Well, looks like I'm the one to start this thread again.
Anyways, it's the Truckerfag Thread. Where we don't haul 44 tones, get fat on rollerdogs, and are the bane of motorists everywhere.
Feel free to ask questions and bitch about how I don't have the pastebin.
>>15253616
Last thread faggot?
>>15253616
i got my cdl learners. any tips on companies to apply for that also do training?
>>15253726
Your best bet is C.R. England. You'll know you're really good if they offer you a lease/purchase agreement.
What's your favourite truck related movie or fave fictional trucker? I'm going w jack Burton and the pork chop express. Also favorite song about trucking
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UeR27OP4V7U
>>15253700
I believe this is it
>>15235094
>>15253726
You don't have your actual Class A license? If that's the case you'll have to go to school, join a company who will send you to school, or find someone with a trucker who will train you.
>>15253726
>>15253793
Kek.
Seriously though, look for a company based in your nearest major city, and get on somewhere that offers tuition reimbursement.
>>15253806
>>15253817
it a class B permit, is that bad?
>>15253726
I'd look into Swift. They are the Best in Class.
>>15253823
Depends what you want to do, certainly bad if you want to drive trucks.
>tfw you haul 45.2 tonnes
>>15253866
does training diff from class b to class a?
>>15253898
That I do not know. Should've just gone for the Class A from the beginning though.
>>15253891
And go where no road licensed rigid could possibly imagine.
>tatra and Unimog BTFO
>>15253823
Depends on what you wanna drive. Class b is dump trucks, rock haulers, and garbage trucks. Depending on where you are you can earn as much as or more than class a. For instance Houston was desperate for class b garbage truck drivers.
>>15253823
Well class B is not for combination vehicles (truck+trailer), and the weight limit is much lower, though I forget what it is (class A is up to 80,000 lbs, or it might be 80,000+ assuming you've got permits. Haven't looked in a while.). I don't know about where you are but class B also doesn't include air brakes systems around here. This is why we always recommend just getting a class A. Get your air brakes endorsement and maybe you can get a job running a dump truck, cement mixer, or garbage truck.
>We start the 90° and offset backing tomorrow.
Whiney, where you based out of?
>>15253898
Yes. B is incredibly easy compared to A and limits you to dump trucks school buses and u haul vans
>>15253990
I want to say it's 36000..but I can't be sure.
>>15253793
Please don't troll with C.R. England. It's far too cruel
> insert angry fat trucker noises
RIP Pepsifag. He should have stayed out of Orlando.
>>15253804
I guess Breaker Breaker was technically a trucker movie but damn it was weird.
>>15253616
Is swift a good company to get my cdl through?
I heard they are really good, have great bonuses. well the recruiter said that.
I'm the train engineer that started the train thread. You guys are cool with me and I like you.
That is all. Over.
>>15255398
The recruiter would suck your dick if he thought it would help.
Swift is fucking garbage, and I'm not even a trucker. Or American, even.
>>15255432
why don't you guys have an organized OP with information like that?
Is this actually just a steering wheel attendants thread?
>>15255433
There was an organised OP pasta...
>>15254379
El Paso, TX.
>>15255436
But apparently no one has it and expect me to find it.
>>15255432
>>15255433
>>15255436
Time to spoon feed
http://pastebin.com/Sv0cyWyH
>>15255788
Dont fuck up the OP and it won't happen.
Go put your truck into the ditch again.
>>15255433
>steering wheel attendants thread
Yes
>>15255947
>Being this ass blasted because of a pastebin
Yeah, nah.
>>15254857
He REALLY wanted to show his new rod to his co-worker
>>15255398
>implying recruiters dont lie
>>15255398
Go to their school. No upfront costs. Get your CDL and then quit before you go out with a mentor. Find a different company to hire you and reimburse you for your schooling tuition.
Swift has awful mentors, DMs, and politics/culture in general. You aren't allowed any personal conveyance. You don't get any bonuses. Your mileage is never consistent. I fell for driving for Swift and it was horrible experience.
>>15255947
Pepsifag is kill?
>>15256244
Hwut?
>>15256426
They think you died in the gay club shooting.
>get copy of lot rules on my truck
Someone actually gives a shit. holy crap. Perhaps they will be heeded if they fix the fucking yard.
>>15256865
Nah, you wouldn't catch me in Orlando. I hate going north of Boca Raton unless I'm leaving Florida.
What are the best things about being a trucker? The worst?
>>15256981
>best things about being a trucker?
There are none
>The worst?
That you're a trucker
>>15255403
After my year and grabbing my tanker and hazmat endorsements, im thinking of leaving my otr company and trying for train conductor. Any advice?
>>15254876
Well great. Now I have to find and watch this gem.
>>15255403
When you're passing us nowhere near a crossing, do you sound your horn at us, or do you just run that shit nonstop anywhere near roads?
>>15256190
>Swift has awful mentors, DMs, and politics/culture in general.
Same goes for any company desperate enough to train rookies.
>>15256981
>best things
You get paid to run away from your problems.
>worst things
Those are the last problems you'll have, and you'll be running from them forever.
>>15257225
>running forever
Pretty much this.
