"Thank fuck I'm not an o/o" edition
>>28898413Fucking grim.
>he doesn't drive an electric truck
The worst load I ever did was a restaurant supply that had a million signs in the shipping/receiving office saying, "do not park on our yard". Motherfucker WHERE ELSE do I park to walk inside to talk to your dumb ass? These motherfuckers expect clairvoyance, I swear.
>>28898413Had to fill up the freightshaker at an in-town station that kicks off the pump at $300
>on day off after 3 days of training>must force myself to stay up all night to rewire my sleep schedulei will not disgrace myself again
>>28898529I paid more than 5 bucks a gallon in bum fuck nowhere New Mexico back in 2012 during a road trip. Minimum wage for a burger flipper in california today is $20 an hour.It was $8 in 2012.Kindly eat a dick.
Came within seconds of blowing up my entire life dealing with an absolute faggot of a yard dog today. Had to take a deep breath and play it cool instead of asking if he'd ever been hit in the head with a hammer or if he'd like to meet me in the grass outside the gate. Doorman manlet syndrome chihuahua brained wigger. Made sure to set the landing gear as high as it could possibly be cranked on the empty I left, will not be returning to that place ever again. Whatever it is about that job the people that do it are either exceptionally chill or deserve being beaten within an inch of their lives and there's no inbetween.
>>28899201>Minimum wage for a burger flipper in california today is $20 an hour.And everything is somehow even more expensive than it was in 2012 to offset any benefit that has.
>>28899209>Made sure to set the landing gear as high as it could possibly be crankedUseless if they have hydraulic 5th wheel platforms. Was it one of those cheap yards where dogs use normal trucks?
>truck on my right gets green light >he starts turning right >I get green light one second later >I start driving forward >he almost hits my mirror with the swing of his trailer I managed to brake in time, but who would even have been at fault in this situation?
>>28900793Tail swings are a preventable hazard, so the other driver would be at fault.
I'm thinking of doing a total career pivot. Was thinking of trying to get a CDL, but wondering if there's other jobs you can get with a CDL that isn't trucking.
Adjust your rates to where fuel costs are at you goobers. The shippers and brokers should be the ones accounting for your fuel costs and you're letting them take advantage of you.
>>28901187in the states, if you don't really use your cdl for trucking jobs for a period of time you'll have to take refresher courses.that being said, you could also be a yard jockey. it won't count as driving experience, but it's still a CDL job
>>28901187If you want a CDL trucking-esque job that isn't trucking, try a railway inspection company like Sperry. You still travel and are put up in company-paid hotels but you aren't a "trucker." Bonus if you have any NDT knowledge.
regular guy question for truckfags:how do you choose which fleet you drive for? when I'm on the highway I'll pass like 40 different branded trucks all saying the same "WE PAY YOU MORE PER MILE" jargon on the side
>>28901257>driving for a fleetI mean I get it if you're just getting started but the end goal should be getting your own truck, your own authority and having your own customers for loads. Maybe even getting a broker/carrier authority at some point. Be your own boss one day then when you have regular customers you hire employees and they drive your trucks and you can retire comfortably with 3 trucks or so and a steady amount of loads
>>28901257One of the main narrowing-down points is usually home time, freight type and routes. These are usually advertised on apps and company sites. From there you just pick whichever one offers the best deal for your experience level.
>>28899201New Mexico fag here. Where'd you go? I still don't even pay 4 a gallon and that's for premium. Diesel is still only about 4.50 here.
>>28901257I base it on which carriers have terminals close to home and go from there. Research can help but all megas are a mixed bag of being decent and being completely shit, so you will just need to choose one that suits you the most.Do not fall for the bullshit advertising you’ll see on the back of those trailers. Starting pay will always be shit, especially for solo OTR drivers, who earn $35k annually, but you’ll have to start somewhere.
Trying to sleep but some Ukrainian with a reefer turned on fucking Chernobyl behind me. Holy fuck I'm not even on the same row as him!
>>28901323nta but even with the megacarrier debuff diesel is over 5 a gallon on the west coast
>>28901257I look for companies where the amount of bullshit you have to put up with is minimal. No driver facing cameras, not getting phone calls because you were yelling in the truck about niggers acting like niggers in Atlanta traffic, and a safety department that really doesn't give a fuck as long as you're not hitting shit and not going faster than their insurance will cover in case of an accident. I'll take a pay cut to not have to deal with churlish bullshit. Bonus points if they have a pet policy and a lax idling policy even if they're unofficial and only offered to drivers that really excel and will tolerate some bullshit with little complaint and will still be professional and polite when shit gets hard. I know I could make an extra 15k the second my first year is up moving to another company that I have my eye on. But if their recruiter doesn't answer my questions the right way and won't put certain things in writing, I'll just stay where I'm at and train noobs and make an extra 15k that way. Personally I think being an O/O nowadays is fucking retarded and insane because of all of the liability especially if you're under your own authority, and I think if you're a lease op you're too goddamn stupid to live and experience tells me that is the case 90% of the time. Only way it would make sense to go O/O under your own authority is if you're a functioning psychopath that lives like a monk that will undercut jeets and megas and use every hook and crook in the book to get ahead until you can buy more trucks and get to the point you can be a broker as well, at which point you can start a company, and continue being a ruthless fucking monster from an office instead of a sleeper bunk like everyone else that has a successful trucking company. Or you can just be a company man and be making six figures net after 5-8 years depending on the industry segment you're in and when you get out of the truck or it breaks down or someone hits you you don't care.
I’ve got orientation this upcoming Monday. I think I’ve become less ignorant and stupid since my last attempt at starting driving trucks. Any advice besides don’t hit shit? Is there a copy and paste phrase I can say if I’m being pressured to drive or do something illegal? Excited to get some experience behind me!
>>28901932Go slow and don't hit shit. If you're asked to do something illegal ask them to send you that request in writing, and if you're pressured to drive when you're tired or don't have enough time to make it legally tell them in writing that you're tired and you're going to stop and take a nap. Mostly though, just shut up and pay attention and don't act like you know everything. Ask an annoying amount of questions. Don't be an asshole to anybody for any reason.
