Truckerfag thread.
Cruising the open highways of the midwest from sun up to sun down is the best feel.
https://youtu.be/mNWeFaT4RTY
Bump for legit tfag thread
I think I broke it.
>>13792346
kek hopefully you weren't on a busy highway when it happened.
Also - who's ready for winter?
>>13792363
>>13792379
Where did you find that? I just ran across the country on the 90/94 and it never got below 40.
>Alabama now
>was 80 when I stopped.
Oh so we're in this thread now? Well, repoastan:
Hit off duty at 00:00, never gonna cut it that close again.
>>13792820
Forgot pic
>>13792379
ever have to knock ice off to make weight?
>>13792829
Dunno who you drive for, but there's major qualcomm updates going out to calculate logs to the second, instead of the minute.
When you cut it that close you might end up with a violation.
>>13792363
As a newfag trucker - what are some things to look out for? Things to do VS not do etc
>>13792867
Company don't give a damn if we go over as long as it's less than ten minutes and not happening constantly. I've done it three times in four months, they don't mind.
>>13792928
ALWAYS know where the fuck your truck and trailer are and what they're doing as you maneuver, know what's to either side, above, below, in front, and behind. When in doubt, GOAL - Get Out And Look. Even if bumping a dock takes you ten minutes, who gives a fuck as long as you don't hit anything. Also don't adjust your trailer axles the wrong direction when you pick up a loaded trailer early in the morning and check the scale ticket from the last driver and decide it needs adjusting because you'll get it wrong and get a ticket in Georgia and they'll tell you "no you can't adjust the tandems in order to correct the issue, you can move the freight though," but the freight is 1000's of pounds of liquid in bulk liquid containers ffffuuuu
This thread is equally as shit as the other one.
>>13792216
why do you fucking toolbags feel its necessary to play leagfrog on the highway in a city on 3 of the highways 4 lanes?
>>13793630
Didn't you enjoy playing leapfrog when you were younger?
>>13793630
Why do you insist on driving slow/under the limit in the left lanes and not stay in the far right lane.
>>13792928
Don't get too angry about retards.
You're going to be dealing with a lot of retards.
You're going to want to kill somebody multiple times per day.
Learn to take it in stride or you'll just go insane.
Who /truckertan/ here
What sector of this industry has the least amount of fat people? I hate fat people so much, cannot be around them.
>>13794265
Probably local jobs, can't imagine it's easy to remain fat while sweating your balls off like PepsiFag.
Arrived at consigned address last night, woke up, not a soul here at 0900. Called, "Oh yeah we don't operate there any more, go to this address." Welp.
>>13794408
Hahaha ouch! That's gotta throw a wrench in your hours for today.
I had a deliver of grape pulps at a winery and on all documents, they had the storefront address. Even dispatch called the consignee multiple times and they were told that the delivery address was the same as the storefront address - which was on the main street of a quaint little town. Once I get there, lo and behold - "no sir, we need you to go to our warehouse which is 85 miles away"
>at a turnpike service plaza
>walk into the convenience store to buy a thing of milk
>long line of teenagers whom I guess don't know how money works
>whatever
>get up to the register
>get out my money
>"will that be for here or to go?"
>what
>>13794457
Nah it turns out they literally relocated two streets over. Guess the old facility was just super old. Clocks still ain't started yet. I ain't driving after midnight again though.
>>13793688
Why do you insist on not being able to safely merge when entering/exiting the highway?
>>13794245
Ye. I feel it.
>>13794265
Probably dispatchers. They sit at a desk all day drinking coffee and shitting their brains out.
>>13794265
The majority of OTR drivers are at least slightly overweight, most guys can't adjust to sitting in a cab all day and it's hard to find good healthy food in a truckstop.
I hope the DOT passes body weight requirements soon.
At the school bus company we have some reaaallly fat drivers, one of them only works periodically because he's in the hospital all the time due to heart/breathing problems. I can't imagine how bad it will be when he inevitably has a heart attack behind the wheel with a load of kids on board
>>13795277
forgot to include my pic related
>>13795277
>DOT passes weight requirements
>99% of truck drivers can't drive
>American economy grinds to a halt
Ain't gonna happen
>>13795316
>>13795277
I think they already have a maximum neck measurement. It's something ridiculous like 36".
>>13795331
I find this kinda funny and sad at the same time.
>>13795316
Maybe they should start assessing the weight of the truck including the truck and the driver?
That 300lb of fat you're carrying around might be harming your margin. Or, worse, the company's margin. Quite literally, shape up or ship out.
Imagine if a big company like Swift mandated a maximum weight for drivers, and tiny bonuses for lighter drivers?
>>13796365
>Maybe they should start assessing the weight of the truck including the truck and the driver?
They do, genius.
>>13796365
Tare= truck+trailer+driver
>>13796365
>Fire a bunch of fatasses
>They sue you
>They win
>Dies from heart attacks behind the wheel of your trucks
>The families they kill sue you for not implementing weight restrictions.
Top kek. Its exactly what'll happen.
Breddy gud backup on I-65 southbound in KY from mm 84 up to 92, still building up.
>>13797195
>>13795277
I'm suprised DOT lets some of these people drive with their inevitably high blood pressures.
>tfw I would be right there with them if I did OTR
>>13792820
Did that on Halloween, pulled the breaks as I turned to 00:00.
Went 2 min past once,picked off duty and it logged me as 2 min off right away automatically.
Everything turned out better than expected.
This little fucker was hooning around a flying J parking lot. Don't mean to sound racist but,they shouldn't even be aloud to get a license, let alone get married. Ther, I said it.
http://www.wlox.com/story/30430613/divers-pull-mans-body-from-pearl-river-following-i-10-accident
>>13797721
How did the pickup truck cause the semi to swerve that much? The first driver must have just swerved to avoid dude in pickup without thinking of the other truck on his left.