>arrive at Cons early get dock and go check in.
>mfw heartland pays lumps for everything
>gordo has accounts so only 3 com checks ever given
Was told "when you finish working here you should still have 3."
>mfw I've only got one left.
T-thanks heartlund.
>Oh just go to the yard they give em like candy
Gotta sit through 2 hr inspection from mechanics who are pissed they can't do anything anymore, then talk to supervisors who want nothing to do with me, and then trap an ops worker before he scurries off back into his vault
>like candy. Sure.
Also trash bag car.
In chicago picking up a load thay may or mat not (probably not) fit my step deck.
>time to play tetris
>>15257443
>Tetris
Mah melanin enhanced compatriot. I once got to level 999 on Tetris DS Unlimited mode, haven't done that well since.
>>15257747
I thought he meant that he'll have to move parts/pallets/skids/bins around his trailer to fit everything.
Also, fuck working weekends and then taking weekdays off. Stupid doctor appts
>>15257747
>Mah melanin enhanced compatriot
Im a little tan right now
(Drivers tan)
But im a through and through white boy.
I was never very good at that game, but we managed to fit everything. No room left whatsoever on this damn thing. But that just means dispatch cant do the
>piggy back load
Thing.
Ah well. Its off to michigan. This delivers tomorrow.
>>15257794
Thats exactly what i meant.
My curtain on this trailer doesnt open from the front like its supposed to. Ao it wqs a lot of putting skids on the deck then shoving them into place with the hilo. 5 total skids and i weigh somewhere around 10,000 lbs.
Well the 90° and offset kicked my ass today.
>>15257817
> Stepdeck
> Curtain
What? Is it a curtain-sided trailer or a lowered flatbed?
my companion
>>15258355
>>15258264
Both. I'll get a pic when i stop.
me
>>15258460
H-hey
>>15258460
You're a faggot.
Stop molesting the dog.
Went to go check out that Lotus Elise during my 10 and by god they are a lot smaller than the pictures would let on. I tower over that car, safe to say I don't think I'll be getting one.
Went to a music shop down the street and bought a nice ass reverb pedal though. It's been a surprisingly good day.
Pic related, it's the Lotus next to a Shelby Mustang
>>15257190
Your railroad will put you through getting the mandatory dangerous goods training again anyway when you hire on. The interview is kinda strange in that it's more of a personality test. As long as you keep an open mind and don't act like you know everything you should be fine.
>>15257225
We're required by law to give three long blasts of the whistle and one short one at almost every crossing. At 60mph we usually start to blow the whistle about a quarter mile away. Cities and apply for permits to allow us to go through crossings that have automatic gates with just the bell but the government makes it a pain in the ass to get. They're either blowing it for you or trying to get some animals clear of the tracks. Sometimes I'll flash the brights when low flying aircraft are coming the opposite direction and they'll flash back. It's kinda neat.
>>15258460
You look like a really nice fella, but you need A FUCKIN BEARD. Nice dog too, cheers.
>>15259302
How loud is that horn from the inside of the train? I know it scares the fuck out of me standing outside of it. Full PTSD.
>>15259356
beard shmeard... I got more hair on my gooch than I'll ever have on my face. When I was a car salesman I DID sport a pencil stash.... my sales plummeted, yet I kept getting hit on by subaru customers of the same sex...
that was my one experience with facial hair. "...never again" I said.
cool pic btw, where is that? and that light... is aliums??
>>15259437
HAH well I don't think you missed much, heard Subaru owners are a bunch of cum-dodgers anyway.
That pic was taken near Princeton, British Columbia delivering photocopiers. Probably should have been paying more attention to the road. Not aliums, but close. It was Monty Burns bringing me love.
>>15259356
The cabs are soundproofed well so it's not really all that loud at all as long as the windows are shut. I've had timesome when I was a conductor walking on the platform of the locomotive when the engineer forgot I was there and started blowing the whistle. Hurts your ears like all hell. When the mechanical guys test the engines the whistles have to blow at least 96db.
>>15259545
One time one of you guys was blocking the crossing that goes to our terminal and he moved back to let traffic through.
Pretty much made my day.
>>15259595
We're only allowed to stay stopped at a crossing for five minutes. If you're ever in a bad mood and your stuck at a crossing and the train is sitting there, the back of the crossing road sign will have a milepost number and a phone number to call. If you call the number they'll get told to get the fuck out of the way.
On the territory I work we have a few places where we pull into short tracks to let other trains go by where we would block crossings. The conductor has to go back and split the train in half to unblock the crossing while we wait.
>>15256981
Lot lizards and roller dogs are both incredibly cheap. Can't really think of any downsides.
>>15259662
what the hell is a roller dog?
?
>>15258264
Pic related is what im pulling. Mine is black though. Sorry for the delay. It took longer than i thought to get to my destination.
>>15259640
Interesting.
I'll have to put it in my phone book
>>15259719
Truck stop/gas station hot dogs and their ilk, cooked and kept warm on heated rollers.
>>15259719
Those truck stop hot dogs on the rollers, roller dogs.
>>15259719
Bruh. What kinda trucker are you?
