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When the last thread closed it felt like another mom and pop had gone under, now it feels like I just rolled into the Petro in Gaston, In, at midnight and there's a pullthrough open close to the building. It must be my birthday! 
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th vwls hv scpd posted:Is there anything you can do in that situation other than hold on? Start thinking about your next career.
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`Nemesis posted:Well this is one way to go through a roundabout.... "Haters gonna hate. " "LEEEEEEROY..." "beebeep" ijustam posted:This looks productive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ8WKscGo8I Another C1/Drivers Solutions success story. 
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Nov 14, 2013 06:58
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th vwls hv scpd posted:How bad does this kind of thing screw you as a driver? I'm assuming this counts as a traffic accident. It really depends on whose desk the report lands on and what mood they are in. You can be a 30 year driver with over a million accident free miles with the same company, but if Paul at safety's wife served him runny eggs that morning he could slam you with gross negligence, incident requiring tow, damaging equipment and loss of load. This isn't like points on your license, this is on your DAC which is a company to company reporting system. You'd never work again.
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Nov 14, 2013 16:32
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InterceptorV8 posted:http://youtu.be/YtTOQSRMRcM Watching those guys trying to handle Euro-rigs brought me back to my trainer days. "Gas clutch shift, gas clutch shift. You won't break that pumpkin, push that stick."
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Nov 15, 2013 02:35
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Nov 15, 2013 15:36
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InterceptorV8 posted:Well, be careful out there, from the sounds of it, one of our drivers got killed/hijacked the other day in a major city in Texas. You can't tell me what to do, you're not my REAL dad! ::five tone roger beep:: Seriously though, just give the truck up bros, don't even bother setting the brakes, just jump, tuck and roll. Me though, I am permitted and trained and carry a .45in anti-hijacking device.
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Nov 26, 2013 23:03
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InterceptorV8 posted:And since they are being hush hush about it, we don't know what the gently caress happened. Probably has to do with an ongoing criminal investigation and how leaking information might hurt the insurance payout.
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Nov 26, 2013 23:48
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some texas redneck posted:
Turn... ... ... ... NOW!
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Nov 28, 2013 21:23
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Fart Pipe posted:Dudes I need some hot steamy trucker help. I'm going to be driving a 16ft moving truck and car dolly from Seattle to Connecticut around the middle of February next year. I know nothing about crossing the mountains in the winter. Is that something where it would be better do drive south down the coast before going east? What's the best way to penetrate the mountain range in the winter? First, get rid of the dolly. Either have a buddy drive it or get a full trailer. A dolly gives you two points of articulation whereas a real trailer only has one. Travel by day when the sun is keeping the pavement all warm and not icy. You should be fine if you gear down going down hills and such.
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Nov 30, 2013 03:18
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InterceptorV8 posted:FYI Kids, there isn't any Santa, but there is a fat guy in a red truck that serves the same function. Can you please tell your parents to stop cutting me off, otherwise you fucks aren't going to have Christmas this year. Seconded.
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Dec 7, 2013 01:03
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I've always wanted a pete 359 shorty with a coffin sleeper. http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=3285731
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Dec 14, 2013 18:07
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gently caress Christmas, gently caress holiday travelers, gently caress high freight volume, gently caress inconsiderate customers. Happy New year fellas
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Dec 29, 2013 02:51
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InterceptorV8 posted:Heh, you mean low freight volume. Unless you are UPS and fell asleep at the switch, this year was pretty chill. Which means they went stupid trying to get the next holiday in the door because of low sales. Yeah, who delivered Valentines poo poo and BBQers on Xmas? No, high volume. GM increased their orders 100% so there wouldn't be any stoppages when they opened the plants back up next week. There are piles and piles of unassembled cars in trailer lots from Lansing to Bowling Green right now with hardly anyone to move them and what am I doing? In Texas, waiting on a trailer full of soup to take over to Mississippi. For fucks sake operations, I AM AUTO DEDICATED!
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Dec 29, 2013 07:25
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InterceptorV8 posted:Well I about flipped the poo poo out at work today, show up and give a once over on my truck and flip the gently caress out. Just go to a customer with high curbs in their drop yard and there are piles of mudflaps laying around.
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Dec 30, 2013 16:53
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I just worked straight through the holidays and made less than what I would have one my dedicated route. gently caress you PAM! GM opens next week, I can't wait. _________________________________________ DesperateDan posted:
Wrong thread?
