Thread 28630381

Was 3.5 miles away from having a theoretically perfect legal day today, and damn, I really could've used that extra dollar.

Just kidding btw. That would've been 1.40$ of which I would've actually seen 85 cents.

>>28630417
The only thing I miss about local truckin is seeing all my cute latina coffee girls on the road

>>28630497
That's what I'm making to do OTR :(
>>28630626
Cute trugg. Would drive.

>>28630690
Fuck OTR. Why would you ever live in the box of a truck 24hrs a day/350+ days a year for $60k-$70k?

Pepsi was ok while it lasted til they fucked me, now I got a 7a-3:30p M-F gig with holidays off and mad benefits.

>>28630701
I'm in my first year so I'm just getting experience. I actually like OTR and will probably do it for a few more years but I'm actively looking for companies that will pay me better than what I'm making now so I can make the jump ASAP. I'll end up making about 56k this year pre-tax and taking home 35k all said and done.

Eventually I'll get something regional or on a dedicated route or get on with walmart or if I'm really retarded I'll be an O/O but for now I'm just grinding. Home life is shit as well, I'm effectively homeless, so that plays into it too.

>>28630701
>Why would you ever live in the box of a truck 24hrs a day/350+ days a year for $60k-$70k?
So I can travel.

>>28630713
>>28630730
I’ve never heard any company driver talk about how much they enjoy the travel between uncoordinated shipper - truck stop with no parking spaces - receiver who says you were supposed to be there yesterday so now you have to sit until Monday to be unloaded.

TIL you can drive 294 miles until a broken DEF system limits you to 5mph

>HEY YOU'RE LITERALLY TRIGGERING THE ENVIRONMENT TRUMPIE IM LIMITING YOU TO 5MPH

>>28630381 (OP)
Your pic related. I find myself saying stop wanking when the light turns green.

In for letting EF know he is a complete faggot.

>>28630747
I am a mentally broken subtard so I actively enjoy being a trucker doing OTR. Plus, anyone that can't find parking at literally any time of day almost anywhere is a broke retard that should've trip planned better. Unless you're literally in Manhattan or Shitcago and have five minutes left on your clock you can find somewhere to park and you're irredeemably fucking dumb for putting yourself in that position to begin with.
>>28630871
Let us know what you end up selling your truck for, I get high off of hearing others sorrow and loss.

>>28631106

I have decided, after careful planning, market analysis, consultations with industry professionals and some Busch Light, that fuck it, we ball.

I'll be back.

>>28631140
Basado

>>28630747
It has its moments. You just don’t need to be a cynical retard who fell for the money meme, when you get into trucking.
The pay is going to be shit, especially during your first couple of years, so if you get into trucking with this knowledge, you will see the other benefits in trucking.
We all know, as truck drivers, that most days are going to be boring and/or shitty. We just need to make the best of it and if you’re a sucker for scenic landscapes of all sorts, then traveling the country as a trucker makes up for the shitty pay and lifestyles we have to endure with our jobs.

>>28630929
you will never be me you wannabe p

Don’t fucking laugh.
I dare you.

Lowkey i kinda want to try out trucking as a job. I dont have anything really tying me down at home, family is alright, no gf/wife for now, my friends are here but i only see them a couple times a year cause the trajectory of our lives diverged after uni.
Problem is I dont know how to get started, looking at job boards i cant find anything within my province that doesnt already need 3+ years of experience.
I also understand getting trained and certs is an investment but dumping 10k just to get started is a fierce hit to my limited funds cause im already getting fucked by student loans from my engg degree.
Also seeing these jeets come in, get cdls from shoddy schools, and cause accidents might hurt my chances at getting hired as a person who was born and raised in this country(leafland) while brown myself.

Not a trucker but I was just at Bucee's getting some noice roasted nuts and kettle korn.

How does pic rel make you feel?

>>28631607
Don’t know what to tell you, man. I’m a white American who went to a mega-sponsored trucking school, through a $7000 loan that my employer is paying every month until it’s paid off or my employment is terminated. While I felt the training was adequate enough for me to get on the road (they don’t teach you everything, though), not everybody is going to grasp what the school teaches you.
Getting started in trucking (training and/or employment) is going to be tough and the pay isn’t going to be worth it, especially if that’s the main reason you’re getting into trucking. Getting employed through a mega carrier will ensure that everything but necessities will be taken care of for you, so any sustenance, showers, parking, and any extra fluids or equipment you get for the truck comes out of your pocket. Maybe you can get reimbursed for your expenses, but then again they may refuse, especially if you sign up for Per Diem.

>>28631645
No fucks given.
We have our own version of Bucc-ee’s, in Iowa.

>>28631654
Looks like a glorified Pilot ngl

>>28631657
>>28631662
It’s a glorified TA.

Hope everyone had a good truck driver appreciation week. We had a BBQ and snacks/drinks all week. Feels good to be a hourly LTL chad.

>>28631667
I didn’t get anything because I’ve been on the road for three weeks.

>>28631607
>looking at job boards i cant find anything within my province that doesnt already need 3+ years of experience
In the US you'd pretty much have to look at the OTR megas since you'd be a newb and in that case what state you're in doesn't matter. Well, unless the mega has a ban on hiring in that state because it's difficult to get load in and out of which mean it's hard to arrange home time for the driver. Florida and Montana are two that are frequently on No-Hire lists. Some won't hire from North Carolina for similar reasons. Probably something same thing going on in Canadia.

Try to find some sort of government subsidy. Failing that find what mega up there is offering training for the CDL and they'll send you to the CDL mill that they use. Yes, you'll have to pay back but I did the same and didn't really notice it but my carrier was reasonable to work for. Note that in the US it's a thing with insurance companies that they want to see drivers be accredited by a school that had at least 160 hours of instruction. Less leads to drivers not be insurable and therefore not a candidate for hiring. Can't be much different up there I'd think.

Then get at least a year in and then find something to specialize in like Heavy Haul.

>>28631654
>motor carrier road atlas
>2025
Explain

>>28631738
It’s a good back up in case your phone/GPS shits the bed.

>>28631752
Also, motor carrier atlases have low clearance information, so drivers can avoid streets/areas that have low tunnels or bridges that would otherwise fuck up their equipment.

Just got my first HOS violation by two (2) minutes. How boned am I?

>>28631140
SHOCKER WOULDA NEVER GUESSED PRIMEFAG BEING A PISSBABY AND POSTING WORDS WITH NO WEIGHT

>>28631948
I get minor violations all the time. My carrier doesn't care if the violation is under 30 minutes. I caught a roadside inspection going along US-70 through arkansas and had a 7 minute violation a few days before. Officer asked me "what caused you to drive 7 minutes over on thursday?" and I told him, long wait at the intersection before the truck stop, and a few of those minutes were on the truck stop parking lot getting parked. He shrugged and said alrighty then, and let it slide. My experience is they will be reasonable about very small violations. Sometimes, as with all law enforcement interactions, you are going to get officer McCactusDildo who is just going to shit on you because he can.

>>28631948
Not very, with your employer. They may put you on suspension for a couple of hours for your first offense, in a 6-month period, then again, they may do nothing about it unless you keep going over your hours. Do it too many times and they will fire you.

>>28630713
How tf are you getting taxed 35%? What's the pay and expenses structure like for an OTR? I assumed the mileage rates are low because the company covers everything else.

>>28631645
Bucees is a bigger worse sheetz and the only reason you like it is cause you fell for its quirky marketing, you are not immune to the propaganda and a consumer of slop

>>28631948
Afaik if you don't get pulled over in the 8 days since you did it then it may as well not exist. The company may notice and call you on it so don't make a habit of it but they don't have to send it directly to the police unless youre getting audited or something

>tired of being the IT help desk bitch for $20/hour, quit
>tired of being an amazon warehouse zombie for $20.25/hour, get cdl and quit
>now a truck driver and making… about $16-18/hour
I still remember my wide eyed optimism after I got my cdl this year, thinking that driving a big rig would pay more than working at Amazon loading and unloading trailers. I unironically made more money putting boxes on pallets surrounded by good-looking latinas than I do operating a tractor trailer… you guys are getting absolutely screwed over

>>28632794
>you guys are getting absolutely screwed over
I already knew the pay would be shit before I even started trucking, last February. I’ve taken this career so I can work on my bucket list for visiting every state in the US. I’ve visited 13 states before I started trucking. Now, I’ve visited 28 states, total, so far.