>>15259866
Also FYI do yal see those 'still cooking' signs? They do that so you'll buy the old ones up front first, but really the ones in the back are cooked and fresh.
>>15259866
The kind that doesn't even notice that nasty shit when I'm in a truck stop I guess
>>15254876
Kek, haven't seen that one. Brb ordering the poster, I love old movie posters.
>>15260091
Gonna go next to my favorite poster, Boss Nigger
>>15259886
Uh no. The turnover isn't that bad. The onesin the back are indeed fresh. So fresh they may still be frozen.
>>15259640
This is fantastic news
>up at 4.
>can't deliver till 11.
>foolishly not start my clock
>end up sitting for 4 hours at Cons after waiting for 6.
Roach coach was good eats tho family deal papa was hustling money mama was cooking and Jr was the driver.
>no more com checks
>tell dispatch I'm going to the yard and going to bed
>"ok but can you go 80 miles away and get this other load?"
>it's live and takes another 4 hours
It's now 10pm. No one is here can't get com checks
>mfw it's live unload with lumps. Tomorrow in another state.
Welp someone is going to be mad tomorrow.
>>15259733
rip in pieces trailer tires
>>15259866
Are these really safe to eat?
>>15261210
Nah, no sharp turns and it'll be alright.
I've been hauling dry vans for about 6 months now and my plan is to move into something else that pays more per mile. Should I go with flatbed, tanker, or refrigerated? And how would I get into them as far as training goes? The small company I work for only does dry van in the Southeast US.
>>15259101
>by god they are a lot smaller than the pictures would let on
Well, no shit. 'Minimal weight' really does mean minimal weight, especially when you're planning on powering it with a 2.0 engine from a mid-range Toyota.
>>15259733
Doesn't that remove most of the advantage of the step-deck?
Doesn't being a step deck fuck with getting unloaded?
>>15261834
most probably has a mezzanine floor
>>15261834
Not usually, 90% of my loads are side load outside.
Mmmm have to wait for 4 trailers in front of me at this costco, no problem
Hourly
I've been at this shipper for 11 hours and they haven't even touched my trailer.
Ferrara Candy a shit.
>>15261950
Have you tried tipping them?
>>15261974
Kek
I wonder if i can request whiney to be my mentor
>>15261215
50/50 chance
>>15258355
I would change that Dr Shitter to some mineral water unless you need it for a quick boost on sugar sometimes.
>>15262341
10/10 would consider ruining your life.
So I went to the guard shack since there's no real receiving office and apparently they "forgot" to load me. 14 fucking hours wasted.
>>15262360
I'd be tempted to just lean on the air horn until they come investigate the noise.
>>15262385
That's not a bad idea, I'm sure the drivers next to me would be less than pleased though.
>>15262430
Get them to join in, then!
>>15262432
>A beautiful Symphony of air horns
What a disturbance that would cause
>>15261792
come over to my company, we have western 11 if you want it.
not sure the pay is better though, you would get about 1000 per week here buy will be running for that.
Currently sitting in sterling heights mi (mound rd and i696). Been here for 2.5 hours.
Call disp
Got anything?
>no. Where are you?
Sterling heights...still
>oh... Well... Im looking
Please hurry. Im bored
>not much going on today
Can i come home then?
>no, too far to dh.
>mfw yard is 1.5 hours from here.
>>15262659
>>15262659
You need a bicycle anon
>>15262667
Thats a... Good suggestion. Never thought about getting one. Would probably help with the weight issues too.
Thanks. Im going to look around for one this weekend.
>>15262571
take home or GROSS? I average around $1K a week GROSS now. Anywhere from $600 to $1,100 but usually stays around the $850-1,000 range.
>>15262360
Well hell i already know what I'm doing. I just need the on road time. You could just sleep while i drive and vice versa.
>>15262746
>Tfw blown tire blows his bike tire
>>15262928
Heh
Right
>>15262659
Ayyy, I've been sitting in Ottawa Lake for 4 days because I'm a lazy shit. Didn't see anything worth getting out of bed for yesterday, but there's definitely freight to be moved out here, even for a step conestoga like yours.
>>15262659
Disp jist called
>hey, nothing going in. Head home.
...really?
>what?
I called an hour ago and asked to head that way. You said.... You know what? Never mind. Im on my way.
>w...w...w..wait... What were you talking about?
*click*
>>15263012
Theyve got me preplanned on a tenessee load leaving tomorrow. He cant find anything local for me.
>>15261926
Mmmm 8 hrs in now for the rest of the day
>>15263016
The fuck is he looking at? There are literally thousands of loads posted within 300 miles of here.
>>15263154
Your guess is as good as mine.
Anyone here ever contract with C. H. Robinson? Did you like contracting with them and what kind of routes did they have you run?
>start engine
>low coolant so it shuts off
>dump in 2gal coolant and 5gal oil (lolwhatgaskets)
>wipe down engine a bit
>hop in the truck for some sweet sweet A/C
>12.3VDC
>open battery box
>see this
Lel.
Got a step van driver at the fuel aisle to give me a jump when he was done. Guess it's finally time to swap out these 5 year old batteries.