>>28901932> there a copy and paste phrase I can say if I’m being pressured to drive or do something illegal?swing wide itsa fucking trailer best advice is go 5 under the speed limit, watch your mirrors, read all the signs and turn wide as possible every time if a road looks sketchy to go down, dont go down it like other anon said get everything in writing, dont be afraid to ask stupid questions and dont freeze up when youre in a pressure situation - if you make a move or turn and realize it was a mistake commit to it then go from there, indecision is how you fuck other people up And in traffic at least in the beginning turn the radio off and just drive in silenceyoull get used to it you just have to get used to it, took me about a year for it to really click and now 5 years in i can do this shit in my sleep
>>28901932Get Out And LookWhen in doubt, Get Out And LookWhen you feel like hot shit, Get Out And LookWhen you feel like you should do it every time you’re backing a trailer, Get Out And LookIf you think you’ve hit something, Get Out And LookWhen a some fucktard and/or towelhead damages someone else’s truck at a truck stop or shipping yard, Get Out And LookWhen a pissed off trucker starts beating/murdering a lot lizard, Get Out And Look
>>28901932>copy and paste phrase I can say if I’m being pressured to drive or do something illegalThe one I've always went by was "When in doubt: don't."
>>28901956>>28901963>>28901970>>28901986Thank you for all the advice! My game plan as far as food/drinks is that until I’m able to buy a fridge and what not for the truck is to avoid slop if I can, and drink only water with the occasional electrolyte drink. I don’t drink coffee, so I’ll just stay stocked on gum. I’ve got a 35lb kettlebell, and a yoga mat to throw out on the asphalt so I can workout. Will this be a job I can still do 5/10/20 years from now and be able to retire from? Is it even possible to have a relationship while driving? I want to get a cat or dog after I’ve got some miles under me and a better understanding of the job and if I can fit a pet into it.
>>28901995> Thank you for all the advice! My game plan as far as food/drinks is that until I’m able to buy a fridge and what not for the truck is to avoid slop if I can, and drink only water with the occasional electrolyte drink. I don’t drink coffee, so I’ll just stay stocked on gum. I’ve got a 35lb kettlebell, and a yoga mat to throw out on the asphalt so I can workoutgood, it’s very easy to gain a bunch of weight so stay on top of it > 5/10/20 years from now and be able to retire fromyes, AI has been coming for our job for 20 years and it’ll likely be another 20 before any self driving truck hits the marketyou gotta earn your money though if you take it easy you wont make shit, gotta be self motivated >relashionship unless she’s willing to come on the truck with you or you 100 percent trust her it’s very difficult >pet a lot of drivers have one, just don’t get a giant dog or anything with a long coat
>>28901995>Will this be a job I can still do 5/10/20 years from now and be able to retire from?Yes.> Is it even possible to have a relationship while driving?I’m sure it is but it’s easier being single.>I want to get a cat or dog after I’ve got some miles under meI have a cat. She’s very manageable but she hates it when I leave her in the truck for work, but it’s better than her being stuck at home without me since she’s very attached to me.
>>28901932No major carrier is going to ask you to do anything illegal.
Just trucking and seeing so many four wheelers and peds competing for the Darwin Award – some dumbass cunt tried jaywalking without looking both ways and ended up inches away from getting splattered by a Chevy Express.
>>28900982Driving forward into an area where a trailer is going to swing is also a preventable hazard so the poster would be at fault.
>>28901806
>can survive trip to shipper>on the way back i get too tired and have to let trainer driveNIIIGGERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRI WAS EVEN RUNNING ON 3 CUPS OF CAFFEINE
>>28902138What about the bottom of the barrel carrier? The one that shall not be named. They’re my only option given I have no recent work history.
>>28902160Everyone on the highway in massivetwoshits needs to be pulled over and violently sodomized by a police horse.
>>28902411Even welfare express won't openly ask you to do something illegal. They'll just put you in situations where it can happen and see whether you do it or call it out and refuse to do it. That happens often with quite a few carriers. Personally, if it's something that's not really a big deal like an inspection being a month or two out of date or a missing mudflap I'll usually run it no questions asked. If I'm going to a state that's a real bitch at the weigh station or it's just a really shitty run I don't want to do, I'll make a stink about it. If it's blatantly stupidly giga illegal I'm documenting shit and going to safety so they can resize someone's asshole.
>>28902438>massivetwoshitsWhy in the ever loving fuck do they have rest areas with prison toilets? Idk if they all have it but the rest area on I-495 near Chelmsford have stainless steel toilets with no fucking kid!
>>28902549Granted, it’s not the worst toilet I’ve encountered – toilets in truck parking areas, such as one in Missouri on I-55 near I-57, is essentially a permanent porta potty with a stainless steel bucket with a hole in the middle and your shit goes into hole in the ground.
>>28902357getting your endurance up takes time, it’s like a muscle you gotta work it to get it up to snuff
>>28902115cat or dog? does your truck smell like litter box and cat excrement? where do you put the litter box, if one is required?
>>28902714It only smells if you don’t clean if for several days but I usually keep it clean every day. I keep a small enclosed litter box on the floor of the passenger seat. It gives her more privacy and it prevents cat litter from getting kicked outside of the box.
>>28902571thing is, i can't keep fucking this up. it's not gonna look good for me or my trainer if he has to tell my company that i keep wearing out halfway through the run
>>28903097how long have you been in training for? also your company gives 0 fucks so long as the load gets to the 90 on time
>>28903100yesterday was the end of my first week out of three. my trainer says i'm doing good and a lot of people would have quit by now, but i can't let that be an excuse to be lazy
>>28903101you will be fine and when you go solo your dispatch wont immediately throw you to the deep end, but yeah driving tired is a part of the job you just have to get good at ityoure currently running what they call “super solo” runs where theoretically a single guy could run it if theyre on their Ps and Qs but its great for a driver with a trainer because exactly how youre feeling, you get worn out so the A seat can take over
I'm moving from OTR to fuel hauling soon, any tips?
>>28900793>>28900982European laws say: Both are at fault. Both motorists should know the danger of rears swinging out.
>>28903176Update your will and get your final affairs in order. As insane as people drive nowadays I would never do fuel except maybe diesel.
>>28903097It takes a while to be able to drive 8 hours straight without a break for most people. I for damn sure couldn't do it when I first started. A lot of guys stop every four hours to take a break and honestly if you're not running super hot loads and you're starting your day early enough that's the way you should do it. Law says you're supposed to stop every three hours or 150 miles to check your shit but most dryvan guys don't do that because it's overkill. It's good to know how to do some supertrucker bullshit but you really shouldn't be trying to do that every single day. If you want to drive three hours, stop for 15 minutes, drive another three, take your 30, then do the rest of your shift until you shut down nobody is going to bitch about it if you're making your appointment times.
Idk how in the ever loving fuck people get their trucking jobs but if you can’t drive the fucking speed limit on a flat road, kill yourself.
>>28903338Pussy
>Bro you don't wanna drive the giant bomb that gives you cancer through a city full of retarded turdies every day for nowhere near enough money regardless of weather conditions?>You're a fukkin fag bro lmaot. dumbest nig living
>>28903353better yet>10 under on single lane road>passing section appears>they magically speed up only for the duration of the passing section
What happened to ethan? I miss his wife.
