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>How do I into CDL?
Community college, independent schools. Get a grant or loan before you sign a contract with a company offering to pay for school.
>Good rookie companies?
Roehl, Millis, Halvor Lines, Sue Vinje, System Transport, Melton
>Bad rookie companies?
Swift, Werner, CR England, Swift, Stevens, CRST, JB Hunt, Swift, Schneider, PAM, Swift, Swift, Swift and Swift.
More to come on the good/bad companies soon thanks to AmazonBro
>>13988381
I think we should try and get this list done. Along with amount of training before you're on your own, realistic income, pros and cons, home time and work schedule, etc.
Here's my Pepsi review. Similar to most soda/beer companies.
>training
One day in a meeting room learning all the rules, then anywhere from 4-6 weeks on the truck with another driver. Pay was $12/hr for the 4 weeks.
>realistic income
Salary plus comission. The first couple months on the truck, maybe $800-$900. Once you figure out the route, $950-$1100 depending on volume. $45k-$55k per year depending on how good you are.
>Home time and schedule
Monday thru Friday, start between 5am and 6am. Average day is 10hrs. Once or twice a month, a 12-13hr day.
>Pros
Home nightly. Exercise, freedom from an office and bosses, human interaction with customers
>Cons
Human interaction with customers, lots of lifting and hard work, day isn't done until truck is empty, working in bad weather
Okay, here is the first spreadsheet. These are primarily just van and reefer regional and OTR companies. I have intentionally left out companies like CR England, CRST, Werner, etc.
I will add flatbed, tanker, and perhaps more LTL companies later if people are interested. I personally don't want to start in these, so I haven't included them yet.
Then there's beverage companies and various class b stuff.
Also, when you see *****in it, that's a highly respected user at The Truckers report. I am not sure if I want to share his username on here, because this is 4chan.
It's sloppy and perhaps not organized well, but here's the download link:
https://www.mediafire.com/?qzm3483i5az3plb
>>13988705
Looks gud for a warehouse worker
>>13988742
Touche.
thinking about making a fake trap okcupid account so I can communicate with truckerfag on a more personal level
as much as these threads have improved I miss the personal connection with the original /truckerfag/
>>13988826
He's still here, but doesn't post as much.
Also I think you want a Grindr account.
>>13988705
You make a spreadsheet for truckers to look over, and its not mobile friendly. Good work.
>>13989810
I was already almost done before I even thought of sharing; it was originally just for me.
I will look into a mobile friendly format.
I'm a oilfield trucker ama
>>13989810
It opened on muh glorious iPhone.
>>13989980
Sounds fun except for having to live in bumblefuck, nowhere. Is the meth good at least?
>>13989980
>>13989992
Well I live in ft worth that's really not in the middle of nowhere. And I wouldn't know we get drug test all the time
>>13990013
They actually pay you decent? What kinda hours you work?
And I heard somewhere that if you smoke meth, it doesn't show up on drug screens. Only if you shoot or snort it. Not sure how that works. I'm sure it's the sound advice of an unemployed meth zombie.
>>13990029
Pay is good when it's booming, right now it kinda sucks only making $4,200 a month but I'm home everyday. I work from 5pm-5am on a 4-2 schedule so that's really nice. And that zombie is full of shit it stays in your system for a week and most oilfield companies do a hair follicle test
>>13990029
>And I heard somewhere that if you smoke meth, it doesn't show up on drug screens
Negative. Still shows up.
>be OTR driver
>have truck capable of 95 mph
>if I'm at a stop waiting for more than 15 minutes I start getting irate
>drive 53 on every highway to be safe
>local driver scum coming up behind me in the middle lane
>sits behind me for 30 seconds expecting me to move
>he politely moves to the right lane expecting to pass me
>what is he nuts didn't he read my pass/no pass stickers on the trailer
>speed up and trap him in the right lane
>gets slowed down by a brother getting on from the rest area
>feel hungry
>decide to stop at cracker barrel
>run a car of the road to get from the left lane to the exit
>pull in cracker barrel
>take up 15 car spaces because the truck parking is too far
>get out my chisel and WD40
>proceed to attempt to remove my fat ass from the seat because it's been there for 76 hours straight
>get out of the truck
>flick dead rodent off the back of my pants
>see that 4 of my 8 trailer tires are gone
>>13990128
Yup, sounds like a typical afternoon...
>>13990128
Kek you fat fuck
Freightliner air wipers a shit
So far I'm aware of only a handful of engines for trucks, how would you rank them?
>Detroit Diesel
>CAT/Cummins?
>the 3.0 V6 from a '96 Ford Taurus
>PACCAR
>>13990940
Cat 6 is the best I've used
>>13988826
>that fuel tank position
Le fug.
>>13988849
>Grindr
Nigga that's gay.
>>13990604
>air wipers
I know the struggle. Their electric wipers aren't much better.
>>13991341
>fuel tank position
>What the fuck is he on about that's in a pretty nor
>Oh, oh god
>Old man getting this thing weighed
>Fixed axles, fixed fifth wheel
What is he hoping to accomplish?
>>13991475
There are many places that use cat scale to weigh in and out for bulk product.
>>13991717
Oh, and even hauling a van I've had places require you bring in a cat scale ticket with your empty weight so they know precisely how much shit they can load you with.
>>13991475
Save some time not having to go around the coops if it happens to be legal.
>>13991717
>>13991730
Bruh. That trailer doesn't haul anything, it's machinery. Why on earth would it need to be weighed?
>>13991776
Dmv needs weight when getting it registered.
