer axles are all single wheels, and there's a lot of weight on both tractor axles. Americans absolutely HATE weight on the steer axle, and they have TWO drive axles, and twin wheels on all trailer axles.

>And if ameritrucks would even manage to make it through a european town.
Probably not if even European trucks get stuck sometimes. Europe has overall length limits for a reason.

In the end each solution makes sense in each respective market, and to the other market they look absolutely ridiculous.

File: Scania-Road-Train.jpg (111KB, 1000x682px) Image search: [Google]

111KB, 1000x682px

>>17674388
That said eurotrucks aren't doing too badly in Straya, then again Straya has overall length limits (yes, length limits on road trains) for no apparent reason.

File: 1487911788633.jpg (2MB, 2592x1944px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2592x1944px

Hey truckers. I'm in a 2 week long driving school to get my class A CDL. Halfway through it and I still stuck at backing into spots at docks. I can't seem to get the coordination down and still getting used to it not backing up like a regular car.

Any helpful tips for a new guy?

>>17675018
Yeah, get the fuck outta there because that screams scam, or worse, Swift. No good CDL training school only runs two weeks.

File: 1484295558477.jpg (58KB, 627x478px) Image search: [Google]

58KB, 627x478px

>>17675018
Fellow student here, how is your school going? I'm at the Roadmaster in Bethlehem, PA and I'm about to start week 2 of 3 tomorrow. I'm nervous as fuck. I know how to drive stick (my daily driver is a Challenger with a 6-speed) and work a clutch, but I took a gamble with this school and absolutely have to get my CDL A. I have no job and used my resources to come here. I aced my permit test on my first try, and seem to be getting pre-trip down very quickly, but fuck me I'm nervous about the test. I haven't even driven on the road yet and I'm freaking out here.

I know about downshifting and catching gears, because I do it all the time in my car, but what about stopping at a light? You don't have time to run through the gears before stopping. In my car, if I'm going ~40 and start to stop, I go from 5th, to 4th, to 3rd, to neutral. Does the same shit apply in trucking?

>>17675018
Practice. Most schools teach you just enough to pass the test anyway. You will learn when you actually get a job.

>>17675090
I work for UPS currently, trying to get into driving their semis and it's 2 week training. 10th day we get tested by a state certified person. I know, 2 weeks sound crazy, it's just how this company does it.

>>17675092
Good luck to you. Training is going fairly well, first week I've already learned to hook up and drive double 28' and 53' on roads and highways. Not gonna lie it's a lot easier than I imagined. If you're going to go one the road, do not be nervous. Try to relax, being nervous behind that wheel can be deadly.
Also I'm having trouble downshifting but getting better at it. My instructor told me that when being tested by the state, I should not put the tractor in neutral and coast to a red light, he said they expect us to downshift through every gear. I'm sure each state is different. Pretrip is easy, lots of good videos on YouTube to watch and just memorize.

eog_prod is my favorite paranoid muppet

>>17675141
The coasting thing, I was told this as well. You can't coast/be in neutral longer than the length of your vehicle (truck + freight), but I'm dreading stopping at a red light. I can see it now: 7th gear at 25, time to slow down. Drop to 6th...5th...4th...and by then I'll either be at the light, or below 1000 RPM and the engine will stall or something.

>>17675322
Best thing to do is tell your instructor that you want to practice that in their yard or find a big empty space. In mine we can get to 6th gear easily, practice downshifting from their. Let off the gas if you see a stale green ahead, practice makes good, even veteran truck drivers screw up sometimes. Right guys?

>>17675344
Do you push in the clutch and coast the last bit of stopping, like in a car? Surely you can't drop all the way to 1st on engine braking alone in a short distance. In my Challenger, I can drop all the way to 1 MPH in 1st before I need to push in the clutch. As long as it's rolling, it won't stall. Are trucks the same?

>>17675322
If you are downshifting to 6th with more than a few truck lengths to go before a stop, you are doing it wrong.. Just down shift until you are in 6th, then clutch in.

File: 1488405930530.png (243KB, 449x426px) Image search: [Google]

243KB, 449x426px

The school I'm in has 10-speed Freightliners. What gear should I be in to start? Rather, what's the highest gear I CAN be in to start?

File: 20170806_184952.jpg (3MB, 5312x2988px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 5312x2988px

Bowling with the fatty

>>17675742
1, just like a car

>>17675742
Low, 2, 3, 4 depending on weight and grade. 2 most of the time.

>>17675092
>Bethlehem, PA
Town hates trucks with a passion, keeps building warehouses, won't allow any more truckstops. Fuck that place.

>>17675752
So what was that deal I heard about a while back you and her had where a """"gay"""" guy lived at your house while you were away?

I'd tongue punch her fart box all night desu.

what drugs are tested by dot

>>17675918
The fact you're asking means you should kill yourself

>>17675752
Do yo hate being with her or something? Did she get fat once she married you?

>>17675742
With the empty trailer? 3 probably. 4 if you're downhill and let it roll into it a little.

>>17675752
Good job

Eaton doesn't have engineers that design gearboxes

t. eog_prod

>>17675752
>>17675944
>>17675970
>No diabeetus hump
Would not bang/10
Tell that bitch to eat more twinkies.

