How often do you Use/Listen to the CB Radio?

[kc0rey]

I used to listen tothat stuff on XM. I quit after about a month and cancelled my subscriotion............Too much crybaby crap for me....and then guys llike Steve and Dave Summer and Bill Mack who have never been in a truck all have thier advice for drivers. What a hoax that is................

[buck and a half]

Everybody to thier own opinion. I like to hear what others are doing. There are alot of folks that are up to date here on xm, and hundreds of OOIDA members. i enjoy landline and OOIDA reports also. These guys bill mack,dave summers and nemo have helped to make trucking alot more interesting and basic, not many out there that has helped our industry than them.

[RubberMan]

Yea KC0Rey, I'm not a ham, but it's just like anything else when ya get a new toy . . . ya can't wait to play with it .
For right now it's a lot of fun, But I get bored easily . . .

[Redneck]

Originally Posted by buck and a half

Everybody to thier own opinion. I like to hear what others are doing. There are alot of folks that are up to date here on xm, and hundreds of OOIDA members. i enjoy landline and OOIDA reports also. These guys bill mack,dave summers and nemo have helped to make trucking alot more interesting and basic, not many out there that has helped our industry than them.

From what I use to get from these guy's was they were just another person trying to sell a truck driver something.

Do them guy's still advertise JB like it is a gold mine?

[kc0rey]

Originally Posted by Redneck

From what I use to get from these guy's was they were just another person trying to sell a truck driver something.

Do them guy's still advertise JB like it is a gold mine?

Yes......and Yes.......JB....Central Refrigerated.........You know.....all the "good" ones LOL

What used to kill me is all the folks who would call in...............cry about this....cry about that...........if their lives/jobs are that dang bad maybe they should make some changes...........Crying about it won't change a thing...........What a waste of money XM and Serios are..........Put in a CD, turn up the Yaesu and relax already.

[Redneck]

Originally Posted by kc0rey

Yes......and Yes.......JB....Central Refrigerated.........You know.....all the "good" ones LOL

What used to kill me is all the folks who would call in...............cry about this....cry about that...........if their lives/jobs are that dang bad maybe they should make some changes...........Crying about it won't change a thing...........What a waste of money XM and Serios are..........Put in a CD, turn up the Yaesu and relax already.

Thats kinda what I figured..kc0rey thats the main reason I got rid of mine after about 3 month's...man I ain't never heard so much crying.

[Stomper4x4]

Originally Posted by kc0rey

What used to kill me is all the folks who would call in...............cry about this....cry about that...........if their lives/jobs are that dang bad maybe they should make some changes...........Crying about it won't change a thing...........What a waste of money XM and Serios are..........Put in a CD, turn up the Yaesu and relax already.

Amen brother!

[MACK E-6]

About as much crying as grown men do when stuck in traffic?

[tfisher63]

I use mine fairly often. I consider it a tool, just like any other tool. I run across Wyoming and Montana backroads olot. Like the member talking about using a CB in Maine, They are useful to help other drivers avoid wildlife, fallen rock etc. My cb and the radios of a few other drivers saved myself, other truckers and motorists from running into a herd of black angus cattle on hwy 212 in Montana one dark night. I turn mine off when I get to the truckstop too. I find it quite enjoyable at times when running acroos the back country to have another driver to talk with. And like some else said before, the conversation usually gets better farther from the interstate. Just today, while going across Wyoming, for about 100 miles I had a good conversation with a fellow from N Carolina, an ex military man trying to make a living. No echo, no roger beep, no big radio. I hope I see the guy again sometime.
I dont speed or run two log books or anything like that, but its nice to have warning before you roll up on a portable scale or DOT check somewhere. Just in case you forgot to update the logbook when yyou stopped last time etc.

[mrjuggalo9er]

i use it all the time to try and sell other drivers to jb hunt it my advertisement