Ya I am that bad boy.
Ya I drive the truck
Ya I fuck
And Ya I’m a better driver than you.
Gettin that house built son. Knockin down big miles

>>28461831 (OP)
nice blog post

>>28461832
Post 3 faggot

>>28461859
huffing def again?

I regret it every time I look in one of these trucker threads

>>28461861
Sorry old kidder. No DEF.

Nobody cares.

Ah good a new ethan thread, hows the Norwood buddy?

>>28462014
True.

>>28461831 (OP)
Pickups are for fuckups. Peterbilts are for white niggers. Lay off the meth, debt slave.

>>28462117
My hairline hasn’t moved in 10 years. I’m sorry you have no perception of depth and angles.

>>28462810
lol debt slave?????
Sorry ur new and don’t know any lore. I saved up $200,000 in cash and am currently halfway into building a home without a mortgage.

>>28462881
$200k for a cardboard house lol
does the price includes a pig pen for lot lizard piglet and your step kids

>>28462810
Can confirm, am a vanilla gorilla nigger and drive a peterbilt. Although I'm doing pretty good for a nigger with a 740 credit score and no debt even with a child support payment and a crippling addiction to marlboro red 100's and fansly thots

>>28462872
Looks like stage III, I now understand why you have a black truck with red glow, count Dracula

I don’t think I’ve ever seen you guys sharing any pets you take with you on road, so I doubt anyone here have trucking companions.
What are your opinions on truckers who bring their dogs and cats with them?

>>28463494
Ya I did it for 6 months or so. We could have chosen a smaller dog I guess. But it’s super gay. You always have to walk them and take care of their needs.
You can’t really leave them alone for extended periods.

He ate my steering wheel and my mattress. I’m glad I don’t take him anymore.
He just stays at home and gives me these looks when I’m home now.

>>28463494
I'd have a cat if I wasnt allergic but having a pet in this small of a space seems like way more of a hassle than the enjoyment you'd get out of it. Not to mention those who aren't responsible enough to have a pet in the first place, i watched a guy let his pitbull shit in the grass and when I asked him if he was gonna pick that up and he said no I said he better not let me see where hes parking for the night, and wouldnt ya know it he passed 3 really easy spots and left. Those guys are numerous and will let their mutts attack your pets and you so keep your "tire checker" (niggerbeater) close at hand if you frequent the grassy areas

>>28461831 (OP)
Post new photos of the milkers

>>28462810
I normally drive an International but they've got me stuck in a Sterling right now

>>28462881
> building a home without a mortage

truly the last hwite man, I kneel

>>28463979
Thankyou good buddy

Should I go back to trucking? Every trucker I ask bitches about the freight market.

>>28464112
At the right company. Sure.

>>28464248
Looking at TMC and Boyd Bros Transportation right now

>>28464668

>>28464668
lol

>>28462872
>Carhartt
>Has never worked a day in their life
Typical hipster

>>28464112

It's fucking brutal. I haven't made enough to cover repairs and I haven't had a check in two months. I believe this is a record for the longest i've gone without a paycheck.

Once all the sand niggers and dune coons fuck off it might get better. My advice, get into something pajeets, illegals and non-Whites can't do. Not a lot of those people in flatbed right now.

>>28464964
I'm gonna wear a pristine Michigan jacket to the bar after my office 9-5 and there's literally nothing you can do about it.

>>28465410
So did you make it into Walmart or not?

Jesus Fucking Christ, trucking isn’t a fucking race – if you’re driving slower than I am and I decide to switch to the other lane to pass you DO NOT MATCH MY FUCKING SPEED YOU NIGGER!!!!

>>28465410
I'm taking home $5800/mo driving CDL for a construction company. It's not as much as what you're probably used to making but it's a consistent paycheck. We have a couple spics on the crew but it's majority White guys.

>>28465572
SEMI TRUCK DRAG RACING
YOU'LL PAY FOR THE WHOLE SEAT BUT YOU'LL ONLY NEED THE EDGE!

>>28465410
Do you have any opinions on TMC and Boyd?

>>28464964
Lmao let me know when you smoke a set of Redwings in 3 months.
I’m sorry ur new and don’t know any required lore to post in this thread.

2 years at a moving company
2 years oil drilling company
11 years as a Flatbed driver

>>28461831 (OP)
Anyone here have starlink in their truck? How do you set it up for best/consistent signal? Mines pointing out the windshield right now but it drops connection every now and again.

>>28465974
Not him but…
6 years newspaper delivery
5 years pizza delivery
5 years auto parts delivery
2 years loading FedEx trailers
3 months dry van

>>28466382
Wow that really makes u think!
Which crazy taxi character are you???

>>28464668
Add his little spiclets next to her

>drop trailer
>no empties ready, so bobtail to a parking spot until an empty is available
>an hour later, another driver walks over to my truck
>tells me a couple of empties will be ready soon but wants to take one first as he only has 10 minutes left on his hours
>have 2 hours remaining on my time
>tell him that’s fine
>he says thank you and holds out his hand
>I put my hand out to shake his hand
>he holds my hand
Why do immigrants do this?

>>28466813
Should’ve told him you only have 5 minutes left on your hours lol

>>28465850
I don’t know you and ur family situation.
TMC is the gold standard for entry level OTR flatbed. Melton is also very good.
I’m too jaded and over-it-all too indulge in a strict regimented flatbed division. But if you can get your experience it will be worth it. If you run a milly at melton they’ll let you custom order a truck.

You didnt sign on with Smith did you primefag, I dont wanna hear more bitchin plus those guys are complete niggers

>>28462881
>american playmobil housing
lmao

>>28465850
>TMC
Had a friend run with them back when they still had proper long-nose Petes.
>ex-military management and they act like it.
>DO NOT step on the grass
>they will hound you to get that truck washed every week. Never mind it won't stay running, has oil leaks that'd make Deepwater Horizon blush and a dozen other faults, but it's clean!
>Insist on drivers overnighting at the receiver so they have a full clock the next day
>Short hops of 3-400 miles/day because load in the am and overnight at receiver but pay by the mile.
>Almost exclusively east of the Mississippi unless you're going to Des Moines which happens a lot due to a big customer being some pipe company there.
>the boat division was a good sub-fleet at the time
>consider 6 month rookies as qualified to be trainers
I'm sure there's more but that's all I can think of atm.

>>28468034
Post urs than

>>28468118
bro there's gaps in your wood boards

>>28468201
That's temporary sheathing over the window openings. I'm guessing EF isn't putting them in immediately so the contractor slapped some sheathing over the openings to keep the weather out and support the building wrap.

What kind of windows are you ordering, EF? That wall of glass reminds me of custom homes from the '80s.

>>28468423
You guess correctly. Framers were instructed not to cut windows out as im prob gonna be a couple months on getting them. Worst case scenario it will be good for a winter. Andersen 400’s there 28 of them and a lot of customs. Looking at around 35k installed

Another week and 9/10 truck drivers are still brown skinned imports that give all truck drivers a bad name. Sad state of affairs for truck drivers when all anyone thinks is you are all retards.
Gives me much satisfaction overloading retard truck drivers 3 times in a row because they demand a specific weight within 100kg of their Max tare weight while they flip their shit
>oh bloody he'll sir uunbelievable you will pay next time
Kek next time I'll over load your Indian paid by the tonne self again and you can get your shovel and take out the excess while I watch and laugh

>>28466002
Best signal I have found is to mount like this, still drops out occasionally but doesn't obstruct the windshield much. Suction cupped to the underside of my Cybertruck glass roof it never looses signal, would be perfect for trucks with sunroofs

Should I become a tripfag as well?

>>28468964
Fuck, it’s been a while.

Let’s try another one.

I wish we were allowed to smoke weed off duty. DOT needs to move to mouth swabs that only go back 12 hours.

>>28469182
Weed influence is not quantifiable like alcohol. U can be busted for months. Drink beer like the rest of us

>>28469203
Speaking of pissing hot, what ever happened with your brother's truck?

truckers are all sad fat losers

>>28469420
Your situation isn’t any better.

>>28461831 (OP)

>>28468118
>Post urs than
>than
>THAN
Ahaha, the illiterate inbred mongoloid strikes again.