>>28903660Went out of business cause of the gas prices and had to sell his truck. He used the last bit of money he had to buy some kneepads. Very sad.
>>28903660He's still around but only pokes his head in occasionally when a topic of discussion more advanced than shitposting and greenhorn topics pops up.
Why is my dispather smiley facing me bruh
>>28903660He is struggling hard. Half finished house, another kid that's not his... Etc.
These things are great for trucking. The noise cancellation is god-tier and will turn a noisy day cab into just a low whine of road noise that disappears under music. Nice sound quality, too, with good instrument separation and nice highs. I paid $300 for mine and consider it one of the best purchases I've made.
>>28903924It's illegal to wear these while driving.
>>28903932Try being white.>"If I have the stereo on loud enough to hear over the sound of this engine I can't hear a damn thing else, and that isn't illegal. I can hear more with these headphones canceling out the engine noise than I would with the radio on. I could be completely deaf and still legal to drive, so what's the point in dinging me for headphones?
>>28903903He heard your lisp over the phone and wants to fuck yaShitposting aside, one of my dispatchers does this and I just ignore it. I guess they’re just trying to appear friendly/non-threatening and a smiley emoticon is an effective way to set the tone of a message. Don’t fall for it.
>>28903924I have a pair of Skullcandy Crushers. The plastic build causes it to rattle but I like the bass.
>>28903945You think some shibag cop is going to give a fuck about your feeble appeals to reason when he's out on his daily fundraiser mission?
>>28903945You have to apply for a special waiver from the FMCSA to be able to have a CDL if you're deaf, the application process takes months to complete, and you have to do it all over again in two years after you receive that waiver. You technically can have a CDL and be completely deaf from birth but it's not like you just check a box and they give you the license. It was flat out illegal up until 2013. Personally I think you're retarded for not just working for a company that has bluetooth enabled sound systems in trucks that aren't totally clapped out pieces of shit rather than insisting on wearing headphones like an uppity shithead in highschool. Getting a better job because you're treated like equipment rather than a human being where you're at now would be "being white". Being a scofflaw retard limiting one of your senses while doing what is statistically a wildly dangerous job because you have to listen to jungle music bongo banging all day to be happy is "being a jiggaboo".
>>28904337>and you have to do it all over again in two years after you receive that waiverIIRC you only get a 1 year physical if you use any waivers.
>>28904389I still get 2 years despite having to get a vision exemption form filled out for the keratoconus in one of my eyes.
>>28904393Really? When I got one some years ago I only got a 1 year. Huh.
pilot 4 miles up the road is overflowing yet the weigh station is empty, what gives? literally free ez on ez off parking
>>28904445Fear of DOT inspections.
>>28904337WX-1000XM5's will make a day cab far quieter than a Cascadia sleeper full of couch cushions for sound deadening, and the sound quality is on the level of a SQ competition system. There's "hearing musical noises," and "listening to music," and you just aren't doing the latter unless you have nice speakers in a quiet listening environment, and the WX-1000XM5's are good speakers and they create a quiet listening environment.
>>28904445youre gonna get a pleasant wake up knock
>>28904395Either the physician who did the physical likes me as a patient or I have a good optometrist.
>toothache going apeshit>benefits don't kick in until next monthi must keep going...
>>28904542>>28904714something that has never happened unless your truck is literally falling apart. its not hard keeping a nice truck and trailer>>28904891toothpaste and a toothbrush broski
>>28903660STRUGGLINGTRUGGL ING
>>28905099That’s not going to convince people to park at a place where they can potentially get a citation and/or be placed out of service.
https://youtu.be/6ifpMbPwMsg
>>28904891Swish hot salt water in your mouth. That always helps my toothaches. Hot water from the red spigot on the coffe machines inside, and a lot of salt mixed in, swish several mouthfuls for as long as you can stand it
lol
>>28905622Can confirm this is the very basic and effective method for treating oral discomfort.
>>28905373It really depends on the weigh station in question. Some of them are pretty chill, some will nail your ass to the wall on niggling retard bullshit. The real answer is don't be a lazy nig and just start your day early enough you don't have to park at the weigh station.
>>28905697gargling salt water works wonders for a sore throat too. if you feel a cold coming and your throat starts tingling gargle salt water at least twice a day, more and saltier is better though. you'll still get the rest of the flu symptoms but it'll nip the sore throat right in the bud.
>>28905734>tune your schedule to be able to park at crowded truck stops instead of running a legal truck and enjoying free parking anytime everyday of the week>dont be a lazy nigget off the road before your wheels fall off
Today marks my 1 year as a solo trucker, and I’ve just completed my first 100,000 miles. Still got a lot to learn and I still need to work on getting my backing perfect but I’m confident in my abilities, and know how to correct any errors in my backing.Here’s to another year and another 100,000 miles. I’m planning on continuing working for the same carrier to gain more experience but I may consider greener pastures once I feel like I’ve outgrown them. I’m still considering my options for what type of freight I want to haul and whether or not I should specialize, which would be beneficial, financially.
i>UPSHIFTSlove>UPSHIFTSfreightl>UPSHIFTSiner>UPSHIFTS WHILE TRAFFIC ZOOMS PAST ME
>>28904542Just imagine the officers naked
>>28901970There's a "Get Out and Look" sticker directly on one of our trucks mirrors, and it fucks with your ability to properly see tje mirrors clearly so YEAH guess Im gonna have to Get Out and Look
>>28907085I am now apprehensive and disgusted by the idea of getting a DOT inspection.
>Beaver Dam, KYI’m pretty sure they mean the diaphragm contraceptive.
>>28903910Sad to hear, I was hopeful to become as successful as he was someday. No one is indestructible.
>>28907136just imagine the DOT inspection naked
>>28907283Trip on Ethan.
>>28907638Ok
>get a reefer load required to be set to basically the average air temperature outside >no frequent TCU starts so you sleep peacefully >other truckers avoid parking next to you so the likelihood of someone backing into you is lower than usual
>>28898894>battery runs out mid-trip>next charging station is 142 miles in lalalibtardville city>undefined hours later>charge time is 8 hours and 31 minutesThere's a reason why commercial logistics doesn't use electric trucks, retard.
You Reap what you sowYou all made your bed and casted your voteNow where's all that high and mighty gloat?You did this to yourselves, you didn't listen, we tried to warn you yet you decided to double down in the delusion. I just hope you're all happy with how your faces look now that you've cut your nose just out of spite. Hopefully God is merciful when it's your time because the scales look tipped against your favor.