>>28630929
You think I won’t come through but I will

>>28633341
just like ur wife

>>28633341
>that pic
When ur wife said she needed a bed full of black pipe she wasn't talking a trailer load of plumbing supplies

>>28632650
Yeah I told them about it and explained I had been looking for parking for half an hour prior and they said it was nbd. Just don't make a habit of doing it. Running the northeast is a bastard sometimes was the gist of the conversation.

>>28632794
Once you get a years experience with a clean record you can start making better money than that. Get 2-3 years and you can be clearing six figures after taxes. It's only slave labor for the first part largely because insuring you is wildly expensive because the odds are you fuck a bunch of shit up or hurt somebody in the first 1-6 months. Hell you can go drive a garbage truck for waste management and make 80-90k before taxes and get hella bennies and I think even stock options if you don't wanna do OTR/Regional or Dedicated.

>>28633344
>>28633383
You guys need better material

>>28633474
That’s cool. Still not worth it. I used to spend close to an hour sitting on the toilet using my phone each day at amazon. I also was never at risk of my life being over because gagdeep poomar in a vw jetta pulled out in front of me in a 45.

I ain't got no panties on

I feel lost in life bros. Shall I become a trucker?

>>28633854
Are you okay with not earning shit your first year and having to do OTR and live in a space smaller than a jail cell the entire time before you can get an actually decent job that pays you like a human being? Are you an extreme introvert that thrives on a near total lack of socialization and relationships?

If so this might just be the job for you.

>>28633854
Are you lost because of circumstances outside of your control or because youre too stupid to set yourself straight? Im firmly in the latter and I just kinda bumbled into trucking and its workin out ok, ain't paradise most days but it can be pissin rain or ice as smooth as glass and it'd still be better than the best day of getting drunk before my shift of mind numbing factory labor. Ive actually got a career path now, and while some (white collars, keyboard jockeys, crabs in the bucket etc) may turn their nose up at it the rate of growth can be enormous. I went from $30k/y to $80k/y in one job swap and I intend to do it again once I get more experience and accolades, but then again I could lay the truck on its side trying to dodge a crackhead and have it be all over before the next day so who really knows. Just keep the faith and you'll find yourself where you need to be

>>28633990
>got a career path now
???

>>28634039
Found one, crazy how they come to the trucker thread only to talk shit cause attending zoom meetings for (at most) 2 hours a day isn't fulfilling.
Yes little doubter I started at a base level pulling box/reefer like most do then I went to bulk chemicals and now im a fuel hauler with my next step being either a more exclusive fuel hauling company or a cryogenics hauler but those are somewhere around a year or two out so I don't worry about the specifics. Tell me when your next promotion is, surely you don't just sit at a desk waiting for someone at a desk above you to keel over right? You do have a rough idea of how youre going to improve your money making obligation don't you?

>>28633468
If you’re not already using the Trucker Path app to look for parking, I suggest you do.
There’s a hidden gem or two in the NE, where there’s plenty of parking for truckers. I’m not going to give them to you because I don’t want to risk too many people finding out about them, causing the lots to fill up.

>>28634100
lol didn't mean to touch a nerve. Thanks for informing me.

i have my cdl already just get me on the road

>>28630381 (OP)
how the fuck are you supposed to creep with this piece of shit?

>>28634401
My mega uses the Eaton UltraShift and you simply apply the service brake, disengage the parking brake, select D, and let go of the service brake to allow the truck to start creeping.

>>28634401
>>28634435
Oh, they’re the same thing.

>>28634440
That’s all it says in the manual.

>>28634445
>have to use the shitty dial button to go through 10 settings just to back up to a dock
nu trucks are so gay its unreal

>>28633474
>Hell you can go drive a garbage truck for waste management and make 80-90k before taxes
hahaha, the absolute delusion of truck drivers

>>28633474
>>28634486
and thats including mandatory overtime. the only way you're hitting $90k is if you're pulling 60 hour shifts every week all year long

>>28630381 (OP)
Batteries are shot and truck cab stinks of sulfer. Yay.

>>28634449
cant find the setting in the cab, instructor is saying its a laptop setting, literally unusable

>>28631667
Went in for wiring work and they had a bbq, so that was pretty neat.

>>28631667
>truck driver appreciation week
fucking Americans

>>28634701
If you bought it a trucker brought it
And thats a FACT

>>28634706
How can a truck deliver truck parts to build a truck?
Checkmate, atheists!

>>28634701
>based Americans
FTFY

>>28634701
They do this in Canada, too, I'd be shocked if there isn't something similar in Europe

I thought about getting into trucking, but pajeets are ruining the industry and all the oldheads are telling me not to even consider it now

Wat do?

>>28635174
The French have too many roadblocks to have days to clebrate the guys making them.
Allegedly French farmers make more money from roadblocks than from growing things.

>>28634706
Then it should be called customer appreciation week

>>28635181
Move to Clearfield, PA and become Ethan’s wife’s pimp.

>>28635184
The last time I was there they were making more money leasing acreage for wind farms, so at least that's a step up

>>28635181
Right now is either the best or worst possible time to get started in it. Jeets and peanut heads aren't ruining shit, fuel prices and there not being enough freight to run is as is the DOT being massive faggots to O/O's and a lot of major roadways being in disrepair and traffic enforcement being nearly non existent. Plus all the megas need to get their assholes resized in court for colluding to keep rates low at the behest of their customers.

>>28635181
Try it, the barrier to entry is at worse a couple thousand bucks or up to 1 year of your life, if youre a mature enough adult to realize the worst its ever gonna be is your first year then you may find a good career once you get passed the beat your dick in phase.
Unless the oldheads are trying to teach you something, do not listen to them, I've found a vast majority of guys have a shit attitude about the whole thing and are unwilling to see the good cause X or Y happened or are living in the past and unwilling to see today. Baby boomers in particular still think gas is <$1and houses can be bought for pennies on the dollar, completely delusional to how the world actually is now and as such their world view should be taken with a boulder of salt if not ignored entirely.

The sensation coming from the trailer during live unloads, where the workers only use pallet jacks instead forklifts, is strangely soothing, in the tractor.

>>28635249
>the barrier to entry is at worse a couple thousand bucks or up to 1 year of your life
Just a heads up most companies now offer free tuition no strings attached. Walmart payed for my Associates degree (starting from day 1, no strings attached) and a grocery chain paid for my CDL (after 90 days employment). There is no reason to put yourself into debt

She hardly leaves this seat, now.
I’ve made her too comfy.

>>28637010
Cute kot, wish me company let me have one but its dogs only

>>28633478
That's what ur wife says when there's not multiple glistening BBC's stinking up her room

>>28637530
Virginia has Goochland, northwest of Richmond.

>>28631575
>>28637530
>>28637557
I once got yelled at by my boss because we were passing the yocumtown exit on i83 in PA and I yelled "YO! CUM TOWN?" and it woke him up from the nap he was taking

>>28635190
is he from clearfield. i never see him at any TA around there

>>28638350
That’s because Sapp Bros is his favorite truck stop, since it’s close to home.

Had a unique delivery experience, where I was not able to do a straightback at the con because they had shipping containers in the way.
Wasn’t too hard to get into but it did test my skills as a new trucker.

Who's truckin with Chloe?

Is there no better way to load/unload tires? Seems to suck for the guys who have to (un)load and the driver who has to wait for it to be finished.
I guess you can say this sort of job is… tiring.

Literally never working the northeast again. Will likely tell whoever tries to send me there to kill themselves. I'd rather be a local driver in Atlanta.

>>28640119
Where exactly did they send you?

The Chad day cab.

>>28639833
ummmm SEXO BONER MUCH???

idk about you guys but any time I see a woman of middling attractiveness doing something normally done by a man I get REALLY aroused.

The Virgin sleeper

>>28640686
From the looks of things some kind of hellscape full of subhumans. I always thought hell was underground but I now know it's anything north of Pensyltucky and east of OldBayland with a couple franchises in Shitcago and Commiefornia.

Really though I'm never leaving the south and midwest ever again. That shit's for retards and people getting paid hourly and well.

>>28640876
ackshually that spacious rear cab is made for fucking so you've got it backwards

>>28640888
You poor sap. Do you expect everything to be handed to you on a silver platter? Do you want dispatch to stroke your head and say everything will be fine, every time you make a boo-boo on the road?

>>28640119

Quit your bitching pussy, it ain't even winter yet. Learn to trip plan better and run nights, when I was NE regional I ran nights and shit was awesome, all the scales closed, most of the retards were asleep, and because it was night time I could dodge all the ((((toll roads)))) and still make good time.