>>28469443
yes it is

>>28468571
I've specifically instructed the cashiers at my workplace to give me the names and truck numbers of guys who request non english menus and instructions, gonna be making a LOT of anonymous tips to the PA staties come the 25th

>>28469420
Idk man I'm pretty happy and while not in perfect shape (unless that shape is round lolmao) I'm way more physically capable than any 3rd world currymuncher.
But then again some individuals say I'm not a trucker at all so maybe you're right

>>28468571
>Another week and 9/10 truck drivers are still brown skinned imports that give all truck drivers a bad name.
Did truckers have a good image 20 or 30 years ago? Pretty sure everyone saw you guys as toothless rednecks with no honor.

Anyway most of the Russians Indians and Africans that I’ve encountered have been helpful and generous to a rookie like me. What is your major malfunction?

>>28469553
Blind leading the blind m8, do not take any of their "advice" cause its half assed and or flat out wrong, the shut they pull gets them (and by extension, you) a surprise gladhand lock you didnt start your trip with, if not worse

>>28469270
It’s for sale
Go get the money
>>28469420
I different levels of all of those.
But I’m still flyer than you.
>>28469553
What

>>28469878
Wtf he got another pete? What happened to the absurdly stretched one with the purple frame?

>>28469897
That’s been gone since 2022. He sold it to a local guy. Who chopped it down to 265”
Ran it for a month and flipped it to an out of towner who planned on stretching it again.
This is the last known picture of it.

>>28469970
Lmao retarded chain of events. So why's he selling the silver one now?

>>28465974
"Worked" oil field CDL
Yea ok so you took naps in the cab for 2 years like that proves him wrong

>>28469997
Because I’m the one who is selling it. He became medically disqualified 4 months ago because he refused a drug test.
So I’m about $18,000 out of pocket on it so far.
The bank was going to take it or I was. So I did. I just thought it would sell faster. Oh well.

>>28470034
It’s never good enough for u ppl.

>>28469553
it’s all so tiresome

>>28470367
That sucks. Ol boy needs to stop cheechin the chooch

For anyone who has tried it, what is your opinion of the pizza at Pilot Flying J?

>>28471124
I would consider it to be perfectly average (when fresh), it wont blow you away and it wont give you dysentery. Their pizza tastes the best after you've not had a hot meal for a couple days or if it's free, I'd check their app for deals too cause theres some good ones on there you just have to look

>>28471124
Pilot’s gourmet hot lamp pizza is ok just dont eat it if you’re not shutting down for the night because there is a 50/50 chance you will get the runs about 30 minutes after eating it.

It’s also a bit too pricey for my company driver financially burdened bank account. If you’re one of the blessed few that has a microwave or room for a microwave in their truck, i would opt for the Home Cooked variety

Going for my upgrade tests this week to get assigned my truck once I pass, wish me luck fellas. Should be pretty easy since it's just a 45 degree back and a road test, the former is timed and you just can't hit the cones.

>>28473950
Make sure to do your G.O.A.L.s; it won’t give you extra brownie points but my examiner was glad I did them and apparently people hardly ever do it.

>>28474391
I completely fucked up today and if I don't get it tomorrow I'm going back out with another mentor for a month. Been playing my trucking skills on my phone for the last hour doing alley docks.

>>28475509
Update - I passed. Also got my mentor chewed out for only having me do a 45 degree alley dock on my own once while I was with them. Every other time we did it they were telling me what to do. So today was the third time I've ever done it. That little My Trucking Skills app saved my ass.

>>28476658
Good job. Don’t fuck up out there. Some carriers will give you a hand slap for minor incidents but will terminate you if your trailer ever goes off road.

>>28476997
Maybe ethan should sign on with those guys, he might learn how to maneuver his vehicle

HAPPY DAYS HAPPY DAYS
Hope y'all got a DOT officer's number saved cause now it's open season on any 3rd world parasites that think reading signs and knowing how to drive are optional.
I expect at least 1 anonymous tip a week if you're a real American hero

>>28478083
They just gave everyone at my company a 13cpm raise the week before enforcement actually went into effect. Already seeing the benefits of it.

Also, they tried to give me a shiternational and I told them no. Peterbilt please even if it's older. Shiternational cab is made for fucking manlets.

>>28478094
I was lookin at purchasing an older truck for personal training and general huge nuts antics, and I realized just how nice having 3 walls and a curtain is, the cascadia I drove for a while was almost perfectly designed to be inconvenient and uncomfortable in the smallest ways that you'd only notice after a month or two.

>>28478192
They didn't have any peters available so I'm on a greyhound home to wait until one is, hopefully soon, but I will get paid to sit at home so that's nice. Kinda sucks I couldn't take a rental car or a plane but whatever, as long as I get a truck I can fit in I'll be good to go.

>>28478873
Ask the bus driver if you can drive the bus.

>>28478902
I asked, they just gave me their uniform and said it's my problem now.

In all seriousness though I'm sitting on an uncomfortable ass seat about ready to commit a hate crime because the 'iggers sitting behind me haven't shut the fuck up so I can take a nap for the entire trip and one of them has an 'iglet that's been screaming about their tablet being dead half that time too. Next time I have to take a greyhound for this job it'll be a resume generating event.

>>28478873
What company?

I’ve been off the road for a week, getting the truck repaired. Apparently, my fleet manager was sitting on getting the appointment scheduled and once I was able to get a covering manager schedule it, the truck was fixed in a couple of days.
It was just wear and tear shit, like the washer fluid reservoir that needed to be ordered. I just didn’t want to risk getting a DOT violation because some relatively insignificant part was loose because a piece of plastic had broken off.

>>28468757
Late ass reply my bad, but is there some cable passthrough built in to the back or under the bunk somewhere? Saw a guy on plebbit mount it to a load lock outside and thinking of giving that a try, but I can't drill holes to make a cable passthrough since its a company truck.

>>28478083
I do non-anonymous tips. How else will they pay me when the start doing a bounty on shitskin deportations

>>28481371
Do you really wanna risk getting jumped by nobody, when Mexicans find out you got them or their amigo fired/deported (because they’re lazy or on the other side of the border)?

Did the Bighorn again

>>28465779

I'm probably moving to Europe at this rate, I can't afford housing and can't get ahead where I'm at so I'm probably just going to give up on all of it and leave America.

If I'm going to be flat broke and have no money which means no fun cars and no money to enjoy said cars I may as well have healthcare and move to a majority white country too far north for nigs and sand people. I don't see things improving in the States any time soon.

>>28478083

Every single scale in the South is WIDE FUCKIN OPEN and no bypass I have not been bypassed on one single open scale, despite being empty on a few. They are pulling everyone in and I'm guessing putting me in the bypass lane because I'm white.

>>28483470
Ok retard I got an open gas hauler position, it's a shitass weekend shift but its open and itll make ethan seethe
Throw an element account up and I'll send you the details

>>28484391
Ya I’m seething at the fact that you have found a job.
Why don’t u buy my extra truck from me?
Cause I currently have 2.

>>28484733
2 trucks and you cant drive either one lololololol, you sure love your numbers (11 years 2 trucks $130k dollars) but you drive like a shitskin and try to convince us it's normal, and it's already making you seethe just the notion that I'm willing to help out one of your orbiters more than you are

>>28478902
Never ask this
The driver will dissolve into a puddle of frothy milkshake oil and the uniform will graft to your skin like a tattoo

>>28484782
I had 200 liquid before and started building my house beloved son

>>28484791
holy shit dude
>no lag bolts
>no notches
>no strong ties
dude, get an inspect our asap and lawyer up

>>28484818
Has all of those ur just stupid

>>28484821
where nigga?
those quarter inch bolts in the outer fourth of the beam?
where are the strong ties and notches for the support columns?

>>28484824
Don’t play FB contractor with me. It’s all to code

>>28484829
Yea, amish code lololol
>ehhhhh shood be strong enough against de wind

>>28484895
Oh no it actually is notched and ur just a duma55
What are the odds. See this is what u expect from kids like u that drive 100 miles a day in stock a hose into a hole.

>>28484391
I think I’m done driving if I can make it work bois.

Somehow I got a job offer as a diesel tech at Waste Management doing PMs and such. I think I might turn it down though because I had another interview with these water plant dudes and I think I have a good shot at a water plant mechanic gig.