>>17675742
2nd. Your trailer is probably empty, so the highest gear you /can/ start in is Hi L then going to 5th (though that's usually only practical bobtail). It isn't likely you're going to know the clutch well enough to pull that off in CDL school, but once you master it you can run that bitch up to about 20mph before hitting 5th.

>>17675742
Any, just means you need to slip the clutch a ton and burn it out.

File: 2h8UPyO.jpg (49KB, 650x855px) Image search: [Google]

49KB, 650x855px

>>17676176
>>17675296
>>17674334
>The content you have posted is incompatible with this imageboard.
>Please check the content and try your post again.

>>17675752
>>17675944
>>17675970
>MFW - My Fat Wife
Bruh. It was kinda funny the first time, but now it makes you seem like an asshole.

>>17675742
Ask the instructor where the other 8 gears are.

t. Supertrucker

>>17674156
You post enough with that name to warrant a legit tripcode at this point.

>>17675752
>tfw no fat waifu to do fun things with
>tfw no friends to do fun things with

Unless she is a total useless bitch or a vapid whore you should probably be thankful you have some kind of companion to do normie things with.

>>17676301
ok

>>17676623
>Only married her for the money
Let me guess. She's a nurse. Bitches be making $60/hr

>>17676623
She looks like a nice lady.

>>17676623
does she tongue your sphincter

>>17676623
goddamn, get her some pore strips

>>17676301
I've had my fun with the know it all blowhard supertrucker. I'm sure he busts a vein when responding. I'm surprised he didn't ban me.

File: How to back semi.png (113KB, 1668x1041px) Image search: [Google]

113KB, 1668x1041px

>>17675018
Late to the party, but for you and anyone else who needs it; here you go.

File: 0402171207.jpg (2MB, 3264x1836px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3264x1836px

Okay guys I'm fixing to go work for a mega carrier, my first trucking job

Which should I choose if given the choice? Flatbed, dry van, or reefer? Pros and cons?

>>17677003
Give us your best conspiracy theory and we will be able to tell you.

>>17677003
PAM is bretty gud. Just check the truck for herpes first.

Did some neckbeard report those hot pics of that chubber?

>>17676301
I can tell you are young and have very little practical mechanic or driving experience, especially in the area of where the two overlap. Myself, having mechanical experience (decades) on everything from weedeaters to lawn mowers, small and commercial (large scale) marine, automotive, heavy construction equipent, all level of aircraft, diesel and large truck, large scale hydraulic and electric, and many other areas to lengthy to list... one common denomination that spans the entire list: while they mean well, engineers are idiots who's hands are tied by budget, liability and politics. If things were truly the way you are saying you see them, everything would be more expensive and there would be no need for recalls, lawsuits or warranties. So before you drum up your next pathetic insult attack, just think about that for a moment. Then think about all of the stupid fucking labels you've slapped me with (undoubtedly nearing the entirety of your arsenal) that you have been programmed to use by those whom you've allowed to teach you, that serve only to defend your ego and keep you safely in the box you have allowed society to put you in and keep you, and then think about all of the knowledge you are missing out on by keeping your perspective so narrow.

I'm hitting my 1 year mark this month, currently on family dollar account with US xpress but jesus christ unloading trailers in the houston summer sucks. I would like to find new employment but I've been spoiled by the predictable routes and being home every weekend

Does anyone have any experience with McElroy? I remember their recruiter saying they didn't operate on weekends and they were mostly shorthaul loads.

I wouldn't even mind taking a pay cut since I'm single no kids and stay with family on my time off

File: 77201784842.jpg (487KB, 1080x1080px) Image search: [Google]

487KB, 1080x1080px

How you want your lines senpai?

File: Masterpiece.jpg (231KB, 1000x909px) Image search: [Google]

231KB, 1000x909px

>>17677939
Its so real, it's like the actual eog_prod is shitposting this message.

>>17677769
Aw shit. Were there nudes?

>>17678167
Gotta braid em together. Keeps em organized and less chance of them rubbing through on something.

>>17678167
Tied in a dog knot at the tractor and slack enough to rub the drives at the trailer

File: IMG_1048.jpg (3MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 4032x3024px

>>17678167
In the proper location

File: IMG_5382.jpg (71KB, 775x926px) Image search: [Google]

71KB, 775x926px

>>17677769
Kek. You should know by now that whenever somebody posts pics of their grill, there are a couple permavirgins who will report it.

>>17674388
> Stuck
Not completely. If he backs up and wiggles a little, he can probably make it around that corner.
Should have approached from the other way, though.

Also, some eurotrucks have three-axle tractors. I've even seen a couple of 4-axle ones, of both dual-steer and tri-drive flavours.

>>17677769
I'm sick of his attention-whoring.

File: IMG_20170807_104107.jpg (880KB, 1440x2560px) Image search: [Google]

880KB, 1440x2560px

>>17678167
>implying I ever drop my trailer

>sure we have truck parking
Holiday Inn suck. The newer Express ones are good but the regular so far have been old and worn.
I survived my team drive to Detroit. Company ended up giving us a brand new KW midroof so space wasn't an issue. Old timer I was with told me I was the best driver he's seen in awhile and gave me some useful pointers. It took us 19 hours to drive up here and is going to take me almost 9 to fly back, almost doesn't seem worth it.

