There have been a few that have fessed up prior to their exodus. They are always saluted for their honesty.

Originally Posted by xlsdraw

There have been a few that have fessed up prior to their exodus. They are always saluted for their honesty.

True. And there really are quite a lot who stick around and keep posting.

I think a lot of the ones that just disappear are the ones that get into trucking on a whim and don't stick it out for one reason or another. Coming here was also a whim and they quickly tire of both.

It would be good for prospective truckers if we had a sticky where everyone who didn't stick with it would post as to why. I imagine many of those posts would read something like - yeah, I should have known better but I didn't believe what I read on here and thought it would be different for me.

Well, there is only one thing left to say, quoted from something Ralph Earnhardt once said " They can't put in ya, and they can't take it out"

J-J

most people dont make it but also i think people starting out tend me to running alot and are getting used to the solo lifestyle compared to the trainee trainer lifestyle. who knows maybe they are just happy they made it through the day safely without hitting anyoone or anything. i know im happy with that everyday and sometimes you jsut wanna crawl in the rack instead of posting

Originally Posted by badassnumberone

new here to your site guys, been driving in australia for nigh on twenty five years on and off. have my own louiseville and tautliner trailer. It is refreshing to see the same garbage happens on all continents. Our basic wages is still set federally at $15 p/h. To get your heavy vehicle licence here is around six hours in a training environment. They push anyone through who can turn a wheel, irregardless of road knowledge or practical working experience. There have been more and more road accidents over the past five years alone, with untrained international licence holders who will work for minimum wage, making it hard for the rest of us to be taken seriously as the hardest working people on the planet. I am finding it diffcult to understand the referencing and abbreviations you all use. what is ttl?

I didn't know CRE had an affiliate company down there.


CR Austrialia??

Originally Posted by buckeye bandt

my theory from an old man ---- they teach them about driving a truck in school but they dont teach them to live on the road and it takes its toll -- i mean the truck stops are getting pretty generic now mostly fast foods and garbage -- they need to learn how to enjoy life on the road a make it into a life instead of going to the same truck stop by that i mean the flying j in lodi california is the same as whytheville virginia same crap food same garbage for sale and its like that at all chains they are gearing more towards the tourist trade now --- there still are a lot of independent truckstops left some are crap some are great but it beats the mediocraty of the chains let alone the health issue and sit at an old truckstop and shoot the bull with the other drivers --- run with somebody sometime and see em again maybe in 4 months across country well the comraderie is going fast too ever see 2 trucks from the same company in a truckstop all day and the drivers never agknowledge each others existance let alone talk i really think they just get burnout from a solitary lifestyle that they dont seem to try to improve

they're not all the same. name maybe. but some are smaller then others and barely have ANYTHING to sell. while others are full blown shopping malls.

heck, even loves has quite a few locations in the truckstop directories. but they aren't truckstops. i've seen 2 that sell fuel. the rest are just plain gas stations with the loves name.

LOL.