>mfw none of the batteries have the dates punched out of the date stickers
>date stickers just sitting on top of the batteries held down only by a layer of dust
>>15263392
Fucking hell. Just running a brokered load with them is a headache. I couldn't imagine dealing with their shit all day every day.
Did Heartland Express fall off? I remember seeing their trucks all the time when I was younger. Or maybe I'm remembering it wrong
>>15263464
IIRC, someone ate them.
>>15263492
Other way round.
Heartland ate gordon.
There's a gordon driver posts a lot here, been living through that fresh hell.
Heartland is still around and rapidly approaching swift-tier.
>tfw Swift driver
Imagine a kid who's parents have told them he's going to Disney Land. He gets so excited and can't wait to ride all the rides there. He gets there and his parents keep him on a leash. He doesn't get to ride any rides because they are "unsafe" and only got to take pictures with Cinderellas step sisters. He also had to refill the same water bottle from drinking fountains because the sodas were too expensive.
That's me starting my career as a truck driver.
>>15264083
Tough it out and in two years you can go to superior Orlando Islands of Adventure (read: a good company or owner/op if you're nuts enough).
>>15264083
How much you making a week?
>>15264127
Not enough.
>>15264189
Is at more than 700?
>Arrive at shipper
>Another Roehl driver says he's been here for two hours
>14 ran out as I was checking in, already knew they had overnight parking
>Been up since 1:30 am
>Gonna have to tarp the load with lumber tarps
>It's now piss-pouring rain and lightning
Lovely day.
>>15262360
What do you get paid for those 14hrs?
>j.r. hall truck and presidents choice truck both governed at the same speed
>j. r. hall decides to pass
>both trucks side by side for 10km+
>cars lining up behind both of them
>j. r. finally passes
>as soon as cars are gone presidents choice passes him again
all of my why
>>15264428
And everyone gets mad at the hall truck.
When president fucktard caused and maintained the situation.
Sometimes I understand why you could get mad enough to shoot another driver.
It's not reasonable, but it's understandable.
>>15264083
>Swift Company Driver
My condolences. Not even their dedicated accounts are that good so you're truly fucked.
>>15264245
That's a good week for me. Usual take home isn't that good.
>>15261926
>>15263031
Mah Brother!
Hourly for life, fuck CPM.
>>15264293
I believe mentors get paid cpm regardless of who is driving and the student gets like $7.25 an hour. It's pretty janky and if I mentored I'd probably give a portion of my cpm to the student since they do put in a good amount of miles.
>>15264428
My friend. I went to Montreal this weekend. Saw this 4 times on the way up. 3 times on the way down. Asked buddy in the passenger seat to check who was driving. Punjab/Indian/Paki fucks. No respect for the rules.
On the last go (I was averaging about 130kms in the fast lane and YES I WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT LANE WHEN I COULD) this fucking shit happened and I flash my high beams at the fucking dirty sand nigger and he his fucking faggot partner in the right lane gets behind me and starts flashing me... Just keep bringing in these brown shit stains, our culture will die. Our rules do not apply to any of them. Fuck
>>15264428
Totes reasonable.
>>15264542
Damn son, even at $0.38/mi, with health insurance I regularly took home $700+ at my last job. Once I'm not nub scrub material at flatbedding I should bring home ~$900+.
>>15264548
That sounds shitty even for swift. Minimum wage to drive a goddamn truck. At least you'd be getting 50-70 hours a week, assuming you aren't sitting too much.
>>15262360
What you gotta do sign up to train newbies? I get out of Swift school here in about a week and a half.
Just pulled into a gas station and being the dumb ass i am i got stuck in the lot fuck my life
>>15264605
Yeah it was like $300 a week after taxes being a student. My mentor was O/O and making like $2k a week after expenses and shit.
>>15264608
Ask to be a mentor then go for a two day seminar on how to ruin the lives of any and all perspective drivers.
>>15264428
Saw like eight or nine trucks doing something similar today. Truck 1 gets passed by truck 2 at about half a mile faster. Then truck 3 passes both of them just barely faster than truck 2, and so on for about 10 minutes. I just hung back, not sure if I should laugh or cry
>>15264643
tow truck is on the way, should be out of here soon enough
>>15264643
Congration, you done it.
Probably not your first fuckup, however large or small, and definitely not your last. Don't sweat it.
Reminds me of a story with my dispatcher at Skyline.
>Be in office for whatever reason, probably waiting for a load
>Checking in with dispatcher
>He's on the phone with another driver on his board, who's in Louisiana
>Driver claims he's stuck in a sinkhole
>Dispatcher gets a rescue truck to roll out there to winch him out
>Calls driver back to inform him of this, and also of next destination location
>"Yeah you'll have to take <highway>, now it passes over <river>, you know it's a big damn sinkhole like the one you're in now. Take care not to drive into it."
Note that he wasn't being a sarcastic asshole, he was laughing and cutting up with the driver. Dude was always good for a story.
>>15264647
Damn that's not terribly bad for being an O/O at swift of all places. Shit tier training pay there though. Skyline paid $100/day up to $500/week, flat during training.
>Two hours now
>Now earning detention pay
>Still waiting to get loaded so I can tarp this shit and go to sleep.
>>15264712
Oh not at all, he was home weekends too. Only downside is having a student year round.