CHECK EM
>>13990940
>DD15 Detroit Diesel is GOAT for MPG
>Cat/Cummins ISX GOAT for power and reliability
>3.0 V6 Vulcan motor is GOAT for 90's shitbox V6's
>PACCAR MX13 a shit
>>13991808
Probably this.
I've taken passenger cars through cat scales before. The licensing office in my state needs a weight slip to register any vehicle with commercial plates.
I've only ever driven an international truck, what are the other ones like, and the best brand?
Handling, speed, stronger engine, etc
>>13992045
I've driven Columbia's, Cascadia's, Volvo's, Pete's, and KW's and so far I'm liking the KW's the best. It's mostly that they ride softer and smoother but there are other minor details that seem retarded at first but then when you experience how the others perform the same tasks you realize that somebody there put a little thought into a truckers daily life. And yes, sometimes KW has little quality-of-life improvements over Pete's so even though both are owned by PACCAR they are not carbon copies.
>>13990013
ft.worth reporting in
>>13991827
Well I put them in that order as sort of a personal ranking, but I don't know much of anything about CAT and Cummins, is why I put them together. I also forgot Volvo makes their own engines as well.
I thought detroits were only so well liked because of their durability and ease of finding replacement parts, didn't know they were known for fuel efficiency. How do newer hippie Detroits with all the environmentally friendly equipment shape up compared to their predecessors?
Also I put the Vulcan in there as a rank above PACCAR. I hated my '97 Taurus, but I will admit that fucking engine was sturdy.
>>13992045
>All in my opinion:
Internationals are garbage. They are the cheap fleet truck. Companies want to save a few $$ on the original purchase price and then the truck is in the shop twice a month. Older Internationals are still shitty, but were tough as nails.
Freightliners are better fleet-tier trucks. Tons of them on the road so parts are always easy to find. Drivetrains are normally decent, but other parts lack build quality.
Kenworths are my favorites. They are reliable with the right engine, ride smooth, and seem to have good build quality. Shit just doesn't break on them like Freightliners and Internationals.
I haven't driven a Mack in a few years, but I was talking with a mechanic about them the other day. He says the engines and drivetrains are nice, but everything else is poorly built and always breaking.
And Volvos are supposed to be the nicest to drive but lots of proprietary stuff that makes them a pain to service. If you keep up with maintenance and everything, they are real nice.
Haven't driven a Pete in years either. Same company as KW, but normally not fleet trucks because they are pricey.
>>13988705
With Prime if you go flatbed then you get a condo, they don't give the lightweight trucks to those guys for some reason.
Any of you guys here hang out on the Truckers Report forum a lot? That Joseph113 dude that works at Lessors is pretty entertaining, gets into tons of slapfights with the mods and other users. Kinda funny imao.
>>13993165
Volvo is really popular among the Eastern European drivers that run out of Chicago. You see tons of beat up old white Volvos all over Chicago, usually dragging some rusty junk van trailer with Ivan at the wheel.
I had two questions for you guys, how bad is leasing a truck through a mega like Swift, Prime, Schneider etc. and what is per diem pay?
>>13995446
You'd be a fuckin idiot if you lease a truck. Save up 10k to put down on a truck for you to own and the payments be as much as the lease
>>13992045
Any euro is miles ahead in driver comfort than any american truck I have driven.
>>13995446
Leasing is generally a financial death sentence. There is one Prime driver that comes around here bragging about how he made it through a lease, but there are thousands of drivers every day getting their asses handed to them through similar programs.
Per diem is a daily tax exemption given to workers that travel. Essentially every full day you're away from home the first $60 something dollars you earn are tax free, as it's assumed you'll spend more than that on travel expenses. You don't need to save your receipts, but you do need to have your logs available in the event of a tax audit. You also get a half exemption any day you leave or arrive at your domicile, and it's slightly higher when you leave the country. This is usually the biggest tax deduction for OTR drivers.
>>13993666
>>13993666
>Eastern Yuros driving Volvo trucks
It's the closest thing to a BMW semi truck
>>13992673
D12 master race
this old truck is one of the best ive driven, good power for 12L, really great on fuel. suspension is awesome as well, feels like i'm driving a pickup
>>13997096
forgot pic
>>13997109
Clean your workspace you disgusting slob
>>13997096
>>13997109
Nice. I was thinking in a few years when I can go O/O I'll get a Columbia or something else I can get a Detroit in. Ideally I'd like a Western Star but they expensive niqquh.
>>13997137
im up to my bumper in mud for most of the day. i sweep out the bulk of the mud when it dries but anything more than that is a waste of time
>>13997150
first truck i drove was a 79 western star, still my favorite to this day. drove a couple other ones they were old but still nice. i had to put a window in the drivers door in one, had to take out about 30 (not kidding) screws to get the door panel off. thats some fuckin build quality
>Need to shit
>Truckers have to use a porta shitter
>Look at it, just to see
>Fucking spotless
>Apparently serviced earlier today
>But no hand sanitizer
>And the toilet paper roll (still sealed) is a wad of mush.
Nah. I can wait.
>>13993666
Woah easy there Satan
>>13996256
Part of the problem is that companies set these drivers up to fail 75% of the time. Usually the lease agreeement will favor the company. There's still a few companies where you can succeed in a lease but they're few and far in between.
>>13997437
> not bringing your own toilet paper
>>13997467
Yeah I need to grab a roll and leave it on the truck. And maybe a towel or two instead of using the ones provided by PFJ.
Is Mesilla Valley a company to avoid as a beginner?