I drove past this strip club at 6am this morning in my truck, and I'm pretty sure somebody got murdered. There were tons of cops and they had the whole place taped off. And some of the strippers were outside too just watching what was habbening. They looked fine even even their after-work clothes. I need to go back to that strip club.
>>13797771
http://m.local10.com/news/1-dead-after-shooting-at-strip-club-in-west-park/36249918
Ayy so somebody did die! I think this strip club has a fairly hood crowd. A couple weeks ago there were a bunch of cops there around 6am breaking up some fighting nigs.
Gotta love the hood. I had a dude try and sell me some fake-ass cologne today while I was taking shit off the truck. Then another dude try and sell me earrings. I didn't buy either but earring dude said he was just tryin to make some money for a bag of green so I gave him a cig and a cold Orange Crush.
If anyone wants to emulate the experience of trucking, play Elite: Dangerous.
I'm a cart boy for a garbage collection company, I clean and repair trash carts and spend 2-3 hours at a time delivering and retrieving carts at customers houses. I absolutely love this job. I'm on the road for 6 hours a day with the other 2 spent on repairs and cleaning the carts at the control center. Would you consider this "trucking" anon?
>>13797875
If it doesnt have dual drive axles. Its not a real truck.
If it doesnt have a sleeper cab. Its not a real truck.
Yes. I'm an elitist scumbag.
>>13792216
Which one of you pot smoking hippies left his marijuana pipe in one of the cars you delivered to my dealership last week?
>>13797893
Ehh I would still consider them "trucks"
But I go home every night and sleep in a real bed, so I'm not really a "trucker".
>>13797910
Did you hang onto it? Can I get that back?
Time for another exhaust regen.
I was going to find someplace out of the way to do it, but then I spotted this jackass with his door open
Fucking hate California
Hey, that's why I asked, I get what you mean, I'm not even close to being on the road as long as your average trucker, I'd much rather do that than have to stop every 2 hours to reload my pickup truck, it kills the feeling for me.
>>13792216
Wannabe trucker here. I can control the manual up shifting and downshifting by first matching the speed to the gear and I can do a pretty good pre-trip inspection; however, I have a really hard time backing up the trailer. I can do straight line backing but i cannot get the offset or the alley dock backing. Are there any good videos or infographics on how to do it? HALP!
>>13798050
When steering, a dab will do you. Don't oversteer.
>>13798050
PRACTICE
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>>13798069
>>13798073
I haven't had much practice because the maneuver paring lot of the trucking school has been wet ever since i got there and the nignog instructor teaching me doesn't have much patience but the other teacher is pretty cool about it.
I hit something meaty recently. I don't know when or what or where. But it tweaked my passenger step back a little bit. I'm mad. The innocence is lost.
>>13798199
>something meaty
That first scratch or dent is always the worst.
>>13798172
>wet
I don't understand.
>>13797923
Thats right. You're a delivery boy.
>>13798069
I always have a dab before steering.
>>13798305
Pretty much. I have said I'm a glorified pizza boy. But so are the OTR guys.
I'm just a delivery boy who showers daily and uses 2-ply toilet paper.
>>13797875
If we consider only OTR worthy to post here, there'd be like five of us posting. Six if we count local class A drivers (lol PepsiFag). For the sake of actually having folks to talk to I'd include all jobs requiring a commercial driving license.
>>13798316
>I'm just a delivery boy who showers daily and uses 2-ply toilet paper.
SHOTS FIRED
Solid advice: http://www.fearlessblogging.com/post/view/21805
>>13797875
I'd say delivering something from a to b counts, probably gonna need to step up that photo taking skills tho, only the armored car bro gets a pass since he can get fired for photos.
>get in slowdown from snow on 80
>see this
Ok there's planning ahead and just plain Zen. He even brought fuel for it.
>>13798890
Belts arent showing. She's still good m8.
>park at a truck stop
>guy trying to straighten truck
>go inside store, eat, shit and piss
>about 45min pass
>guy is still trying to straighten truck
>even more crooked than when I left
>end up helping him before I take off
Poor guy
>>13799484
I'm terrible about trying to make adjustments when pulling forward, overdoing it, then making the exact same maneuver in reverse, ending up exactly how I started, and repeating this several times before changing something.
>>13798625
>>13799031
volvofag the schoolbus driver here, do I get to join? I have a CDL Class B with Air Brakes so I'm just one step below all you OTR big boys.
Besides my cargo unloads itself, how bout that. Even if they are obnoxious little shits.
>>13798890
Those are some nice racing slicks.
>>13799484
I feel for him, I'm terrible at backing but fortunately I'm not that bad.
>>13799516
Same. I always do that and end up feeling extremely self conscious. Mainly because I'm a bad Swift driver and I hate perpetuating the stereotype.
Sheeps don't care.
>>13799753
Pretty sure those are rams
I need input of all truckerfags in this thread. I'm a 40 year old man. Worked my whole life in factories. 10 years as a toolmaker, and 10 as a millwright. I have two teenage daughters, and a very understanding wife, who has tolerated me over the years as an alcohol and drug abuser. But, I always went to work to provide. My situation has changed. I start CDL school next Monday. I kind of don't want to truck, but the call of the road is strong. I know I'm too old to be here; but what advise do you have for me?