>>28907835Free 9 hour break sounds based
>>28907835I have never run out of fuel driving because I'm not retarded.
>>28907849he's not talking about gas>muh reading comprehension
>>28907850Fuel is fuel. Doesn't matter if it's gas or electricity. If you run out of either when driving, you're retarded.
>>28907754>reefer driver>light sleeperNGMI
>>28907890I’ve never found out if whether or not I’m a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper, or somewhere in between, but I honestly have no issue sleeping with a TCU on cycle mode. It’s just an added convenience that if I don’t have to hear it turn on all the time.But I’ll make it.
Oh, I see what you’re doing, getting in the hammer lane as we approach a large hill. Unfortunately for you, there’s a familiar term we use that will kill your hopes of ever passing me, and that’s “deadhead”.Now, observe as I disappear over the crest as you’re fighting against gravity!
>>28907837Take meds.
>>28907754>other truckers avoid parking next to youShit. Every time I'd park with the reefers I'd wake up surrounded by flatbeds. I eventually just said fuck it and parked where I wanted.
i dont know why i thought doing 150 miles without a break on long dark roads at 2-4 am was a good idea as a newfag
>>28908504>needing to break after 150 milesFrom one greenhorn to another, work on your endurance. You should be able to last a long in a truck to be able to drive for up to 8 hours straight before needing to take a break.
Would you drive the gaytruck? What if it paid extra?
>>28908853I never understood why people do this, four wheelers and truckers alike. Driving isn’t a leisurely activity.
>>28908863I mean, it can be a leisurely activity but you shouldn’t be a retard about it, is what I’m trying to say.
>have size 15 feet>try to back freightliner by lightly and slowly pressing pedal>truck reverses at mach speed3 months later and i still don't get it
>>28908900>take foot off brake>BEEP CREEP MODE ABORTED>slam into dock at mach 9
>>28908863leisure deez nuts bitch
>>28908994>>28908900bruh Ive been driving freightliner for years and still do this sometimes
>>28909049Are they called freightshakers for the whiplash they give their drivers?
>>28908686If you're being super anal and running according to the law to the letter you're supposed to stop every three hours or 150 miles and do a midtrip inspection so technically that's all you should have to do without stopping. Realistically you need to be able to do six hours at minimum. It's a rare day I run 7.5 in a row without stopping and I have no problem getting 9-10x my governed speed regularly.
>>28909382thats only for flatbeds retard
>>28908900Older Eatons were like that. They eventually learned how to make them do a reverse creep mode but they're still not even close to a Volvo I-shift/Mack M-drive or even a DAF (PACCAR) 12 speed. Just a half-assed job by Eaton imo.What I learned about the things was you had to be reeeeaaaal easy on the fuel. Like almost imperceptible movements of the foot. The necessary movement is so slight that it seems like there's a delay in increasing pressure on the pedal and the engine rpms coming up just slightly. And even then the damn thing is going to stop on you multiple times. If you've gotta jack it into a tight spot you'll end up rocking back and forth at the point of highest resistance as you try to get the truck to move without acting like it's rocket assisted backing.
>>28909638The worst thing about it imo is clutch overheat. Pull up one too many times because its a tight back? Sorry fucko, hope you like sitting in the middle of the driveway blocking other trucks waiting for the clutch to cool down so your instrument panel stops screaming its digital lungs out at you.
only thing i hate about drop & hook jobs is that there's no downtime
50k a year to do the most dangerous job in America wow sounds like a great deal thanks jews
>>28910236>the most dangerous job in AmericaNot it isn’t.
>>28910262>notNo*
>>28910262What a dogshit infographic. 98.9 what for logging workers? What do these numbers even represent?
>>28910432Yeah, people can be lazy about creating infographics but it’s supposed to be the number fatalities out of every 100,000 workers.
Ordered a pizza today. Expected it to blow me away after such a long time without cooked food. But I just felt nothing eating it. Just felt like an idiot for buying that instead of eating the cheaper food I already have. I have transcended past the need for such luxuries.
>>28910432Deaths per 100 workers.
>>28902115Pet the cat right fucking now and nobody gets hurt
>>28910262By total number of deaths it is, but by percentage of deaths of total workers in that industry it's only fifth. Still worse risk of death than being a cop or pizza boy. >>28910236First year was about 58k gross, second year will be about 72k, third will be about 84k, and should be up around 100k gross by my fifth year. That's all doing basic bitch dryvan and reefer. I could go hustle sand and water in the oilfield for 105k net my second year if I got some endorsements and was cool with living in a dorm with random dudes for three months before I got my own room and bathroom. Farmer's pretty nice to the bulls that give him calfs and the cows that give him milk.
>>28910262More truck drivers die on the job every year than any other profession, by a huge margin. The average life expectancy of a truck driver is 61.
>>28910892Do you have proof of this?
dog wtf is this shit this is what i get for taking the "truck route"
>>28911446I've been stuck at a crossing before for an hour and a half even though that's illegal and shouldn't happen. Railroads are joggers and could give a fuck.
>>28911269The source is a 2003 report done by the CDC. It's even younger for owner operators at 56 years. Realistically though unless you just totally give in and let the stress consume you you can make it to old age as a truck driver. Oldest driver in the US with an active cdl is in his 90's and I've got family that did it for nearly 50 years that are in their 90's now and still hanging on pretty strong but they retired about a decade ago. If you're a retard and get fat, smoke, drink every second you're off work, and have no friends or family and stay mad enough to kill people all the time then yeah it'll kill you young.
>>28911499>2003>CDCYour “source” is outdated and from an agency that specializes in diseases.I’ll level with you by providing statistics published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor.https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2004/sept/wk4/art04.htm
>>28911552No matter how you slice it it's still firmly in the "if you fuck around at the wrong time you're dead or wish you were" class of jobs.
>>28898413>He doesn't fill Diesel #1NGMI good buddy
>>28911269Yes.>>28911552More cope.
>>28898413do these pumps have a higher flow rate because that would take fucking ages with a standard car pump.
>>28911835yeah diesel pumps are like 2x the size of a regular car pump and have a handle for each side of the truck it’s a mindfuck when you get back into your regular car and use standar pumps they feel tiny
>>28911835Sometimes you get a fuel lane where some idiot drove off with the line still in the tank and ripped it off the pump and the only replacement the store had was a smaller fuel rate nozzle and it takes fucking forever to fill your truck with it. Typically at a good pump at loves with two standard tractor nozzles you're doing about a gallon every two seconds with both of them going full blast so even putting 150 gallons in only takes like five minutes. But if you get a fucked up one or the store you're at is starting to get low on diesel in the holding tanks that shit can drag ass all the way up to like 20 minutes.