>going to the store
>see rig pulled to the side of the road, truckerfag standing on sidewalk
>going back home 20 mins later, see fire truck and cop
>drive by
>windows down
>thatsmellysmell.jpg
>gallons of coolant all over the road
How fucked is he?
>>13997494
Speaking of towels
I was at the Iowa 80 for the first time last week and they didn't have any towels at all, only blow driers.
I gave those fuckers a 1 star rating. Also $2.00 per page for a fax. Literal highway robbery would not return.
>>13998033
Not as fucked as the truck I saw on the interstate a couple months ago
>Nice Kenworth
>Driver running around it, scrambling for something
>Smoke stacks fucking BILLOWING a cloud of black smog that blotted out the sun for a good stretch of several hundred feet
Now I'm no mechanic, but methinks his truck got thirsty and started drinking fucking oil as a fuel source, and then lulz were had because the poor bastard didn't know to choke it out at the air intake with a fire extinguisher or some shit.
>>13998076
*paper towels
>>13998125
No that's just how real truck rolls coal buddy have fun with your ducking def
>>13998076
>>13998126
I hate places that don't have paper towels. The energy consumed by blow driers is more harmful to the environment than just using a fucking paper towel. Also
>faxing
>2015
Really though $2 per page is bullshit. I need to look up a web service I once heard of that makes a PDF of a scanned document and faxes it via the web.
>>13998139
toppest of keks
>>13997632
Unless you're already stroking your bone to the idea of hypermiling 10 hours a day, avoid it.
>>13998149
Fax programs are absolutely abysmal at what they do.
>>13998033
Probably just blew a hose. I've had it happen 3 times. 2 times were in the morning. I get to my first stop, come back to the truck to a pond of coolant. The other time was when I was driving back to the plant in the afternoon and a hose decided to shit out on I-95. Great smoke show the last few blocks to the plant.
The 2 times it blew in the morning, the mechanic just brought me a new tractor. He had a big jug of coolant, some duct tape, and a plastic bag, and managed to get the truck back to the shop.
>>13998033
Fire truck was there to dump 5 pounds of absorbent on the road
>>13998150
What is hypermiling?
>>13999045
Being anal retentive and taking every conceivable measure to conserve every drop of fuel you can.
Also forgot to post this the other day: GUESS WHICH, OLD PERSON OR WOMAN DRIVER?
>>13999272
2/2. I need to see if there's a way to get the iPhone to stop making such fuckhueg pics when uploading.
>>13999272
>Also forgot to post this the other day: GUESS WHICH, OLD PERSON OR WOMAN DRIVER?
por que no los dos?
>>13999272
>>13999280
>that 2nd picture
Old woman? And jesus. I can't believe they let people with regular car licenses drive those. Along with big rental trucks, it's so dangerous.
Who else a tanker yanker
>>13999272
>>13999280
>Big motor home
I mean, come on. Only old men drive such ugly things. Women are too afraid of them. Hell, its pretty common for that to happen actually
>>13998149
>The energy consumed by blow driers is more harmful to the environment than just using a fucking paper towel
Blow driers aren't about environmental responsibility, no matter how much the companies that build them like to market them that way. Blow driers are installed to keep bathrooms clean and reduce the need to restock towels and empty trash.
Because humans are complete monsters who will take 50 towels to dry their hands and then throw them all in the sink & urinal when they are done. Assuming they don't just drop them wherever they stand.
Y'all folks who've worked jobs that had public restrooms understand. The american public has no idea what a garbage can is, let alone how to use one.
>>13999283
It was an old man, btw. Didn't see a lady but I'm sure she was sipping brandy and mocking him inside.
>>13999291
Yeah, they really should require some sort of bare minimum additional endorsement for RV's.
>>13999308
First time I've seen it happen.
>he was getting out of a 90's Saturn coupe with a pull bar and chains on the front as I rolled by.
Surprised that didn't somehow fuck the front of the car up.
>>13999328
This is true, I had forgotten that bit.
>Cost of a CDL
Anywhere that would train you to get your CDL and then hire you?
>>13991827
>>PACCAR MX13 a shit
does it just not make power or is it unreliable? break down alot? ive never been around one
>>13999426
Roehll and Knight afaik do that.
>>13999426
Read the OP.
>>13999468
Driving a Pete with a PACCAR, myself. It makes decent power. My last truck, a Columbia like TF's, was more powerful, but also pre-DEF. The part that's most shit about a PACCAR engine is they have trouble a LOT, and a great deal of the time you have to take it to a Peterbilt mechanic or dealer for service because it won't fucking tell you what's wrong. First month I had the truck, it spent the 2nd and 4th weeks in the shop. It still throws the check engine light regularly, but so far it's gone away each time within minutes. (Knock on wood.)
>>13999500
I did, it doesn't really cover anything other then companies that are good, and to get a grant.
How hard is a CDL to obtain?
>>13999531
Not too bad. I'm in a school myself. I only drove automatic before but I'm 84hrs in and I can the the 1995 9spd freightliner and take it through the dmv route in stockton. I'm doing pretty good on the maneuvers though I still have problems with the 90 alley dock. 76hrs to go
>>13999551
Alright, I read up on a few things they say after you complete driving with a trainer you move on to driving in your own truck.
Now is this just saying "your own truck" as the alone in one they give you to drive, or is this literally "your own truck" one you have to buy?
>>13999531
160hr course for me in IL. Takes anywhere from a month to 3+ months depending how much time you put in. If you aren't retarded, it isn't hard.
Look around for community colleges that offer it first. Then private schools. The whole thing is you don't want a company to pay because you have to sign a BS contract and will probably get screwed. Schools will have recruiters that come around and companies will pre-hire you before you even get your license.
