My Experience as a Line Haul Driver

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by American-Trucker, Apr 14, 2012.

  1. jamesd503

    jamesd503 Light Load Member

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    AT, I haven't been keeping up. What happened to being a OTR driver? I mean, I understand you want home time, but doing dock work and driving a few miles here and there is hardly the American Trucker whose stories I enjoyed reading last year. Did you really dislike it on the road or just really miss being (semi)normal? :)
     
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  3. skateboardman

    skateboardman Road Train Member

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    it looks more like one of the toter home freightliners a lot of racers use instead of a truck sleeper.
     
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  4. ACH1130

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    or one of those atlas van lines, alliance van lines kind of sleeper
     
  5. Dennis_Miller

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    No way that's a sleeper on a truck. That's a RV. Normally those guys that haul those dragster cars have them..
     
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  6. FLATBED

    FLATBED Road Train Member

    Thats not a sleeper , just by the length from where whoever took the picture was standing to the end wall you can tell its too long for a tractor. Looks more like a RV or converted lounge in the front of a race trailer
     
  7. skateboardman

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    those freightline toter homes are basically an rv, the chassis is longer than normal and the rv box is placed on the back and the trailer pulled behind with a small fifth wheel or ball hitch. its basically an rv on a truck chassis. a good many late model teams use them.
     
  8. CenutryClass

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    Central has a daytime linehaul run pulling triples here, and forgive me lord becuase I have sinned but I thought about it. Really getting sick of the night line right now. But their sterlings are junk and they get pulled over alot but its def a downgrade from con-way..
     
  9. American-Trucker

    American-Trucker Road Train Member

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    wasnt me i was in TN :p



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  10. American-Trucker

    American-Trucker Road Train Member

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    its sitting in the driveway collecting dust...



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  11. American-Trucker

    American-Trucker Road Train Member

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    Its one of those Truck front end/ camper middle/ fifthwheel on the end kinda trucks, This is the 99 TRUCK team so they dont travel like the cup teams do they dont take nearly as much stuff.



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