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Jan 5, 2014 23:13
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InterceptorV8 posted:How cute, you think the company will PAY for that! Simple cure, in cold weather, idle the truck and burn .3G/hour and keep everything from freezing, but it's cheaper to thaw out a bunch of trucks than burn fuel! Directional tread? And I thought you were done with recaps.
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Jan 9, 2014 13:30
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Cakefool posted:Yes, limited visibility, the best time to be going faster. Most truck drivers in Canada are Eastern European, Indian and, Pakistani so they were taught to drive with a deathwish from the beginning.
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Jan 12, 2014 13:44
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Javid posted:It is 100% about them being able to find SOMETHING to gently caress you with at any time. Don't forget the sleeper harness in a single bunk truck.
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Jan 23, 2014 05:56
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I'm stuck on US280 south of Birmingham, could someone stop by with some snow chains? Thanks in advance...
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Jan 30, 2014 06:24
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InterceptorV8 posted:Lock in powerdivider, hammer down son. With 7k in the box? I'm waiting this one out. My route takes me from Opelika to Lansing, I've never shut down for snow or ice, this ice is different somehow, maybe it's the completely untreated roads.
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Jan 30, 2014 07:49
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Safety Dance posted:"Avoid Atlanta until the storm passes," Governor tells Truckers Nathan Deal can go gently caress himself, I live near Atlanta.
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Feb 10, 2014 15:55
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West SAAB Story posted:J.B. Hunt still an option? PAM and USA are left unmentioned as well.
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May 2, 2014 06:16
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Jared592 posted:Hey fellas, about to head out on a 6,000 mile cross-country (USA) road trip, and I figured truckers know a thing or two about minimizing the pain of extended time on the road. Are there any particular cushions/other things I can purchase/do to make my ride more comfortable? This trip is being made in an econobox. I plan to get a Spotify account and load up a ton of podcasts to make the long trip less mentally fatiguing. I'd like any tips you've got on how to ease the physical pain of sitting in the same position for hours at a time. Is going to be painful, no way around that. Get out and stretch often. Get audio books, and the Waze app. Mount your phone to the windshield near or in your line of vision but not as to block your view of the road. This will make going to dick with ita little easier but only marginally safer.
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May 28, 2014 14:18
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InterceptorV8 posted:http://youtu.be/9gSZdaZhZ4o Why is he clutching after he's moving?
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Jun 20, 2014 15:18
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InterceptorV8 posted:
That's a short barreled rifle...
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Jun 23, 2014 04:24
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I almost squish'd someone last night, but it has a happy ending... for me anyway... http://youtu.be/Onff3gYwvnI
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AllPraiseToAllah posted:Welp guys, I hosed up. You're actually in luck. Swift has been so hard up for flatbed drivers to haul new expediter vans out of Laredo that I've seen a Chevy single axle (non-cdl) pulling a roll on car trailer picking up the slack. Enjoy that extended frame Cascadia though, looks like a bitch to turn.
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Jan 22, 2015 08:32
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Make sure to deduct it from your taxes.
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Jan 27, 2015 16:13
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InterceptorV8 posted:Another bright idea from ATA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iabC7-9YUG4 Sure, bring people out who haven't been on the road for more than just a few years in a car, that'll bump our driver numbers and fill the ranks with kids who don't know what a good paycheck is...
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Feb 21, 2015 04:35
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InterceptorV8 posted:What IS a good paycheck anyway? Turk February posted:Oh god. I can only imagine what the starting cpm rate will be for new drivers now if that new age requirement goes into effect. poo poo, I started at PAM at 17.5 cpm as a team driver.
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Feb 21, 2015 05:04
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InterceptorV8 posted:This isn't that uncommon. Also be on the look-out for replaced lights as well, and you'll also end up missing your glad hand rubbers. So it looks like I get to replace a drive tire....whenever I loving feel like it, because I got the truck out of the shop yesterday, and by the time I got home, I had a flat tire....with what looks like a loving socket jammed through the tread. All of our trailer lights are riveted down to dissuade reappropriation and I take the seals off any trailer I drop in Laredo that's going south.
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May 30, 2015 18:19
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About time something happened to that dickwallet.
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You do know that we're not considered "employees" right? We're "drivers".
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