Then when my night was done, I had front row parking all the time because all the day walkers and solar powered drivers were gone.

>>28640888

The South is just New England but with browns and every scale is wide open all of the time because of that.

>>28641452
>The South is just New England but with browns and every scale is wide open all of the time because of that.
liar I’ve been running NE regional since january and it’s literally all either browns or old white guys. I have yet to see another white male 20-something trucker on the road.

>>28641000
I have no problem running the north east as far as skill and safety are concerned. But I'm not gonna do it for what works out to being 15$ an hour if I'm at full speed on the highway at the limiter, which almost never happens in this part of the country. I did 320 miles today and averaged 31.6mph, which means after taxes I'm making 7.50$ an hour. To drive a semi and take on all that risk and liability and deal with yankee assholes. Fuck that shit.
>>28641452
Our company is fucking retarded and only wants us working during the day so I can't run nights unless my first day of the week is cut short and I take my 10 early, which fucks me, because they only want us running Monday through Friday and only run critical shit on the weekends. Which also means I'm eternally fucked for parking. I am restricted to only doing my job in the worst possible conditions to do it in which means I make the least amount of money possible for the most amount of stress possible. So the answer is easy, I'm not going north of Pensyltucky or east of OldBayland anymore until I'm at a real company that doesn't force their drivers to do things the hardest fucking way possible.

The south very fucking much is not just new england but with browns either, the roads aren't made for horse carriages and there's actually parking available even at the worst times of day. You can reliably do 500-600+ miles a day even running during the daytime during the work week in a truck limited in the 60's. You cannot do that in the northeast in those conditions without being on paper logs and driving outside of the hos limits. I'm trying to make money, not jerk off about being a super trucker, I'll save that for when I'm making 70cpm or better in a truck that can do 70mph or better for a company that doesn't look for every way possible to fuck me as soon as I get around 2000 miles.

>>28640888
Trips confirm you are a limp-wristed faggot. If thousands of trucks can get through even the Bronx without crashing every day, you have no excuse.

>>28641526
They have plenty of mexicans and jeets and mystery meat people up north, guy is a retard.

>>28641544
I bet they're not doing it for federal minimum wage and if they are I bet they're an immigrant or a retard or a felon. If I was being paid hourly I'd happily run up north, if I was being paid 70cpm or preferably better I'd happily do it. I literally came through the bronx today, I have the skill to do it, I'm just not gonna do it if I'm not getting paid anywhere near appropriately. Anyone doing that shit needs to be making 30/hr or better before taxes to make it worthwhile.

>>28641544
Nah he’s right we don’t get paid enough for this shit. My company sent me to Long Island I told them if they send me there again I will walk out immediately. Not even because of the danger but I’m not going to make tight turns with cars on both street if I’m literally making $100 for 5 hours of work.

Remember that truckers AVERAGED 117k only fourty years ago. Boomers, in a single generation, have totally destroyed the middle class.

>>28641558
I'd quit my job tomorrow and be a local driver in jew york shitty if I got paid 30/hr to do it or better. Happily. More than have the skill for it. But unless it's that much minimum I'm not fucking doing it and if I lived in jew york shitty I'd want it to be 40/hr minimum because I'd be living in a shoebox or my car to be able to afford it. But these megas want to send me through there in a sleepercab pulling a 53' trailer for less than 40cpm - they can eat my asshole. I'm not doing it anymore. There's plenty of freight elsewhere that I can run and actually get good mileage doing it.

If I run a 3000 mile week that means after taxes right now I'm bringing home 700$ and after insurance and shit I actually see 550$ of that in my pocket. I've yet to have a 3000 mile week, my best with this company thus far has been about 2700. But they want me to go drive in the hardest area possible in the worst conditions possible to do it in other than doing it in the winter on top of all this? They can do a flip for all I care. Just because I have the skill to do it doesn't mean I'm gonna do it for hardly any money, if anything it means I shouldn't do it without demanding more.

>>28641558
Long Island is piss easy.

Now BROOKLYN. Never again. Double parking everywhere and an hour to go 2 miles.

>>28639885
When I delivered milk we would return the trailer to the yard with the empty milk crates nicely stacked up in 6x6 rows so the crews could easily pull them onto a conveyor but if they had pissed me off recently (every fucking day those pothead scum) I'd drive back without the load bars up and they'd have to pick up every single one by hand and restack em

>>28640851
She had 2000 viewers when I viewed that channel, she probably makes more from the stream than from trucking.

>>28633341
I never understood the point of third world American trucks.
>lower loads
>less power
>slower speed and acceleration
>poor quality
>shit driving experience
>longer braking distance
>take more space
I could continue this list forever, endless list of "American trucks are shit".

Here’s your mudflap bro

>>28637307
God I wish I had a wife like that 2beeayytch

>>28642360
>more space to cram in more drivers
>cheap parts
>cheap maintenence (3rd world countries exclusive)

Whats the best home daily gig I can hope for with 2 years DV and reefer exp? Got hazmat and tanker 'dorsements recently too.

>>28642725
HR: Sorry sir but you need 2 years OTR hazmat/tanker experience with no tickets or preventables before you’re qualified for local tanker.

>>28642725
HR: Sorry sir but you need 2 years OTR hazmat/tanker experience with no tickets or preventables… as well as never showing too early or too late for an appointment and maintaining a minimum of 3 seconds of safe space in front of you AT ALL TIMES, and have an exceptional credit score with no history or debt or bankruptcy before you’re qualified for local tanker.

let's say that I have £30k
and I also don't know shit about truck mechanics other than maybe oil/filter changes
now, are volvo FHs any good? I want something to carry my ass for great distances with the least headaches

srsly considering becoming an OTRfag but i don't know how to break it to my girl

>>28643333
Volvo makes good shit but 30k british pesos likely won't buy you one unless it's damn near clapped out and in need of extensive maintenance if not repairs. Driving a semi as a personal vehicle, while legal, is a gigantic pain in the ass and costs an exorbitant amount of money. I imagine it would be an even bigger headache in the most cucked country on earth where everything is expensive as hell and if you're not a muzzie the government actively hates you and wants you to die.

Just get a regular diesel pickup. It'll be more than sufficient and much less expensive and less of a hassle. Unless you're driving 100k miles or however many faggot meters is equivalent while towing dozens of tons doing it every year a semi of any sort is just jerking off and wasting money.

>>28643347
i;m sure she'll enjoy herself

>>28643347
Unless you have zero other options for a job I sincerely wouldn't recommend it. You'll take home about 600-700$ a week, you'll be home about 2-5 days a month, and you'll absolutely hate life. OTR mentally and emotionally and spiritually rapes almost everyone that does it and unless you're a literal schizoid that would rather not eat than have contact with other human beings it's going to rape you too. The only way your relationship would have a chance in hell of lasting is if you took her with you and she was your living fleshlight and was cool with just chilling in the bunk or passenger seat otherwise, and even then there's good odds you two end up fighting all the time and breaking up because you're up each others ass all the time. Best case scenario you end up getting her pregnant and she has to go home to raise the kiddo and you're now forced to keep working even if you hate it because you have a baby to pay for.

If you two break up and you're fucked for work, sure, go try OTR. Otherwise just get a local driving job or a regular job.

>28643357
>can't not talk about large nubian phallus or imply that everyone wants it all the time
Go to church nigga goddamn. Shit's embarrassing.

>>28643368
Enlightening stuff!

permanent highway scum here
can you niggers get out of the right lane before on-ramps
i will make room, literally just do it
thanks
it takes at least 10-15 people with brains to prevent jams in the west coast wherever people get on/off the road

>>28643381
British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC2 was where Top Gear lived.

>>28643414
There's a BBC for everyone

>>28643408
If I drive in the middle lane people get salty behind me and start passing me like retards flipping me off. If I stay in the right lane I get the satisfaction of fucking over everyone trying to get on the highway, and if they hit me it's not my fault and they likely die or get maimed. Plus it's easier to just maintain my lane. Sorry, we're not in a high trust society anymore, haven't been for a generation.