>>15264712
>be hourly
>finish workload early
>leave hour early
>will fix schedule as if I left after my 8 hours
Such is the life of a non-cpm cuck
>>15264712
Eh, it is what it is. At least I'm in a town with a towing company. when i called dispatch he just laughed and said he'll get it sorted out. I should have known better than to drive where i did though
>>15264647
Do it then be my mentor senpai
>>15264859
>Me
>Mentoring
What could possibly go wrong?
>>15264918
>2 weebs in the same truck
>what could go right
>>15264973
>>15265066
Plus i already learned most the trucking shit from my dad. Your truck could literally roll non stop.
>>15265066
Love the pic whiney.
>>15265080
If you're serious about it, I can talk to my DM and see what I have to do. But you will be my only pupil.
>>15265082
Thanks senpai
>>15265113
Id rather have someone i vaguely over the internet know/what to expect then some douchenozzle. Of course we would have to exchange personal info to get this to work.
>>15264973
silence for 18 hours because you keep trying to think of funny anime lines to recite but are too awkward to do so
>>15265135
Well, you have a point. Swift mentors are usually hot garbage. Not say I'm not trash in my own way but I try to be agreeable.
I can set up a temporary email if you want. But I do still have to talk to my DM to see what my options are.
>>15265136
Nah, im a weeb but im also very outgoing/sociable
>>15265155
Sounds good to me.
>[email protected]
>>15265080
>your truck could literally roll non stop
Good luck whiney
>>15265163
>Outgoing
>Social
REEEEEEEEEEE NORMIE
>>15265166
>those satanic dubs
are you trying to curse us?
>>15265172
not really because im outgoing about things like anime....so it only works on other weebs
>>15265177
Email sent senpai
>>15264792
Yeah. Once I put in my two years, I can't decide if I want to shoot for an hourly, home-every-night job or go full hermit and get my own truck.
>>15264795
That's good news. At least your dispatcher didn't shit all over you for the trouble.
>Hour four, nearing hour five
>Backed into a bay now
>Told I'll have to wait some more
fucking
>>15265136
Made me laugh
>whiney-sensei and newbie-kun
And now I've frightened the guy in the truck next to mine.
>can you go to fresno it's only 2 and a half hours.
In rush hour,with a live unload. And I'd need to find an empty. That's more than the allotted time remaining.
>>15263464
Still around you probably hadn't noticed since they took all the Gordon trailers.
>>15263900
Two weeks. And Gordo is no more 100%
>Yaay stickers
>>15264795
That's pretty chill, anyways.
Here that'd be a preventable accident on your record.
>>15265113
Don't do it, whiney. Once you have your mentor cert, they'll keep putting you with students. You don't get to say no.
>>15265166
topkek
>>15265205
you'd be the senpai, senpai. im just newbie kun.
>>15265222
It's a recipe for disaster.
>>15265224
Too bad, they can eat a dick if they think it's gonna be a regular thing.
We hotmix hauling naow.
Who #international here? I was hoping for a freightliner but got a cuck wagon.
>>15265224
Tow truck driver told me he pulla people out of that parking lot almost weekly and has for 20 years. He said not to feel bad because I'm the youngest driver he has ever pulled out
>>15265413
I am, and these trucks are magnificent pieces of corner cutting, cheap part using, machinery.
>>15265421
Eh, shit happens. It's an effective way of humbling even the best of drivers.
these are even uglier in person
>>15265593
I figured. At first they seem nicer on the inside, better storage and slightly fancier interior. Seems like cheap shit that's gonna break though. I think freightliner drives better and feels better made even though it's less "fancy". Oh well.
>>15265421
Yeah that's really pretty minor in terms of rookie driver fuck ups. No damage, no injuries. It sounds like their being chill about the wrecker bill. Just gotta learn from it and don't let it happen again.
>>15265602
I honestly kind of like the lonestar in terms of looks. It's better than most aero cabs at least
>>15265661
Everything is breaking on my interior, two lights no longer work because their cheap housings cracked, the locking mechanism on the passenger side cabinet no longer clicks so it can swing open whenever and a front mounted mirror of mine fell off.
Pic related. It's a metallic square now.
>>15265713
Eh, the cabinet latch thing is pretty common in freightshakers too, and who uses the front mirrors anyways?
>>15265667
Pretty good chance I'll get stuck again considering we pick up from rurL farms all the time, but I'll never get stuck in petro parking lot again haha. Not the first time I've got a machine stuck though, got tractors stuck lots of times out in the field, just a bit less embarrassing because no one is watching out there
>>15265733
I don't know man, it's all a testament to build quality. Which this thing is lacking in so many aspects.
Mentor requirements for me are 6 months of experience and that's it. I'll probably have to take care of that Group Log Class and Simulator Training before I train Newbie-Kun, but after that I'm going back solo.
>One million years later
Well I'm getting 3 hours detention pay and tarp pay, so I got that going for me, which is nice. This load is gonna be late though, since the shipper can't successfully load a trailer at their appointment time.
>>15266431
How you liking Roehl so far? I don't have many complaints so far. Not everything is perfect but I've been around good folk and people who mean well. I'll be doing Texas regional. Hoping I can head back in the morning.