File: vrachtwagen_ADR_LZV[1].jpg (959KB, 2048x1529px) Image search: [Google]

959KB, 2048x1529px

>>17674172
>>17674175
What is that last axle doing on the US trailer? Is it actually lifting something or is it only used as a fifth wheel dolly when the trailer is empty?
Also: The US version has 2 sets of 2 unsteered axles and a set of 3 unsteered axles. (plus that weird extra axle).
I wonder if the European setup has steered axles. Road wear would be a lot less if axles were steered.
>>17674347
>I really do want to see if eurotrucks would be at all competitive in the american market.
More power, higher loads, better fuel economy and better maneuverability.
I think they'd certainly be competitive. They are designed for a maximum speed of around 60 mph though, so not sure if they're as safe to go 80+ mph with. (longer wheelbase makes things more stable at speed.)
This creates specific functions for US design and european design. Carrying bulk over long stretches would definitely be the european strong point however.
>And if ameritrucks would even manage to make it through a european town.
simply put: from larger business to larger business: not a big problem. Local delivery to a super market: not possible.
>pic related: Dutch extra long combinations, only allowed outside cities.

>>17675918
4 marijuanas and 2 pill, better drink vinegar bro

>>17675918
Either way, not worth risking it. Just eat some Cid from time to time and you will be straight.

>>17678396
>What is that last axle doing on the US trailer?
Satisfying a legal requirement.

I would love to see an ameritruck make it through london.

File: 1501830296285.jpg (51KB, 949x960px) Image search: [Google]

51KB, 949x960px

>>17678639
>Your local road layout and infrastructure is different than my local road layout and infrastructure, and therefor it is inherently bad

Its almost as though most North American cities are designed quite differently than English/European cities, and the local regulations for heavy transport are designed to reflect those differences.

File: 20170807_113443.jpg (1MB, 2048x1152px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2048x1152px

>TFW a group of native dancers spend 25 minutes doing long ass prayers in both English and Cree

>>17678992
> Getting this defensive and interpreting everything as an attack
Wow, it's almost like you accept your country is inferior.

It just seems like it'd be fun to watch.

File: 1268636514762.jpg (109KB, 647x600px) Image search: [Google]

109KB, 647x600px

>>17679091
I'm Canadian you fucking retard. I don't have a dog in this stupid fight between Burgers and Bangers.

Also, lots of old east coast u.s. cities have narrow winding roads, and North American spec trucks get by just fine.

>>17679135
>Also, lots of old east coast u.s. cities have narrow winding roads, and North American spec trucks get by just fine.
Sshhh, don't upset the Eurabian with facts that disprove his argument. His fragile Napoleon Complex can't take it.

>>17679135
I don't think you understand just how tight european cities ARE.

Why don't you ever see any gooks driving trucks? Every other race is pretty well represented in the industry except the gooks.

>>17679501
It's a moving vehicle, not a violin. Would you really want to see a bunch of Asians behind the wheels of 80,000lb trucks?

Just be grateful.

>>17679559
No, gooks are shit drivers. Was just wondering if that's the reason the can't into trucking

>>17679578
Exactly. Don't question it. Just be grateful that they rarely operate anything larger than a Camry.

File: IMG_0283.png (295KB, 543x494px) Image search: [Google]

295KB, 543x494px

>>17679501
>>17679559
>>17679578
Do you want the thread to get spammed with Dekatora photos? Cause this is how you get the thread spammed with Dekatora photos.

>>17679629
Reeeeeeeeeee

Thats japanese. Lrn2racist

Reeeeeeeee

File: 1500722977369.jpg (35KB, 406x406px) Image search: [Google]

35KB, 406x406px

>>17679663
"Any cunt with slanty eyes is a gook/slope/chow/slant. They all love it."

>>17679824
Reeeeeeee

>>17678221
Welp I guess that's all you got. Enjoy your box dude. Disney Land is waiting for your money

File: 1492850430512.jpg (144KB, 572x303px) Image search: [Google]

144KB, 572x303px

>>17680008
>MFW
Wat.

>>17680211
You have a fat wife too?

File: 1499896430522.jpg (237KB, 732x700px) Image search: [Google]

237KB, 732x700px

Yup. Chubby milf with big saggy naturals and a medium hairy bush.

>>17680569
same, /o/ has a lot of FAs
makes me wonder about /m/

>look on 4plebs
>no nudes
>not even that fat 2/10 moar thicc
>some lame ass bald guy in the background posting on 4chins
maximum overkeks

Hey, since we're on the topic of video games, I noticed the animation in GTA when the guy climbs into the cabover, he steps on the lugs instead of using the ladder.
Nice touch.

Guys I'm beginning to suspect that some of the people that work for PTL don't know what they're doing.

>>17680609
Muh dick

File: tandem.jpg (618KB, 1920x1080px) Image search: [Google]

618KB, 1920x1080px

>be me, hdsupplyfag
>first day on the job
>so far so good doing video training for the next two days so stuck in store
>remember when they took my interview that they asked "so you can drive manual right?"
>"y-yeah no problem"
>find out today all but one of these five trucks are 10spdrs
>road test on thursday
>lowes truck was an automatic
>haven't driven a stick truck since I got my license in the training school truck jan 2016

Any tips so I don't fuck up guys? Or should I just pucker my anus and hope for the best
welp.