Waste Management seemed like corporate hell on a level above Pepsi. Reserved spots for “Female Driver of the Year” and rainbow flags. Also it’s 2nd shift, 3p-1a, and at that rate I might as well be OTR because I’ll see the wife like zero during the week.

I can’t believe they fucking offered me a diesel tech job.

>>28484899
I WILL NOT take this slander, today the tank was above ground, I actually had to LIFT the hose fuckin ridiculous honestly.
And to clear things up, I'm not the guy playing armchair contractor, I just like to dogpile on you cause you deserve it and if all your projects are done to the same quality as your driving then they're undoubtedly rushed, half assed and would not hold up under a close LEO inspection

>>28485512
HOSE GOES TO A HOLE

>>28484913
Am I missing a joke here, I asked if primefag got a job at walmart cause I genuinely wanted to see him succeed despite the fact hes a EF buttboy, now here I am willing to put my opsec on the line so one of you miserable tripfags can have a good job and you say;
>I think I'm gonna give away all of my rights and 80% of whatever pitiful paycheck I can find living in europe
>I'm gonna go wrench on the rotting food and sewage trucks for a DEI middle manager
Am I getting punked? It seems that only me and (probably) ethan are proud and happy with the career we chose, cause all you fuckers do is bitch and look for reasons to get out of the drivers seat and somehow I'm the only one who's not a real trucker.
My boss said to me once "I cant even give away this 100 thousand dollar salary" and I think I understand what he means now

>>28468034
They really are kinda hilarious, no wonder their houses collapse when a tornado huffs and puffs by.

Speaking of Walmart, I keep doing jobs for them. It makes me wonder if they have a dedicated account through my carrier. I could certainly benefit from it, rather than working directly for them, especially considering it seems like all Walmart trucks are Internationals and limited to 60 mph – my Kenworth can do 68 mph on cruise control.

>truck that just parked next to me has an APU louder than mine
Oh, it’s a reefer. Wonderful.

>>28485538
Oh you know it goodbuddy ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
My long heavy hoses make a nice tight seal around all them wet stinky holes I drive up to

>>28485647
Idk man I used to deliver to walmart stores and I never once saw a walmart fleet driver mad or stressed out, them fuckers make good money (better than ethan) and from what I've been told from drivers directly, they dont even do all that much and reap huge benefits. Not including the $140k salary, they get free shit from the stores, free whole turkeys for Thanksgiving, a good schedule, easy to get to drops and most of the time they do drop and hook, if I wasnt in deep on the tanker route I'd be 100% gunning for a slow walmart truck

Do you guys blow your air horn when you drive by golf courses or driving ranges?

>>28485772
I like blowin my horn but I never get close enough to golfers without somebody minding their own business getting caught in the crossfire

>>28485616
Nah I don’t want to do the Waste Management gig really. But if I did, it would be because a year or two of heavy duty mechanic work + Class A is worth more than a regular trucker gig.

Plus maybe I said it in another thread, there’s so many people like “I’m sick of retail, I’m gonna get my CDL” and there’s barely any good local Class A jobs around here. Overnight fuel hauler from the port is like the only one with consistent listings. Everything else is hard labor, shitty pay, or sleeping in a truck.

Meanwhile fucking all of the skilled trades, there are so many job listings for people with a driver’s license and a couple years experience fixing anything. Auto mechanic is meh, but HVAC, every company wants techs for $30-$35+ an hour while the few local Class A jobs are $21-$27 unless you want to break your back. And I’m seeing a ton of like crane operator gigs, heavy machinery operators, plumbing, infrastructure gigs like power + pump technician.

Ok, so my resume is 11yrs Class A driver with safe driver awards every year, and then like 5 years “part time self employed handyman-mechanic”

I applied at 2 of the biggest rental companies driving flatbeds with equipment, for driving gigs and mechanic-tech gigs. One of them gave me a phone and in-person interview for a diesel mechanic job, but never even gave me a phone interview for the driver one.

The other one, I applied for two Class B jobs at different locations. One of them, no reply, phone interview for the second and no further news. But I have a “Pump + Power Tech” phone interview with them Tuesday.

The skilled trades are in way higher demand as the boomers are retiring.

>>28485772
No, only if I see Trump signs or “Jesus Lives”

>>28485754
>>28485647
Swift does the dedicated WM routes if it’s not their own trucks I believe.

I talked to a handful of these guys over the past year, especially the last 6mos when I was doing 100% Walmart overnight. The Swift drivers doing WM routes don’t like it much. The WM drivers themselves were mostly content, but their main gripe was they had to wait on lazy Walmart employees to unload the trucks.

Drop + hook GM seemed easier, worst case scenario they had to move a trailer. Meat and Produce guys would get mad waiting 45min for dude to come with a pallet jack. They had far less efficient live unloads compared to other stores. Publix had their live unloads like an F1 pitstop,

>>28486202
Its Smith picking up the slack in my area and well let's just say smith and swift's reputation precedes them, and is probably the reason they get treated like shit (cause most of them are). I used to not put my cones out when dropping fuel at their depot so guys could get around me, until someone dragged his mirror across the entire length of my tank, and that's just what's happened to me in particular some of my colleagues and walmart employees tell stories that you can do nothing but laugh and shake your head

>>28486275
Kek.

Yea there’s a couple Walmarts around here, especially the Neighborhood Market stores that aren’t the super super easy loading docks that 95% of Walmarts across the country have. And the Swift guys always have a lot of fun at a couple if there’s no room for them to get 100% straight in front of a dock.

Like picrel, it’s like a 45deg blind side back, but it’s 2 docks wide and there’s often a trailer at one door but no tractor so you have a fair amount of space to get the rear of the trailer in the general area of the dock.

Whenever I would turn into this store with a Swift driver or new Walmart guy pulling in ahead of me, I would park my truck right in the corner blocking the road because I knew I had at least 15min to start dropping 4-5 pallets with my liftgate to roll in the other door.

>>28486192
There is no hVac for 30-35. Please if you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about, don’t talk about it. HVAC is like the second niggerest trade after plumbing

>>28486482
Are you a helper installing ductwork?

I’m not sure you know what you’re talking about. HVAC tech money is one of the higher trades because it’s a combination of electrical and plumbing with some physics and chemistry.

I got muh EPA and NATE certs as I’m looking through all of this stuff and if you look for “Technician” jobs, so much of it is good HVAC gigs and they can’t find experienced people.

Purty

Redpill me on McLane

>>28487659
Decent money, pretty hard work.

Around here they run 2 guy shifts and I believe they’re out overnight. Don’t remember what their schedule looks like. They also come from up north quite a bit so they’re probably at a 6hr drive before they get the first delivery done. They work overnight a lot. Running totes down the ramp into gas stations. Only upside is they’re like drop and go everywhere I’ve seen and they don’t have to sit and count stuff.

It’s another gig you do for a couple years and try to get on a fuel truck or something comfy regional.

If they’re trying to run you 36hr shifts overnight or a totally fucked schedule, look at US Foods and Sysco or any of the food-beverage companies. Same hard labor but more reasonable schedule.

Beautiful sceneries and cars – that’s what I’m fucking after, when trucking. Either or both will make my fucking day when dealing with shitty traffic.

Nothing like backing your bobtail into a triangle spot created by two other trucks. It eases the guilt of inconveniencing other truckers looking for a spot in a nearly-full truck stop.

>>28487659
I ran milk for a union distributor and when I had my own dedicated route it was fun fulfilling and paid good enough for me to not be pissy all the time. I cannot say any other company is like it but I saw the same drivers on their own routes routinely so I assume they're at least a little bit similar. The work was physically demanding especially in the summer when it got hot as shit so you wore less only to climb in the reefer and get froze out, but it's nothing an able bodied adult shouldn't be able to do, especially if you have one of those fancy hand trucks that do all the balancing for you.
Only problem really was the union, most of the drivers hated it because it gave the loaders (who weren't subjected to drug tests at all) the same if not more dick swinging power than us and all they'd do is fuck up. The amount of times I'd get to a stop only to find they loaded 1000 cartons of whole milk instead of 1% I couldnt count on two hands but we couldnt do anything about it cause union protected "their right" to hit a weed vape every 10 minutes on the job, so whenever I got somewhere with a fucked up order the receiver (if she was a cunt) would bitch entirely at me and I had to be professional about it, it never had any chance of getting me in trouble but it certainly hits your morale always getting blamed for some addict's fuckup.
And then the union took my route away. I was placed on call and no man should ever run routes like that daily, there were weeks when I would run 7 days, get done at 1 am on sunday then have to clock back in at 11 pm on monday. 14 - 16 hour shifts were common for me given the nature of not knowing where I was going nor individual store policy, it was great for pay but i was always tired and pissy and was the eventual reason I quit that job

>>28484829
idk waht teh fuck you are talking about.
im showing you that there are no lag bolts in the corners and the posts have the support beams just sitting on top without any notches or strong ties.