>>1379984
Expect to be treated like shit first couple of years working, long stretches of time not at home, might have to do some tough manual labor as well on occasion, as well as shitty pay
Once you're past that, you can get a higher paying job, less hours and not as much time away from home, maybe become an owner operator and make even more money
>>13799844
Dude, you are aware the average age of a truck driver is from 30 to 65 right? Your fine, and if you don't want to be out much be local or regional. Depending on location you could have a sweet job pulling potatoes to a chip factory and then go sleep in your own bed.
>>13799799
Pretty sure they're sheeps.
>>13799844
My trainer has been trucking for longer than I've lived, and nearly as long as you've lived. Don't worry about how old you are, just how good you are at your job. Put in your two years as a company kek, apply for jobs with better pay/home time, and if you end up liking it, try to convince the wife to come along after the kids are out on their own and buy your own truck+trailer and work for yourself. Make mad bank, leave a few days early on every load and waste time seeing the sights along the route to the destination.
>>13797721
>recommended stories
murrica
Oi truckerfags,
If I have a question.
If a tyre is has a load rating of 92 (630kg) does this mean with two tyre on an axle (one each side), the axle has a load carrying capacity of 1260kg or is it still 630kg?
I know you guys don't have drinking problems but perhaps you could tell a story about someone that does? Trainers, co-workers, trash colelctors, drunkards riding dirty etc.
>>13800679
The axle load rating is an independent value from the tire load rating, pretty sure you can find it in your papers. Your tire load rating should always be and in many countries must always be at least half of your axle load rating.
>>13800546
The man reported a missing Friday?
>>13800943
>pretty sure you can find it in your papers
Its for a homemade trailer just a small 7x4 box trailer.
I have a blank VIN plate and it I need to fill in the blanks.
Tare:200kg
Aggregate Trailer Mass: 650kg
The next bit I am not sure what to put and the customer service officer at the DOT was no help either.
Load carrying capacity of axle or axle group: ?
>>13801013
>Load carrying capacity of axle or axle group
Usually it is what the suspension is rated for.
>>13801013
Well, where did you get the axle? Was there any paperwork with that?
In the US most cheap trailer axles are rated for 3500 lbs /about 1600 kg. given your stated 650kg gross weight, though, that's massive overkill.
Put down any number you want that's bigger than 650 and smaller than the combined weight rating of your two tires.
So today I jacked a dump truck with a pindle hook carrying a trailer super hard and broke my emergency line off at the glad hand. I replaced the hose and glad hand but the glad hand attached to the truck is a little fucked up, but it appears to be holding its seal.
Thing is when I turn my engine off and do the brake line test my trailer air bleeds like super fucking fast and theres a stream of air coming out of the front driver side air relay valve.
My question is did my super hard jack and fucked up air line repair cause the relay valve to break?
>>13798890
>that bald on your drivers
You've put what, 150,000 miles on those, or do you literally do brake stands at every stop light?
Why did a retard in a truck horn me and flash his lights at me after I passed him?
Lane was perfectly safe, signaled properly, I stayed in his visibility range, he made no indication of coming into the lane.
>>13798316
As a guy with years of piizza delivery experience and considering trucking, I want this to be true.
Pizza delivery jobs are the only jobs I have liked.
>>13805012
If the highlight of pizza delivery for you was the driving I'd say you'll enjoy over-the-road trucking. It's like 80-90% driving and just sitting in the truck, the other 10-20% is inspections/fueling/paperwork at shipper/consignee.
>>13804634
Truck is owned by some redneck farmer types who don't take care of their shit. We borrowed it to load with corn. Those tires aren't so good off-road.
>>13804688
You didn't leave enough braking space
>>13804688
Either you merged too close in front of him (give a truck at least a truck length, it's actually the law in some places) or there's something wrong with your vehicle like no tail lights.
4 bills, call me flatbed conway
OTR nublord signing in, testing tripcode. Also, has anyone had to do a drop n hook at LTI in laredo? its a huge clusterfuck... took me and my trainer 2 hours because he mexicans are severely disorganized down there...
>>13805508
Negative but I went to a UPS in Brownsville and they did not have a forklift to unload me.
Had to go across the street and slip a guy 20$
>>13798309
awwww shiet julia stiles save the last dabs
>>13805508
>>13805537
correction: inter global solutions, not LTI
I have a load for Pepsi tomorrow, am I part of the cool truckers now?
Also got 20lbs of rejected Sonic popcorn chicken from my last load. I gave it all to my friend since only the box was torn. We ate like kings.
>>13805482
Do you mainly do heavy equipment? Seems like there's always some heavy yellow thing on your trailer.
>>13805012
i used to deliver pizza before i started this. worked for the big 3 for a while and decided i might as well stop being a faggot and get a real delivery job. im in week 2 of otr training with a reefer company and so far i love it. once your nerves start to settle and you get used to driving an enormous hunk of metal, its actually pretty enjoyable.
its not like pizza though... exercise is a commodity and the food at truck stops is really bad for you. cant wait til i hit grad fleet so i can actually attempt to stockpile healthy food. my trainer is a fatass that eats iron skillet daily
I had to drive through that snow in flagstaff yesterday night, then the highway got shut down from retards spinning out, fucked up my day and my preplanned load
>>13805997
I'm just a regular 80k gross driver.
The Cats pay good for what they are and are easily placed with other loads for killer combo's
This is 3200+2200=5400 on the trailer.
1500miles to empty it all in PA.
3.60$/mile.
>>13805960
When I get stopped for the night I'll post a story my dispatcher told me about some rejected food.
>>13805436
>>13805475
He did it right as I passed the cab, I never returned to the lane he was in (turning lane).
I assume he was trying to get over but was retarded and didn't see me, which was somehow my fault.
>>13806047
>3.60$/mile.
approximately how much does it cost per mile to run the truck?
i mean fuel,maintenance, permits, whatever else is needed
>>13806065
Oh boy, I hope it has to do with E. Coli.