>>17681348
just be gentle with it.
Being a little slower while shifting is no problem.
banging the gearbox/drivetrain just to try to look fast is going to be noticed.
they'll see that you're not fast but cautious and know you'll learn on the job to become fast and care for their equipment.

>>17681348
Grind it till you find it.

>>17681348
You'll figure it out. Just be patient and don't get nervous. Each truck is a little different and the lower gears are always shorter so it takes a minute to get used to it.

File: IMG_3315.jpg (3MB, 3783x2632px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 3783x2632px

What nigga I don't give a fuck
What nigga I don't give a fuck

Eat ass smoke grass

>>17681470
How many payments you still owe your dad for that bike?

>>17681470
Here's your (You).

File: 1494209476001.jpg (45KB, 552x414px) Image search: [Google]

45KB, 552x414px

>>17681470
>Decals on a jockeybox
Y tho.

Nice druck. Gonna put a moose bumper on it?

>>17681017
I tried that once.
Once.

>>17681791
Did you felled?

>>17676823
Ya so just gonna let you know 65ft is max length t. Bus rider

>>17681470
I thought your new one was flattop

File: IMG_1049.jpg (2MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 4032x3024px

I been slacking on in truck cooking

This is the first snack I made in like a month. I gotta get all new cookers though bc I ruined everything I had

File: 1459706218241.jpg (59KB, 655x527px) Image search: [Google]

59KB, 655x527px

>>17681386
>>17681408
>>17681429
I made it sound like I'm comfortable with manuel but you guys don't understand. Straight from trucking school I went into a job with a slushbox tranny. I have no common knowledge on when to downshift or what gear is good for which load. Apart from what I learned in school with an empty trailer of course. I'll talk to the manager and tell him that if he's patient I'm able to pick up on it quick but it'll take a couple of days. (Or weeks.)

>>17682147
Just play it off cool if someone's watching, like "oh man i really got spoiled on that slushbox at Lowe's! haha" or "dang I'm rustier than I thought!"

It's not really that hard a skill, there's a reason most CDL schools end up with students on the road after the first day or two

>>17682147
I mean that's pretty much what I did. After school, I didn't touch a manuél truck for 2 or 3 years. Took about half an hour of city driving to get back into it and then a couple more hours to really feel it out. Just tell them you need some extra time.

>>17680609
>chubby, hair bush, saggy ass tits
>milf
Pick one.

>>17669753
Are you guys alright with people trying to draft behind you?

>>17681886
What

>>17682054
Trim that bush you nasty hippy

>>17682213
You dont know what real milf is. You like porno milf.

>>17682239
As long as they don't fly out and try to pass as I'm changing lanes, idc. I don't even notice they're there. But don't bitch when a pebble gets kicked up.

File: 280.jpg (186KB, 580x777px) Image search: [Google]

186KB, 580x777px

>>17682213
>Milfs have pert tits, are between the ages of 21-30, are shaved and have no kids

I meant a real milf, silly.

>>17682252
Nope I just want a woman who takes care of herself and at least has the decency to shave

>>17682333
Good luck, my dude. Good luck.

>>17682349
Is it really so much to ask for a woman who isn't a total land whale and knows how to use a razor blade every once in while? No don't think so, not married but my girl is certainly not the weight of 2.5 grown people. I bet you're fat too
>inb4 no gf

File: 059.png (1MB, 2048x1467px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2048x1467px

>>17682365
>""""""milf""""""
>doesn't have a bush and is chubby
Do you even ara~ anon? I agree on the saggy tits tho. They must be full.

>>17682333
Real milf have them sweet saggers

>>17682407
hahaha so much ban

>>17682239
I slow all the way down to 55 or 50 until they take the hint and fuck off.
Of course, I also floor it as soon as they get in the other lane.

File: bb5a55c1-eaa1-441c-aed8-bce474f1126c..jpg (802KB, 2560x1600px) Image search: [Google]

802KB, 2560x1600px

The "team leader" for this project is shit. Took us two hours to leave the yard, then I beat him to the drop by a whole hour then I beat him to the yard. On top of that he wants me to fudge my logs so I can go in at 06:00 after finishing at 22:30.

To top it all off, I can't communicate properly with him since he speaks almost no English.

>>17682735
How long have you been at that job? And you're already all pissed?

>>17682735
Is he a [Proud Person Of Spanish Descent]?

>>17682735
Holy hell how can you drive that monstrosity of a load around without worry? My conscious would be screaming at me constantly if that was my truck.

File: maxresdefault.jpg (87KB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

87KB, 1280x720px

Non trucker fag here. What type of people own and drive pic related, what's the point of having a larger sleeper cab? If you're driving a company(non-owned) truck are the sleepers ever cleaned between drivers?

Also, post pics of your sleeper cabs pls, my autistic brain finds them interesting.

>>17682815
I see those a lot on car haulers, and I think it's because they will pick up cars, show up to a car show on Thursday, and just live in the things until Monday when they can leave.

Right? Or maybe teams that never really stop.

I need to get to bed. I laid down at like 7pm because I got no sleep last night and I'm still up. Fuck.