>>28643494
i feel that
retard commies make trucks drive slower for some reason, so it causes retards to get frustrated
but id rather have a slow truck in the middle than in the right really
if you drive slowly but consistently so there's space ahead of you, you are appreciated

>>28643498
Yeah I always leave space even in bumper to bumper. It's stupid not to. If anything I'm usually the one letting people in. My favorite thing to do is when traffic gets consolidated down to one lane because of construction or an accident, I'll do the ELD creep on duty to save my clock until I've got like a mile of space in front of me and then slowly ramp up speed until I get to the other side and shit opens back up. Can fix traffic jams and unfuck an entire highway. The only downside is everyone behind me hates me for it because they're impatient and/or retarded and would rather huff exhaust from the car inches in front of them moving a couple feet every minute because it feels like they're making more progress, rather than chilling the fuck out for a while and getting the flow of traffic restored again.

To be honest this really isn't a job for smart people, you should ideally just be a perfect retard jeet and shit in a hole in the floor and not care if you die or kill people while getting paid slave wages.

Rand McNally or Garmin Dezl? Trucker Path constantly crashes anymore regardless of device and I can't figure out why.
>inb4 road atlas boomer

>never backed anything in a day in my life
>first time backed a boat and trailer down a 45 degree ramp into the water with no issues
I'm ready for my CDL now. $60k starting please.

>>28643867
I use a Garmin dezl OTR610, which is one of the smaller GPSes. It can be reliable but it doesn’t always have accurate information about road restrictions (e.g. GPS telling you you’ve entered a truck-restricted area when there are no signs telling you no trucks allowed). My GPS has been crashing lately, ever since it updated.
I will use that and CoPilot on my ELD to help me get to my next destination. Copilot is good for checking for alternative routes and trip planning. You can also get it on your phone.

I do recommend getting a road atlas as a reliable back up in case you’re in a bad area with shitty reception.

>>28642360
Spectacularly wrong on all accounts.
Trucks aren’t cars. The they are platforms. I can go order anything I want.
Anything. I can build anything I want.
Post something. Anything and I’ll post the American equivalent.
Btw the largest body on frame trucks in the world are American. Check any oilfield or mining operation.

>>28642360
Keep crying fuck boy

>>28642360
Beyond wrecked

Pic is me in 2019. Rhode island.

I saw a gmc general (1979?) for $55k the other day

>>28643989
>>28643991
>>28644085
>>28644098
Nobody cares

>>28643963
Now do it at a 45 degree angle on your blindside with a bunch of people staring at you angrily because you're blocking the entrance to the boat dock, with trucks on either side of you. In less than five minutes. You get to get out and look twice and that's being generous. And if you fuck up you're never allowed to put your boat in the water ever again.

>truckerpath added a cb radio function
Basado

>>28642360
There's probably some oligarch industry reason + boomer machismo

>>28642360
Non sperg answer
>>lower loads
the low trailer isn't stamdard but a lowboy used to haul tall loads. Standard trailers are ~5' (1.52m) off the ground.
>>less power
Theres less power but more torque to get up and down our mountain ranges with heavy loads.
>>slower speed and acceleration
We don't have autobahns, it doesn't really matter. We're also watched like hawks by the DOT, so unless you're some stupid brownoid speed is a pointless stat for a workhorse. As for acceleration, well, you got me there.
>>poor quality
Never driven an EU truck so I've no frame of reference, but since some scanias are built in Brazil and China, vs, say, Cascadias which are built here in the states, I wager ours would win over based on that alone.
>>shit driving experience
Again no real frame of reference. How so? My truck is a decently comfortable ride. The sleeper also isn't a shoebox which is a bonus.
>>longer braking distance
Unironically a skill issue. If you need to emergency brake you've fucked up.
>>take more space
America is huge, and we don't have centuries old city planning that necessitates small trucks with tighter turn radii. The only places short euro trucks are beneficial is cities for which box trucks are usually used.

Why are truckers wives so obsessed with BBC's

>>28644417
sounds like you want in his sleeper

>>28634486
Yea this is missing OT. I was doing like $80k at Pepsi the last couple years, not hard to do at $29.50/hr with 55+ hours a week. And I wouldn’t burn many sick or vaca days so I would ask the boss to start paying me vaca days for my days off starting in Oct or so.

But it gets old eventually.

Also Waste Management… ugh. The office politics and corporate bullshit from that company seemed intolerable. I hope you like pride flags and DEI statements.

How shit is P-FJ to drive for? I'm seeing mixed reviews online.

>>28645842
Why would you work for a truck stop?
>free parking
Never mind.

Tire season is in effect in Colorado and will soon start in other states, or so I’ve been told by the company.
Is winter driving in a semi easier than I think? Is it as hard as I believe it to be or does it all depend on how safe and cautious a driver is?

>>28630381 (OP)
>ENOHP NWOD
what did he mean by this?

>>28645486
>centuries old city planning that necessitates small trucks with tighter turn radii
The Northeast kind of does

>>28645878
Home daily, amd their lots are built for trucks anyway so getting in and out is easy (even though pilot has the worst designed lots of any big brand truckstop I've been to)

>>28630381 (OP)
How’s driving in the winter? Do most megacarriers help compensate for the weather? I run NE regional and my checks are already low enough I can’t imagine with the snow and black ice.

>>28646335
Mine does a good job of keeping us up to date with winter storms. If its bad enough they'll shut down the affected area. Not sure if a fleet of 500 is a mega but eh. Schneider was alright too. No company worth a damn is gonna make you run really icy conditions.

>>28645727
>not hard to do at $29.50/hr with 55+ hours a week
the absolute state

>>28646496
Sure they won’t force you to drive unsafely, but already we only net 700-900 per week. Do you just get fucked on pay for the season or do they normally give some sort of bonus to winter drivers?

>>28646626
We get layover for weather.

trucking is an entry level job for immigrants

>>28643347

Don't do it, you'll make less than a wagie for the first year while literally shortening your lifespan. The wanderlust wears off after a few years and you'll hate your life and everyone around you.

If your girl doesn't ride with you, may as well break up because she will 100% cheat on you with Tyrone while you're out, it's happened to almost every OTRfag. Don't do it. The money isn't there anymore like it was for your parents, these companies nowadays want you to be happy with your 400 dollar weekly check while you think you're beating the system by not paying rent or a mortgage, they want non-domicile CDL holders with nothing more than a cell phone bill and no ambition in life and just enough brains to follow a blue line on a screen but not enough to realize they're getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago, or whatever George Carlin said in the 90s.

>>28646671
>they're getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago, or whatever George Carlin said in the 90s
No, no, no, he said rape is funny.

>>28646694

He said it CAN be funny

>>28646496
>>28646660
What happens if you get caught in a storm? I see a decent number of trucks in sketchy neighborhoods in NYC. Do they just park somewhere and leave it there? There are a few truckstops within 20 minutes (in a truck) of each other here but they all require actual skill to access because the roads were laid out in the late 1800s.

>>28646715

Park that shit and plan ahead days ahead for it, you don't want to be the guy playing musical parking spots while Pajeet, Ahmed and D'ontavius are seeing their first snowfall in their entire lives and shitting concrete rebar blocks at 70mph

Seriously, park it. Watch the weather days in advance, snowstorms are only surprise freak things when it's lake effect in the Rust Belt and for people who only use their phones for tiktok. The storm isn't the real thread, it's the mostly brown people who have never been in it and don't know bout FMCSA Anti-Coercion law.

You park that shit, I got 10 years under my belt and have had my trailer try to pass me on ice and i've had it lift up off the ground from wind in Wyoming, park it, you're not a bad ass by running in it. The only time you need to be in it is to get to safe parking, and you need to get there before all the other blue-line retard drivers do, plan ahead. You do NOT want to be that poor bastard playing musical parking spaces with browns when it's fucking snowing sideways and you can't see past your hood.

>>28646660
Layover for me is 500$ a week. Pretax.

>>28646667
Not anymore bitch

>>28646994
Jesus thats shit, iirc we get 200/24 hrs

>>28646731
What line of work are you looking to move into brother? I can find you the market rate on glory holes in the mid atlantic

>>28647312
This is pretty based and I hope it ends up raising pay across the board especially for noobs. It really shouldn't be legal to have someone doing OTR for less than 50cpm minimum even if they are an illegal immigrant.

>>28646731
Yeah driving in high winds is just fuckin retarded regardless of what you do and if you do have to chain up you'd better be getting paid hourly because you're not going faster than 35mph at best, more like 25-30mph unless you're a retard. Wind will get you up in the panhandle of Texas too if you're not careful. Kansas as well.

>>28647312
So, what are you going to do about a job, now?