I wasn't actually sure what I was doing. The guy who loaded me said that was how the last guy did it.
I've also never thrown so many straps around before. Holy shit.
>>13806331
Uh, may want to triple check your height.
>>13806234
0.42/fuel
0.25/truck payment.
Than insurances, tires, grease,oil ect. Right around a whole dollar a mile it takes to push a truck down the road
>>13806467
Of course I only get 78% of each load. 7% of which is the use of the brokers trailer.
>>13806498
I thought most flatbed drivers owned/leased their trailers too.
How much would your trailer cost to purchase? Is it worth it VS just paying off the broker and having someone else's equipment to play with?
I know someone in our company who is an o/o and owns the reefer trailer that he pushes as well. Has his license for about 3 years and makes well into +$90k/yr territory. (Toronto - Texas reefer loads x 3/week)
>>13806417
I didn't measure it, but I'm pretty sure I was just under 14.
>>13806220
He was faggot then.
>>13806650
Bullshit
So I demolished one or two of pic related yesterday. Had to run somebody else's route on the beach.
Making a right turn onto Ocean Blvd. No way I could make the turn without going into oncoming lanes, and it would've taken forever to get a break in traffic.
>trying to call out of work today because crippled
>Fridays are heavy, boss keeps trying to tell me no
>talk some shit back to him after like 5 other drivers called out yesterday
>just take the airport
Ehh I guess I will go in. Just roll a few pallets off the truck and go home. I'm sure something will go wrong and I will be there all day anyway.
>>13808521
Jeez sounds like you need to call in earlier..
>>13808897
Bruh I told him yesterday that I was all fucked up and would probably call out today. I get routed anyway. Texted him at like 4:30. Then two or three other drivers somehow don't show up and I have a real route. I only came in because I expected to just run the airport real quick.
I'm beyond pissed off. I was going to just leave and go back home but my boss was like "you have to call JobHurt then" and end up on light duty. I should've left anyway. I have a dude helping me so I'm just chilling in the truck now while he finishes this 7-11. But I brought a bunch of shit in and my back is killing me.
>>13801992
>Put down any number you want that's bigger than 650 and smaller than the combined weight rating of your two tires.
This make perfect sense. Thanks anon.
Also just FYI, Straya and I just bought some stub axles and welded them into 50mmx50mmx3mm tube. That setup is rated for 1000kg.
It cost me about 300 dollardoos for metal and to buy a pre made 7x4 box trailer is about 1200 dollarydoos. I am really glad I bought that mig welder years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37j1IQTq080
So they struck out the increased weight limits. That sucks. America is still 3rd world hauling tier.
>tfw I will never get to haul 95000+ lbs with a tridem semi trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3wzh3jQvP4
Story time, from my dispatcher, let's call him H:
Years ago, When H was pulling dry van, he got a load of Wendy's chili ingredients, big gallon cans of meat & beans. One of the pallets, a can on top had erupted in the heat and made a mess. It also molded, so Wendy's rejected that whole pallet. He cleaned off the cans so they weren't nasty and gave away as much of that shit as he could at truck stops, but it was surprisingly slow-going.
One day, he stopped at a rest area that was all brand new, and he was just looking around at some of it when he noticed they even had brand new dumpsters. One looked empty so he decided to get rid of the last few cans of chili slop.
He threw all the cans into the dumpster, and just as he was putting the pallet back in the trailer (any shipper/receiver will take a free pallet, and he didn't want to be a dick tossing a pallet in there), a highway patrol car whizzes up next to him.
The HP officer gets out and is rather a dickhead right away, carrying on about charging H with littering if he doesn't get in that dumpster and get those cans out.
H - "Let's start off on the right foot: I'm not getting in that dumpster, and definitely not fetching those cans, even if you put that gun in my face."
The interaction quickly devolves into a shouting match.
Eventually, the officer gets an urgent call - a crash with a fatality down the interstate. The officer has no choice but to abandon this and attend to it.
Just as the officer is getting into his patrol car, H grabs that pallet, holds it over his head so the officer will notice him, and flings it out on the pavement, right in the path of vehicles at the rest area.
The office is visibly fucking pissed, and speeds off.
>>13809077
I wish I had balls that were that big.
I probably would've just been like, "yessir", and got to dumpster diving. /:
>>13809077
>carrying on about charging H with littering
How? he disposed of waste in a designated bin.
>>13809110
H is a breddy cool dood, but I sure as hell wouldn't start shit with him.
>>13809142
He said he told the cop the same thing, "how is that littering? I put garbage in a garbage receptacle, its purpose is to receive garbage," lol.
Just happened
>driving nj turnpike south
>just passed 15x
>faggot in an ugly lexus truck doing 50 next to a brinks truck doing 50
>don't want to lose my momentum because I have a heavy load
>truck does 70 so think im just going to shoot around in the left and go along my merry way in the middle
>get into left
>faggot instantly matches my speed
>don't waste any trooper time, hit brakes, go back into middle behind him
>he starts slowing down again, not brake checking but decelerating
>end up riding his ass because now I know hes being a dick and doing it on purpose
>passes brinks truck but more slowfags in right lane
>just stay behind him not tailgaiting to hard but like a car length and a half
>he keeps doing the slowdown thing
>pass him when he gets stuck behind someone at 14 cars/trucks split
>see him coming up along side me on the phone
>hes reading my company name while talking on the phone
>eventually he dissapears
>like clockwork get a call from dispatch
>"why is some old fuck calling me telling me your driving eratically"
>tell him what happened
>"be careful", hangs up
I hate when people block me.
>>13809585
Shatter a spark plug and use the ceramic bits to toss at assholes' windows, should shatter them real good if you throw with decent force.