>>28488528
Ur looking at fascia board dumbass

>>28488531
looks pretty structural to me bob

>>28488548
Wrong and it’s fine

/o/ is one board with /n/ illegally anchored to it.

Bikini models should be mandatory companions for solo drivers.

>>28488584
Why would I want some whore running her mouth about how the radio is too loud, I'm driving too fast, she wants to take a break, she's tired, the wind through the open window is annoying, it's too cold in the cab, she doesnt think I know where I'm going, all for the same mediocre hotdog down a hallway pussy I can get for $20 from some fent ferret?

>>28488584
this but make them robots and they come with the truck as standard

>>28488754
NOW WE'RE TALKIN
I'm all for the robotruckers if they're fuckable

>>28487827
Starting your shift at 2300 - 200 makes your traffic light and gives you the chance to see the sunrise, always made me happy seein the moon and then all the colors of the sunrise nearly unimpeded even in downtown New Jersey metrosprawl

>>28469461
>>28485538

Why are you homosex?

>>28488779
carriers take note
this is precisely how you get people into the industry, solve the overworked lonely driver epidemic, increase driver professionalism, efficiency and safety, and on top of all that make lot lizards obsolete.

Yesterday was a real test of my skills, as a new truck driver of 3 months – I ended up having to do a 180° backing maneuver, behind a strip mall, in order to get out of the parking lot, due to circumstances created by Walmart.
The easy way out of the docking area was fenced off due to construction between the docks and garden center; the alternative easy way out was blocked by parked cars and the space at the very end is too tight for semis to go through.
I’ve managed to make it work without hitting anything by getting out several times to check my space and position relative to the cars and building. One vehicle ended up in the way and while I probably could have backed up and straightened my trailer to get through, in hindsight, I had to hunt down the owner of the vehicle and ask them to move it.

>>28490340

>>28490166
Honestly a very low effort (you)

>>28490340
>>28490343
This is shit I ran into multiple times a week driving a 48’-53’ trailer behind these same stores a dozen times a day.

It’s always fun. Curbs were meant to be hopped.

I had one shitty experience at a Walmart like a year ago though. This store, you have to make a U-turn to back into the docks, only one entrance. And there’s room to turn around by the dock when there’s no other trucks. But at 7am, it’s always packed. So normally you can go behind the whole store to the other side and turn around in the far side of the parking lot. Unfortunately, some construction crews had taken over that 1/3 of the lot. My only option was to make a turn where the trailer tires were going to hop the corner of a curb by a foot or two, no big deal.

Unfortunately, at some point in the past, there must have been a street sign on this corner that a supertrucker took out, so they cut the pole off like 2” out of the ground, and because I’m lucky, they had just spread fresh mulch on the islands, covering the 2” of sharp steel..: until my trailer tire went over the top of it… and then the tire on the 2nd axle.

Was kinda funny because the tire blew and sent like 3 bags worth of fresh mulch flying everywhere.

>>28484913
You don't want to do diesel tech at a union shop if you're good at it at all. I had a buddy who was a diesel tech at UPS, doing engine replacements. The rest of the guys would pull an engine in one shift, and replace it the next shift. Buddy used to run his own repair shop, so he'd r&r an engine in a single shift. The union steward told him to get with the program and stop making everyone else look bad before someone jumped him in the parking lot and kicked his head in.
He left that and went to be a mobile diesel mechanic on a pipeline crew. Made a fortune and retired early.

>>28488779
She can double as the GPS

>>28490466
Global Positioning Slut?

>Lakeland FL to Denver CO @ 44000lb .85 CPM

Nope.

>>28486202

Depends on which Publix DC if it's the Florida ones and not Deerfield Beach yeah they're quick. I wished they would bring me a Publix sandwich though.

>MFW almost 3 months with no paycheck
>Surprised Pikachu face when i start turning cheap freight down

My company is at least paying me a bare minimum so I can start to catch up on bills but I'm still very much in the hole. I think it's time to hang it up.

At this rate I may as well just check out of society, how the fuck is it I have 10 years perfect record perfect safety and I'm being out-earned by rookie drivers who do nothing but stare at their phone all day and follow a blue line? Everything I worked for over the last 8 years was for nothing.

Almost shat bricks. False alarm.

>>28461831 (OP)
>pays another man build his house
lol do you pay him to fuck your ugly ass wife too?

>>28490519
Trademark it now before someone else does

>>28490464
I don’t think it was union. I told them nahh anyway. One holiday off a year, $21/hr to bring $20k worth of tools there and do PMs, 3pm-1am M-F, just give me the divorce papers already.

I got stuck overnight on New Years at Pepsi sitting behind a Walmart in the hood, I don’t want to spend another major holiday working for a shitty corporation that pretends to honor their employees with 15% discounts on rental cars.

>>28490651
That’s the Publix DC literally right down the street from me.

And I wasn’t talking about that, it’s the trailers that leave the DC and go to all of their stores. The Publix trucks call like 5-10min before roll up to the store so at least 2 people from the department are ready with pallet jacks, throw a fit if a vendor is in the dock, and they will have half a trailer pulled off in 10min.

Also on the job update, water plant people are still taking their time but I was on the phone with head mechanic for a bit this morning. Those dudes are straight and it’s a cool technical non-CDL job which is why I want it so bad.

Then I had an interview at 10am this morning for a concrete cutting company. CDL job because driving a dump truck with a trailer with a backhoe or other equipment on it.

I thought the interview was 10:30am, so I rolled up at 10:10am and told dude I don’t even care if he wants to send me away because my dumbass was late.

I talk with him for a bit, go cruise this 8spd dump truck around for awhile which is fun because of course I had to grind the gears around the neighborhood for 5 minutes to feel out a new truck. Then he says he’s willing to train me on running all the construction equipment, he has tons of other applications but likes me, will pay me within like $1 of what I was making at Pepsi even as he trains me (which is awesome), benefits after 90 days, it’s 5min from my house, hours if I want them, and the GM who interviewed me seems like a real good guy.

>Merging onto turnpike
>Nig nog in truck is merging onto the 80mph turnpike at literally like 20mph and if i stay behind him he's going to cause an accident and get me rear-ended
>I can almost run as fast as this guy is going
>Decide fuck this, im empty, got a half mile behind me I can just go around him
>Stand on it and start to pass
>I'm literally going twice as fast as him and he starts to merge over on top of me
>Almost get rear ended anyway
>There's apparently a picture of it and safety got called
>mfw

Well that only took 10 years to happen, got to check that box today.

>>28491497
TLDR!

>>28491508

Are you going to the SawCon convention?

>>28473266
So it's ok, apart from being overpriced and the fact that you will get food poisoning. What kind of food would you describe as not ok?

>for 4 weeks 40% of the shit dispatch gives me is wrong
>wrong addresses, wrong pick up days/times, wrong delivery days/times
>coincides perfectly with the first jeet to arrive in the office
I don't have another job lined up but I think I'm quitting. Nothing fucking worse than being stuck in a truck, not making money, waiting on someone elses fuck up AGAIN and AGAIN

>>28491508
You do door dummy loads, Ethan???

>>28491114
Dont say that you're gonna summon that concrete nigger, hes even worse than ethan somehow

>>28491679
I know a thing or two about concrete and I can tell you that was not concrete that I saw on the roof of reactor 4.

>>28491497
Oh look another totally real and natural reason to quit
Shit or get off the pot I'm gettin sick of the same ol whining every week

>>28491640
It was In the yard and I backed under it for novelty

>>28491858

I've got something lined up and probably after Bonneville Speedweek I'm going to quit the company I'm at now.

>>28492324
>probably
Just do it. And make sure you act real self-righteous when you sign the papers with the cunt from HR who has been with the company a month and is currently fucking over 10-20-30 year employees.