I've got a class B, been driving mixers for about 5 years in the Phoenix valley area, and it's been great, good money, good people, but the housing market has gone to complete shit, management has changed, and i don't see either getting better anytime soon.
we've gone from 55-60 hour weeks, to not even 40 hours some weeks. that and the increase in cost of living/housing means this is just not working for me anymore.

anyone know what else is out there for Class B that pays, or if there's an area that's still building in this "not a recession"

Bought a truck, now I'm gonna be rich like everyone on team brown

>>28645842
Depends on the location, the crews i interact with at the fuel terminals aren't pestered by corporate cause the lead keeps his shit in check but locations further out are hounded for dumb bullshit cause they keep fucking up. Then there's the actual locations youre delivering to, sure theyre not 7/11's but they can get real tight and if youre afraid to wake up a driver and tell him to get lost youre ngmi. Other than that its a fine job and looks good on a resume, I'd apply and see if the guy giving you your driving test seems like a responsible leader cause that'll usually determine how much bullshit you'll be facing

>>28647570
More like fucked like everyone on brown team. U know what. I am the bad boy. The real truck boy of /o/. What are u even gonnna do that’s the question innit

>>28647750
Pretty sure I won't be fucked when it comes to loads

My mega may not have the best showers but at least they’re free.

It should be legal to violently assault anyone in the northeast at any time. If they're east of the Mississippi and north of the mason-dixon they're not a human being.

>>28647773
Real nigga detected

I know finding parking can be a bitch but you must be fucking retarded for parking on the interstate shoulder. At least find a nice ramp to park on – it’s better to be hit by a decelerating vehicle than a vehicle going at least the speed limit.

>>28648948
If you're gonna park on a ramp, use the on ramp, not the off ramp. People hit offramps at or above highway speeds regularly, and you're more likely to be hit by a drunkard coming off the highway than getting onto it.

>>28648948

parking is only a bitch to people who aren't Max Gear rated on TA/Petro's reward system that lets you use UltraCredits for paid parking spots.

t. had 14 UC which was the max you can have before they fall off every day, I'm down to I think 6 right now and used one last night to gt a spot at Seymour IN TA at like 2am.

>>28642360
iron mike sharp said it best: if euro trucks like scania were worth a shit, they'd be poplar in america. but they aren't, so nobody gives a shit about them.

>>28642360
Is it your period?

>>28649114
My mega only has a handful of TA as fuel partners, so I’m not able to take advantage of getting free monthly showers or parking through any chain. Best I can get is a free shower after fueling.

>pouring rain outside/low visibility
>pass by a car wedged between the median and a car hauler because the dumb biatch’s lane was ending and they wanted to get ahead of the truck
You can lose your career in the blink of an eye because some douche wanted to save 3 seconds on their commute. Happens every day and it’s still unbelievable

>>28650205
Knowing car haulers, they were probably going way too fast for conditions and that's why they couldn't compensate for that faggotry. Always assume everyone is either a dumbass, distracted, drunk, or doesn't want to live anymore and you'll be just fine.

Also RIP to the raccoon I splattered tonight on I-80 coming through Ohio. He was a good boi and he dindu nuffin. Caught the fucker with my right steer at 78k, barely even felt a bump but he got popped like a balloon.

>>28639833
Enjoying herself I see

This layover until my unload appointment is cutting too close in resetting my 70 hr clock, and I still have 50 hours remaining!
Dispatch is unable to get an appointment any earlier than the current one.

>>28647312
Make trucking great again

Anyone got any good tutorials on air brakes and what each line is for? How to cage brakes, all that stuff. Preferably not too long winded because I have severe ADHD. Never really been around all that stuff and bought a rusted out pile of a truck for the farm and need a quick crash course on what is what.

>>28650779
Blue hose = Service Brake line
Red hose = Emergency Brake line
Yellow hand valve = Tractor parking brake
Red hand valve = Trailer parking brake

>>28647570
I love the shape of that sleeper cab. It reminds me of a GMC Vandura

>>28650796
Btw its called an "emergency" brake but you can't just not attach it if you're in a rush or something. The brakes won't release at all unless the red lines connected and the valve pushed in.

And where the fuck do you think you’re going?

I'm pretty good at American Truck Simulator, would I be a good truck driver IRL

>>28651156
The experience will make you better than brown people, but you still need training to be as good as white steering wheel holders.

If one of my tires pops I'll just keep on rolling I got 17 more you know what I mean

>>28651166
>steer tire pops

>>28651156
I'm afraid they don't hire whites any more

>>28651156
Likely, given that passion is really the only thing that keeps drivers from improving. I heard somewhere that western star hosts some kind of truck rodeo event and a few years ago they opened it up to ATS players and some of them hold their own against guys who've got 1 million miles and decades in the industry.
https://www.westernstartrucks.com/blog/get-wild-it-s-time-to-meet-our-2024-star-nation-experience-winners/
Only problem is, you'll soon find they made the game based on the best part of trucking, I haven't played in many years but I dont remember the simulator making your air lines snap because it was too cold outside or a new dispatcher giving you lip because he's stressed and slipping into DGAF mode or getting to your destination only to play 3rd worlder tag with someone who can sort out a paperwork issue way beyond your control
>>28651196
This is also true, most companies will not accept a "video game" as experience, you'd probably have to join one of those events and show what you've got if you'd want to skip the 2 year meat grinder.

>>28650779
Unless you're recovering a complete shitpit or crashed trailer you won't need to know how to cage brakes. That really only comes in handy if you're a mechanic or wrecker operator, as a regular driver there's zero times you'll need to know how to do it.

>>28651186
Not having dual steers is frankly nigtarded
>>28651156
You'd be a bit better equipped at the actual driving part of the job than a dumbass fresh out of cdl school but you would still need to get some irl experience to get truly good at the job and there's a lot more to trucking than just driving. Give it a shot though, it really only takes a couple grand to get your license and there's plenty of companies that hire noobs.

I don't understand how guys get so fucking fat doing this job. Literally just count your calories, it isn't hard, you can even just maintain weight and still have a full retard bacchanalia cheat day once a week on your 34. I've lost weight since I started and I've been OTR every day except my resets and home time.

>>28651603
Imagine going through life thinking that's true... Was traveling down a gravel road with a lot of loose gravel on top one night in the middle of winter and had a rock kick up and break one of the airlines break clean off of the pot. Like broke the spot where the fitting screws in. Needless to say I caged that bolt at 40 below. Suppose I should have just called a mobile mechanic to come fix it, was only about 75km from the nearest town.

>>28651639
Fat loss is actually so easy. for months i was trying to cut from 200 back down to 190 again and nothing was happening no matter how hard i exercised.
stopped eating for 3-4 days and boom, results

im now extra disgusted by fatties knowing just how easy weight loss actually is

>>28651639
>>28651765
probably just lack of self control. same deal with fat office workers. they probably see really nice food and just buy it impulsively. i wonder if most people eat until they're full, or until they finish all the food on their plate though? growing up i'd always finish what was in my bowl and to this day i still do, but my portion sizes really havent increased much since finishing school. whenever i go out and eat i find that one meal is often enough for two, usually end up taking the leftovers home.

>>28651753
For the vast majority of company drivers they will never ever need to know how to cage brakes, especially since everything is moving to disk brakes now. It's also retarded to cage them and move whatever it is that was caged more than a handful of miles tops in that state. You unironically should've just called a mobile mechanic, had them deal with it, and done a split to recover the lost time instead of operating unsafe equipment. You can call me a faggot and I can call you a retard, it all worked out fine so good for you. Me personally I'm not caging a goddamn thing because it's not my shit and I don't get paid nearly enough to do that kind of stuff or care anywhere near that much.

>>28651765
>stopped eating for 3-4 days and boom, results
also isn't this kind of a crash diet?

>>28651779
looking good is more important than being healthy

>>28651765
I mean yeah you can just fast or do strict keto and drop a ton of weight in a hurry but even a dipshit can easily lose weight. Punch your height and weight into a BMR calculator, assume your activity level is sedentary, eat 500 calories less than that. You'll lose a pound of fat a week as painlessly as possible. There's even diet soda to make it easier.
>>28651777
I think most people are addicted to sugar and carbs and stress eating in general and then they get a job like doing OTR that's often wildly stressful and just eat their stress all the time. Constantly stopping at places serving fried chicken and candy bars with a soda fountain isn't helping either. You can fuck around and suck down an extra thousand calories of soda in a day without even thinking, do that for a week and you just put on two pounds of fat that'll take two weeks to burn off running a basic bitch deficit or probably four or five days of just straight up not eating for an average person.