>>13999561
You will drive with a trainer for a month or two when you start at a company. You will be in his truck.
When you get done with that, they will put you in "your" truck which means a company-owned truck that you drive every day and live out of.
In the future you can buy your own truck and contract yourself to another company. But that is another story.
>>13991819
>brake air = 0 psi
>speed = 63 mph
Uh
>>13999581
It's probably is applied brake pressure
>>13999588
Ah, OK.
>>13999581
See
>>13999588
Actual air gauge is below that, though its hard to tell.
Serious question. Why do dry van drivers bitch when they are told to slide their tandems?
Any crazy claims that were filed against a load you all carried?
What commodities are more hassle to haul than they are worth?
What is the largest amount of picks and drops you have done on one load?
FUCK
>>13998139
You now realize DEF is a scam
>>13999561
I dunno. I payed a independent school. Going to a company school is insanity. Modern day slavery
>>13999646
Fags.
I slide the damn things even if they don't ask. So it doesn't bounce as hard when the forklift driver goes full dagumi into my trailer.
>>13999653
>biggest claim
Had a shipper attempt to turn my reefer into a multizone trailer with 1 inch thick sheets of styrofoam. Handed me bills that said setpoint zero.
Walmart did not appreciate the frozen sauer kraut.
>most picks
13 stops picking up apples, cherries and something else i can't be fucked to remember, over 2 days and 700 miles zigzagging around washington.
>>13999646
>>13999653
F2F is dealing with a bullshit claim PLS filed on a load of onions in a dry van because the heater supplied by the shipper failed and the onions froze. Took them 10 months to put a hold on us.
Drywall, paper rolls, and onions are more hassle than they're worth on a flatbed.
I think 4 picks and 4 drops was the most faggotry I ever subjected myself to for a single load. I've done 6 picks and 5 drops on the trailer at once with LTL, and my longest LTL chain was around 12 picks and 10 drops going from the west coast to Cleveland.
>>13999646
It was kind of a pain in the ass because a few of the older trailers appeared to have been parked underwater for a few years. I carried two tarp straps, a hammer, and PB Blaster, and only had two trailers that couldn't slide their tandems. One had a broken slider rail, and the other had clearly struck a curb at 60mph+ and was misaligned by about 2" front to back to the point that two of the pins didn't even reach the holes in the rails. Took both to the same trailer shop in St Louis. They'd knock out a malfunctioning ABS circuit in a few hours, so I gave them a lot of business and they always jumped me to the front of the line any time they had the parts on hand.
>>13999707
>full dagumi
Lol'd. I've seen drivers in Chicago do that before.
>>13999907
Did one pick and 4 drops today. Broker was BTFO when I got all the drops off the same day. Had a few extra hours to get towards my next shipper.
>>13999699
I'm more or less just interested in keeping my options open.
I'm going to school for something I really enjoy but I'm not sure if it will pan out, and I still have plenty of funding left to cover any other field if I wanted to. I just see driving like this to be a nice option to me. I'm single, I don't care about living in a house, the only thing I want is a garage and a small studio place.
Just passed my CDL test, looking to do flatbed.
Anyone have experience with TMC? It seems they pay high percentages but give you cheap freight until you have years of experience.
I'm also considering PGT because they're closer to home and have good freight in the area. I'm in eastern PA btw.
Any advice?
>tfw forgot to put the tag axles tires up when going in reverse
My new kw
>>14001364
An aero cab eh? How's the legroom? I'm told it's better than the older versions
>>14001570
A little cramped but it's doable
>>14000413
TMC is really anal when it comes to truck appearance. Expect to spend hours every week cleaning your truck. It appeals to ex-military guys but you have to like that atmosphere.
Just saw a FedEx daycab hauling two 53's. Is that normal in Florida? First time I've seen two 53's anywhere.
>>14002512
Those are Turnpike doubles, an LCV only allowed on Florida's turnpike as far as that state goes. It's also allowed in several other states with turnpikes, I believe. Loved seeing those things out on the road, wonder how difficult it is to drive one...
I saw a UPS van pulling a box trailer the other day. Not a semi but a delivery van. Slightly smaller than the van itself. I'd never seen that before.
>>13997201
Fucking mudcarters.
>>13999300
>>13999565
I did maybe 8hrs worth of training and passed my test for a HC (Australian CDL).
Cost about 1500 roobux.
Thing is they onky train you to pass the test. After that you just get a job and try not to fuck shit up.
>>14002708
Sounds like here for the most part you pass and work the kinks out at mc shit company for a year or two and then go find Tianjin you really want
>Multi-stop load
>First stop is 4 pallets
>Guy unloads the whole damn trailer for no reason, mixes all the pallets up when they were already loaded by stop
>Office guy won't give me the BOL back to check the pallets
Fucking.
>>14002678
Long haul kek detected
>tfw off by 5 and have already put in 12 hours
Feels good man
>>13988539
>Davie Blvd
South Florida (non-truck) driver reporting. Has the traffic has been terrible down here compared to last year or is it just me? Seems like South Florida is worse than ever, especially over these last two years.
>>14003179
I meant kek not KEK just to make it clear
>>14003187
>Cannot into word filters.
>have an 11:30am sharp appointment
>get there 11:29pm
>have to wait an hour and a half to get one fucking pallet
This should be illegal
>>14003255
>get there 11:29pm
Whoops, meant am not pm
Yo, how do you fags know where to go? Do you do it all oldschool with roadmaps or do you guys use GPS now?