>>28911552Look at me in the agriculture industry actively avoiding death every day... Had a pissed off mamma cow wanting to kill me last night.
>>28911786Correct.>>28911822Saying you read it somewhere almost 25 years ago without providing evidence of this “fact” is considered hearsay in the court of law, so it cannot be accepted as fact. Failing to provide actual evidence to support your claims means you’re all talking out of your asses about trucking being the most dangerous job.
>>28911883Not everyone is as smart or lucky as you, especially when working around combines.
>>28901187Power lineman. They make fucking bank.
finna oink it up at the iowa 80 buffet
>>28911919Grab some danishes at the TA, there.
>>28911884Still coping
How many train car graffiti porn have you found?So far, only 1.
>>28912068
how is this retarded industry still afloat? last time i was at a TA all i saw were fat boomers and shitskin truckers. i don't know how i got out alive. at what point will you submit the pajeets taking all your jobs?
>>28912154>how is this retarded industry still afloat?Supply and demand, retard.
>>28912154if youre not making money in this industry its quite literally a skill issue
second week ends and the hardest part of this job is staying awake during those long rides down dark ass roads with cruise controlonce it reaches 2-3 am, no amount of caffeine or micro naps at the truck stops help for very long
>>28912385Training will end, eventually, and once you begin driving solo, you will have slightly more control over when you can stop and start, depending on dispatch and company policy. If your carrier has a good safety department, then they should honor your need to rest, if dispatch denies your need to shut down due to fatigue.
>>28912305Another simp in denial
>>28912627if you cant drive tired youre not in a position to be giving anyone advice
>>28912630cope
>>28912633That’s my secret – I’m always driving tired. I live my life every Monster Java and 5 hour energy shots at a time.
>>28912642^^finner boutter pull another 14 hour shift on 3 hours sleep kekthe endurance is a muscle greenhorns have to work up
>>28912644Oh, I love when those days end because once my head hits the pillow, I go right to sleep and then someone will bang on my door because I was snoring too loud and can’t go back to sleep.
>>28912649same, sometimes causes sleep paralysis for me though
>>28912639What, is this supposed to be good?
>>28912987Post yours then fag
>>28911887Luckily I don't mess with combines much. I grow forage crops and cut and bale feed. I do however remove pto shields and other shields if they are a pain in the ass for preventative maintenance and greasing.
im gonna miss my trainer after this weekhe's a bro
>>28913357Give him a goodbye handy, he'll be sure to remember you
>>28913357I think I ended up being my trainer’s last driver before he got married and started team driving with his wife. Apart from the smoking and sometimes playing loud music while I was trying to sleep, he was alright.
>>28912154I don't mind the jeets, this is the only job I can do that doesn't make me want to go postal because I can say nigger a thousand times in a day and listen to ribald bullshit all shift long and nobody cares as long as I'm polite and professional the few times I have to get on the phone or interact with customers. Plus it's the only job where if I'm having a bad day I can just go lay down and jack off pretty much at will or take a nap. And I get plenty of time for uninterrupted vidya too. If I've got to deal with dalits like you occasionally is not so bad.
>>28912644Shit three hours ain't even bad to pull a 14 on. I've done it on an hour and a half and 36oz of redbull. But the other anon is right you have to build up to being able to do that and still drive safely.
The reward for being efficient is more work.
>>28913771work = money
>>28913902Pay is by the day.
>>28912639Damn, I average $1600 gross income
>driving srw 250>"10k" box trailer on rear ball (maxed out)>20mph crosswind>governed at 65>passed by an 18 wheeler doing 80 >almost sucked into himFuck SRW pickups. Its bad enough with a gooseneck.
>>28914118I'm from Europe and have no idea what any of those words mean
>>28914129It just means he’s a god damn poser.He’s not even a hotshot driver but someone with a cuckmobile designed to only haul up to 2500 lbs on a tank of petrol. He only does bumper pulls but implies he has a ball hitch in the bed of his truck.It’s like a racing enthusiast walking up to the paddock and telling professional racers that he enjoys playing Gran Turismo.
It’s always jeets who drive below the speed limit and have shitty headlights
>>28914118>max speed limits for your truck programmed in.>70, 75, 80, 255. mph.Y'all need to speak CAN bus.
So, yeah, my truck is governed to only go 3 moose per bags of milk.
How do I not die during summer? My cabin is already getting hotboxed to hell during April.
>>28915142Idk I’m a company driver driving a 3-year-old truck with an APU.Leave all windows open and stay hydrated?
>>28915142Over certain temps (86 in our case) the truck won't shut down, so you can run the sleeper AC which is far better than the APU's, though if you work for shitters this may be disabled.
wtf is going on in Germany dude62€ for a couple packs of water??? I am never shopping at a REWE again
>>28915142APU? The only one I've had that could really cool the entire cabin was a Dynasys but it was so unreliable it just about didn't matter.The Thermokings just don't have what it takes to keep the entire sleeper cool, let alone the entire cabin. What I found was 1)get some insulated window covers2)Park facing away from the sun3Park in the shade, or will be in shade soon, wherever possible.4)cool the cabin as much as you can with the truck a/c before parking5)Do NOT let the cabin warm up in the slightest before getting the APU going6)hang a blanket from the top bunk such that the bottom bunk is closed off7)close all a/c vents but those for the bottom bunk8)have a small fan in the bottom bunk too9)the bottom bunk is your life nowThat'll work for most of the US but places like Phoenix you're just fucked and have to run during the day.If you're running the truck a/c then it helps to idle up to around a 1000 and also have the engine cooling fan on constant so that there's good airflow over the condenser. If you've got a PACCAR everyone will hate you because of the noise but you'll be cool.
>>28915626Just remembered there was something about some of the APU cooled air bleeding off through the truck sleeper a/c unit and onto the floor via the truck sleeper a/c air intake and I had to get under the bunk and pull a couple hoses off so I could block that backflow and get more out of the bunk vents. Been too long and can't remember exactly what I had to do just that I did it.
I just want the industry to change so that it's not standard operating practice to have security at headquarters because they know so many people are assholes to drivers that there's a non negligible chance one of them shows up out of the blue.
Reeferfaggots need to be SHOT
>>28915934Please put me out of my misery.
>>28913069Mine is even worse. But yours is still not good for how dangerous and unhealthy the job is.
>>28915934mine is set to 0, the same number as the amount of things youll do about it :)
>>28915934>WWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNothin' personell
>>28915934What’s stopping you from sabotaging their trailers?>turn off TCU>disconnect glad hand connections>sever the air hoses>pull fifth wheel release handle>smash their lights>slash their tires>pull tandem release arm>cage their brakes>cut their seal and open the doorsThat’ll show ‘em!