I also think people are just too retarded to actually read the labels of what they're eating to figure out how many calories they're taking in to begin with. It's like looking at that label curses them.

>>28651779
All dieting is crash dieting. You can't just be in a caloric deficit forever, that's called anorexia and it will kill you. You also can't be in a caloric surplus forever, that's called obesity, and it will make your life terrible before eventually killing you. You have to figure out how many calories you need a day to maintain your current weight, and either eat a deficit of them to lose weight or a surplus of them to gain weight. It is literally just basic math. Calling a form of dieting "crash dieting" uses a psychological trick to get people to stop thinking about it and just keep existing in the state they're in, it ceases all thought, and it's no different than someone that's depressed or upset saying "it is what it is" or "fuck it, we ball".

If you can manage to just not eat for a few days you will lose weight in a hurry. You just can't do it forever or you will die, you do eventually have to start eating again. For someone operating a CMV not eating at all is a terrible idea unless they're otherwise in great health because if they're like most people in the US and they're prediabetic and overweight they will be very likely to just pass out or be exhausted because they have zero blood sugar and they'll end up killing people or dying or both. The actual safest fastest way to lose as much weight as possible as quickly as possible would be strict keto with calorie restriction, but you will be the grumpiest fuck alive if you're only eating like 1200 calories a day and 25-30g of carbs a day. Especially if you're a lardass that's used to 3000+ calories a day and 200g+ of carbs a day like most Americans.

Does your truck tell you how fast the vehicle in front of you is going?

>>28651781
>Constantly stopping at places serving fried chicken and candy bars with a soda fountain isn't helping either.
Doesn’t help that a packaged 400 Calorie salad is $10. I never understood why what is essentially a package of cut up vegetables and sliced hard boiled eggs cost more than everything else in the store.

>>28652186
shelf life and waste, because who the fuck is buying truck stop salads

>>28651156
it has nothing in common
driving the truck is the least of it
living in it, being away
the lyfestyle
loading, unloading, maneuvering in shitty places, dealing with the boss

>>28652110
Yes. My old KW wouldn't keep that setting remembered though, it forgot user settings almost every time you turned the truck on.

>>28650796
>>28651006
Thank you anon.

What about the steering column mounted trailer brake lever/valve. When would that be used?

>>28652309
It may be different on older trucks but on new trucks (if it exists) that's solely for testing your trailers brakes, they even tell you in your DOT permit test to never use it in motion. I know my volvo has one and it has engraved underneath the handle "not for parking or stopping"

>>28652223
I get one every day because I'm not trying to stroke out behind the wheel in ten years. They're honestly not bad. And they're not 10$ either, they're usually 7-8$ depending on where you get them. That's my dinner more often than not.

>Finally get a load to Canada
>its to Mississauga

Some chick was talking about getting lost in a corn field in Indiana on the truckerpath cb radio and someone told her to shut the fuck up nigger and I about pissed my pants listening to the chimp out aftermath.

>>28652926
top kek, would've loved to hear a recording

>>28652933
The best part about it is unlike an actual cb you're not beholden to fcc rules so you can cuss and say whatever the fuck you want, and the only people listening are driving and can't safely block you while doing so. It's damn near a xbox 360 cod4 lobby in there sometimes.

>>28652933

Call someone a nigger on the radio in Atlanta at 5pm and record the chimpout, shit's hilarious I had to pull over once I was crying from laughing so hard.

>Be today, buying fuel in Hubbard OH
>Can't fuel at Jojo's so have to go to Love's
>Park my shit in the fuel island and go inside to buy fuel because the pump can't read my card
>giving the lady my info and a real-life chimpout happens in the entrance of the store
>Some porch monkey was arguing with some dude who actually followed him into the entrance to argue
>Then this nig wants to fight the Love's manager when she told him to fuck off out of her store
>He fucks off eventually

Swear to god it's always something out here.

>>28652957
>>28652999
fuck. the closest i had was a PUBG lobby where i just said diu nei lou mo - cantonese for "i fuck your mother" rather than just "fuck your mother" like we're used to - to anyone in hearing range, and this one guy got increasingly pissed off. i had absolutely no idea what he was saying but it was the funniest shit ever. every time i repeated it you could just hear him losing a bit more shit each time and by the end of it, it sounded like he was deep throating the mic

>>28652999
>>28653035
I am too much of a sperg for chat so I send Tiananmen Square copypasta at Chinese names online.

>$17 load straps rated at 4,000 lbs
What’s the catch here? The 1,000 lb load straps at other truck stops are $40 each, so why is this so cheap at the world’s largest truck stop? Surplus?

>>28652999
Checked, and I'm assuming there's not any actual real consequences to cursing or dropping an N bomb on the cb unless you make a habit of doing it in the same location often enough someone could figure out that it's you.

I appreciate the TA waiting until 8am to do their wakeup knocks for everyone parked creatively. Pilot usually does that shit at 5-6am and it's always the maddest negress in the store knocking like you owe her child support.

Why is Ethan hauling grain in Nebraska? You’re supposed to be hauling BEANS!

>>28654356
Haulin his seed to YOUR MOM lmao goteem

>>28654368

#rekt

Also got my first spotted lantern fly kill today

>>28654382
I saw one last week and didn't kill it.
Fly on little dude.

>>28654382
Like… ever?

>>28654393
We’ve been told that you’re supposed to kill them.
We’ve been told that they kill trees.

>>28654398
Do you always do what you're told?
What if you, just, like, don't?

>>28653615
I paid for parking a couple times at pfj and not once did i get a knock, dont be a nigger and you wont get nigged on, hard concept to grasp for some of you but it is unfortunately true

>>28654406
Well, they also said they came from China so if that’s true then I’m not going to allow China to fuck up the environment.

Drive for a distribution company, delivering to a roster of customers rather than just catching loads to whoever and whatever. The one I hate going to the most is this fucking place. Their delivery dock is in an alley behind the building. There's a concrete wall on one side, a forklift ramp right next to the dock door, some steel stairs on the other side of the dock door, and a concrete wall dividing their parking from the other business so even when nobody is parked there, can't maneuver there. And utility poles on the alley side of the concrete wall, with concrete formed around them ready to tear your bumper off. The only trucks I see delivering to this building are day cabs pulling pups or 48' trailers, but we get the pleasure of fitting a 53' with a full sleeper cab on it. I've been here 3-4 times and always managed to get it in after significant effort, now they have a picture of my truck backed into the dock laminated and taped to their receiving door as proof it can be done. My apologies to every other driver that wants them to tailgate unload

Red marks are obstacles, blue is the dock door

>>28654428
That yellow line by the carpark, is that a wall or just a painted line?

>>28654435
just painted

>>28654406
Sometimes when someone tells you to do something it's because there's an actual problem not because they want to control you

>>28654428
In fact, the first time I delivered there, This was how I landed. there's not enough room to land with the truck straight to the trailer, and I was blocking the fire line, so I started to drop the trailer and they told me they actually have written permission from the city to block that lane for up to 1hr for deliveries. and yeah they move fast as fuck, full trailer unload in under 30 minutes. but there were multiple vehicles that pulled in and had to turn around because the alley was completely blocked

The megas maybe. I'm on with an asset-based carrier and while the mill and factory are staffed by Mexicans (management excluded of course) the trucks are all driven by whites. Not even a token black.

>>28652110
Only the ones with adaptive cruise and not even all of those. I had one before and being able to see the speed of the car ahead made the go/no go decision on a pass in a limited truck much easier.

>>28654408
It's all good I dumped my shit and piss bucket on their lot to make up for it and refuse to ever go there again. Every single pilot I've been to is a complete fucking turd staffed entirely by nigs or jeets or mystery meat. It's still nigtarded to wake guys up at 5am because they parked creatively if they're not blocking the flow of traffic, scale, or pumps.

>>28654458
Why don't those retarded faggots just get a yard dog or even one of those suped up electric carts you can push or pull around rather than making dudes in a sleeper with a 53' struggle? I'll be honest, I'd just pay the first jiggaboo in a daycab I saw to figure that out for me. Rather give someone a crisp 20 than risk my shit.

>>28651603
>Unless you're recovering a complete shitpit or crashed trailer you won't need to know how to cage brakes. That really only comes in handy if you're a mechanic or wrecker operator, as a regular driver there's zero times you'll need to know how to do it.
Did you miss the part where I said I am a farmer? I've had a couple shitty old box vans towed to my farms in the past for storage and may do it myself if another one pops up for sale locally.