>>14003135
Now the unloader has torn a bag open with the electric pallet jack. How much y'all wanna bet they try to put the blame on us?
>>14003304
GPS assisted here but always pre-map things out to make sure the GPS doesn't take me down some mickey mouse road that i can't get down. I like Google Maps a lot.
>>14003187
I meant kek goddam autokekrect
>>14003323
>GPS assisted here but always pre-map things out to make sure the GPS doesn't take me down some mickey mouse road that i can't get down.
lmao, about 2 weeks ago here in Ohio our main state route was shut down for an accident and traffic was being detoured down what you would call a mickey mouse road. This road was not at all designed for 18 wheelers and they actually are not allowed to use it. It was a horrific nightmare. I felt so bad for those guys.
>>14003343
Yeah, that shit happens. You get used to that sort of thing happening after a while. At first freaks you out a bit. Probably the worst part is that on roads bad for trucks it slows down the rest of the traffic / car traffic even more.
>>14003392
They legit could not make their turns without assistance from other drivers either stopping way short or backing up. I'm sure it gave someone PTSD that night.
>>13999328
>The american public has no idea what a garbage can is, let alone how to use one.
This so much. You can 'prefer' paper towels all you like, but driers are better for maintenance of everything else in the area.
You even find paper towels on the ceiling sometimes.
>>14003324
>autokekrect
More like autocorREKT, amirite?
6 hours at the Amazon DC in Charlestown IN later and I'm finally free.......
I thought I hated WalMart DCs but they at least let you stay in your truck. Sheesh
>>14003304
I know Broward County like the back of my hand. If I do look up an address on my phone with Google Maps, I will never follow their route. I just take main streets. I have seen rookie drivers try to use the GPS to route them everywhere, and it takes them on tight side streets and places where a semi truck doesn't belong.
>>14003181
I haven't noticed any difference.
>>14002708
Same thing here mostly. You just do enough to pass the test and learn everything else when you get hired. The majority of the 160hrs is learning what to look for during pre-trip inspections.
>>14002670
I've seen those a handful of times. Not sure what they are for. Big deliveries for single locations? Or going from one DC to another? Most times I have seen them, they are on the highway and not out on deliveries.
>>14002512
I don't think they're too bad on the highway. But wind does fuck with them. And don't pull into a dead end. Doubles really don't go anywhere besides the highway from one DC to another.
>>14004933
I've seen dual 53' out here in canukistan and I think they only operate at certain hours etc. Either way, they probably have their route preapproved etc cuz getting stuck would suck.
>>14003179
No. I'm a tanker wanker. I cart asphalt. Do 12-14hrs a day usually, home every night. Maybe twice a month I may need to go overnight in the truck.
>I used to be a mudcarter too
Everyone has gotta start somewhere.
>>14004933
My 8hrs training included the pre trip stuff.
It is ridiculously easy to get your truck licence in Australia.
I got my MC (road train/b-double) licence recently, it cost 800 roobux and only took 6 hours. Didnt even have to do any sort of DOT test, instructor just signed off on a form that I am competent in driving a truck with two or more trailers.
>>14006404
Need hazmat for asphalt? Thinking about applying for a company down the road from me
>>14006430
The doubles/triples endorsement in the US is a 15 question multiple choice test. Costs ~$25 depending on which state you live in. Tanker endorsement is the same. Hazmat is a little longer because you have to pay ~$100 for the background check.
>>13991475
he drives an automatic
hes not a real trucker
laffing whores jpg.
no seriously how do you like the auto?
>>14006563
I learned on manual 10 and 13 speed intertrashionals. My freight liner was 10spd auto but kinda retarded about deciding when to shift, thankfully it had a paddle behind the wheel with a manual mode. The Pete here isn't retarded about shifting so I leave it in auto unless I'm going down a grade. Comfy as fuck mang, one less thing to worry about fucking with.
>>14006438
only if its radioactive
>>14006563
Swift is starting to switch to all automatic Frieghtshakers. I wanted to get out of my Intertrashional but now I'm scared I'll get an automatic.
>>14006742
Well if it's still less than 5 years old odds are you'll stay in it for a good long time.. course,you're on on one of those silly side accounts they shovel the shit trucks to so I don't think you need to worry too much
>phonecall at 3
>wants me to relay with another guy to try and save from service fail
>not really looking forward to delivery in Costco so I agree and park
>great we will send you the plan
>3 hours later no answer call and ask what's up?
>dispatch thinks ive lost my mind
Least it was the cool dispatcher who managed to wrangle a local driver to solve an issue I had with a home depot mess up his word's were "they didn't tell me shit, go to bed"
>>14006563
>>14006734
>>14006742
>one less thing to worry about fucking with
or fucking up.
>>14007052
Also that. They wouldn't let us float gears in the training truck, but I didn't grind every gear, and I did better than the other guys in class, the trainers said that was because I never owned a manual car, and so I wasn't stuck in manual car habits.
Paperwork fuckin good sucks dick
>>14007031
>Shovel the shit trucks to
Since all of them are being replaced by Freightshakers, I look forward to the mountains of T680s and Prostars.
I fucking hate the Midwest and all these fucking hills
>>14007269
>looking forward to ProStars
Goddammit Whiney-Kun. Did you get dropped on your head as a baby?
>>14007350
>Midwest
>hills
U wot?
so with an automatic trans and all them torks, can you hoon those big fuckers?
who /donuts/ here?
>>14007350
damn... if you cant handle the midwest, you might as well go home... I cant think of an easier place to drive in other than a minecraft superflat world.