Aww yiss. Imma git sum recall work done did.
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchResults;jsessionid=MJF1W8wJh6Z729n8QNnhzdMZlXG2yGqfmFyGL3zqGCh3cZjD2gXc!356377737?prodType=V&searchType=PROD&targetCategory=A&searchCriteria.model=COLUMBIA&stats=201381%7C215925%7C216043%7C744773%2C12%2C7%2C38%2C14%2CCOLUMBIA&makeStats=&jsonBaseURL=%2Fdownloads%2Ffolders%2F&searchCriteria.model_yr=2005&searchCriteria.make=FREIGHTLINER&searchCriteria.prod_ids=201381%2C215925%2C216043%2C744773
>>13804611
Could have caused a crack in the body easily.
>>13805482
>tfw 8 bills on a truck
I felt like a logistics demigod for those two days.
>>13806331
Looks about right. 6 straps was a reasonable number. Should have had them a bit closer to the support points, though.
>>13809817
>http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/house-passes-6-year-highway-bill-215555
>340 billion.
How does his make you truckers feel?
>>13809841
I have no idea how I quoted there.
>>13809853
Fuck. meant reply.
God damn. It's just going to be one of those days isn't it.
>>13809019
Infrastructure blows here dude
Sitting in this truck all day with my back killing me is getting boring...
I wish I had a sleeper cab to comfortably take a nap while other dude works.
>>13810143
I've seen a few Pepsi 53' trailers being pulled by International 9400i with a midroof sleeper. I didn't know if they were local bulk guys or OTR but something like that would be nice.
Do they pair you up with another guy on the bay truck sometimes?
Someone please explain to me the appeal of the International Lonestar. It's quite literally a Prostar with a fancy front clip and nothing more. Interior is the same, powertrain options are the same, everything is the same.
Just about the only Lonestars I ever see are company trucks that were bought for the really old million mile drivers. Doesn't seem like any independent O/Os ever buy them.
I think Roehl has like 3 or 4 and I've seen several with Celadon livery.
Worst brand halo truck ever. International used to make great trucks, now it's all disposable trash marketed towards the McCompanies.
>>13809841
18 year old Swift drivers will be a real treat.
>>13810464
A W900 is just a T600 with a longer nose. A K521C is just a K521 with no hood. People have been paying more for a fancy hood as long as trucks have been a thing.
>>13810143
That sucks mang.
>>13810446
Not PepsiFag, but from what I can tell they only pair folks up in situations like what he's in now, and training new kids.
>>13810464
The appeal is that it's basically the semi truck version of new-retro rice. The hood/grille/front fender shape scream 40's era hot rod made anew. If it weren't for International's current infamy for making shitty trucks, I'd be tempted to buy one when the time comes. I think they look good.
>>13810540
Are they actually lowering the interstate age to 18? I didn't see anything about that.
>>13810143
Is it a bench seat? Can't you kinda stretch out over to the other side of the cab?
You might actually want to try light duty back problems are no joke
>>13810540
Dear Lord little whiney's trying to get everywhere this is not how I wanted to become an old trucker..
>back in Utah, at least it's not windy
Had fun with this last night.
https://youtu.be/V-eFT6P4AmA
>>13810572
Saw a blurb about it this morning. Might have still been asleep.
>>13810464
I've only seen 1, and it's always at marshfield because the driver that earned it works 7 on 7 off
>>13810540
>18 year old Swift drivers will be a real treat.
But that provision failed
>>13810572
Looks like they just failed to ban it.
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/house-passes-bill-says-no-to-weight-increases-csa-scores-yes-to-young-drivers/
>>13810446
>>13810545
The new guys who are still sorta training will get thrown with whoever needs help or is crippled. I haven't had another guy with me on my truck in a month or two.
Some days are light and they will cut routes so you cab try n get another driver who knows what they are doing.
>>13810622
>tfw no bench seat
>>13810684
>the amendment was hoping to shut down those programs to close the door on any future legislation that would lower the minimum age
http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=39982&page=1
>The House also rejected an effort ... seeking to remove a provision designed to pave the way for drivers younger than 21 to operate trucks across state lines.
These articles would be easier to understand if they didn't use such clunky wording
Going good in the telebelt boys just got a raise also feels good man in
>>13810748
Legalese, gotta speak it to do anything with politics or the lawyers will run you right over
>oh hey it's the daycabby guy again
>>13792216
What was the most hazardous material you ever transported?
Really want tanker and hazmat endorsement is that shit easy or nah
>>13810816
Tanker is easy, it's just a test you take. Hazmat is a little more involved because you have to go to an approved physician to get fingerprints taken, pass a background test, then take your endorsement test.
>>13810791
I get that, but these are articles on transportation news sites. I'd expect them to break it down a little more
>>13810816
Tanker? Yeah hazmat you gotta get finger printed and whatnot so slightly less so.
>>13810801
Airbag detonation charges, was like my third gig with Werner
>>13810841
With journalism at an all time low, I wouldn't be surprised if that was literally a copy paste job.
>>13810801
Do 45k lb.+ Coils count?
>>13810748
What do these people have against 18 year olds driving trucks? In my state at least, a person will have had 4 years driving experience by then.
>>13810951
nice try, 18 year old
I've seen some shit.
http://www.lilbigrig.com/#2645
>>13810801
Freshly crushed cars. Leaked gallons of oil, coolant, and blinker fluid through my trailer.
>>13810841
Transportation news sites try their best to not cater to the lowest common denominator. Just look at their comment sections, though.
>>13810951
>nothing_personnel_kid.wav
>>13810782
Noice.