That’s what I did, and look at me now! I’m walking around my front yard with no shirt on in PJ pants at 11:30am on a Wednesday watering my flowers.

>>28492555
>>28492324
I bet you don’t even have a statue of Mary holding Baby Jesus in your front yard. How will you ever wife a fine Latina?

>>28491114
I used to do equipment repair, I know what you mean. $21/hr to provide my tools and knowledge to fix everything from little JLG scissor lifts to full size bucket loaders and excavators. I'm making $29/hr right now driving CDL for a construction company, they trained me for my license. After a year or two so I've got a good driving record to show I'm thinking of trying for a county highway department job for the cushy union bennies

>>28492324
You won't do shit you fat loser attention whore.

>>28490826
>lol do you pay him to fuck your ugly ass wife too?
Its obvious that he does. He likes to sit in the corner and record the deed.

Turns out I am Herpes and HIV positive. You fuckers were right.

>>28490808
Lmao get on the CB and say “coming up behind you, jolly rancher”

>>28492593
I want to get off the CDL thing and get into another industry though because if shit ever goes south for some reason and you’re getting dicked around with your medical card or license, there’s really no options besides going to $15/hr bullshit jobs.

I wonder if the $29/hr for semi-skilled labor is honesly an inflated wage because you can be reasonably certain the employee will piss clean 80% of the time. That’s better than most trades.

>Jamaican guy sees me dicking around the house
>Jah mon you do an oil change on me Rav 4?
>No problem, I’m fuckin unemployed anyway and it’s a Toyota!
>Jah smoke?
>not no more my rastafari friend

>>28492555

That is exactly what happened at Prime, all the old timers got ran off and HR and most of the company is being ran by twink MBAs now that the old man finally stepped down a couple years ago. Most of the 10-20 year guys like me have already left I had hoped it would be different being on their power-only fleet being immune from allthe big company BS but apparently im not immune to the low pay, so after Speedweek I'm going to tell them to fuck off I still need to make something before I go and I dont have any money right now

>>28492821
I don’t have one at the moment. I’m about to reach my 90 days of solo driving, so I’ll be able to order one from the company store with my paychecks, soon.

>Get CDL at month long school
>Complete month long mentorship
>Complete company road and backing tests
>Get issued manlet truck for manlets
>Turn it down, request different truck not made for manlets
>First one that comes available gets assigned to me
>Inside is a fucking shitshow
>Some confirmed 'igger leaves trash all over it, never cleaned it, left old du-rag stuffed behind bed and wall, left old food in fridge to rot, inside of cab and bunk smells like chicken grease and 'iggerstink and rotten vegetables
>Major mechanical issues that still have to get addressed even though I picked it up from a service center

I got that bitch 16 miles down the road to a truck stop, parked it for the night, called the company back and told them it needs more major shit serviced and likely needs at least one steer tire. I'm seriously considering accidentally running something over that does enough damage to the other one to get a matching pair of new steers. Also getting the cab and bunk cleaned and detailed and submitting the receipt for reimbursement after it's done getting serviced. If I wasn't still getting paid for the week this is all going to take (albeit not much) I would be madder than fuck.

>>28493704
Any puncture will require a tire replacement.

I’m going to be pissed if the only difference between the $10 and $15 showers at Sapp Bros is you don’t get peppermints with the $10 shower.

>>28492821
I always call him "ethan fagliner" but he never has his CB on :*(
>>28493602
Dont do that, the company (doesnt matter which one) does not seek to provide the best for its drivers and you are likely to be scalped for some road king pos. Go to a proper CB shop on a day off or do research and order the one that fits best for you off amazon.
>>28493828
I thought the $15 shower was the one with the glory hole in it, never fuckin staffed though you'll be sittin there cold for a while

>>28493888
>I thought the $15 shower was the one with the glory hole in it
Nope, not the one I used. It reminded me of the tiny shower room I got at a TA just east of Buffalo.

>>28493303
Yeah gotta love when they bring the college boys and girls in with their wisdom and experience.

I had a fun few years at the end. I got promoted from the small stores like 4+ years ago, got the comfy gig on hourly pay delivering to large accounts. Bump a dock or use the liftgate, deliver 2-5+ pallets to the average Walmart, Publix, etc. Deal with cranky receivers and a couple cool ones, scan some stuff in at the stores that required it. That Bulk gig was the one everybody would bust their ass for years to get on because lots of dudes would keep that job until retirement.

Then in early 2024, we finally move to our new warehouse, they combine a bunch of the big and small stores on 40’ trailers with liftgates and they’re going to cut some bulk routes, from 12 down to who knows. But new warehouse is way larger, picking up more area, and we’re supposed to get all of the BJs, Sams Clubs, Costco stores from like Palm Beach Co south, plus Ft Myers and stuff, taking those stores from 3-4 other distro facilities since our new warehouse is big enough to handle those stores.

So we move to new warehouse, 8 bulk routes down from 12, but I keep my job and I’m straight. At this new warehouse, almost all of the management proceeds to do a shit job and they miss all of their projected goals by like 50%. So corporate is like “You guys can’t handle all of those club stores”. Then a fuckwad manager decides to start delivering Walmarts overnight and forces 4 of the 8 of us to work like 7pm or whenever you want to start until it’s done. I asked for severance, faggy HR gayboi said no because they’re not getting rid of my job, just changing hours. So I was out all night, I had no manager awake to call, none of the Walmarts were aware deliveries were coming overnight, let alone knew how to scan stuff in. Lots of stores had noise ordinances and couldn’t take deliveries before 6-7am. It was a shit show.

cunt…

>>28493303
>>28493955
…cunt’d

So finally corporate came in and fired, transferred, or forced early retirement for literally everybody in the office, including the Bulk supervisor guy who actually knew what he was doing, but he was sick of the place since our department that picked up a huge amount of the volume and always got it done had become the redheaded stepchild.

Then they come in and say “we’re getting rid of daytime bulk. The 4 most senior guys (20yrs+) will have to take overnight Walmarts, the other 4 can go to the 40’ mixed trucks stocking coolers at Wawa or take a severance. Me and #2 most senior guy took the package and walked out. #2 guy asked if he could try the overnight for one week to see if his wife could handle it, he was a 30+ year employee a few years from retirement, HR told him to get fucked. My last week there, I worked 58hrs in 4 days. I called out one day for the first time in like 2 years because I had no DOT hours to work 5 days.

And the worst part is I put up with a ton of bullshit because I was one of the best at all the technical stuff and the supervisors were all like “Stick with it, we want you as a supervisor next, this guy is leaving and we’re recommending you” and every single time I interviewed I got passed up for an unqualified cousin-friend who was non-white. I was literally told after an interview “Your interview was great, you’re the most qualified, but office politics”. And the place ran like shit because of the nepotism and racial shit.

The company is super super woke, DEI above all. Upper management is mostly white. I believe white upper management gets bonus points for having brown middle managers.

>>28493963
What company was that so I can make sure I never work for them? Shouldn't make a fuck to tell me since you don't work there anymore.

Why’d you do it Ethan?

>>28494520
Picrel. Pepis.

Maybe some of the independent bottlers are ok, but I was corporate.

Also I got a diesel mechanic job offer from Waste Management a week and a half ago and I turned it down because the corporate environment seemed exactly like Pepsi. Sucked because I hit it off with the fleet managers and stuff but I can’t work every holiday anymore when every single person in the office is on vaca with their family.

Job security and benefits are nice. And fwiw, maybe 40% of my tenure there I had good managers who kept the majority of the bullshit in the office and let me do my job. But then at a huge company where you expect stability, you have management trying to get their bonuses, so you’re working 60+ hours a week for 4 months of the year when it’s busy and can barely keep your eyes open, and then the 4 slow months they’re telling you “we don’t need you today, go home” a day or two every week. I had 4 weeks vaca plus 8 personal days my last year there, and I burnt like 160hrs of it on days when I drove over there and didn’t have a route because it wasn’t heavy enough. And that shit was even worse when I was on base pay for small format and a grimey manager was making us work like 50hrs in 4 days, cutting is the 5th day, so you’re getting paid like a 32hr salary for working 50hrs.