>>28916110It will also earn you a felony and get you blackballed from any industry segment that isn't only available to niggers and jeets after you get out of prison. That's assuming you don't get shot for fucking with the truck or trailer which is entirely legal in several states. Park somewhere else or don't be a faggot. Or go to prison or die and go to hell for being a tar black mooncricket
Reefer is white noise and actually helps me sleep. It's not like niggers playing loud music, horns, alarms going off, etc. it's just background noise and actually helps drown out the inconsiderate subhumans that increasingly are found at truck stops
I'm fuckin tired, man.
Super Ego
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>>28915325well, it's 4*6 bottles + 5*6 bottles = 50 bottles of a rather expensive local mineral water at a rather expensive supermarket in the jewiest federal state there is. when in germany you can drink from the tap without a worry.
What's the least shitty carrier that takes new drivers? Been with Stevens for 2 months, and have had non stop breakdowns. I'm a good driver, no incidents, I like the job, but Stevens is ass. Never ending bullshit and they're lying about their fleet being well maintained, their trailers are total pieces of shit, and my tractor Jake brake is inoperable.
>>28917961shrimply check the trailer before taking it if its empty. higher trailer number doesnt always equal no problems, i had a 16000 trailer earlier and there was zero problems. also they make the jake turn off under 35mph which is bullshit for anything other than highway. if youre a new driver and stevens was your first and youre quiting 2 months in, youll look like a retard to anyone that you think is "good", let alone non megacarriers. and you still have to pay stevens for the training you did. every single company will say they have maintained fleets. stevens maintains their fleet via the drivers telling stevens that the trailer needs fixed, idk what else you think "maintained fleet" means.basically, you sound like a whiny bitch and you arent made for these streets
>>28917967Yeah if the company is relying on retards like you to notify them of problems, that really explains a lot.
>>28917969name literally a single other person other than the DOT officer that wrote you a ticket for failing a inspection that tells your company when there are problems with equipment
>>28918004"Paragon Leasing" maintains their fleet. Aka the people who told me not to worry about my inoperable jake brake, to just pull onto the shoulder and cycle my key on and off 6 times when the dash lights up like a Christmas tree every time I have to drive down a mountain.
>>28918024...which is owned by stevens transport. also not to simp for stevens but you should know how to go down a mountain without jake brakes
>>28918030>you should know how to go down a mountain without jake brakesYes, in emergencies, such as equipment failure. As in getting down a mountain until you can get your equipment repaired and fully functional again, which they don't seem to think is a high priority. But I'm glad you found your calling at an auto only basic bitch fleet hauling reefer after how many years now? Way to set your sights high, Tyrone
>>28917967This is mostly correct>>28917961Dude if you don't stick it out for at minimum six months wherever you start then nobody real will even look at you. Preferably a year minimum even if you're in hell at welfare express. You need to be able to tolerate bullshit and incredible stress to drive a commercial vehicle at all but especially OTR and if you bitch out early and quit then the only job you're going to get is driving a dumb truck, garbage truck, or maybe a school bus and all of those suck ass in their own special way. If shit is broken on your truck then tell your dispatcher you need to get routed to a terminal with a shop for repairs and note everything and go chill out in a hotel for a week making maintenance layover to jerk off and get drunk. I've deal with everything you've mentioned and a ton of other shit and I'm 11 months in to doing solo OTR. I fucking hate the company I'm with but I'm still sticking it out because I'm not a bitch and I'm not shitting on them openly and directly on social media because I'm not a retard and would like to get another job after I leave this one. I would fistfight you in a dirt lot to have your job and not bust my contract in the process and I promise you everyone over there thinks you're a fag if you're crying two months in, sack the fuck up and take care of your shit and get it the fuck done. Then go somewhere else. Hell if your shit is as fucked as you say it is then request a different truck. If you're leasing a truck at all anywhere for any reason then you're a goddamn moron extraordinaire because the only thing that makes sense anymore is being a company driver until you save up enough to buy your own truck outright if you're an insane functioning psychopath and think you can hack it as an O/O. I openly laugh at lease drivers at the company I'm at. They make less than me as a company driver.
>>28918064>expecting basic safety equipment to be functional such as brakes is "crying"Lots of high IQ individuals around here
>>28918070you tell the company that the brakes dont work and they tell you to go to a shop to fix it you dense retard. jakes arent real brakes and you shouldnt rely solely on them doing down grades if you know theyre unreliable. i will bet my left AND right nut that you experienced something once and now youre bitching about it on a liberian snake charming forum like this is something that happens all the time. you. are. not. made. for. these. streets.
>>28918070There's two options here. Either you're too retarded to tell your company your shit is fucked and needs to be fixed, and that's pretty damn retarded, or you signed a lease agreement for a truck that had been walled out by company drivers like me that didn't give a fuck and you don't have the money to get your engine brakes fixed. Which means you're basically too goddamn stupid to live.
>>28918159Take meds, touch grass. You are getting way too emotionally charged over some random anon. Perhaps you aren’t made for the job.
>there are retards with less than a year otr driving around without jakesyoure going to fucking die the second you hit a real grade like flagstaff or donner or chattanooga
>>28918064>I would fistfight you in a dirt lot to have your job No need. All you need is a pulse and you too can join the weekly group of 50 onboarding drivers that are needed to replace the ones who leave to go to other companies.
>>28918208Going down any grade is easy with properly functioning and maintained equipment.
>>28918162Tried the meds, and I touch grass every day. Anyone signing a lease agreement for a truck is literally too stupid to live. About 90% of all leases get broken and while you technically do get paid more as a lease op both gross and net you're just turning around and giving it back to whoever you're leasing from for repairs and maintenance and you're making their fuel factoring cheaper under the guise of you getting a discount buying on their account at a lower rate than retail. You're also assuming a ton more liability. It's the dumbest thing you can do other than deciding to be an O/O without six figures in the bank after you buy and make ready for revenue service a truck. I know you're just trolling and being a faggot but it doesn't change the reality of anything I've said and me telling people when they're being an idiot doesn't make me crazy or too emotionally invested it just means other people that read this won't make the same retard mistake. I could at least understand if they're a company driver and they don't want to be down for repairs because layover pay sucks ass and they have bills due but they're still being an idiot in that scenario both financially and safety wise and need to unfuck themselves. Not having jakes is beyond even a deathwish it's willful negligence that puts other peoples lives at risk. And you can go fuck yourself with your retarded pseud niggerbabble too.
>>28918208Chattanooga has no real down grades. You must be referring to Monteagle, which is between Nashville and Chattanooga.