>>13810801
By volume, about 45,000 lbs. By measure of "hazardous-ness," couldn't say, probably something tame like pool chemicals.
>>13810816
Tanker is a cake walk, I got it without even studying, just waltzed in and winged the test. Helps that I knew all of the vocabulary already, though. Hazmat is harder, I failed the first try because I didn't study enough. There's also the whole background check thing.
>>13810850
I imagine if the trailer caught fire it'd be like the most violent bag of popcorn ever.
>>13810951
I'm usually one of those "If 18 is old enough to serve it's old enough to drink" people, but we're talking about 70-foot long, 80,000 pound vehicles here. You can do a lot of damage with one of these. I'm all for keeping the age restriction up high, drivers need a few more years experience behind the wheel before trying this gig.
>>13811069
Shouldn't they have drained that shit dry first? Damn.
Really again? We just did this the other day..oh well
I met another person that runs on my account at Pepsi. He waved me down to tell me how fucking bad this account sucks and how incompetent the dispatch is (nothing new there). But apparently he drove 3700 miles this week and they're only crediting him for 1700 this paycheck and the other 2000 the next.
He wants me to call him so he can discuss at length how bad the account is, unlike me he is quitting instead of perpetually complaining and he has a Freightshaker instead of an Intertrashional.
>>13810951
>be australian
>can drive road trains at 18.
>>13811143
That's only a little over 1k? That's annoying even if they're trying to save him from a tax bite.
>overweight again gotta go back
Really? I'm starting to think you're waiting for me..
Is this normal?
>>13811561
Only in Australia.
>>13811561
Sorry forgot I ran the Australian route today
>>13811561
>>13811577
Yes.
But he could have done a better job of getting them straight.
>>13811577
Maybe he only had on rope...
>>13807823
The highest point on my truck is 9ft. The gate on that trailer is actually pretty small, maybe 3 feet. Just looks weird from the angle I took the picture at.
>>13811118
Ain't nobody got time fo dat. I'm sure they drained the valuable shit like gas and oil, but it would have taken them forever to crush them, let them drain, then load them on my trailer. Even going straight from the crush pile to the crusher to my trailer it took forever.
>>13811577
No, it's just efficient.
>>13800915
>
o snap it's the DOT, put on your casual face
>>13809636
Vaseline. Big 'ole glob of it. Their first reaction will be to use the windshield wipers with a smug look on their face.
Their second reaction will be crashing into a barrier when the wipers spread it over the entire windshield and they can't see.
>>13811577
And the winner of the "Not my fucking job" award goes to....
>>13792216
Better song for long hauls https://soundcloud.com/interscope/kendrick-lamar-bitch-dont
>>13809636
why not just throw the entire plug at them.. whats the point of harvesting the little ceramic bits
>>13811839
The sharp edges are what actually punctures the glass, causing it to shatter. Just throwing a whole spark plug won't work, it'll just bounce off. Look it up on YouTube.
>>13810801
Bitumen/asphalt
200°c
>>13811118
Funny you should mention popcorn, I had to sign an agreement that said I'd refrain from cellphone use,microwaves and any un necessary shocks to the trailer. And then naturally the only exit is across 4 railroad tracks and the pot holiest road in creation.
>>13810801
co2 tanks. Only thing I have to fill out HazMat paperwork for. I always throw them around ans scare random people.
>>13811649
>>13811744
>>13811823
I just figured maybe at least throw them side by side. It was tall too.
>>13811918
I met a tanker driver like that, whenever he filled def he'd inevitably have a guy tell him "hey I think you're leaking" and he would look terrified scream "RUN FOR IT" and take off twords the main office
>>13812574
A few weeks ago, I had just gotten fuel and was back at the gate getting checked in. I had spilled some diesel trying to overflow my reefer then moving the nozzle to the truck's tank.
I was standing there smoking a cig and my boss came up freaked out like "bro you have a fuel leak!"
I had to calm him down, saying it was from the AC, I spilled diesel, and a cig won't ignite diesel anyway.
>>13811863
thats sick... and my first reply from truckerfag ever I am blessed
>>13812646
That's not truckerfag. That's Trucker Gundam.
>>13812646
>tfw he realizes Gundam isn't truckerfag
>>13811682
>phrasing
>>13812646
Kek, look again.
>>13812658
^this pic was also the construction barrels I ran over. Good fun.
I have been over there in Fort Lauderdale the past two days and lots of the stops are super fucking tight. I don't know the stops or route much either, so it is always fun trying to figure out where my truck will fit. My trailer was ~1/4" from getting raped by a concrete pole yesterday. That was fun.
>>13812694
Saw a trailer with road rash covering 100% of the passenger side of it earlier. Think it was Crete.
>>13812692
seriously? I thought truckerfag changed to Trucker Gundam for shits and giggles :'(
>>13812716
Mine has a bunch of scratches from tree branches. But whatever. I just try to avoid tree limbs. Especially because tje reefer unit is right on the front of my trailer at the very top.
My trailer is only like 11'6" or something though so height isn't an issure as much as when I drive the 40' or 53' vans.
ripip i cry every tiem
Seriously though, does anybody know a company that makes one that I don't have to buy 4 times a year?
>>13812815
what am i looking at
pls help a pleb learn something today
>>13812888
I have no clue either. Just didn't want to be the first person to ask.
>>13812888
It was a strap winder.
You loop an end around the big peg and wind the strap up so it fits in a box like pic related.
>>13812927
I figured it had something to do with straps but I couldn't figure out the function. And I didn't want to ask first either lol
>>13812888
>>13812925
>>13812952
#justflatbedderthings
>>13811834
>https://soundcloud.com/interscope/kendrick-lamar-bitch-dont
>bitch-dont
>nigger shit
Into the trash it goes.