>>28654382
I killed at least five or six when I was still a wagie and I killed one in my backyard before sunset. The spoidah who lived in my backyard and ate most of the flies is gone, my siding was replaced and it probably destroyed his little nest.

>>28653035
>PUBG
Do you game in the truck?

>>28654959
I've heard from another driver at my carrier they will have two guys tailgate unload the trailer in the alleyway for a $100 lumper fee. Interestingly, they only accept cash or cashapp. Which means that probably isn't policy, it's just the dock workers pocketing the money

>>28655124
I have my starlink running right now watching youtube tv on my XsX. Getting 300/30 with 28ms ping. Will probably fire up some games here in a minute when I finish my beer. Eventually I'd like to get a gaming pc built to have in my bunk but it's going to be rather expensive to get done and it be 4k capable and not a literal spaceheater.

Lots of folks have a gaming setup in their trucks.
>>28655126
Shit, if I knew it was gonna be an extra hundo I'd just add it to the bill. Still cheaper than fucking my shit up.

>>28655143
is starlink worth? how much?

Yes, starting as a truck driver is going to suck, especially the pay. Expect your first annual salary to be $30k at a mega as a solo driver with no endorsements. It’s a grim truth but you’ve got to start somewhere.

>>28655374
>$30k
Lmao no

>>28655364
NTA but I get good use out of mine. $400 for a refurbished satellite kit, $160/mo for unlimited data. Speeds and connection are pretty good if you mount it to the end of a loadbar outside the cab like picrel.
The price may seem steep, but for me I was paying $200 for combined phone and hotspot device from Verizon for internet, with poor/spotty speeds and connection. Downgraded it to the $50/mo TMobile phone plan since I use the starlink for internet and don't need unlimited data, so my monthly combined phone/internet is roughly the same.

>>28655456
Thats a Starlink Mini kit with Roam service btw. Keeps connected up to 70 mph which is my governed speed so works well for me.

I got my CDL, all my endorsements, and my TWIC card in the last two months. I’ve got a squeaky clean record. The only companies that have said yes after months of applying and calling have been Western Express, and May Trucking due to a gap in my resume. I’m in Cali and it’s been a journey finding work. Western Express has me starting in less than two weeks, May Trucking isn’t until the start of November. I’m broke and in debt and wondering how I’m going to survive until I get trucking, and even the first week or two until I get paid. I know going in that western express is “bottom of the barrel” though I just want to get trucking and see the country. I’m a simple man, I don’t need much. Food, water, and a warm bed while I roll down the road listening to music/podcasts/audiobooks. Any advice? I’ve got everything I own organized, ready to go, just needing the day to come where that door opens to my trucking career.

>>28655374
It's more like 55-65k before taxes
>>28655364
If you can get the antenna cheaply, yes. I'm on the unlimited roam plan currently which is 165$ a month but I'll probably scale it back to roam plan

>>28655474
You'll make it through but the next year of your life is going to fucking suck. Had

>>28655374
Depends on the account. At swift they put me on dedicated 2 weeks after i finished training now I make 73 cpm as a new driver.

Still only gross 1200 cuz the extra unpaid work but at least i’m not risking my cdl as much with more miles for the same money doing dry van otr for 42 cpm

>>28655528
What exactly am I in for? It will honestly be an upgrade for me in many aspects, so I’m not entirely sure what the sucky part is going to be.

>>28655455
>>28655523
Think I’m making shit up? This is my pay after 6 months of OTR.

>>28655596
I did the math and at the company I'm with after a year getting 96k miles in that timeframe I'll gross about 56k before taxes. Actual take home not counting what gets taken out for insurance and cash advances on the road will be about 30k. It's definitely not great money but it's enough to live and it's life changing if you're a brokedick NEET going into it with hardly any bills. My living expenses for a year are 14k, I'm doing great.

If you're doing OTR first year and you're paying rent or a mortgage while doing it you're going to be fucking broke and you're also an idiot.
>>28655595
Western Express is literally the worst mega to work for, their pay is the lowest in the industry. They largely only hire felons and literally anyone with a pulse. They take SAP drivers and drivers with serious accidents on their record. They exclusively operate in the northeast which is the worst region in the country to drive in, their trucks are barebones, you're not allowed to idle at all unless you're about to have a heat stroke or freeze to death, they do a shitbag job maintaining their equipment, and their dispatchers are dumber than fuck. Doing your first year with them will in all likelihood burn you out and make you quit the industry and if it doesn't you're either insane or harder than nails.

You would be better off getting a job as a yard dog operator and holding that down for a few years until you can get on with a real mega. You would make more money and get to be home every night and you'd learn how to back up trailers like a big dick badass.

>>28655685
>If you're doing OTR first year and you're paying rent or a mortgage while doing it you're going to be fucking broke and you're also an idiot.
I’m technically paying rent but I moved back to my mom’s after my roommate sold his house, before I started trucking, but the rent is paying-for-an-apartment-in-the-‘00s cheap.

>>28655701
That's not so bad then if you're just throwing your mom a couple hundo to get your mail delivered there.

>>28655596
You picked a bad company and got raped.

>>28656343
Gotta start somewhere. It’s not like I’m planning on staying here for long. Just getting my OTR experience and then look for greener pastures. Traveling the country and seeing different geographical regions of the US makes it worthwhile, for now.

Alright which one of you troons dumped 20 tactical assault fully automatic extendo clip piss jugs on the side of 35 in WV right before the Mothman Stretch.

Fuck sake how the fuck do you drink that much water and still piss brown dookie water. fuck can you imagine if he flipped that sumbitch and all them piss jugs flying everywhere in the cab. Lmao

>be me
>driving down interstate at night
>tired as fuck
>have two stalks on either side of steering wheel
>left stalk is wiper and light controls
>right stalk is automated transmission controls
>about to go uphill
>push stalk forward to downshift
>flash high beams instead

>>28656846
Been there. The other one is pulling the shifter stalk toward me, expecting a downshift, and then spending forever trying to figure out why nothing is happening.
>because that's the upshift command you idiot!
oh

>>28656846
>begin mountain descent
>turn jakes to 3
>jakes only run at 1
>ride the entire mountain down stab braking because the ECU refuses to kick on full jakes even at 10 over ACC speed
I HATE "SMART" CONTROLS AAAAAAAAA

>>28656855
Clean your fucking truck man

>>28656860
>not running with the jakes turned all the way up at all times
You're a retard

>>28657151
My truck doesnt allow that. 24 cascadia, if the jakes are turned on it will slow down the truck even on flat ground with the ACC at 70. I have to use it manually instead of it working automatically like my old KW.

anyone here drive the new Volvo VNLs? If so, what have you liked and disliked about them. Assume you have the direct ear of someone that can make changes.

>>28657166
They cost at much as a house bro, maybe change that if you want anyone to drive them

>>28655456
>Downgraded it to the $50/mo TMobile phone plan since I use the starlink for internet and don't need unlimited data
you know Mint Mobile is $200 per year for 5GB per month and it uses Tmobile's network

>>28657151
>not running with the jakes turned all the way up at all times
You almost can't with an automatic. Even the slightest lift-throttle will cause the trans to double-downshift. Really annoying in traffic. I've gotten so used to no jake until I turn it on that I run with it off even in a manual truck.

>>28649387
Aren’t euros trucks “unpopular” because of American tarrifs and restrictions on import vehicles

I see vids like this all the time and everyone is always massively impressed with the truck itself, but it’s basically impossible to get them imported and the companies don’t want have the support from the govt to set up plants to manufacture them stateside
https://youtu.be/_KPE0-d3mis

>>28657470
Holy shit that's quiet. I'm in an International day cab and I'd take that instead any day of the week.

>>28634401
Does anyone know where you can find good parts catalogs for these? I work at a dealer and all we have is PDF's, all the other eaton transes have a whole interactive interface with good pics but the endurant doesn't show up there

They keep sending me farther out west and then immediately back east. I’ll complete my 48 bucket list, one day… just not in a semi, for New England (fuck that region). Also, I need to drive into Arizona instead of flying there, to make it count.

>>28657310
On a deprioritized line, so connection will be slow/spotty when I AM forced to use mobile data, like at my rural hometown.

>>28633468
>Running the northeast is a bastard
Like that other guy said, there are hidden gems. If you know you're gonna be ending your day mid afternoon then try to plan on parking somewhere away from multiple interstates, especially if it's a bit of a pain to get to, e.g. the Loves in middletown, pa that ive seen multiple spots open in even at like 5pm. Even better if you can get away from the imterstate entirely, take a us hwy for a while.