I’m about to finish my final week of my mentorship at swift bros. I’m excited to finally be working a job that isn’t a shitty kitchen or warehouse. I know I’m new and have a lot to learn but I just want to know how I can make decent money and not have to work 15 hours a day doing food service. I feel like the first year here will fly by and I don’t want to get stuck because I didn’t plan my future like my retarded past self.
Sure, it’s possible for shops to fix whatever is wrong with your truck, whenever you take it in for a mid trip inspection or a full service, without ever telling them about the issue, but they can easily overlook shit or the issue doesn’t pop up because they do not drive the tractor in the same environment as the drivers do, that would cause the issue to reveal itself.
>>28918281That’s good to hear, man. As long as you take things slowly and be safety conscious with your equipment, you will do fine in the trucking world. This industry will test you and as long as you don’t let the stress get to you and you roll with the punches, you’ll do fine!Also, refrain from mentioning who you work for: you’ll never know who’s lurking here.
>>28898413Glad I just bought my krautspic econobox. #blessed #mpgs #diarrhea
>>28918304I’m away from home for so long, at a time, that I don’t see benefit in replacing my Civic for a better car, despite having the money for one.
>>28918274youve been driving for 11 months, shut the fuck up holy shit you have no idea what youre talking about
>>28918355No need to replace a Civic. I only bought this thing because I drive 70 miles a day and my giganigga Jap Land Crusher barge only gets 10 mpg.
>>28918435You got a smooth brain brother
>>28903660he got real fucking quiet after diesel hit $6 a gallon.his $330k annual income was already 60% going towards fuel cost.last i heard he was dropping his wiafu off at the local truck stop for the night to make ends meet
NOOOOOOOO GO BACK INTO THE FOREST YOU STUPID CHONKER THEY'RE GONNA RUN YOU OVER
>>28918456Anon, it’s a 7th gen – the first of the worst Civics. While I don’t have any real complaints about it, I need to, at least, upgrade back to a CB7. I miss owning a 90s Accord…But my now-infrequent personal car driving is preventing me from making that worthwhile, so yeah, I’m sticking with my Civic for a little while longer.>>28918775If it’s any consolation, our trucks are too big and heavy to feel the impact, if we ran over poor Thumper.
I need a novelty gun that shoots soft magnets onto cars, so that I can order a pack of magnets that shows a semi truck crushing a car with “Darwin Award Contender” stamped on it and fire the magnets to the rear of any car of a fucktard that thinks getting right in front of a semi going downhill is a good idea.
>>28918923Also, the gun will need to be air compressed so that it will fire forcefully enough for the magnets to fight air drag.~1% success rate of the magnets sticking to the car.
go fucking damnit I cannot afford fuel this is unreal
>>28919259Well, yeah, diesel is expensive for truckers, no matter the cost per gallon is, which is why some of us became fleet drivers who do not have to pay for fuel with our own money.
Every time I use Jake brake this appears on the dash, I have to pull onto the shoulder, cycle the key on and off six times, and then get back onto the highway from a dead stop. Good shit. Still drove 3400 miles this week despite this problem as well as having a trailer tire blowout and being stopped waiting for road rescue.
>>28918274Just so you know. I ACTUALLY did not read this. The pic is 100% correct.
SAAAAR I DID NAHT REED THE POST SARR
>>28919330Next time it happens or if it happens at a stoplight or something, stop and stomp on the service brake as hard as possible then click it into neutral and then back into drive or reverse as necessary. Also, if you haven't tried it yet, hit the battery killswitch and leave the truck parked and dead for 30-60 minutes to reset it fully and then hit it again to turn it back on and see if the behavior persists. Paccar trucks (the modern ones) have a bunch of retarded electrical and computer gremlins and turning them off and back on again resolves a lot of them. For whatever reason stomping the service brake and getting the air system up to 80-100psi of application will force the transmission to shift or start the truck if it's off as well. The real answer however is get your shit fixed ASAP whether that's taking it to a company shop or paying for it out of pocket. Taking any kind of real load down a grade with no jakes is going to kill you or other people.
You see those truckers who jake brake unnecessarily wherever they go? They’re hypermilers, considering jake braking cuts fuel supply to the engine.
>>28919383>the real answer however is to get your shit fixed asapnah youre a retard if you tell the company about problems you have
>>28919626Normally I would agree but if it's safety sensitive shit like tires or jakes or your defroster you need to get that shit fixed even if it means sitting in a hotel room for a week making maintenance layover. Otherwise you'll be risking it all every time you hit the road. I've driven without AC for two weeks because I needed the money but the defroster still worked so it wasn't unsafe, it just sucked.
>>28918558Glad to see it.
>>28919390this it costs nothing to hit the jakes, saves on brake wear as well i use my jakes liberally and only need to get brakes serviced every 200k miles or so
Fiddina boughta get drunk as fuark on my home time. Six weeks out is a bitch. Not as bad as the time I did twelve though.
>>28919330Update. The shop said they replaced the stalk on the steering column to fix it...Sounds like fucking bullshit to me.
>>28921307Known issue. There's an active recall on those shift stalks and in fact they only recently made a revised version that eliminates it entirely. Previously all they could do was just put a replacement in that would eventually fail in the same manner and the only real fix was to just hit the killswitch and leave it off for an hour to reset everything whenever it started fucking up. In general if any modern semi starts getting retarded on you, turn it off and hit the switch and leave everything off for at minimum 30 minutes.
My ‘24 T680 keeps doing passive regens and it’s annoying the fuck out of me.Granted, the regens are only going up to 800 RPM.I’m considering doing a proper, manual regen between 1200 and 1500 RPM, if it happens one more time. I do not want to give this truck a reason to derate itself.
>You didn't check tire pressure for ONE WHOLE FUCKING MONTH?!?Woopsie?
>>28922836>he doesn't do regular pretripsCheck out this jeet
I check my tire pressure by dropping an anvil on top of each of them, including trailers.
Indiana is full of freaks and retards.
>>28922836I don't check them every day but I do at least kick or thump every tire at the start of my day. I check the steers every other day. Also have a gladhand air hose with a tire chuck on it so if they're low I can use the truck air supply to air them up, because most truck stops either don't have compressed air or if they do have it the system is often unmaintained dogshit that doesn't work or barely works. Honestly though you can blow any tire but a steer and it don't really make a fuck unless you're stupid heavy or the roads are shitty with snow and ice.