>>15266504
By all early indications, Roehl is a good company to work for, and the people I've interacted with in the company have been great. The shitty part has been hijinks like this. Not my fault, at least.
>>15265713
dat cloud
Just got to the yard and found this. Apparently somebody wasn't happy about having to drive an hour to change 8 drive tires.
>>15264428
Why is such a major road only two lanes?
Here in the UK, most major highways are three lanes.
Three.
Lanes.
A truck can pass a truck, and cars can still get past.
Hell, on the M25, I've seen a third truck passing a truck that's passing another truck, and there was still two lanes for traffic to get by.
American roads are shit.
>>15267870
I'm actually in Canada. The #1 highway through the prairies really doesn't need to be anymore than 2 lanes each way considering very few people have to commute on it for long distances daily. Pretty much every other major highway in Canada is an undivided 1 lane each way highway with some scattered passing lanes
>>15267762
Are they retreads too? That would be hilarious also are those the new ones or the old ones?
>>15268182
Those are the old ones. New ones are virgin rubber.
Finally loaded. Tennesee here i come.
>>15267870
The UK is the size of a small American state, with a way higher population density. We do have three plus lanes in/near cities and heavily traveled areas, but it would be insane to pave a third lane on our entire 46000 mile (I think that's about a billion km) interstate system
I think I ate the bait
>>>/gif/8734077
>>15268551
Fukken sick
>>15268551
Wtf?
>>15253616
Why do you cunts drive in the left hand lane when the right is wide open?
Finished dropping at McLane in Lubbock yesterday, they rejected 51 boxes of candy. If dispatch let's me keep it, just know that I died a happy man with diabetes.
>>15268935
Because it's funny to watch bitches like you rage about it
>>15268941
What kind?
Pull an OP + pastebin via:
https://archive.4plebs.org/o/search/subject/truckerfag/
Or be lazy and copy paste from me.
>Obtaining a CDL: How do?
Community College or a dedicating truck driving school. Do your research and don't get sucked into a "school" that's actually just a meat grinder for a shit company.
>How can I into avoidings shit companies?
Here are some decent/good companies:
http://pastebin.com/Sv0cyWyH
If you don't see the company you're looking at included on this list, lurk moar.
>I could totally go to school but I'd rather be a trucker.
If you think you'll love the lifestyle, maybe. You'd be better off getting a real job. You can fall back on trucking at any time, but it is essentially a path of decent money for those that fail at everything else.
You can have good business sense and work ethic and make it big as an owner operator, but you would do even better at any other job.
>You will get fat.
>The only clothing you'll own are pajamas.
>The only reason you get paid well is because you work 70 hours per week.
>The longest relationship you'll get is 15 minutes with a lizard.
>Eating nothing is better than roller dogs.
>You have the most dangerous job in the nation.
>The D.O.T., Police, and Le'dash-uh in receiving hate you, and will harass you every chance they get.
>Other drivers hate you.
>Your job will be obsolete once self-driving trucks become available.
>Your loved ones miss you.
>If you don't change careers you will forever be considered a cuck and a homo. Especially if you cuckbox with another fag driver.
>lol 'murrica
>4 4 T O N N E S
>4
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>>15253616
>>15268935
For the same reaaon you 4 wheelrs insist on tailgaiting us and not giving us the roon to make a turn or merge lanes.
>just because we can
>>15269202
All kinds senpai, they let me keep them.
It's a hot whore to be pumping mud in the Midwest today boys still will prob stop by a gas station and get me a cold beer on my way home
>>15268551
Noice m8
>>15269582
Nice m8. Have one for all of us.
>recently acquired CDL
>apply to job, talk to owner
>tells me to show up Tuesday to start
>show up, trucks loaded, owner pairs me up with a part time guy and says to make deliveries
>drove the whole time, finished by noon
>owner says he's got to get the paperwork ready and will call me in an hour or two
>calls and says there's another potential hire they want to give the same chance as me on Thursday
wad da fug. I was so excited for this one.
>>15270100
C U C K E D
>>15269318
http://www.ferrarausa.com/brands/
neat, any Trolli sours or Lemonhead's?
>>15270324
I'll go through it when I get home, I can only pray for Trolli. I do have some Lemonheads though.
IDS HABBENING. My generation of weeb is finally old enough to have the financial stability to buy a truck AND trailer AND make poor choices with them.
>>15270575
Hahah! Please tell me you saw his truck number
>>15270575
>Frying Pan Road
Any local p&d drivers here? I have an interview with Estes next week and hopefully they'll hire me on. I was just wondering what transitioning from OTR to city is like? I imagine once you learn all the customers you won't really need a GPS, but when you started did you use one? Also what is typical training like? Just drive around while the guy in the passenger seat heckles you for not knowing your way around?
>>15270575
GLORIOUS
>>15270817
In Lebanon, TN, if you're leaving the Pilot and getting back on I-40, right before the on ramp there's
>Tater Peeler Road
huehue
>Planned route is dragging this heavy as fuck load through the mountains of east TN on US-25E
>Literally only because the computer selected a truck stop in Bumblefuck, Kentuck to refuel
>Call dispatch
>'Yeah I'mma take 40 to 75. Can we select a different fuel stop?'