File: 1460424164266.gif (3MB, 382x277px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 382x277px

>>17682365
>mfw he doesn't want a landwhale with a goatee
she's just going to be your beard for hometime anyway bb
what do you care what she looks like

>>17682770
I'm pissed at how inefficiently it's being ran. I could've cut three hours off this trip and now he wants me to be in after five hours of sleep? That shit ain't gonna fly when the electronic log mandate comes into effect.

>>17682797
Yeah, I actually think he crosses the border every day, there's a few cars with Mexican plates at the employee parking.

>>17682801
I don't see what's to be scared of, it's a pretty small load.

File: VNL430.jpg (27KB, 426x426px) Image search: [Google]

27KB, 426x426px

>>17682815
I've never been in the sleeper of my truck, only fags like prime live in them.

File: 1501480840654.jpg (14KB, 460x205px) Image search: [Google]

14KB, 460x205px

>>17682365
>He doesn't enjoy more cushion for the pushin
>mfw

File: IMG_3155.jpg (161KB, 960x720px) Image search: [Google]

161KB, 960x720px

Eating ass smoking grass kicking ass
Bitches
Bitches
Bitches
Like to fuck

>>17683060
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlq9UWWqe44

>>17682407
Owww yeah. That's them sweet milf saggers.

>>17683060
How much more of a blowhard can you be? Is eog_prod your father?

>>17682906
The one in the pink makes my cock diamond

>>17677055
'"Benjamin Netanyahu was meeting in at Finks bar in Jerusalem, a well-known Mossad watering-hole. Here is what he said as taken directly from the transcript of the recording which was witnessed and has been 100% fully authenticated:
“If we get caught they will just replace us with persons of the same cloth. So it doesn’t matter what you do, America is a Golden Calf and we will suck it dry, chop it up, and sell it off piece by piece until there is nothing left but the World’s biggest welfare state that we will create and control. Why? Because it’s god’s will and America is big enough to take the hit so we can do it again, again and again. This is what we do to countries that we hate. We destroy them very slowly and make them suffer for refusing to be our slaves.”

File: IMG_0804.jpg (9KB, 250x250px) Image search: [Google]

9KB, 250x250px

>>17683191
>TFW I wake up and see that I missed more sweet nudes being posted

>>17683008
>Empty sleeper
What type of trucking do you do, specifically?

>>17682991
Do you need to travel in convoy or something? Can you not depart when your specific trailer is road ready?

>>17682054
>Cooking
>Added hot water and sauce packet to noodles
>MFW
What have you been doing for food then? Truck stop rollerdogs and jerkied hooker meat?

File: IMG_3364.jpg (2MB, 3024x3822px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3024x3822px

>how super truckers wake up each and every god blessed morning .

>>17682991
>I don't see what's to be scared of
The way it's all packed together like someone's playing tetris? The lack of stability?

I wouldn't send a tray of fucking groceries out in that state, let alone a fucking trailer.

File: 1498165303956.jpg (718KB, 900x1197px) Image search: [Google]

718KB, 900x1197px

What is the most comfy place to be hired as a recovering neet i still wanna play vidya even if i need to buy a laptop but is it possible otr?

File: 1495238077846.jpg (914KB, 2656x1494px) Image search: [Google]

914KB, 2656x1494px

>>17684517
Prime hires students and every truck has an APU and inverter. Playing PS4 during detention. Some other companies have equally equipped trucks so all the recruiter about APUs

>>17684726
>cab full of weeb shite
what a fucking absolute mess you must be. your parents must be so fucking embarrassed with you.

File: 2015-09-05 16.15.30.jpg (4MB, 5312x2988px) Image search: [Google]

4MB, 5312x2988px

>>17684151
Line haul between Las Vegas and Beaver

>>17684827
>he cares about what his parents think
Spotted the underage.

File: IMG_2244.jpg (50KB, 540x540px) Image search: [Google]

50KB, 540x540px

>>17684837
>White Volvo with a fendirror
Cheeki breeki iv damke.

>>17684726
Is that monitor mounted there or do you lay it down while on the move?

File: ed7d84fa-6b72-454b-81c3-0686d0732f7e..jpg (80KB, 984x984px) Image search: [Google]

80KB, 984x984px

>>17684151
Well, I was getting trained yesterday. But since I got back so late, I didn't make it before cut off today. So I talked to the supervisor and explained how slow shit went yesterday and how the team leader wanted me to run illegal logs.

She said tomorrow should run smoother, she's going to make sure loads and equipment are ready to go. Apparently some people weren't doing their jobs.

>>17684392
It's one entire assembly, stayed stable at 70mph. Most of the incidents here happen when the flatbeds are empty.

>>17684842
I'd care what my parents thought if they had to drive me to the mall every weekend too.

>>17684903
I'm worried vibrations from the road will damage or loosen something internal so I have a 4" foam mattress pad I lay it on during travel. Some trucks like the T680 have TV mounts but I wouldn't trust using one, or maybe I'm just paranoid.

>>17684842
Sorry to hear you grew up in a shitty family and ended up hating them. A good family is the strongest bond in life.

>>17684928
Cool projection. Who said I didn't have a good family? But if I lived my life by their dictation and not for myself, I'd probably still have student debt thanks to getting a degree I didn't need, working a job I hated making less than I did now, making payments on a thirty year mortgage, and married with kids despite all the aforementioned financial disasters.
Instead, I decided to live a life I wanted to live doing things that make me happy. Are my parents proud? Maybe not but I don't really care if they are or not.

