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Old 07.17.2008
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I never ran team but used to have all kinds of "crash and burn" dreams when I started driving. If I was sleeping with the truck running I would really have them. I would come flying out of the sleeper into the driver seat thinking that the truck was rolling down a mountain by itself.
A couple of years ago I was training a student. He was sleeping in the top bunk while I was driving. I went through a construction zone where the road kinda dips to one side, straitens, and dips back to the other side at the end. As I go through this I hear, "Oh no! Oh no! Lord help us! Help me Jesus! Help me Jesus!," then after, "Are we OK? Are we still alive? Are we in the ditch?"
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Years back my 2 brothers in law were bullhauling from Va. to Ks. One night M. stopped in a Wv. restarea to help another driver,while he was helping,W.(rookie),went to use restroom and returned to find them gone.He had to catch a ride with a freight company driver who managed to get hold of another of his companies drivers who watched for two bullhaulers so W. finally caught up an hour or two later.
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Quexos your a wee bit excitable aren't cha
I'm actually not. I'm usually the calm type who "doesn't sweat the small stuff, just pay attention to detail". I slept pretty well in a team truck as long as I trusted my partner, but after a while out there driving/sleeping/driving/sleeping without much else, it did seem to start messing with my mind. Driving and sleeping begin to blur together after a while.

A properly logged team truck NEVER has to stop mind you. We never had any 10 hour breaks, no 34 hour resets. It was pretty much drive/sleep non stop for 6+ weeks straight.
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