What Makes a Trucker, "The Best Trucker?"

A brand new wardrobe of Adidas track suits and an assorted array of color coordinating flip flops would set you up ahead of the crowd.

 

Someone who knows how to manage the log book and work it to every minute , without doing anything illegal... someone who aint afraid to run in bad weather, but knows when to shut it down .... Someone who aint afraid to chain up when its required... someone who dont need their hand held by dispatch ... someone who knows how to take initiative , think for themselves and shows respect and courtesy to his customers...

 

Anybody that supports him is the best trucker. So they think.

 

He can do any load,legal or illegal,
He can drive day or night,sometimes both
In the same day if he has too,

He can sleep day or night,
He can drive in all types of weather,
He can go anywhere in the country, at any
Time of the year,

He needs nothing from a dispatcher but a
Pick up and delivery time,
He doesn't do check calls,
He does his own routing,

He doesn't talk to hardly anybody,
He already heard all the bull,
He turned his CB off a long time ago,

He never hangs around the terminals or yards,
You never hear from him unless it's a problem
He can't solve himself,

He solves all problems with shippers,receivers,
Repair shops himself. It's just faster.
Only calling the company as a last resort and
To pay the bill,

Never tells the company anything more
Than they need to know.
They only screw things up and waste time.

He doesn't threaten to quit after a couple
Of slow weeks, he's knows that's how it goes,
He knows all the tricks dispatchers use,
So don't bother lying to him.
He's already seen it all.

He sits in the right lane and lets the supertruckers
And 4- wheelers go, he's done fighting the traffic,
And he's got plenty of time to get where he's going
Because he planned his trip well ahead of time.

I could go on and on. But that's a start.

 

What makes a trucker the best trucker is staying out of the left lane if you are in a governed truck.

 

The best drivers always drive a Peterbilt.
Can't backup or don't know logging, it's ok, as long as you have a Peterbilt.

 

The Best Trucker is the one who doesn't have to use ComData to eat after three days off in Vegas.