Pets ? Really?

Their loss.

I'm also a bearded fellow (haven't shaved since I got married in 2016) and given enough money and a gravy run, I'd shave every day if necessary.

 

Don’t take Snowwy’s criticism on your math too hard. He has his own special type of math.

Remember 2000 pounds more weight (he saw the scale ticket) will mean you can haul 4000 pounds less payload ( his words).

All I asked was how that worked and he can’t answer that question.

 

Is it my fault you can't understand the answer?

 

No.
It’s your fault that you can’t admit you made a mistake by saying 2000 pounds would mean 4000 pounds less payload. Go back and read your own post.
We all make mistakes and should admit them when we do.
If I see a mistake posted I will point it out so others won’t make the same mistake.
I see now you are unwilling to admit yours.
So be it.

 

Yeah. Sorry about your luck. I didn't mistake.

Her empty scale ticket was 2,000 heavier. And dog related.
If you want to confine your thinking to DOGS ONLY. That's your thinking.

 

Before satellite radio and cellphones I did 1 year OTR without my dog and it was the most depressing year of my life. This could have been because there was nothing but that idiot Art Bell on EVERY AM radio station that wasn't some idiot arguing about sports or Brother Stare preaching about something.

I did 2 years with my dog and it was about the most fun I've ever had, and having a friendly companion allowed me to stay out longer and work harder.

Drivers wanting a pet in the truck are not turning away $80k jobs they are skipping the endless gloom of always being a stranger and being treated worse than a stray dog if they can find another driving job that allows pets. You don't know if those drivers are giving up on jobs paying $80k to get a job paiyng $20k and being with their pet. They could simply be choosing an $80k job that allows their pet.

I've been OTR without a dog for almost 2 years again and if my pet was still alive, and if I didn't have a cellphone and internet options for keeping in touch and entertained this job wouldn't be worth it to me at twice the price.

This is one of the things that USED to be great about America. You got to make your own choices if you could deal with the consequences. Only maybe 10-25% of trucking companies allows pets. But looking around truck stops, I wouldn't hire about 75% of drivers. They are dirtier, worse-behaved, a darn sight less trainable than any dog you can find in an animal shelter. Everyone should choose for them self.

I never had any behavior issue with my dog on the road. She just layed on the bunk and stared at me or slept or she sat in the passenger seat at watched the world go by. She was an excellent truck alarm system and a bunk warmer when the truck broke in central KY during winter. 99.98% of customer I showed up to never ever had any idea there was a dog in my truck.

Some truck drivers have pets as misbehaved and as filthy as they are. Many drivers and pets are much better than that. Being dirty or misbehaved is not required of anyone in trucking, it's just a convenient excuse for some people that would be misfits anywhere.

 

I've seen a lot more truck interiors destroyed by truck drivers. Being a truck driver or bringing a pet into the truck doesn't require anyone be dirty or anyone to break anything.

 

That's true also ..i only speak of the truck I own and my rules .

 

Many truck driving jobs, if you take them, require you to be away from home and family for weeks or several months. Some companies have found they can hire employees that remain happier( and reduce turnover) far longer if they can have a pet with them.

 

Yep, some people wouldn't consider driving an automatic, or a manual, for any amount of money. Some people wouldn't get a haircut or a close shave for a great job. Some people wouldn't wear a company uniform for all the tea in China. Everyone used to make their own decisions and live with the consequences. These days more and more people seem to demand their choice be the only choice and NOBODY better even express an opposite opinion, or else. I'm sure all of us are frustrated by the careless 4-wheelers. The more people I know the more I think most people are as careless about most things they do as they are careless when they drive. That's why my goal to to retire and be away from all people.