>>17682991
Wasn't that job supposed to be 5a-1p M-F?

File: fd5c4a97-1804-4d1a-a00f-fba91035cb8e..jpg (53KB, 900x750px) Image search: [Google]

53KB, 900x750px

>>17685541
Depends how quick you are, I think 10 hours is a good average after running it. I didn't account for receiving poking ass. That still works out to more than what Bepis pays here.

>>17686067
Lel that's funny tho, you sounded sure you were going to be off all early. I knew it wasn't going to work out like that.

Truck drivers rarely work 40hr weeks mang.

You said it's flat pay each trip, right?

Where was this MILF when I was a horny jackrabbit teenager?
http://nypost.com/2017/08/08/married-mom-goes-to-prison-for-sex-with-teenage-boys/

>>17684151
>>TFW I wake up and see that I missed more sweet nudes being posted
4plebs nigger.

>>17686113
Yeee so there's incentive to actually do your job unlike those fucks yesterday. "Oh let's take two 30 minute breaks and get back at 11!"

This could be run so much more efficiently but nobody does their job.

>>17684921
Tough call. Being mounted full time would be a lot nicer than it having to ride loose on the bed, but it's an expensive experiment to conduct if your monitor/tv gets fucked up from being mounted.

>>17686128
>Those archived tits
Thanx boi.

I haven't crashed or run anything over in awhile. Am I gonna make it?

File: 20170809_072815.jpg (1MB, 2160x2160px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2160x2160px

>>17683008
IKTF

File: image.jpg (2MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 4032x3024px

>>17684151
It was just a rando pic of a saggy titted milf, nothing too exciting.

&I never said I cooked the ramen, just made it. I've mostly been eating whatever garbage the truck stops are selling and now after a month of that I feel like shit

>>17684517
Do reefer. You'll do more sitting that driving

>>17684903
Only one fendirror tho so he's only half a super trucker

>>17686397
Nobody makes it out of this life alive

>>17684912
>le "this doesn't normally happen" meme
Didn't I tell you that would happen?

>>17686896
Even so, it's better than working 70 hours for two weeks on the road.

I'm gonna try to move up and supplant the team leader then try for a cozy office position or something.

I have a class A but no hazmat endorsement. Can I still carry stuff like paint thinner, paint, bleach, etc if it's small loads?

>>17687155
I'm pretty sure no one knows how hazmat works. Like you can have one kind of hazmat with no placards if it's the only thing in the trailer, but it needs placards if it's mixed with other things, and some things don't need a placard or endorsement if it's under a certain weight, or some things need a placard but no endorsement. It was either explained to me poorly or the system is completely retarded. I figured I'd just say fuck it to all that shit unless you specialize in carrying hazardous stuff. Like if I'm general freight, why should I get an endorsement and deal with all that and follow HC routes and remember what states have what hazmat laws and make zero extra monies for it?

>>17687305
>>17687155
Over 1000lbs and you need placards and a hazmat endorsement.

Under 1000lbs and I think you still need shipping papers but no placards or hazmat. When I have a couple CO2 cylinders on the truck, I have to keep the paperwork with me.

>>17687089
True, but you should've known they weren't actually gonna let you clock out at 1pm everyday.

You better learn Spanish.

They had an opening for driver sup for us, but they were kinda shady about it. I hate office politics. I don't think they want a driver in that position since they know how shit actually works and aren't just yes-men.

>>17687428
>CO2 cylinders
Do you ever lose them to homebrewing friends?

>tfw you get stuck at the loading racks with two supertruckers

File: d8238a4d4f1091d510c47325899b7e46.jpg (33KB, 500x324px) Image search: [Google]

33KB, 500x324px

>>17683008
I wouldn't go into that coffin of death to wait for swift to tin can me either desu.

>Be Me
>Be today, a.m.
>get to terminal to go out for the week
>new truck still not ready, nanny fuckery not installed
>no hook slip in dispatch, dispatch says contractor needs to come talk to them
>dafuq.mov
>Tuesday is the say boss is there
>go get her from the break room where they post up on tues.
>she comes back, my old truck is out of the system, new trucks number is active in its place but not ready
>youhearingthisshit.mp3
>have to wait for them to temp it into the system under a randomly assigned temp number that's not my number.
>meanwhile, boss grabs me and another driver
>"listen, that guy for (other contractor) that got side swiped in stopped traffic got fired today
>inside facing cam showed him stopped with the road closed in front of him, pull the brakes, and stretch his arms over his head when he got side swiped
>"you didn't have control of the vehicle driver"
>fucking stopped in traffic with the road closed and the brakes pulled
>MFW we have to keep out hands on the steering wheel when parked in traffic with the brakes pulled for fear swift smashes into stopped traffic and gets me fired

>>17687595
Fucking name didn't show

>>17687595
The vechicle was parked.
I didn't realise that USA was that fucked.

>>17684726
Seems like your qualcomm would be hard to reach.

>>17687661
Me either. I was fucking floored that he got fired. He was parked on a closed road and got hit by another truck that evasive maneuvered into the emergency lane and side swiped him in stopped traffic.