>>28493038
>because you can be reasonably certain the employee will piss clean 80% of the time
Not at my company lmao
All the non-cdl guys and at least some of the cdl guys are on recreational pharmaceuticals
One of the cdl guys left his coke stash in a portashitter, along with his company gas card. Nothing happened to him
They did fire a guy last season for being drunk on the clock

>>28469997
those series 75 are cool

>>28464668
Where did you get that cow grill?

After doing a couple of full loads, by now, I’m figuring out that 45,000 lbs is the maximum cargo weight I can legally haul (yes, I adjusted my tandems afterwards).

I'm finally out of the hole today, got a full paycheck.

>mfw C&S Plant City has no bathrooms

>>28493955
>>28493963
That shit sucks, when I was delivering milk we got bought by some company from NY and they wanted to charge NY prices in PA. They lost nearly all of the contracts with the schools and every single contract south of the Mason Dixon line. I haven't checked if they're still open but when I left the management heavily implied their attempt to acquire a new major contract with one of the large grocery store chains fell through.

>>28495805
Holy fuck howd you hold your piss that long

>>28495809
He has a TARDIS for a bladder.

>>28495786
I've got a full load for you, concrete cowboy

just quit my job i hate to go to cdl school, this shit better be worth it

>>28496034
Don’t expect much.

>>28496034
This >>28496058

Go do the IBEW entrance thing instead. Trucking is stupid. I’m trying to get out of right now after 11-12 years and it’s tough when people see a trucker’s resumé.

>>28496108
Not him, but it’s funny you’ve mentioned that, as my fallback plan is to learn a blue collar trade if truck driving doesn’t work out for me.

>at truck stop
>park truck so that the trailer is nearly touching the concrete barriers/wall
>hours pass
>another truck is parking right next to me
>hear a crunch
>assume the driver attempted to line his truck up with mine and backed into the wall

Look at all this fuckin work, 3 HOSES? ARE YOU NUTS? Ethan would shit and cry over this much work but I the humble diesel huffer am willing to do it

>>28495060
I’m so sick of hearing about this dam truck of cheese. I’ve heard this from Atleast 5 ppl so far.

>>28496898
Did you hear a cheese truck fell over and fed all the local rodents?

>>28496910
That must be some gouda cheese!

my trailer brakes keep locking and instead of getting it fixed they're putting pallets of water over my wheel bays to give me traction im new to trucks does this work guys

>>28497549
if you paid attention while getting a cdl, a heavier truck brakes more effectively than a empty one. i stg theyre giving cdls away to anyone

>>28497587
i think the problem is my truck is braking too effectively actually anon

>>28497592
Is your ABS light on?

>>28497587
Some of us went to truck driving school, just to learn the very basics well enough to pass the CDL test that is taken at the same school. Then, if you’re pre-hired, you will start orientation just to be told what is expected of you, as a driver, and prove to them you can start a tractor with an automatic transmission. After a couple of days, you’re finished with orientation and now have to wait for a trainer, which can take a couple of days or a couple of weeks. Once you’re with your trainer, you’re stuck with them for at least a month and maybe – JUST maybe – your trainer is actually competent enough, and safety-conscious enough, to vocalize instructions, effectively, while you’re driving (some drivers get shitty trainers). While that’s good and all, and you will learn to do new maneuvers, repeatedly, it’s not enough. You’re trained just enough to know how to operate a 40 ton cruise missile safely and some important things you need to know about the trucking world will not be taught until you’re on your own.

It everybody will get this sort of training, and not everybody who has been trained this way will last long as a truck driver. The important thing is utilizing the knowledge you have gained from your training well, and let common sense allow you to figure the other shit that you don’t out, without fucking things up.

>>28497592
A) Leave more room for braking gently coming to a stop like every other empty 18 wheeler does.
B)Tractor brakes could be maladjusted and making the trailer take ALL of the braking you 're needing. Yes the trailer should be doing more of the work but not all of it.

>>28497549
Now this is a fine bait, well crafted and deserving of its downright retarded replies, incredible work

>>28497746
it's not bait i get stuck spinning wheels if i park on anything softer than asphalt

>>28497889
I guess lightning doesnt strike twice
a better (and more believable) follow up bait would be "ok so the guys caged the brakes and sent me on my way they told me it will be fine until I get to my delivery"

Where do you add engine brake fluid in a Cummins X15?

"this is my last thread"
>2 months later

>>28498425
It just goes in the engine oil. There's a separator inside.

>>28498425
You piss in the power steering fluid reservoir and shit in the add coolant line. Make sure the engine is good and hot before you take the cap off though, gotta get your chocolate snowman to melt in with the rest of it.

How many prostitutes have you guys murdered?

>>28499845
Zero. I haven’t seen any, yet.

I can't believe this faggot still shitposts here.

>>28499860
>the attention-seeker is still here
What did you expect? He seems to be posting less frequently, at least.

>>28499870
Guess what MF

Ya I changed the pads out on my alum fifth wheel.
Turns out you need to take the wheel off to change them out. That was not fun in the traditional sense!

Nobody cares.

>>28500528
I’ll post till they do.

>>28497889
You probably have something wrong with the diff then, or need to learn how to lock it.

I had an issue like that in my old T800, it got really bad when one of the airbags was leaking a little too. In certain loading docks the first drive axle would just spin and I almost got stuck once. I had to play games like deflate the tractor suspension, slide the trailer tandems, slide the fifth wheel, let the air pressure get low, and it was definitely messed up diff compounded by bad airbags.

I’m out of sliced cheese…
Now I have to go back to eating shitty, expensive truck stop food until I find one that sells sliced cheese for my ham & salami sandwiches.

>>28496126
Do it.

So one of the things that helped me is I got self-taught in a lot of handyman and mechanic stuff. Research, learn, get your hands on some tools, and go do little side jobs for people on the weekends. Take on 2 afternoon jobs a month and eventually you can put “Handyman” on the resume like I did, and then go sperg out in interviews how you just got done doing a faulty PCV valve on a Toyota and an APP sensor on a Honda that was throwing the car into limp mode, and then chased down a loose neutral in a lady’s apartment after she had flickering lights, plus installing a couple ceiling fans on her balcony.

Make sure you mention how good a cool glass of Simple Green is on a hot day!

>>28496108
Not a trucker but I spent years as a cashier and it sucks. I don't know how the delivery guys lasted. I remember one of the beer guys was only 23 or 24 and he was driving a day cab already. He was nice, at least, so I didn't mind.

I’m glad this app has a level similar to the bullshit I had to put up with during my second week of driving, back in April.
I was never able to figure out how to straighten my tractor, with what little space I had available.

>>28501034

>>28500654
I mean that’s what I did at Pepsi. 7 years busting my ass on the small stores, but I had some cool customers and pretty Latinas to keep me afloat. The last 4 years was bulk doing Walmarts and stuff, EZ mode in comparison until they decided to eliminate the positions and I took a package and left.

>>28501034
>>28501038
Watch them inside trailer wheels and roll them right around the corner of the parked trailer. That’s not bad, it’s not even blind side.

To straighten the tractor, you just need experience and you will learn where the point is. Depending on truck-trailer combo and where the tandems are set, there’s a certain number of degrees before the trailer is 100% straight where you need to start straightening the tractor out. If the trailer tandems are all the way back, it’s only like 2 degrees. With the tandems forward all the way or a 40ft trailer, maybe more like 5 degrees. If you’re driving some 28” pup trailer, they’re infuriating to back because you need to begin straightening the tractor while the trailer is still like 10deg+ off where you want it. The longer trailers are easier sometimes because they’re less sensitive to movements from the tractor when backing.

>>28461831 (OP)
>show up at customer at 4am
>its a transfer place to Mexico
>okay anon back up to dock ##
>do so
>wait 2 hours
>get fed up and take a nap while I wait
>trailer starts shifting after 3 hrs
>4 hrs later finally get called
>okay anon park in yard and wait for [unintelligible engrish]
>uhh wat
>they hang up
>they never even unloaded me in all that time, just inspected it
>-10F cargo got to 58F potentially ruining it
>turns out I have to WAIT EVEN LONGER for the Mexican trailer to show up
I HATE MEXICANS I HATE MEXICANS I HATE MEXICANS I HATE MEXICANS I HATE MEXICANS I HATE MEXICANS I HATE MEXICANS I HATE MEXICANS

Oh fuck, guys, the shipper only loaded one pallet, increasing my total vehicle weight from 35,000 lbs to 35,400 lbs.
Think DOT will overlook this overweight violation?