>finish training for 3 weeks with trainer>got backing mostly down>however my mega carrier requires you do a 45 degree back in their specific way which is considerably more annoying to do>fail>now have to drive an hour up to terminal again tomorrow to do a backing course and a reattempti'm mad at myself
>>28923453can't spell indiana without india
>>28923773I promise you you're dogshit after three weeks with a mentor unless you've spent multiple days just doing backs. Just get it done and move on. Nobody knows how to back worth a fuck until they've had to do it at 3am in the tightest spot in the lot with their clock in the negative in on duty post trip and a couple pissed off jeets watching and refusing to help because they're praying you'll give up. >>28923453Every state in the country is full of freaks and retards. There's no good ones left. Indiana is dogshit tho.
Finished day one of training doing fuel, definktely going to be an adjustment from backing into a dock and fucking off back to the sleeper to nap or mash one out.
What was the weirdest haul you've ever done?
>>28923773Get Out And LookI made sure to do plenty of G.O.A.L.S. during my evaluation, last year, and managed to pass. Examiner was astonished and told me most people never do their G.O.A.L.S. and usually fail.If you need to, download MyUSTruckingSkills on your phone and practice with it. The free version should suffice but paying for the full version may allow you to work on a scenario closer to what is on your evaluation.
>>28923999Nothing really out of the ordinary, but an assortment of loose freight 3 months into OTR trucking. I opened the door to my load and saw something that could not be secured with load bars/straps. I took a picture for liability and then shut and sealed the doors.
>>28923999Industrial equipment for the German military. Got to go into their base and everything.
>>28923799>>28924157passed my reattempt, it was just me being retarded with my initial setup
>>28924698Good job anon
>>28899201>it's slightly less shitty in one super specific scenario than it is in every day today so you're wrongGet fucked, bro
To the other greenhorns doing OTR, if dispatch ever puts you on a “pop up”, you’re basically running a temporary dedicated route for a customer, and it may be different than being on an actual dedicated route with the same customer. Say, you’re only used to running dry vans; dispatch will make sure you’re only doing drop-and-hook loads during the pop up, but if you get on the dedicated access with the same customer, they will train you to run reefer trailers, if they are used as well, and you may have more live unloads under that account.
>>28924759>accessI hate phoneposting so god damn much
>fresh out of school>gets in local home daily drop and hook with 0 experience delivering beersupposedly i'm lucky as fuck?
>>28924806Shit, I had to pick up paper rolls and take them to the next state, as my first load.
>>28924806>>28924842Paper rolls and beverage loads are both monsters to tackle, as they’re both densely-packed loads, which feels different from other similarly-weighing loads. At least beer loads aren’t top-heavy like paper rolls.
>>28924848I’m also basing this on my experience hauling a couple of loads for Busch in Virginia and New Jersey, where they only loaded one pallet high. I’m sure other shippers will double stack beverage pallets and those could potentially be more dangerous than paper rolls.Just be safe, anon, and obey both white and yellow speed limit signs.
>drive in one of those suburban commercial corridors on a highway(pic related but not exactly)>the traffic lights will ACTIVELY troll you. for example, they go green, then IMMEDIATELY yellow than red>you can't brake too fast or else you risk destroying your load despite the light fucking trolling you(happened to me, but fortunately it was during my training and we were able to blame it on the brewery)>have to drive like an absolute bitch way below to speed limit to accomodate iti fucking hate deliveries like this
>>28924806I'm 3 years in and I just got a home daily 9 hour garbage run a 5 minute commute from my house. The other end is a tipper so I don't even crank the landing gear down.
>>28924922Could be worse; you could be making deliveries in Evansville, Indiana, with its narrow stroads and raised medians. I can only imagine driving in NYC is one tier higher in being worse.
>>28924948You have not seen Hell until you've driven in Brooklyn. Double parking EVERYWHERE leaving you to squeeze through with an inch to spare on either side, and then it takes you an hour to go a mile.What's supposed to be difficult about Evansville? It looks like every single street is straight without a low bridge in sight.
>>28924962It’s turning onto those streets that’s the problem. Either the roads away from the major highways have less room for maneuvering or the way the intersections are designed create the illusion there’s less room than there actually is.
>>28924976I really want to be an asshole because I'm having a terrible day but I do understand how that could be hard for a noob. However I will say it's not shit compared to some of the stuff you'll run into running NYC or new jersey or massive two shits or cucknecticut. Hell even in pennsyltucky there's some tough shit to deal with. My advice would be to just go slow, make as much room as you need even if it means blocking a lane, and swing as wide as is possible at all opportunities. That and run those tandems all the way forward even if your weight won't be legal doing it. If I'm delivering in NYC or NJ I find a truck stop close to where I'll be getting off the highway to slide them shits all the way to the front regardless what the weight is.
Most fucked up place I have delivered to as a noob was Liberty Bell Steak in Philly. Located on the intersection of PCP Ave and Fent St. I got there and thought I had been given the wrong address, as it was a small residential neighborhood with small residential streets, and the street itself was a one way street about the width of an average alley in most cities, with cars parked on the street, making it even more difficult. I literally had to drive on the sidewalk to make the turn without hitting the parked cars with my trailer.
>>28925007Here is the "dock".You end up blocking traffic on the street while docked, while the diverse school aged urban dwellers roam in board daylight on a weekday during normal school hours, looking for things to steal.
>>28924984>>28925007>>28925010You’re right, I was only being dramatic, and I’ve been in worse areas than Evansville, but it’s an area I’ve driven in, recently. I’ve never driven in NYC but I have driven around New England, but not at your level.
>>28925039Just do the best you can even if it means blocking traffic to get out and look. Everyone else can literally kill themselves or get out and help.
>>28898413Just get a Tesla.
>>28925063>central driving position so no visibility>garbage range>reduced payload because dry weight pigfat>reliance on specilized infrastructure>long ass charge time compared to 10 minutes at the diesel island, maybe 15 max if you need def+reefer
>>28925084It has 500 mile range and can charge at 1.2 megawatts, 60 percent in 30 minutes.
>>28925094500 mile range is not good. And 30 minutes for 270 miles? LMFAO
>>28925084>>central driving position so no visibilityoh yeah what you need is a long nose pete to really maximize visibility
>>28925129You got enough out front and most trucks on the roads today are aeros with plenty of front visibility, but in the tesla you're 3 feet from the windows and can't lean and look out when backing. Yeah there are cameras but they won't show nearly enough.
>>28925063These are retarded unless you're using them for local shit in some hellhole that cries about idling. Only electric truck that makes sense is Edison but everyone and their mom is doing everything they can to kill them in the crib.
>that one road with consistently changing speed limits to fuck over your safe cruise controlling and has next to no rest areas/truck stopsno amount of caffeine or sleep during the day time will prevent me from getting drowsy in those shitty places