File: 1493410115912.png (241KB, 480x485px) Image search: [Google]

241KB, 480x485px

>>17687595
>American Labour Laws: The Post

>>17687022
Why did you have your high beams on?

>>17686827
I hear you on the feeling like shit from road food. I try to eat somewhat healthy, but man is it a struggle.

>Half supertrucker
Zoz. Does that mean he wears just one fingerless glove, and a reasonably sized belt buckle?

File: Eternal Freightliner.jpg (5KB, 299x168px) Image search: [Google]

5KB, 299x168px

>>17687022
You look a lot more... urban... with a close up shot than I expected.

>>17687794
How often do you need to reach it?

I've loaded 18 Prime trucks in the past week. all but 3 of them have had to ask for advice on how to tie down. one blonde milf from Tennessee took 15 minutes to back and then hit the dock at about 10 miles an hour. every single one of their trucks was an automatic. is this what trucking has become? one of them made some comment about my truck looking shitty but at least it has 3 pedals, does 80 and blows black smoke all over the place

>>17687933
The fucked part is, I'm pretty sure he was found not at fault by DOT, fedex is the one that fired him for "muh safety"

>>17688039
What did you expect when the government enforces regulations that causes more man hours to do the same job while simultaneously making those man hours more expensive?

File: jew stereotype2.png (204KB, 353x402px) Image search: [Google]

204KB, 353x402px

>>17687022

>tfw the proles are trying to organize
>so you hire a based hammernigger to strike fear in their hearts
>forgetting that pinko slugs have the bought-and-sold pigs on their side
>quickly swooping in to thwart your dastardly scheme

>alas, it's time to activate Lanza-bot 2.0 and reinvigorate the gun control debate once more

>>17688039
>Loaded 18 trucks
>Drive a truck myself
Explan dis.

>>17687428
I just assumed that's how long a trip like this would take, and I understand Spanish, I just don't speak it well.

And that's how it always is with anything driver/dispatch related. They try and keep drivers from being dispatchers because they'll be more sympathetic towards other drivers. Regardless, I'm gonna aim up, if a rookie is outpacing a seasoned driver then there's issues.

>>17687842
Dude needs to lawyer up.

>>17688315
I sincerely hope he does, but I doubt it will do any good. Florida is an at will employment state

>cut cars off in traffic when bored
>supervisor stops me one day and shows me an email
>3 paragraph autistic rant about how I cut her off, where, at what time, and a fucking picture of my truck and trailer number
>super asks me if I did that
>Say yeah, I cut off 4 wheelers when I'm bored
>just tells me to be careful

working at a small company is great sometimes

>>17688377

Did you e-mail her back a picture of your full erect dick covered in lime jello?

>heading to San Antonio from Houston
>suddenly massive traffic on the usual high speed roads that connect cities like these
>two lanes backed up for miles and miles, so you have your cunty cunts now driving on the shoulders
>truckers decide "nah" and they proceed take up both their lane and the shoulder
>cunts stopped dead in their tracks

truckers are cool people

>>17687982
I play pinball on mine driving down the road.

>>17688418

>be me
>be cunty cunt on CBR
>zip past faggy fag truckers in their derpy derp trucks
>watch as they REEE in their stinky cabs while I zoom off

File: hahaha.jpg (15KB, 443x332px) Image search: [Google]

15KB, 443x332px

>>17684827

Fucking S A V A G E bruh

File: 9493f4114d4037dd4709434d7376423f.jpg (102KB, 650x488px) Image search: [Google]

102KB, 650x488px

Ohhh yeah. It's so tasty.

File: IMG_3382.jpg (192KB, 768x960px) Image search: [Google]

192KB, 768x960px

>>17687970
Fuck

>>17688377
You think you're good.
Fact is, you've now got a record. Whenever the company needs to fire someone it'll be you. They can prove you are having problems with professional behavior.
They won't have to pay a big severance when they fire you.

>>17673197
What gears do you usually use then?

Seriously. I play ATS and use 18 speed transmissions, how should I shift? What gears to use?

>>17689310
1lo-2hi-4lo-5hi-6hi-7hi-8lo-8hi

Easily done loaded at 44tonnes

>>17689328
I'm an absolute retard at trucker transmissions. What's this translated to numbers 1-18?

File: 5e4d5244fb36ce9702e8aa7caf3032d8.jpg (104KB, 1280x782px) Image search: [Google]

104KB, 1280x782px

>>17689335
Figure it out yourself.

>>17689462
Also, just for your retarded ass.
LOlo and LOhi count as 1&2 when counting gears like you want.

>>17684180
In a house?
Naw, they wake up in a cuckbox everyday.

>>17689335
1-4-7-10-12-14-15-16. The reverses count as two gears in an 18-speed

If I can climb a 10% grade at 1600rpm with 100% throttle, is it bad for engine? or should I drop down to next split and run same revs with less throttle?

>>17689486
No, other wise it would be a 22 speed. As you have 4 reverse gears in an 18sp box.

>>17689486
What you posted is LO-LO, 1HI, 3LO, 4HI, 5HI, 6HI, 7HI, 8HI.

File: honor_our_fallen.gif (872KB, 404x402px) Image search: [Google]

872KB, 404x402px

>>17689301
>trucking
>severance pay

What fantastical land do you live in?