>>28500522

>>28500551
The more you yap the less anyone cares. It's directly proportional

>>28502996
Nobody cares

I’m not sure if that was Ethan’s Chevy getting on Airport Rd, this morning.

>>28502989
Ya that’s pretty good one
>>28502996
Just try living this life ok
>>28503073
Its Cresswood dr u nignog

>>28503163
>Its Cresswood dr u nignog
So, that was you.

>>28503171
Who else would it be

post la creatura

>>28503221
Someone else. You’re not the only one with a black 4x4 Chevy.

>pickup at 12pm
>delivery 300 miles away due 5am tomorrow morning
So I shut down 8pm 15 minutes away from the receiver how am I supposed to deliver this ON TIME without breaking HOS rules because I’m not going to get a full 10 hour break.

Even if I split sleeper and I go into sleeper 8 hours, drive to the receiver, and then go off duty for 2 hours, I will not get my hours reset, correct?

>>28503256
You will not get a full 11/14 until you do a full 10-hour reset. Sleeper berth splits will only give back the hours you breaked for.

This Pilot Flying J in Myerstown, PA still has a/c stations.

About to take my first load solo. In a semi at least.

>>28504262
What made you decide to become a lot lizard?

>>28501522
How was bulk easier in comparison to hauling stuff in?

>>28504099
I've been wondering what those gantries were for in some FJs

>>28504418
It’s how truckers used to keep themselves warm/cool and entertained in their trucks before autostarts and APUs became common. As far as I know, most of the ones that are still up do not work.

>>28504418
It was a half assed "eco friendly" attempt that probably could have worked if they actually put any effort into the infrastructure but since I'm 99% sure it was done entirely for tax write offs and government funding, it never had any support beyond installation

>>28504412
Its very obvious when you do it, bulk is usually 1-4 stores per shift, you get to use a powerjack, you drop product in the fridge get paperwork signed (50/50) and leave.
Stores sucks cause it's never less than 10 stops, you use a hook to sort orders in the trailer (cause the pullers cant be fucked to load the trailer in sequence they just throw shit in there and send it) and a lift gate and hand truck to bring them in, usually they have to be scanned individually by whoever's recieving (and you will be given annoyed sighs and cunty quips if the pullers loaded wrong) if you have a shit job you have to stock the shelves as well.

Spending a week getting my truck repaired and maintained and cleaned before it's safe and roadworthy sucks ass but I'm not pulling a loaded trailer when the steering wheel shakes like an epileptic at highway speed

>>28504412
Yea what other guy said.

Bulk, you might have 2 Sam’s Clubs or Costcos where you might not even have to touch your electic pallet jack. If thet got quick receivers, stay out of the way. Or Costcos, most of them are like “Pull the pallets off the trailer, drop them in the middle of the loading dock, and stay out of the way.

Other grocery stores vary, Walmart does this thing with one barcode per pallet, and you get random audits where you have to scan the stuff on that pallet. If your warehouse is good and you play the game right, maybe it’s an audit on one pallet every 2-3 deliveries. A lot of if depends on how anal the receiver is and if they like you. I’ve watched a cranky old Publix receiver take an hour and a half for 2 easy Budweiser pallets and then knock out my 7 pallets of Pepsi in 15 min because she likes me and trusts me (which carries Gatorade, Starbucks, 75 flavors of Celsius, Dr Pepper, etc).

Small format delivers to the stores and had to merchandise a lot of them. Stocking shelves at Dollar General stores and coolers at 7eleven. Nothing like unloading a trailer in 90deg summer heat and then having to stock a 35deg walk in cooler with 50 cases of bullshit. I caught colds once a month doing that job. Only reason I did it for 7 years was because I was cool with all my customers. If you don’t get consistent routes though, everybody thinks you’re going to mess up their stores and they waste your time and won’t give you paperwork until they walk through the place and check

>0730 PFG appointment in Cincinnasty
>Load comments say do not be early or they will turn you away
>Show up exactly right on the money on time
>Primefag your appt is tomorrow at 700
>Bullshit my way in anyway and get a door
>Jungle Jims is awaiting

>>28505858
Kek good job, you’re 1 for 10 now.

About to go to 2nd interview with Plan C job. This is all confusing, I’m used to being like “Please masta! Give me wages!” and right now I got 3 lined up like “Who wants me the most?”

My truck’s shadow drifts on curvy roads.

Is it normal for companies to shit-test new guys? Like intentionally put them in situations where if they don't stop and think and maybe even ask for help they're going to fuck up and get fired or retrained for it? It seems like that's been happening to me a lot since I started running solo.

Dock-trappin today.
Gonna shoot these beans off and head to the (((house)))
What a nice 4 day week.

>>28507984
Stop on by Sapp Bros so I can call you a nerd. Got one more week in PA before I head home.

>>28507890
I mean new guy will get the gigs that nobody wants. Stay calm, be humble, learn, and do better next time you run into the situation.

>>28508002
Sure kiddo

>>28505885

>Pay my lumper fee
>It's some other guys lumper fee 100 bucks cheaper than mine
>They sent it on accident
>Let me go anyway
>Mfw Jewish Space Laser'd the Capstone jews

>boss is being a jag off and threatening to fire everyone because we're not meeting the bullshit quotas that exist only in his mind
>browsing cdl jobs after work
>usps is hiring for tractor trailer operator
Whats the downsides?

>>28508579

>>28508601
So, job security?

>>28508709

>>28485647
Walmart Driver here. Im on pace to hit 130k this year. We get a month worth of PTO. after 12+ years, you can get up to 42 days paid time off per year.
All our trucks are governed at 65. You gotta be kidding me you wouldnt take a job that pays this well just because you want to go a little faster. It doesnt fucking matter. Best job Ive ever had. Walmart is basically the only company doing well in this economy. Their revenue keeps hitting record highs every year, and truck drivers are arguably the most essential job they cant replace, and they want it done safely thats why they pay so well.

>>28508840
>Walmart is basically the only company doing well in this economy
I can tell. They’re having other carriers besides Swift and Smith deliver loads to their stores because the workload they’re getting is greater than the available drivers they have.

Hello badboys!
Downpipe was basically falling off the truck.
Couple zips from the Milwaukee impact and some swearing. And I’m ready to go another million miles.

>>28510248
How much did that set you back?

https://youtube.com/shorts/b92t3cLybmI
>super rare interior
Apart from one or two exclusive features for the limited edition, and one or two upgrades for the model year, that isn’t any different from any other PACCAR truck.

>>28510257i don’t remember I bought a couple other things at the store as well. Maybe like $150
Elbow, spool section, 3 stainless clamps, 2 chrome u bolt kits

>>28508579
You are unlikely to get a dedicated route or even dedicated start time, they will likely have you on call for what could be months up to years and its entirely out of your control because I'm pretty sure those guys are union and will not be swapping jobs with you any time soon.

>>28500522
How do you get parts, is there a semi rockauto or do you have to just call up the dealership?

>>28510463
There’s a Peterbilt dealer, Bergeys, sapps, and 2 other 3rd party diesel shops. Anything Peterbilt specific comes from Peterbilt obviously. But for universal parts Bergen’s is good.

That reminds me… whoever inspected my truck, before it was assigned to me, never replaced the bunk filter. My experience working at an auto parts store tells me this shouldn’t be too expensive for me to replace.

Your boy Bepis might be done driving the truggs

>>28511244
Sounds like a shitty job if you ask me.

>>28511258
I took the grand tour, honestly there’s 2 shitty buildings of like 10+. Everything is filtered and dried really early and then beyond that it’s like you’re dealing with a fancy aquarium where you have beneficial bacteria and aerators doing the work.

>>28511265
Just don’t jump into the water.

>>28511269
I’ll try not to.

Although I was over there dressed all job interview like and we were climbing up ladders and shit above these tanks on like a 90deg steamy Florida morning, right around 11am before the beach breeze picks up, and I was tempted to jump in and take a dip.

>>28461831 (OP)
I can see three metal plates between your roof timbers bent/curled and improperly secured. 0/10 your builder is fucking you and you don't even know it.

>>28462881
missing the tape on the left side, missing it all on the upper middle. will leak 100%.