>>14007780
I hate the hills in Kansas
>>14007822
Automatics in big trucks are not like the ones found in cars. Automated would be a better description since they have a clutch that the PCM applies when the accelerator is applied and the trans shifts in the same manner as a regular unsynchronized manual trans. From the outside you can't tell an automated trans truck from a manual shift by watching it.
>>14003323
>mickey mouse road
My instructor uses this lingo a lot. "mickey mouse this, mickey mouse that" what does it mean?
>>14007943
means it was jerried together catawampusly
>>14007822
Automatic trucks are the opposite of hooning. If a wheel spins the computer faults and needs to be disconnected from the battery for two minutes. They're also the slowest turds on the road.
>>14007853
There were hills in Kansas?
>>14007943
It's what he says because he's not allowed to say "nigger-rigged" anymore.
>>14007604
I'm already at the bottom of the barrel with a 2013 Prostar, it's all uphill from here.
>>14007350
Haha funny
>>14007997
Yeah there's a ton of 8% grade hills. Have you never been?
Can I play too? driving this through the week
>>14007966
>jerried
das rasist
>>14006438
Yes. It is an elevated temperature liquid.
>>14006438
Its easy work but you have to deal with dirty unload points that have asphalt every where just waiting for you to step on it.
>>14008412
I work oilfield I know dirty
>>14006734
Where do you get your info from? Maybe if it is under 999 lbs you dont need it.
It has a UN number (3257) it is a hazmat.
>>14008448
About 8 inches on drilling mud with 60 ppm has on the ground
>>14008448
The thing is, that if other drivers just gave hoses and fittings a wipe down with kero or diesel it would keep things alot cleaner. It only takes an extra 5mins.
Plus they dont allow enough time for hoses to drain properly, so when they disconnect it spills sticky shit.
Gives me the shits having to clean out the tread of my boots a few times a day.
TL;DR fuck I hate lazy operators.
>>14008490
Yep bet they are like 40-60 year old men huh?
>>14008507
Too right. They have been doing it for longer than I have been alive, so "they know better than some young upstart".
>>14008521
That's how it is for me but I've been hauling production water for 3 years since I turned 21 and I'm the youngest in my company by 20 years minimum. But the funny thing is I have more experience than more then half the people who work here so when they start giving me shit about my age I'll make them look stupid cause they don't know how to do there job right
>>13999923
Lately there have been a lot of cops pulling over semis along 69
>>14010710
Other day on I-75 South in Georgia I saw literally six cops on either side of the interstate, each with a car pulled over, and there were 3 perched on a shoulder a mile before I reached that spot. They also pulled over two more cars before I reached the last one.
>>14010936
>going to San Diego
>just past the scales
>see hear siren, see lights
>cop car with marine corps police on the side
>mfw military police pulling me over
>two guys come out in military uniform
>scared as fuck
>one goes behind my trailer
>other comes up my driver side window
>climbs steps
>tells me the handles on the trailer door looked like they were gonna open
>other guy gives the thumbs up, guy at my door tells me to be more careful
>on my merry way
I have never been more scared of police or military before
I'm going to California for the first time solo, my weight going in will only be 9,000lbs. Can I set my tandems all the way forward or do they still have to be 40' mark?
>>14011612
That's a minimum, setting them further up is fine, as far as I know.
>>14011713
Well, I'm a gambling man so that's all the reassurance I needed.
>>14011776
I lived in california, and ran western regional for over a year. You can run shorter than 40' if the weights are good.
Look up the "bridge formula" for minimum length.
California just happens to also have a maximum.
>>14011776
Where going? I know the state pretty well if you need advice on parking and food.
>>14011884
Then I should be good seeing as I'm only carrying 9000lbs of candy. I just pray none of these drops are at a house.
>>14011916
Eastvale, La Mirada and City of Industry or something to that effect. Some parking spot would be good since I don't deliver until 4AM.
>>14011612
>Whiney in Cali
This'll be great.
>>14012250
Will it be worse than New York?
>>14012091
>candy
It will never make it.
Whiney's going to Cali and I get my first reefer load - trailer full of icing and donut batter probably but the delivery place is a Dunkin Donut facility in NC.
>>14012274
I work and deliver around these areas, they aren't that bad, traffic will kill you anytime after 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the freeways
>>14012293
Oh shit, Dunkin is my go to place when I'm home. Their coffee is so much better and cheaper than Starbucks.
>>14012305
My first delivery is at 4AM so I should be good, after that it's 12PM and the next day at 10AM.
>>14012274
In essence if you aren't parked already youll be sleeping on a on/off ramp
Which way you coming from?
I'm actually in Lathrop heading to Redding at about 2 am
>>14011776
If you ever get pulled over for something stupid like the tandems being too far back, just tell the cop "Do you have any idea who I am?"
He will understand.
>>14012387
I will fucking never eat at the dunkin's in my home town. I worked there for two weeks, dropped a donut box on the floor, and then threw it in the trash. The manager (Indian, as were the owners) scolded me for being wasteful, fished it out of a loaded garbage can, and tossed it back on the top of the stack. A customer saw and asked me over the counter, "did he seriously just fucking pull that out of a trash can?" I nodded and the guy left. I pulled the box off the stack, tore it in half and threw it away. They fired me the next day, wouldn't say why.
>>14012573
That's what you get for having morals.
I was at some corner store owned by Indians today. They had a bunch of stuff that expired 3 months ago that had to go back. A handful of bottles were missing from the stack of stuff. Of course they put them back in the cooler trying to sell them within hours of the salesman taking them out.