File: 52bkngf6c8ez.jpg (112KB, 1125x1106px) Image search: [Google]

112KB, 1125x1106px

>>17689310
>*18 speed supertrucker appears*
I generally don't use low gear to get started unless I am trying to get moving from being dead stopped going up a hill, or am trying to crawl through deep mud.

During normal conditions I shift thusly:
Start off in 3 (1st gear direct), 5 (2nd gear direct), 7 (3rd gear direct), 9 (4th gear direct), into high range to 11 (5th direct), 12 (5th high), 13 (6th direct), 14 (6th high), 15 (7th direct), 16 (7th high), 17 (8th direct), 18 (8th high)

>>17689487
1600 is fine if you can maintain it. Personally, if the grade has a while to go before it levels out and I keep losing rpms, I will do a full shifter position downshift at around 1300-1400 or so, which will increase the rpms to around 1600-1700 once you drop those technically two gears.

File: 5C412AB3-BFF6-471F-88D8-7D1604D789C2.jpg (1MB, 2048x2048px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2048x2048px

>>17689628
Grind it till u find it.
There I simplified that for u my beloved friend

>>17689620
a place where laborers are protected..
Don't they have wrongful termination in burgerland?

>>17689628
>Start off in 3 (1st gear direct), 5 (2nd gear direct), 7 (3rd gear direct), 9 (4th gear direct), into high range to 11 (5th direct), 12 (5th high), 13 (6th direct), 14 (6th high), 15 (7th direct), 16 (7th high), 17 (8th direct), 18 (8th high)
Thanks man, sounds good.

File: IMG_2607.jpg (62KB, 480x720px) Image search: [Google]

62KB, 480x720px

>>17690249
Start off in ur moms ass(pull out and into ur gf mouth) split into ur sisters pussy (switch to ur gf's anal) etc

File: 20170617_123410.jpg (1MB, 2048x1232px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2048x1232px

>>17669753
>>Swift: Best
agreed

File: 1502298548822539240138.jpg (2MB, 2400x3200px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2400x3200px

I bet Swift is behind this

File: IMG_2574.jpg (186KB, 1080x1080px) Image search: [Google]

186KB, 1080x1080px

I drive a big truck and I like to fuck.
I wrap my cock in a sock an shoot ya with my glock.
Flat top is my style
Fuck You in the ass
Paid per mile

>>17690581
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLWHSJLpSLc

File: IMG_3384.png (2MB, 1242x2208px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1242x2208px

>>17690618

File: Screenshot_20170809-142019.png (522KB, 1080x1920px) Image search: [Google]

522KB, 1080x1920px

>>17690817

>>17690568
I thought something similar earlier across 20 in Louisiana.
It was PAM jacknifed on the ditch

>>17690874
19 tabs of tentacle porn

>>17689628
It holds 1600rpm all the way. Revs climb a little to 1750 if I keep feeding her the berries near the top, I usually just decrease throttle and stay at 1600 when that happens.

File: images (8).jpg (3KB, 250x250px) Image search: [Google]

3KB, 250x250px

>>17691991
>2 stroke concrete vibrator.
Sheeeeeeit

Honestly, if you guys have no interest in being on topic, why don't you just start a discord and you can be normies to your heart's content

File: IMG_1151.jpg (2MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 4032x3024px

>>17692028
Durrrrr trucks guys
Durr wut cumpunys r best
Durrr how git see dee ell

File: 720831fe40fcbe6848731c89b5034337.jpg (2MB, 2592x1944px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2592x1944px

>>17678396
Dutchfag reporting in.

File: 7131491717-IMG6927.JPG.jpg (51KB, 700x467px) Image search: [Google]

51KB, 700x467px

>>17669753
I submit this as the next OP image.

File: 12046991_125245924500804_2983520229112569552_n.png (23KB, 504x432px) Image search: [Google]

23KB, 504x432px

>>17692399
burger?

>>17692399
Why aren't US doubles set up like this? You can at least back this up.

File: 20170804_084457.jpg (841KB, 2160x2160px) Image search: [Google]

841KB, 2160x2160px

>>17692176
Have a cry cunt.

Look at this truck.

File: 1350626407829.jpg (33KB, 600x371px) Image search: [Google]

33KB, 600x371px

>>17692508
>back up
>double trailers

How many dicks does a lot lizard suck per day?

File: image_1.jpg (61KB, 460x743px) Image search: [Google]

61KB, 460x743px

>>17692572
Idk, follow one around with a video camera and report back.

>>17692508
nobody knows why them burgers are so set in their ways.
Pride certainly compels them to keep defending their backwards laws, prohibiting effective and efficient design.

>>17692508
Short answer is length laws for bridges and shit.
Regular doubles only have a single tandem on each trailer plus one on the dolly, and front to back I still don't fit on alot of scales.

We have doubles that big, they're called turnpike doubles. They're called that because they're only allowed to run turnpike because of the maximum turn they can make and various other shit. 2 53' trailers with a dolly.

File: IMG_20170809_173312.jpg (3MB, 3036x4048px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 3036x4048px

Why is this allowed

>>17692490
Ask and ye shall receive.

>>17693040

>>17692558
Its easy m8. The hard double to back up is the 19meter double, cunts short so you gotta be on your game.

>>17692558
https://youtu.be/ynypBJvlGRU
This cunt makes it look easy.