>>28631654
I always see that, coming back from chicago. Good to know it lives up to the marketing.

>>28657491
To be fair, thirteen letter shit spreaders are literally the worst trucks on the road. Anything else would be better. If someone tried to put me in one I would laugh at them, laugh harder if they were serious about it, then tell them to suck my sweaty balls with their nose against my dirt button.

>>28657575
Everything north of pennsylvania and east of delaware is a niggerfaggot shithole not worth even visiting.

>>28657790
Central and western New York isn’t too bad and while everything is spread out, there’s plenty of opportunities for parking on the turnpike, especially between Buffalo and Syracuse. I’m less inclined to go anywhere in east NY and beyond. There’s fewer truck stops and service areas and Massachusetts only has one or two major truck stops on I-90. The rest stop on I-93, north of Boston, uses what appears to be prison toilets. I haven’t visited any truck stops in New Hampshire as the shipper was only 20 minutes away from the state line, so I didn’t need to rest there.
The number of truck stops increases as you head towards Hartford, Connecticut on *checks notes* I-84 but due to the lack of truck stops in NE, most of them are usually always full, especially the Pilot in Massachusetts, towards the state line. I ended up at a TA just outside Hartford and it was 100% paid parking for TWENTY-FIVE FUCKING DOLLARS, but it was the only truck stop that had parking at 1 PM.
I haven’t had to park anywhere near NYC and I never had to drive into NYC or any of its boroughs. I think the closest truck stop I stayed at, to NYC was a Flying J in New Jersey, just outside Delaware – it had like 210 parking spaces and it was the only one within 50 miles that had parking available at 8 PM.
Everything from Delaware to east Virginia until you get to Chesapeake Bay is a parking dead zone… from there, parking in east mainland Virginia is sporadic. The Love’s and Pilot west of Norfolk and Suffolk are usually full at night and if you just left the Love’s and see a Kangaroo fuel stop on your GPS, that will take you to a fuel station with one or two parking spaces that may be occupied but there’s a hotel across the street with a dirt lot just off to the side from its parking lot that you should be able to use.

I’m rambling…

>>28657166
I drove a 2022 VNR for a week and I think that truck has the most things I hate out of any of the trucks I've driven in the fleet. The main thing is the 3 sticks, man fuck putting the wipers on their own arm and putting the shifter on none of them, huge pain in the ass running off muscle memory from the other eco trucks. Another is the fucking window doesn't go down all the way which is probably what I hate the most, uncomfortable to rest your arm out the window and uncomfortable to lean out the window when backing or checking curb clearance. Finally the seat, fuckin tiny arm rests (short) the seat bottoms out like there's not even any resistance on it and its just not comfortable even when the road is smooth, I dont usually feel the need to stretch when I get to where im goin but I was halfway through a yoga course at every unload.
As for the 2025 models, lol them fuckers are ugly, international lonestar 2.0. I was previously little more than disinterested in the general ecotruck designs but if theyre goin the way volvo is for the future im gonna real disappointed.

>>28658076
I was under the impression that Volvos while unreliable, were comfy as fuck. I’m glad I drive a Kenworth, despite the occasional squeaking and rattling while going over rough roads and the occasional Chewbacca groan from the steering wheel while maneuvering in a yard.

>>28658259
Of the freightliners volvos and peterbuilts I've driven I'd say the peterbuilt (and likely paccar as a whole) are by far the most comfortable in terms of in cab design. I previously was hesitant to accept change but when I leaned out my window for the first time and got no resistance I couldn't deny I was enjoying it and not once did the seat bottom out anyone driving i99 south of state college PA knows that road is fucked and while it wasnt like riding a cloud it was way better than the alternatives. That being said those fuckers are so fucking loud, I usually base noise off the sound of the open window at 70 mph but the engine noise was competing with even that and the stock speakers ain't all that incredible so there's good and there's bad

>>28657784
My last company assigned me 3 Petes that all had issues within a month until they gave me a 200K mile international that never had a single issue. Sometimes I think you guys over exaggerate the build quality of certain brands as if they’re not all trying to cut costs these days

Anyone else play Slipknot when driving through Iowa?

>>28658363
I'll play metal when I'm going through bad cities as an outlet for my rage towards retards.
If I'm going through some of the more picturesque parts of the country like rural Iowa or the mountains my goto is 2SFH and the like.

After solo driving for 6 months, I’ve become more confident in my backing. I’m still meticulous about leaving equal space between my semi and parking lines (or lack thereof, which I’ll just judge my distance between other trucks), so I will pull up multiple times, but I’m not as doubtful about getting my truck in the right position for backing, as I was before – any errors I’ve made during my setup can be corrected and it’s not frustrating, as before.
My relationship with dispatch appears to be improving and they seem to have accepted the work schedule I’ve set for myself and will assign me loads accordingly. Things can and will change but I’m glad everything has gotten relatively smoother, for the moment.

Man, you gotta admire how skillful heavy haulers are, being able to maneuver oversized loads around intersections and other tight areas that would otherwise be easy to drive through with a 53’ trailer, due to the dimensions of the trailer(s) and its load.

>>28659096
I would work for free for a month if I could kick my dispatcher in the nuts one good time and as cheap as my company is they'd probably take me up on the offer and call me a sucker for not making it two weeks instead. I'm going to finish this year even if it kills me, but I wholeheartedly understand why 52% of people that get a cdl quit within a year and never return to the industry. I'd eat a dozen fat bitches cunts if it meant my contract got paid off six months early. They don't even gotta shower first just hit it with a wet wipe. Fuckers won't even give me 2200 miles a week and I'm not even making 50cpm, I'm pretty sure they do this shit intentionally so they just get cheap freight rates and make bank off of me having to repay my school and board with interest.

If I ever get the chance to swing by my cdl school to give the old head classroom instructor a bottle of whiskey I'm spending the rest of the day laughing at all the idiots out on the yard practicing. They are so fucked it is unreal. It's criminal they don't have an arbecht macht frie sign over the door or at least an abandon all hope ye who enter here. Honestly at this point I'm hoping someone slams into me this winter so I can just get a settlement check and quit.

>>28659486
>Honestly at this point I'm hoping someone slams into me this winter so I can just get a settlement check and quit
You can probably save time by asking dispatch if they can get you a load to or through Colorado, as it’s currently chain season, there and the northwest.

>first trip across border, Orlando to Mississauga
>no clue whats needed
>didn't even realize the shipper didn't give me ANY customs paperwork or PARS stickers
>stuck waiting for dispatch to get into office

I’m fucked whenever I drive west because my truck is governed to 65-68 mph and will start bitching at me to slow down if I manage to hit 75 mph going downhill.

>>28659950
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emut12H0PT0

>>28659947
I mean is it just your truck bitching at you or will you actually get in trouble? The mega I'm with said I would get in trouble for going over 70 for longer than a few seconds but I've bombed it down a few long hills and hit 80 a couple times and literally nothing has happened and it's been months.

>>28660830
The truck’s nanny system will audibly tell you to slow down if you go 7+ mph over what they believe the posted speed limit is (it has gone off while I was going the speed limit a couple of times) and it will beg you to slow down if you reach 75 mph. My mega has also told us during orientation that we would get in trouble for going too fast for too long. I’ve never attempted it. I’m trying to keep as clean of a record as possible with them. I don’t know how easy or difficult it will be to find another job if you have anything on your record but I don’t want to take any chances.

>>28661001
If it was just on your DAC it wouldn't really matter unless you were trying to get on with another mega and they also cared about it. Nobody real cares about anything other than points on your license and preventable accidents. That said with the way most megas slack on maintenance it's probably best to keep it under 70ish at most. With mine a lot of the trailers are unsafe as fuck at any speed, I've declined loads over it several times.

>>28657841
>I haven’t had to park anywhere near NYC and I never had to drive into NYC or any of its boroughs.
Fuck off, we are full. No, it's not worth coming here. The Ryder Cup proved that any sort of traffic will clog the ancient roads. Any load worth hauling will be on the mainland.

>>28661061
You can keep it mate im happy in rural PA where there's no brown people on the radio

>>28630381 (OP)
>dispatch sending me on back to back lives with 4+ hour waits
Yeah, I’ll get there ASAP. I really need that $12/hour when you include the wait time (get me out of here)

>>28661469
Why aren’t you using that time to jerk off outside your truck? If any of the workers see you, just look at them in the eyes and keep at it. Assert dominance.