>>13812716
Shit, do you think they'll notice?
>>13813874
It looked exactly like that, but top-to-bottom, front-to-back on the whole right side of the trailer. Clearly got rolled. Still on the road though.
Ever since I've become a truck driver about 5 months ago, I'm peeing more than I drink
Shit don't make sense
>>13813874
"It was like that when I picked it up"
On a side note a garbage truck lost some of its trailer wheels and one bounced over the divider and killed a person today. Check your nuts.
>>13814010
How often does this shit happen? A CHP officer told me a wheel bounced over the divider and killed a motorcycle cop
>>13810540
>>13810464
The new WS 5700 is literally a 4900 sleeper with a new hood. Same interior, same sleeper box, only differences being hood and you can get all kinds of fairing variants on the truck. Difference is, Western Stars aren't horrendously unreliable and look damn good
>>13812927
Idk, man. You can have mine, though. It's almost 10 years old and I never use it. It has bolts where yours has welds, though.
>>13813963
Have you been measuring properly?
>>13814027
>>13814010
Almost happened to me, but a landstar driver caught me on the CB beforehand as I was passing him doing 75mph. Pretty sure someone broke them all loose on one hub while my trailer was dropped. I've also had a few lights stolen.
>>13814045
I think I saw a 5700 tridem today, but it looked absolutely massive. I was looking for the chrome strip down the middle of the grille, but it was either obscured by the moose bumper, or wasn't there.
Dafuq did I see?
>>13814045
i was a stagehand for a thing for WS about two years ago they brought out optimus prime had to walk the thing through the convention center and hook up power for all the lights they let me climb in it and take a look around the attention to detail in and on that thing was insane said there was over $150k in modifications made to it for the movie
>>13792867
Do drivers not cheat the logs anymore? How do you make any money without fudging the log?
>>13812638
I thought diesel fuel was (relatively speaking) hard to ignite...
my cdl trainer told us that you could drop a lit cigarette into the fuel tank and it would just fizzle out almost like dropping it into water.
also, DEF, if I'm not mistaken, IS mostly water
>>13814778
Def is water and urea. It is entire non-flammable. Fairly non-toxic as well, until it starts to degrade into ammonia.
>>13814825>>13814825
32.5% urea, 67.5% water.
distilled water: ~$0.90/gallon at wolmort, practically free if you build your own still.
Urea: ~$260/metric tonne.
Retarded ballpark math:
1 tonne=2200ish pounds.
Water=8ish pounds
Call it 2.6 lbs urea and 5.4 lbs water for 1gal def. Incorrect but fuck your absolute accuracy, not the point I'm trying to make.
Out of that tonne, you get ~846 (2200/2.6) urea portions, or around $0.30 per gallon.
The water comes to about $0.57 if you're buying gallons off the shelf at walmart.
Compare that to the price of DEF, anywhere.
It's a total racket.
>>13814911
Want cheap DEF?
https://www.dudadiesel.com/search.php?query=urea
You can get quantities ranging from 1lb $7.99 to crazy quantities which are cheaper...
mix n' go.
>>13792414
>tfw live off 90/94 and 294 next to chicago
75million cars a year drive by me
>>13811910
Autoliv in Corinne, UT?
>>13810686
>The new guys who are still sorta training will get thrown with whoever needs help or is crippled. I haven't had another guy with me on my truck in a month or two.
Seems to be standard. They're hiring more drivers where I work, so they're going to steal my assistant to assist THEM instead.
Fuck it. I'm leaving anyway, once I get a better job.
>>13814965
To be fair, only about 80,000 cars drive by you, they just do it twice every day.
>>13814778
Diesel only ignites under heat and pressure. Thats why trucks run like shit when its super cold out, the engine just isn't warm enough for the fuel to ignite properly.
>>13814279
You sure you didn't see a 4900 with the aero hood?
>>13814380
Yea it was a prototype built in Portland, and I think all of the modifications was done in SC. They brought it by work when the movie came out.
>>13816273
>You sure you didn't see a 4900 with the aero hood?
Those are super sexy desu.
>>13816285
>>13816285
I hope they eventually take away the Portland made Aussie Western Stars and let us build them
We build the Aussie Freightshakers, but it'd be pretty fucking awesome to build road train tractors.
>>13816313
They already use freightshakers as road train. they usually have the road friendly airbag setup and the tasty motors we aren't allowed to use here in USA
>>13816330
Yea I've built them, they're usually HD setup Coronados or old Columbias.
Almost all of them get Cummins, and their emissions shit isn't nearly what ours is. They still for the most part just have a muffler, no DEF tanks, and US trucks have huge ADT's/DEF tanks by comparison
>>13815641
It was Utah little fuzzy past that
>>13816273
> $150K in mawdz
> rear super singles
Official song for all Truckerfag threads.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=385ymk1PMm4
whats the likelihood of my clothes getting stolen at a truck stop? i surely hope i dont have to sit here and wait...
am in TN if that helps
>>13812734
lurk moar desu senpai
I'm looking to switch things up and get hired at TMC, they offer two pay options: $0.40 cpm to start. Or 26%
>26%
WAT. Am I going to get bamboozled with percentage pay?
>>13818273
no one's going to steal them
>>13818273
Never had clothes stolen.
Have had my clothes taken out of the washer and piled on the counter if I wasn't there when the cycle ended.
Not like I blame them.
>>13818273
I never wait around and haven't had a problem. I do make sure to be there when the cycle ends though.