>>14012394
Heading on I10 from Phoenix. I might just stay here for 3 more hours to get my hours back.
>>14012573
>Indian owners
They tend to be really cheap and disdain wasting so there's the problem.
>>14010996
>this is why dry vans have a "look up" sticker plastered on the back 10% of the time.
>>14011612
Slam them forward. Fuck it.
>>14012387
Are you running partials, or does your dispatcher just hate you?
>>14012608
Sleeping at the border is safest way.
>startled awake by phone
>want me to take a day so they can deliver something that pulls in tomorrow night
>gets me off Costco and gets me an immediate 1k run after
Looks like I get to do some more painting tomorrow
>mfw most of my paints are dry
Goddamn it. Well at least some are still good.
I drive and operate this thing because long haul is for Kuks
>tfw truckers always stuck behind me pissed getting rocks thrown at them
I'll probably just be a crane operator in the future shit is where the money is
>>14012091
Your best bet is going to be fontana area.
Google maps for "cowboy burger", on etiwanda ave. free parking if you spend 10bux in the restaurant. There's two Farmer Boys restaurants on the same road with truck parking, but they're tiny.
However, you can also legally park on the street on De Forest Circle, and Riverside Dr.
These are all near the intersections of I15, I10 and CA60.
The TA and Petro in ontario are close, okay for a stop in for food or a shower, don't park overnight unless you want to pay for the privelege of getting robbed.
There's also a good mexican food place name of Alberto's off CA60 pyrite street exit 46. I've parked on the street there but it's sketchy.
You might also ask swift if they have a terminal or drop lot in the area. Most large companies do, and swift is the biggest.
>>14012637
I believe they are partials. First stop is taking about 20 or so pallets. And dispatch doesn't hate me too much, although we did have a sit down discussion at the office that I got cleared up since it wasn't my fault.
>>14013434
Oh thanks! I'll probably hit up the Swift terminal after these two drops are done.
>>14013865
Quick warning the swift terminal down by eitawanda is the second entrance the first is some nightmarish wallmart container abomination
>>14013944
Thanks for the heads up!
Ducking OTR keks
>>14014214
Swift fag here, whiney, your quick notes book from training should have the location for jurupa valley (the "etiwanda terminal" everyone keeps talking about) address should be wineville rd. If it isn't, do not follow it!
Swift backwards is two fags in a white semi
>>14013944
HA HA HOLY SHIT
Swift stands for, shit wish I finished training
>>14014214
Also, parking at this time of night is an absolute clusterfuck. You'll be lucky if you can make your own, much less find a spot to park.
>>14014307
>>14014354
GB2 twisted truckers.
I'm sure all the other high school dropouts with room temperature IQs there continue to find those jokes hilarious, day after day and year after year.
>>14014371
That's why I park on the street.
Though deforest circle is getting more and more crowded. I should probably stop telling people my secrets.
Ah well. There's a dozen other legal parking streets. God bless Fontana. They know who butters their bread.
>>14014394
True, I was actually talking about the swift terminal. Parking is shit at night, unimaginable on weekends because everyone just drops trailers everywhere and the yard dogs have the weekend off...
>>14014451
That's one thing about working for a company that pays good and cares about its employees. The Crete terminals are usually fairly well ordered.
>>14014461
Eh, that terminal is a special POS. Most of our terminals are at least manageable. That one serves the entire Los angeles/San diego/and about halfway to San fran....way too many drivers and not enough room. The only other that is that bad is Decatur on weekends. But atlanta is shit in general
How do you swift drivers feel working for the most disrespected company out there?
>>14013434
Shiiii. I moved there in middle school. Too bad Bass Pro Shops at Victoria Gardens got rid of their truck parking. Shakey's and The Hat are both within walking distance. The only things I miss about CA are those mojo potatoes and pastrami subs and chili cheese fries with everything.
>>13998149
These days many places I interact with are happy to get a picture of bills emailed to them.
How do you feel being a troll who doesnt get the attention it so badly craves?
>>13999646
Over half the time the lever is fucked or the pins or they are just rusted to shit and won't slide, that's why.
it's nice to work for a place that actually maintains their equipment.
>>14003392
The ramp from 95 to 91 in ct gets closed sometimes and the first few times I stressed out like a motherfucker. It's nice to get to know an area though. For me that seems to take years.
>>14014791
Feels like any other job. Not sure why anybody really cares though, at the end of the day we're just baby sitting steering wheels.
Please stay in the right lane. Some of us aren't paid by the hour
>>14015796
Hardly anyone is paid by the hour.
most people still get home after work if they are half up a little though.
wake up construktion bros its 427pst
i hope i get rained out today and enjoy a long weekend
>280 mile haul
>For 2 pallets of paper
Neat.
>>14015926
Same here senpai already hit 40 hours this week hope it starts tomorrow and doesn't end till Tuesday
>>14015796
That sucks man couldn't imagine how beta you long haul Kuks are when you were discussing wage
>tfw started at $18 and company wanted to give me a more important role
>only $1 raise
>tell them I apreciate it but I can't do it for less than $21 and expect raises yearly and commission on private jobs
>>14014339
I told you, I wasn't joking it's an abomination, I had to drop a wall Mart load down there a few months ago I believe I was in line for 3 hour's to get in.
I bobtailed out nopeing the whole time
There's signage for swift there on giant white signs so whiney won't be in too much trouble
>>14015512
I had the pastrami sub from togo's Yesterday.it was pretty good
Been up since 11AM yesterday, but all of my drops have been early so I'm satisfied.
California a shit.
>>14016469
Whiney! Get your truck number off there bro!
