"Is it worth it?"

"Is what worth it?" Worth what?

Earlier that day, I was rolling up the bigroad when I spotted two full groans sitting in the median.


"Uhoh...Jedi mind trick, Jedi mind trick. Cool, they didn't come after me."


a few few miles later, I see one of the full growns."Crap. Here he comes." He gets in behind me...I'm running double nickel. Another truck comes up and rides behind Smokey.

" I am the driver of the oversized, I will be pulling into the rest area"

You mean I'm not special?


-19 outside, and I got dotted by DOT. Made me late for getting unloaded and I wound up having to wait until the next business day. Finally made it to my destination, went to check in at the guard shack, checked in, and had to go to one of those safety orientations. Toot the horn twice to move forward, three times for backwards, got it. Got out of there, and started bouncing south, way south and stopped over at the Plainview Truck Stop.


A flatbed driver that had unloaded where I did recognized me, and started asking questions about pulling big loads. You guys know how it goes...some driver starts asking you questions. Within 5 minutes, he thinks he can do your job. Don't want to start at the bottom and work his way up, he wants your job, your freight, your rates.

The vast majority of people will disagree with you, but pulling blades is worlds easier than pulling stretch loads on an Rgn. Those stretch Rgn loads pay better too.

So, this Landstar heavy hauler and I got into a conversation about building trucks and gears, and pulling big loads in this bad winter.

I wonder if he still wants my job. "Is it worth it?" Ever notice how in school,the cool kids hung out in the back of the playground? You're driving along, trying to figure out where to park for the night. You look through your truckstop directory. "Hmmm, there's a place. They have a restaurant where I can eat with a fork!" You get there, and you see those yellow and black banners. "Yep, I'm at the right place." Wheel around, back her in, pull the yellow knob. Safe! Sitting in the back of the parking lot with the CoolKids. Walk around the trailer, grab your shower bag and your appetite and head into the truckstop.


Today was a good day.

 

I don't think I've ever see any oversized load nose into a spot. I can't drive well enough to back an OD load out 30 minutes before sunrise, and trucks parked every which way.

 

The 10 wides, LOL.

Was running West on 24, just came through Paducah. The bridge was under construction, and for some reason, traffic was backing up.

"yeah, they have one lane blocked on the bridge and I guess some people are claustrophobic"

"How wide are you, hand?"

"You do realize your mirrors are 11wide, don't you?"