>>13818467
Friend drove for TMC a couple years ago. Generally liked it but had to go home because one of the brats only obeys daddy. Anyway, he did the percentage version, I thought he was at 28%, and the only thing about it that sounded suspicious was that you only had their word on what the load paid the truck. I mean they might tell the driver the load paid $1200 but it really paid $2500. There's no way to know. He didn't like that loads were timed pretty tight. Like no time to piss tight. Dispatch constantly bitching about idle time and no APU's. Strong emphasis on overnighting at the receiver for every load. Lane departure damnthing goes off constantly.
That's all that comes immediately to mind
>>13818907
Oh yeah, they're big on having newbs training newbs. He'd only been driving about 6 months and they pressured him into training. He also said they immediately started treating the truck as a team operation as soon as a student got on board. That's C.R England level shit right there.
>>13816733
>not having super single steers
>>13819109
>Implying he's talking about the steers
>>13819169
>implying he's NOT talking about the steers
>>13811069
>http://www.lilbigrig.com/#2645
>$12,950.00 to $27,000.00
you could buy a real Pete for that
>>13818273
you know what, I've never had or heard of anyone getting their laundry stolen at truck stops. But it always happened at company terminals.
>>13819544
You could but you probably wouldn't want to
Trucker fag checking in with my new Pete.
>>13819222
who are you quoting?
I want to go otr and bring my wife for a while. How long does it take to feel like you got enough experience to bring someone you care about with you?
>>13819962
Not long. You will feel save in the truck most times as long as you aren't driving through Colorado in a blizzard.
Most of the damage done is at low speeds in close quarters.
>>13819977
Thanks. Also, how much time, if any, is really needed to train (not team, train) with a trainer?
>>13820069
I do local. I was with another dude for 4 weeks. Driving for 2 or 3 of those weeks.
I think OTR is anywhere from 2 or 3 weeks to 2+ months depending on company and how competent you are.
Where will you be when the chain law hits you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q0SI58iWnQ
>>13811069
thats a big bitch!
>>13820219
I won't be more than 200 miles away from a great lake. Where will you be?
Why is this place so cheap compared to every other CDL school? Is it a scam or are the other schools just screwing their students?
http://www.classacdl.com/
>>13820873
They probably make you pay extra for logging driving hours in their trucks. There's got to be something like that. $500 isn't even close to the cheaper Class A schools.
>get load to Canada from Washington
>dont have my passport yet, waiting to get approved
>have to get dropped off south of Detroit in a hotel
>company pays for it
>get two days off to catch up on sleep and talk shit on /o/
>finally learning to float gears
>can finally drive in traffic and not shit bricks
>can downshift without looking at gauges now
>can finally Smith as good as my trainer
>almost can back as good as him
>got two days to unwind
>getting cozy for a TF thread
>>13820994
How long have you been driving? Congrats.
>>13820930
I plan to attend a 2 month long TN Technology Center. It'll be less than $900 I think, extra fees and all. The cheapest private school I have found was probably about $4,000. I probably would make more just going to one of those or a company school due to time lost in training and waiting to, but I want to be able to completely walk away from any company if I choose to.
If I enroll at a local community college to lern2truck is it possible to attend classes as I have days off or does it have to be done in a more formal, scheduled manner?
I can't really just stop going to work for two months to take a CDL course, and it seems that the only other option is to sign on with Stevens or CR England and get paid some chickenshit amount while training, but get locked into driving OTR with them for a year.
>>13821067
about 3 months. got 20K under my belt, did my first snow and ice driving across 94 in Billings a couple days ago, that was fun
>rollan, fully loaded 34k in the box
>snowing, slow down to like 35
>no traffic, easy mode
>get to bridge
>all kinds of flashy lights watch out for ice etc.
>steering wheel inputs start doing nothing
>realize im sliding in the ice
>get off bridge
>tires catch traction and the whole truck lurches slightly to the left
>was at the end of my hours so found a place to park after that lol
>everythingwentbetterthanexpected.cr2
My trainer has said pretty much if we have to chain up or the wind is over a certain amount we're sitting. We caught 60mph gusts in Montana a week ago and parked on Elk Mountain.
>>13821103
I got my license through a private school. It was very lax. For classroom hours, you just show up whenever you can and sign in and out to get your hours.
The classroom hours are basicially you in a room studying yourself. An instructor is there in the afternoons most days though. And the place is open like 7am-9pm daily.
So it was really easy to schedule around work.
Also Tfag, did you get your license in IL?
>>13820994
I can do all that except downshift without looking at my speed, been driving 4 months
Shits fucking hard without grinding the gears
>>13821103
Check your area. Many have weekend classes. I have found private schools that will delay payment until you get a job, also.
There are many OTR companies that provide training that aren't CR England tier:
Millis
Roehl
Conway Truckload
Prime
Henderson Trucking
I Know Henderson has something like a high $7xx guaranteed income after training. Prime pays .43 a mile but has small slow trucks and requires 40K miles of teaming or something like that.
I Just don't wanna be tied to the industry, but don't feel like all trainer companies are total shit. Just do a ton of research.
>>13821815
Weekend classes don't work either. I work a rotating 9 day cycle that's 6 on and 3 off.
>>13821134
>Elk Mountain
For future reference, if there's weather on the mountain it's better to jump onto US 30 at Laramie, or exit 235 if you're heading East, and go around the mountain. It adds 16 miles but doesn't have the grades and winds to deal with. Some drivers go that way all the time in so as to not beat the truck up climbing.
>>13821886
This is definitely good to know, I'll probably die during the winter unless I can quit trucking until spring.
Almost broke off one of my doors at Pepsi, hit a turn with tandems all the way back (fucking tandems were seized and wouldn't move) and tapped a concrete pole with my doors open. Tore two hinges clean off, but they got fixed without any questioning. I feel like a failure more and more each day.
