Impatient Non-Trucker Drivers

Discussion in 'Road Stories' started by PinkPedal, Mar 24, 2010.

  1. MUSTANGGT

    MUSTANGGT Road Train Member

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    Thank-you. It is an '07
    They just sold off the '04 I was driving.
     
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    MUSTANGGT Road Train Member

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    I would truly like that. I once had a job running from GA to the west coast.
    I would typically be out 7-10 days, depending on whether I just went to CA or if I went up to OR/WA.
    I would usually stay home 4-5 days in between trips.
    Nowadays I spend 4-5 nights in the red truck and home on weekends, primarily staying in the southeast.
    Not real exciting, but it's easy work with good benefits.
    I've done all 48 and Canada over the years, so I guess it don't hurt to settle down some.
    I was almost stationed up in your neck of the woods(Ft Greely) but it fell through and I ended up in Europe instead.
     
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    HAHA I went to America's Driving Force; crappy equipment but decent instructors.
     
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    MUSTANGGT Road Train Member

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    Oh, cool. I see where you're from. Picked up in Rome the other week at Southeastern Mills.
    I saw this rig on GA 316 coming out of Lawrenceville.
     
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    Your lucky one of the self-center "me" generation truck driver never got behind you or he/she would have cussed you out for being in their way.
     
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    are you the one making that "BIG MONEY"?

    ;)
     
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    Yea southeastern mills off broad st in front of the BBQ joint, nice pork sandwich there. They must have been coming back from Athens then.

    Big money? HA, how about none. I am just now putting in applications; but they do make big promises of 45k a year when you talk to the student recruiters there.
     
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    here in europe we are speed limited so it might take some times to overtake (especially if the other driver doesen't lift gas a bit) we always get the cars behind flashing the beamer like crazy, like if we could speed up to let him pass.
    When we get somebody really annoing behind we usually decrease speed on porpouse and leave him behind for a few minutes getting crazy
     
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    Actually I was out on Pleasant Valley road. Must be their warehouse. Big place out there.
    We also pick up steel coils at this other place you can see from the main highway.

    When I saw the truck it was heading towards Athens. I was leaving our Lawrenceville terminal on the way home to Augusta.
     
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    rich_t Road Train Member

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    Very nice. 10 Speed?