You don't want identifying marks on Vietnamese kitefishing forums....
>>14016682
Why? Maybe someone will finally find me and I'll be lonely no more.
>>14016734
I'll be in the Riverside area tonight. You got a load out of there yet?
>>14016734
Reported to dot for hauling nerve gas
>>14016734
More likely one of the truckers here will find you and berate you in person
>gdi whiney get your shit together!
Then we can go play videya
>>14016337
Bruh. The Hat is a pastrami game changer. This pleb didn't even get their chili fries fully loaded.
>>14017007
As sheeiit that looks Damn good
>>14017007
How the hell can you even eat those chips with so much crap on top of them? That is literally disgusting. They're not even CHUNKY.
Americans do not deserve the potato.
>>14017328
You use a fork. How fucking retarded do you have to be
>>14017328
You use a fork, m9.
>>14007604
I thought that was a given.
>>14017007
Would become a trucker just to chase epic meals/10
>>14017368
Fork. It looks literally delicious. That would be be called steak cut.
What else would we do with Idaho and the like.
>going downhill
>cop with a speedometer near the top
>going 65mph
>get stopped into a pretty big shoulder
>it's a grill cop
>asks me for info
>asks me why I was go fast
>show her shipping papers lied that I was heavy but it was only like 14k lbs
>tell her I was going to slow down to use low gears and then activate the engine break
>looks like she didn't know what I was talking about
>goes back to her cruiser
>comes back and gives me a warning
>tfw lied myself out of a speeding ticket
Aw yeah
How are you considered "your own boss" if you still work for a company, drive their truck, take loads they assign, and pretty much do what they tell you? Are you only "your own boss" if you owner/operate?
Is a days work really that hard/long for a trucker? My friend used to drive OTR to make money for college, and he said he had plenty of personal time at the end of the day to relax. He said the drivers that complained where just old and had no hobbies
>>14016734
I wouldn't worry about it. I've posted my plates and stuff. Plus I have a fucking WAT sticker on my trailer.
>tfw finally got my $5600 from insurance!
Not sure what to waste it on yet. Gotta buy my mom some new tires on her Jeep so she doesn't die. Then maybe finally get FL plates and insurance on my car. That's gonna suck.
>>14018022
Hookers and blow
>>14018008
Yeah if you're a company driver like myself you're not your own boss. That's only if you own and operate your own truck.
As for a day's work, it's not hard, but it is long. My days are usually never shorter than 12 hours, but that does include a minimum 30 minute break and usually some down time at at least one shipper or consignee. Then I get ten hours off, usually two hours of vidya and shitposting and then 8 hours of sleep.
>>14018050
It's tempting. I just want to take a week off of work and go on a fishing and heroin binge.
>>14018051
how do you vidya in your truck? laptop?
>>14018095
Before, yeah. Got tired of lugging the stupid thing around though. Now it's all 3/DS and GBA. Once they put in a TV I might bring my Wii U to play Xenoblade Chronicles X.
>>14018131
I have a 50" TV sitting in my bedroom that is supposed to be for my brother for Christmas. I'll sell it for the low. Samsung smart TV. It will totally fit in the truck.
>>14018147
Kek, tempting, but the company is putting an LG HDTV in every truck this year.
any may trucking fags here?
>cabin too hot without ac
>too cold with
>not cold enough with windows down
>can never find the perfect temp for the ac/heater
Rain , the lazy construction tags
Delight
>>14016751
I'm actually still waiting for one more drop tomorrow at 10AM. Then I'm picking up a load at 7PM. So I'll be here.
>>14016760
Hopefully I get strip searched :^)
>>14016930
I got a PS2 emulator with our names on it
>>14018022
Noice, make sure to buy a dakimakura so you can take advantage of the HOV lanes :^)
>>14018605
Sweet. I'll bring lube and condoms.
>>14016469
>California a shit.
why do all truckerfags hate cali
cali has best weather , real mex food , palm trees ect
Anyone know a good phone mount? I had a magnetic vent mount which was good because with the A/C it kept my phone cold while charging and watching YouTube/Netflix, but the vent in this International is really inconvenient, the steering wheel blocks the view of my phone
Preferably if it didn't leave glue residue, since this is a company truck
>>14018752
all fedora tippers hate california
>>14018752
>Fart
>Get fined for polluting
>>14018605
>PS2 emulator
>Not 3DS's and Sm4sh/Mario Kart
Come to think of it, I have two copies of Mario Kart DS (lost one, bought one, found first one) and two 3DS's. Now if only I had a karting buddy.
>>14018835
Don't know where you'll find it but one of my trainers had a cup holder mount, had a knob that expanded it so it fit snug in the cup holder, then a clamp on a posable gooseneck for the phone.
>>14018752
State motto should be: "More smug than smog"
>>14018907
10/10 would be karting buddy
>Pilot in Lebanon, TN
>Always fucking packed
>See two trucks turn around and leave before I can even get to the entrance
>3 trucks parked on the street, one's in the fucking grass, zero fucks given
>By some miracle, I pull into the lot right as a truck leaves
>Takes like 3 minutes for me to get weaseled into the spot, hold up like 5 trucks trying to leave
Fuck it, dis my spot nao.
>>14018973
Reminds me I need to get back into MH4U.
>>14019201
L2 back faggot
>>14019313
I know how to back. This lot is somewhat small, so I had to do a 90° back, with no lighting other than the lights on my truck. Managed not to hit anything though.
>>14019334
Easy shit bro, try backing up on a rig site or a frac site
>mfw when I see the guy next to me browsing this thread next to me