>Guy wants to disagree, up until he sees the route on a map
>Tells me to do my thing, send a macro to update fuel level and get a new fuel stop later.
Not bad.
>>15266338
if this works out, thank you senpai.
>>15271287
>forgot to put on my name
>Survived my first road raging super trucker
Wew lads
Got a slice of pizza from the flying j, it must have been sitting for a while because it's pretty hard... How long until I shit my pants /tfg/?
>>15271369
>Not 4 fresh roller dogs
>>15271398
Didn't have any fresh ones and I don't have time to wait. Gotta get as close to my unload as I can tonight. Its 4.5 hours away and if I drive until I have to shut down I can just make it there tomorrow morning before my unload appointment
>>15271369
Eh, flying j pizza is always kind of hard, but I've had pretty good luck with it in the pants shitting department so far.
>>15270957
>heavy as fuck load
Not even 44 TONNES m8.
>>15271369
You can shower barefoot. There is nothing wrong with the food.
>>15271369
It won't make you shit yourself, the real question is: when will your heart stop from the clogging of your arteries?
>>15271398
>Roller dogs
>4 of them no less
You fat fuck. I'll occasionally get one, but only one. I'm not fat enough for even two of those damn things.
>>15271561
34 tonnes, in a Freightliner Cascadia that's been neutered and had a 63mph/~102kmh speed limiter put on it, through windy-as-fuck back-country highways that literally run parallel (albeit not straight) by an interstate highway (which is straight, and higher speed, and less mountainous).
>>15269318
I hate it when I'm told I can keep product. That means now I have to find a dumpster somewhere and throw a bunch of shit away without being seen. In an 18 wheeler. About like an elephant sneaking up on anything.
>>15271732
I love it when doorswingers show up at the terminal to hawk their shit.
I won't have to buy coffee for a year, at least.
>>15271810
I wish it were that easy. Usually I've got only a few hours to get rid of the shit, get washed out, and make it to the next pickup. It's actually easier when they tell me to take it somewhere and I can use that as an excuse if it causes me to run behind for the next load. Further, I haven't seen a terminal in over a year now.
>>15271915
I give it to the washout people.
>>15272167
I'm sure you do, big guy
> careful sir! ze rollerdogs are hot
What did he mean by this?
>>15253616
Hey trucker fag, I need a storage unit cleared out in Vegas and shipped to Georgia. You ever do those "pod" boxes?
>>15271328
Now that I'm stopped, mini-story time
>I-40 westbound, North Carolina, east of the Tennessee line, entering the gorge through the Smoky Mountains
>Lone black Freightliner Classic pulling a white van comes up behind me
>No trucks left lane, winding mountain road, truck speed limit 50mph, two-three turns with 45mph speed/rollover advisories, one 45mph construction zone, one tunnel with 35mph advisory
>Obeying everything - except the tunnel advisory. No one does.
>Doing 5-10mph over when it's straight, not kicking the brakes or anything
>Cross the Tennessee line, nearing the end of the truck limitations zone
>Still just the black Freightliner behind me, been practically tailgating me but never attempting to pass
>Suddenly truck flies by me, cuts me off by about a foot or two, no signal or anything, and slams on his brakes in front of me
>Slams the brakes a second time
>We're now doing 25 in a 50
>Averitt driver passes with a 'wtf' gesture
>Mad af Freightliner crawls ahead, clearly he's also pretty heavily loaded, or has a weak af truck
>Trailer has clearly marked ID number and company phone number
Shoulda called highway patrol though, maybe then the asshole would actually get his ass chewed.
>>15272351
I don't understand your broken English. Did the tailgating freightliner cut you off and slam on the brakes?
>>15272372
Yeah, he was either just being pissy and wanted to slow me down, since I was obeying speed limits, or he was legit trying to get me to rear-end him so he could make a bogus insurance claim.
>>15272459
>he was either just being pissy and wanted to slow me down
Same thing happened to me.
>getting on the on ramp that leads to a toll bridge
>three lanes of traffic one way, leftmost and middle are fastrak (kinda like ezpass), rightmost is cash
>merging from cash lane to middle
>enterprise box truck coming from behind
>commence merging with around three trucklengths between us
>box truck speeds like crazy, ends up being stuck behind me
>finally passes me and merges in front of me and armreach from my front bumper
>slams hard on the break like twice
Thank god air brakes are goat and for my cat-like reflexes or I would've smashed into that guy. Fucking box trucks man.
>Parked at end of row, at the corner of the lot
>Additional spaces in front of me, but perpendicular to me
>They're far enough forward for me and the trucks near me to leave without issue
>Go shower
>Come back out to find a truck parked at the end of the line in front of me, but almost a whole truck width apart from the next truck, and not in a marked parking space
>Won't be able to get out in the morning, and neither will the four trucks next to me
Sorry driver, had to call you out on this one. I don't mind folks parking in "unofficial parking spaces," but this is a bit over the line.
