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  1. Professor No-Name

    Professor No-Name Road Train Member

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    Boy they sure have jacked up this stretch of 44 down here east of Rolla holy crap this stuff's rough
     
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  3. Speedy356

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    Just in case you didn’t know, always take the left lane thru there going eastbound lol
     
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  4. Thrasher28

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    It's terrible, man. It's worse every single time I cross it. Doesn't matter what speed you go, it sucks lol.
     
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  5. Thrasher28

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    Headed to Robinson for a load going to Palmyra. I guess I didn't ruffle too many feathers with those 4 pallets. Nice change of pace to bypass St. Louis altogether this week

    Once I saw the notes saying 'no washout needed', I was ecstatic lol. I need to invest in a leaf blower instead of sweeping every groove individually.
     
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  6. bryan21384

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    That's true man. I'm not so sure that the implementation of electronic logs didn't change the culture of trucking in that regard. That made every single second valuable in a different kind of way. I miss the those days too, and the few laves that still have restaurants, I'm hanging on to them for dear life lol
     
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    Notes about no washing out or washing out specifically weren't in the load info's when I was there. It may of said make sure trailer was clean an full of fuel. I always used a cheap leaf blower from walmart an just swept it up off the ground at rear of trailer. I carry a five gallon trash bucket to dump my messes in. I'm a firm believer in leaving an area as clean or cleaner than i found it.
     
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    E-logs changed our world drastically. I used to get a shower an a hot meal every day. With paper logs i just ran my day an made sure i had a legal log to show for it. An for those that say well ya get a half hour break every day so there is no reason ya can't get a shower every day I can honestly say BS cuz ya can't count on the fact when ya stop that there won't be a line that prevents ya from getting that shower.
     
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    Usually it just says clean and full of fuel. This one specifically said 'no washout needed. Robinson has a washout bay'. Thought that was handy.

    Agreed about the mess. I can't stand seeing people's pallet scraps, nails, plastic, and other trash on the ground. I always just leave one door shut and the other cracked and sweep everything to the edge and then walk a trash can over to the back of trailer and sweep it directly into it. If no trash can, I just sweep it into a dust pan and into a bag. Pallet scraps in the side box. It's sad to see rest areas in very nature oriented states like Wyoming, Colorado, etc. get littered with trash.
     
  11. bryan21384

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    There are still a number of good stops around. Some places may not necessarily be at a truck stop but there is truck parking. Missouri amd Texas are pretty much the only 2 states where you can find a good number of sit down places in terms of places we regularly run. Arkansas has a few good spots but it's definitely a fast food driven world here.

    I got started in 2010 and the era of drivers helping each other was starting to shift then. I haven't gone to a fuel stop and been able to get a meal with fuel in several years now. There's a Valero in Little Rock, AR off of 440 thay use tk give full entrees with 100 gallons of fuel. When I was doing the 1099 thing out of Memphis, thay used to be a regular stop for me. Great lasagna. Velveeta spaghetti, fried chicken with the sides, I'm about to need a midnight snack lol
     
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