June 1, 20187 yr Hang out in a truck stop for an hour and you begging to hate these fucks as much as I do. I work in shipping and receiving. I bet I hate them nearly as much as you do.
July 21, 20187 yr Back in "the day", the best (worst) truck stop for whores was the 76 on I-10 in Ontario CA, about 40 mi east of L.A. This is going back 30 years or more. It was notorious. IIRC, 60 minutes talked about it It's still there. It's just W of I-15. There's a T-A on the other side of 10 for the last 25 years or so.
July 21, 20187 yr On 5/31/2018 at 1:58 PM, drifter379 said: 59 over the San Jacinto river Just north of Houston. Was told the river is nearly 60' deep here and it was over the road during the Harvey floods. The San Jac was way up over that bridge, and the water moved the cement dividers that separated the HOV from normal lanes, and took out walls in other areas. It ran out of its banks almost a mile on either side in some parts. Southbound 59 over the river got F’d and although it was open for a few months, (I haven’t been back since April), I heard when the repair project started they are forcing people off onto the frontage road at the bridge for 6 months!
July 21, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, Gil Bang said: Back in "the day", the best (worst) truck stop for whores was the 76 on I-10 in Ontario CA, about 40 mi east of L.A. This is going back 30 years or more. It was notorious. IIRC, 60 minutes talked about it It's still there. It's just W of I-15. There's a T-A on the other side of 10 for the last 25 years or so. Haven't been there since the early 90's, but the 76 was a couple exits down from the T/A. T/A had a noname fuel stop across the street with a dirt lot. That's where all the stuff happened that you couldn't get away with at T/A.
July 21, 20187 yr Been in package about 5 years with UPS, never had a summer this hot. Feeders looking better and better
July 25, 20187 yr Author Been in package about 5 years with UPS, never had a summer this hot. Feeders looking better and betterFeeders?
July 26, 20187 yr 14 hours ago, drifter379 said: Feeders? What they call the 18 wheelers that "feed" the various hubs
July 26, 20187 yr I drove from Des Moines to Chicago last week and went by what is claimed to be the largest truck stop evah. place had its own water tower. Didn’t stop.
July 26, 20187 yr Author I drove from Des Moines to Chicago last week and went by what is claimed to be the largest truck stop evah. place had its own water tower. Didn’t stop.That's the Iowa 80.They haveDentistDoctorMovie theater BarberChiropractor Chrome shop2-3 places to eatAnd they used to have a limo to shuttle drivers to and from the trucks
July 26, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, drifter379 said: That's the Iowa 80. They have Dentist Doctor Movie theater Barber Chiropractor Chrome shop 2-3 places to eat And they used to have a limo to shuttle drivers to and from the trucks Chrome Shop is code for massage parlor, right?
July 26, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, CoTex said: Chrome Shop is code for massage parlor, right? Massage parlor would cost a lot less.
August 9, 20187 yr This could easily be thrown into the dumb question amnesty thread, but I'm choosing to drop it here. My daughters and I play the license plate game in the car (keep a list and try to find all 50).Trailers on 18 wheelers are a good source of out of state players, however, there is an insane number of them from both Oklahoma and Maine. Any idea why? Cheaper to register there? Manufactured there? Oklahoma I can kind of see, but Maine? Wtf?
August 9, 20187 yr On 5/23/2018 at 9:15 AM, drifter379 said: Some before and after pics of the new Modern art museum in Houston. Big Tony says you are not mixing that right
August 9, 20187 yr 46 minutes ago, PatrickMcHorn said: This could easily be thrown into the dumb question amnesty thread, but I'm choosing to drop it here. My daughters and I play the license plate game in the car (keep a list and try to find all 50). Trailers on 18 wheelers are a good source of out of state players, however, there is an insane number of them from both Oklahoma and Maine. Any idea why? Cheaper to register there? Manufactured there? Oklahoma I can kind of see, but Maine? Wtf? I believe it has to do with no business property taxes being charged on them in addition to registration cost a relative that has a trucking company in Arkansas registers her trailers in OK (not sure about the tractors) and it is because of taxes if you have 100 trailers worth $20,000 each (a lower end medium sized trucking company) that is $2 million and 5% taxes on that would be $100,000 a year you could save or more depending on the business property tax rate is where your business is
August 9, 20187 yr Oklahoma, Maine and Illinois (I think) have very cheap non-expiring trailer tags. You have to have an address in the state to get them, but it can be a P.O. Box.
August 12, 20187 yr Author Supporting the troops? We've been hauling a lot of military loads this last week.
August 12, 20187 yr When I was a kid my Dad hauled a lot of military stuff. Bombs, torpedoes, aircraft fuselages. I got to play for a whole weekend in an F-86 he was hauling to Arizona. He was taking a couple days at the house and cracked open the cockpit for me. Hundreds of MiGs were shot down in flames that weekend. Think I won Vietnam, too.