>>15271732
>Not hoarding tonnes of rejected product
51 boxes of candy now sit in my dining room. I got lots of gummy bears, root beer barrels, lemon heads, peppermints, chocolate peanut clusters, and some peanuts covered in toffee. Shit is pretty cash.
>>15273212
I got 60 #10 cans of hersheyvs syrup once.
Shot some with a shotgun, sold some on craigslist, and absolutely destroyed a particular public restroom with some.
>>15273212
I've never had the good fortune of rejected products. Even if I did, I wouldn't know what to do with transmission parts for Ford Fiestas and occasional shocks for F-150s.
>>15272689
I generally let em be and if they're still there by the time I wake up, then I raise hell. Most "make your own parking spot" dudes I've come across only do it for a few hours before the rush of truckers have to leave in the AM.
>>15271369
Fort Erie, ON and beaverdam, OH always have the freshest slices of pizza that are gooey as fuck and never brittle/hard. On cold winters, sometimes nothing hits the spot like stuffing your face with greasy, heart clogging truck stop pizzza.
>>15271296
The capitalized 'NE' suggests you're a North Eastern fag such as myself, no?
>>15270575
>>left lane
There's a unit in our yard covered in Pokemon stickers. Azn driver no less
>first day on road without trainer
>Whip it into QT after a long ass day
>out of time, of course all the spots are full
>park like a fucking retard
I think I'm only blocking in one truck and if the truck in front of him moves first then he'll get out. Still scarred some pissed off flatbedders gonna bang my window at sunrise, then I'll have to move then that fucks my 10 hour reset.
>>15253616
not really into trucks, but it seems pretty interesting to understand the truck life. seems pretty interesting to cross different countries (euro) or states (us)
>>15273301
I mean, you could donate them to a food pantry.
>>15273333
Were they damaged? Because I'm sure you could sell them.
>Two and a half weeks on road
>Set PTA four days from now
>Dispatch calls
>Best we can do is two days
>Contemplate quitting job again
These guys can fuck off, 9-5 home every night and weekends off. Sure makes it easy to decline my home time.
>get banana load that picks up between 0800 1400
>tell dispatch I can't make it without a 10hr
>No worries it'll be preloaded
>arrive, no loaded trailers
>night dispatch tells me there is a separate drop yard "down the road"
>go exploring in the middle of the night in New Orleans
>don't get stuck or shot or find any goddamn bananas
Can't wait to hear what they want me to do next
>>15271369
I actually really like Flying J pizza, but I never buy it if it's been sitting for a while, which is what seems to be the case in your picture. I always ask the cashier if they're going to put a new pizza up soon, if not I just eat something else. I haven't had a Flying J pizza in a while though.
>>15273404
I know you've heard this before, but try planning your trips better or start your day a bit earlier. I never have a problem with parking unless I'm in a huge metro area or the northeast. Also if you don't have it already download trucker path app if you have an android phone. it helps out a lot. Also you can try walmart or look google maps for abandoned lots or industrial areas with wide streets.
>>15270957
>being routed by dispatch
>being told where to fuel
Wow. What a cuck.
>>15272343
Yeah. Went to one packrat facility that shared a warehouse with 3 monster truck teams.
>>15272351
Why wasn't your CB on?
>>15273333
>>15273906
Just order a whole pizza. They have to make it fresh if they don't have one out.
>tfw half biscuits and gravy half supreme
>pizza for breakfast
>pizza for lunch
>dead by dinner because that's over 6000 calories
I'm so fucking glad they don't have those fresh baked cookies anymore. I'd be dead by now if they kept that shit up.
>>15273404
>QT
>expecting spots open after 3pm
I see you were trained as well as expected.
Just pulled into my destination. Go inside and check in.
>well driver youre an hour early.
But my time is 730 eastern.
>dont know who told you that but we dont start until 700 central
Call the boss and tell him
His response
>fucking time zones.
>>15274268
Indeed.
>wake up at 5am
>try to book a load
>no brokers are awake
>7am eastern
>brokers in Arizona wake up at 3am pacific for east coast traffic
Fuck.
>>15274283
Today is going to get interesting. The big boss (read as owner) just pulled up in his shiny red pete. Didnt know i was running with him.
>>15273518
You are supposed to give a weeks notice,and they're probably little shits.
>>15274426
>>15274426
Why are you so close to that guy?
15s following distance man, you trying to get killed?
>>15274079
>Planned route
I usually do my own thing, but for the fuel stop I had to call in about it.
>CB
It was on, the entire time. Either dude didn't have one or he was just being a dick.
>>15274451
>15s following distance
More like 8. It doesn't take a quarter mile to stop a truck.
Just got backed in and found out im late for my pick up because of the delay/miscommunication here.
>>15274451
I had actually been passing him prior to that. But when you see 4 motivated CHPD troopers flying up the left lane it was tuck back in for half a second or have them behind me while I pass the guy who keeps accelerating whenever I get half way.
>>15274426
You're only supposed to give advanced notice when you're taking more than 5 days off. Two days off for 2.5 weeks out is the type of shit that makes drivers quit.
I honestly want to buy my own truck and go O/O with a good company. I started looking at trucks and I can afford to buy a used one, but which company is good to be O/O for, and which brand of trucks will be the easiest to work on/most reliable?