>>28511286
Why do u think that is?
Maybe it’s where the windows are going To go

Pic is another home when finished

>>28510248
Ayyy ethan they might all talk shit about ya, but that bottom middle pic is cute as shit

>>28511342
Thankyou beloved Bepis

>>28511369
Someone attempted to scribble out Georgia’s old state flag?? Deplorable.

>>28511414
Probably a disgruntled pajama tranny

>get nice load to PA drop and hook 3.50/mi
>drop 4 hours early
>sorry Primefag we have no freight you'll have to sit all weekend
>send me the same load three times to try to get me to take it
>picks up Monday and have to hoof it to Niglanta for 1.75/mi
>puts me at 3500 revenue for full O/O

>day before fleet managers put out a message on qc
>stop showing up late or there will be service failures
>we will be getting with your companies to figure out service failures and hand them out
>mfw sidelines their MVP playmakers because there's no freight

yup, leaving these goons after Speedweek, can't fuckin wait. fuck prime hope their little fucking dicks fall off

Do tractors get allergies? The trucks around me are sneezing.

>>28511769
when you signed up to work at a megacorp, were you expecting to not be treated like shit?

>>28511888

Initially I made fucking bank big time, over the last year they ran off all the old timers and people with experience and now it's run by zoom zoom MBA jews who hand all the good loads to company bitches they only have to pay 50 cpm, it wasn't like that for a while.

so i figured okay, ill go over to their power-only fleet, I know those guys make bank and their trucks aren't governed and there's no megacorp nanny crap so ill do fine, nope my revenue got cut in half, and i figured okay well we're coming into produce season and reefer season so surely rates and volume will improve, nope. so im quitting A-fleet after Speedweek. fuck em hope they fucking go under and Springfield gets slammed by an asteroid. i went 2.5 months with no paycheck, ruined my credit, blew through all my savings trying to keep my head above water thinking next week will be better, but it won't.

ain't no fucking money in this dumb ass job its a dead end job done by niggers, jeets and other non-whites now. the days of this being the ticket to the middle class is over, time to hang it up

>>28511840
Yea trucks are actually allergic to niggers, their eyes swell up and they cant see the road anymore. It has nothing at all to do with the skill of the driver

>>28511976
Please keep complaining and doing nothing about it, we love to hear it and would never want you to do something about it

>>28512016
Ah, that makes sense considering I’m in Clearfield.

>>28461831 (OP)
Is it worth getting a cdl to try and get day cab/construction jobs? I dont want to otr.

What is your preferred method for greasing your fifth wheel?

>>28512302
Just wipe Ethans face on it, thing is greasier than a dominos pizza

>>28461956
Why does the knife look like you Photoshopped it in?

>>28512147
The pay for any commercial driving job without prior OTR, or any other experience related to the field you’re wanting to work in, is going to be shitty, so it’s up to you to decide if getting a CDL is worth it, knowing you’re probably only going to be taking home $300/week for a year or two.
I have a friend who used to do OTR and then got a demolition job, driving grease and fuel trucks. He was only earning $24/hr. Once he had been working for them for a while and showed how dependable he can be, they bumped him up to a $64,000 salary.
Good luck.

>>28512147
Yes.

You’re either going to have to start like straight truck/dump truck for low money or you will have to do a lot of physical labor to make money.

Pepsi hired me with a CDL and no experience. Had to break my back 50-60 hours a week but it’s $29/hr right now in South Florida which isn’t terrible if your body can handle it.

>>28512147
>>28512954
But then there’s the question “Is it worth getting a CDL”

After 11 years of local, I’m hopefully jumping into a non-CDL skilled trades job. I wish I would’ve gone into the electrical union instead of CDL school at 22 years old. There’s a higher cieling and you’re more valuable for your skills vs a steering wheel holder. There’s some easy CDL jobs but you’re never going to get above like mid-20s, maybe $30 tops an hour

>>28512741
>He was only earning $24/hr
That's more than I currently make

>>28512958
I tried for 4 years now to get an apprenticeship through the IBEW. I cannot get one. It's pure nepotism and there's a 2 year long wait list on apprenticeships, plus they haven't taken apprentices at my local IBEW for 3 of the last 4 years.

The IBEW is the only way to get into electrician trades here. Nobody will give you a shot and even our schools require IBEW apprenticeship proof in order to enroll into the electrician courses. Same goes for plumbing and pipefitters which I don't even want to do.

I tried my local utility company where my wife works for a lineman apprenticeship and was basically laughed at. I've been in the medical field for 10+ years and it looks like I'll be stuck here. Everything else is retail or fast food in this town. I don't mind the medical field but going back to school requires a full time commitment at this point, and I can't afford to take off that much work.

>>28512741
Oh im getn hard right now

Got a god damn air leak…

>>28512302
Pop open a new cartridge, put it in my piece of shit 20$ grease gun that broke the first time I used it, hold the cartridge in with my finger and then let the plunger come out a little so it drops a dollop of grease on the fifth wheel. Then do that around the entire skid plate, then use a rag to smear it all around for good coverage.

>>28512741
>300$ a week
I made more than that on training pay with a mega notorious for paying like shit. I would push the valves in on an incline next to a cliff if I ran 2500+ miles in a week and only got a 300$ check for it.

>>28512147
Yes if you have a plan to specialize, I'm 99% sure those crane operators make huge money and (actually) work like 2 hours a week. >>28512741 is generally correct, your first two years are gonna be shitty even if you get lucky into a good job like I did, I made $24.50/h workin for a local milk delivery company using my entire 70 some weeks, then I went OTR with a mega and barely brought home $800/w so afaik if you're not o/o you're getting fucked OTR.
>>28512958
This is advice from someone who didnt specialize, and while it is true you should not take it as a deciding factor if you're not going to be a deliveryman.
>>28512969
There is that same nepotism and selfishness in the drivers unions, however you are unlikely to be gatekept from employment, it will just be the worst position until someone joins after you or quits above you but I have said and will say again your first year or two WILL suck no matter whether you're trades or CDL

>>28514279
sitting on a sofa and shifting a gear every now and then isn't really worth more than min wage desu

>>28514283
There isn't a single job in the world that cant be deflated down to "baseball is just hit ball with a stick" tier. It's known as the "no true scotsman" fallacy and while you might rage bait ethan, the best you're gonna get out of me is your 13 cents and a fuck off

>>28514321
gay take
surgeon, engineer, medical field, trades, astronaut, etc
real jobs require skill. driving doesn't

it's even less involved than even something easy like fast food worker. delude yourself and pretend it's not if you must

no idea who ethan is either btw

>>28514279
>however you are unlikely to be gatekept from employment
The gatekeeping for trades became ridiculous. It's all boomers working past or towards retirement refusing to quit, and then telling everyone they know to get a trade job. Learn a trade they said! Anything unionized and worth working in is dogshit.

>>28514334
You’re right; it takes years of training and tuition to get the careers you’ve listed, while getting the training and tuition to be a dry van driver without endorsements is optional.

>>28514279
>didn’t specialize
Bruh, $29/hr at Pepsi was the high end for Class A drivers around here. Fuel truck guys are probably similar pay, $70k-$80k a year working 50-60hrs a week with bullshit hours.

Flatbed structural aluminum hauling was $27/hr for guys with experience. Another flatbed equipment hauling gig was driving fancy lawn mowers and turf equipment to all of the Florida golf courses, $23-$27/hr based on experience.

The best option I had, still my Plan B if this water plant falls through at the 11th hour, is this concrete coring + drilling company. I hit it off super well with the guy as he saw me float gears on his old Volvo 8spd dump truck. He was willing to do $27/hr to start, but it wasn’t a driving job, he needed a guy with a CDL to drive a dump truck with a trailer with a backhoe or whatever equipment on the trailer, then operate that equipment. And he was willing to train me on the equipment. I’m hanging onto his business card no matter what.

Don’t forget that Bulk job I had at Pepsi, our department was an average tenure of 20-25 years, that was one of the most comfy local Class A gigs you could get and most guys wanted to retire doing that, until HR and management fucked us.

>>28514279
>>28515405
The one thing I’ve seen a lot of demand for, at least in this area, if you have a CDL and can go get whatever that crane operator certificate is, they’re looking hard for those dudes and paying well. I think the crane operator course is like more work than a Class A though.

No trucks allowed????
No FUCKS allowed!!!!