September 13, 20187 yr Not a truck driver but found this on reddit. Thought y'all would appreciate it:
September 13, 20187 yr tl; fuck electronic logs.. we havent ran into a problem really with running out of time due to something that isnt your fault(city, detour, traffic jams, accidents) but man there needs to be some sort of grace period with this shit. I like the idea of 600-650 miles for every 8 hour break. that way you know where you can get to and plan ahead. Edited September 13, 20187 yr by MNLonghornFUKM
September 13, 20187 yr My little 3/4 ton flatbed is unregulated. The most I’ve done with no rest is about 17 hours. Things start feeling dangerous after that. I’ve only done it a couple of times and have sworn to never do it again. That’s probably nothing for a real OTR trucker (if he didn’t have an ELD).
September 13, 20187 yr Author tl; fuck electronic logs.. we havent ran into a problem really with running out of time due to something that isnt your fault(city, detour, traffic jams, accidents) but man there needs to be some sort of grace period with this shit. I like the idea of 600-650 miles for every 8 hour break. that way you know where you can get to and plan ahead. Does your company allow drivers personal conveyance? I use it almost every day.
September 13, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, drifter379 said: Does your company allow drivers personal conveyance? I use it almost every day. we're still aobrd. is there a huge difference in that vs elog besides the conveyance which is nice
September 13, 20187 yr Author we're still aobrd. is there a huge difference in that vs elog besides the conveyance which is niceI'm not familiar with the aobrd. So I really don't know what the differences are.
September 13, 20187 yr 40 minutes ago, drifter379 said: I'm not familiar with the aobrd. So I really don't know what the differences are. Ah..I think "they" know less about you and youre able to fidge a little more but you dont have personal conveyance if you need it
December 22, 20187 yr Quite a step up from my old '74 Freightliner COE. It was only 180" wb. Bet I could back into a dock 100 times faster though.
December 22, 20187 yr Author That's a dude with more money than sense. I've seen better more efficient bike racks on big trucks.
December 22, 20187 yr Those condos look cool, but I bet they are a major pita especially in the northeast. Gotta drive up that empty weight, too.
December 22, 20187 yr Author Those condos look cool, but I bet they are a major pita especially in the northeast. Gotta drive up that empty weight, too. I'm about to buy my own truck and found pretty close to my dream truck. It's 300" wheel base. Where the fuck are you supposed to park that? This is the one I want but I will end up going more conservative on my first one.
December 23, 20187 yr That's what I'm talkin' about! Nice rig you can maneuver with a roomy sleeper and you aren't giving up a ton of empty weight. Nearly all of those supercondo trucks I've seen were hauling household or specialized stuff like showbiz that didn't weigh a lot. Edited December 23, 20187 yr by RPM
January 18, 20196 yr Had to take a detour otw to work today. 1810 used to be a sleepy little farm road. Now its a 2 lane rock truck race track. Three commercial vehicles collided around 2:40 a.m. Thursday morning on Farm Road 1810 at County Road 1490 near Chico. Preliminary investigation indicates a 2007 Kenworth tractor-trailer driven by Donald Langston, 52, of Whitesboro, was traveling west on FM 1810 and was slowing to make a right turn on CR 1490, according to Department of Public Safety spokesman Ricky Hunter. A 2014 Mack tractor-trailer, driven by Earl Moore, 59, of Crowley, was behind Langston and attempted to pass in a no passing zone. As a result, Moore struck a struck a 1998 Peterbilt that was traveling eastbound head-on. The Peterbilt was driven by Michael Hartley, 64, of Chico. The Mack and Peterbilt both caught fire. The trailer being towed by the Peterbilt struck the trailer being towed by the Kenworth, causing minor damage. Moore was transported to Parkland Hospital in Dallas by ground ambulance. Multiple medical helicopters were requested but all were unable to fly due to weather. Langston and Hartley were not injured. DPS troopers shut down FM 1810 in both directions as crews worked to clean up the wreckage. Traffic was diverted onto CR 1490.
January 18, 20196 yr I'm about to buy my own truck and found pretty close to my dream truck. It's 300" wheel base. Where the fuck are you supposed to park that? This is the one I want but I will end up going more conservative on my first one. I know a Peterbilt sales guy out of Denton if you need a contact.
January 18, 20196 yr Author I know a Peterbilt sales guy out of Denton if you need a contact. In talking to peterbilt in Tulsa. They have the trucks specs that I'm looking for. 565hp ix15 Cummins2050 torque 18 speed They just got my credit app yesterday so I should know by next week what I'm looking at time wise to get in one.
January 19, 20196 yr 12 hours ago, drifter379 said: Lol....try and stop me. You’re a man who quite clearly loves his job. I envy that.
January 19, 20196 yr Author You’re a man who quite clearly loves his job. I envy that. I think I'm lucky that I really love my job. It's kind of cliche but truck driver is not what I do, it's what I am.
January 19, 20196 yr On 9/12/2018 at 8:38 PM, MNLonghornFUKM said: tl; fuck electronic logs.. we havent ran into a problem really with running out of time due to something that isnt your fault(city, detour, traffic jams, accidents) but man there needs to be some sort of grace period with this shit. I like the idea of 600-650 miles for every 8 hour break. that way you know where you can get to and plan ahead. I love electronic logs because I don’t have to file all my driver’s logs by day, month, year.
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