Where is everyone #5

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by DDlighttruck, Aug 27, 2017.

  1. stwik

    stwik Road Train Member

    11,732
    166,626
    Oct 8, 2017
    USA USA USA!!!
    0
    That’s....the jist of what I heard I suppose.... only one person needs the official class and then everyone else gets the shorter bulletin points. Isn’t there some sort of sticker as well?

    Seems very.... well it seems like it’s just gotta be ineffective to me.
     
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. BigBob410

    BigBob410 Road Train Member

    5,665
    74,100
    Feb 2, 2016
    Beirut on the Bay, MD.
    0
    I'm sure he lost a lot of both!
    A friend of my Dad's had gotten up to about 20 trucks and a bunch more trailers. He came in one day after running back to back loads because of drivers not showing up he locked the doors and sold everything except his Classic and a stainless spread reefer. Said recently he hadn't regretted a minute of going back solo!
     
  4. MagnumaMoose

    MagnumaMoose Lost or Missing

    6,070
    145,686
    Jan 18, 2018
    0
    did you read the link of the B-52 they brought back after 10 years that Bear posted earlier ? No reason to be sad at all. Aviation creates so many stresses on a airframe, ( corrosion. Metal fatigue. etc. ) and it advances so quickly at times that it's just a faster microcosm of the advance of civilization and the tools we use.
     
  5. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

    18,497
    129,586
    Apr 10, 2009
    Copied in Hell
    0
    So, I went to a diner I frequent. Young cook walks up...haven't seen him in a bit. He got locked up, just got free, and back to work. Tells me about how he gave a friend a ride, picked the friend up, went a couple blocks to a gas station and got surrounded by the DEA. DEA pulls the dope out of his buddy's pockets. Buddy said cook gave him the dope. Cook went up river for an 11/29. Just released with an 8 year probation.

    Why didn't you tell?

    "I'm not a snitch."

    Your buddy set you up and you're not a snitch.

    "That's the rules of the game."

    Well, you have a new game now. Can you behave for 8 years? Odds are against you.

    "Yeah, I'm done with that stuff. It's over. No more."

    Did you lose all your friends?

    "Yeah, I don't talk to that guy anymore."

    No. ALL of your friends. The only way that you will be able to better yourself is by choosing better friends. Want to be successful and goal oriented and focused? Your friends all have to be. Until you understand that, you are not "done." How old are you?

    "26."

    Married?

    "Engaged. GF gets out in August."

    Is she done? If she isn't done, neither will you be.

    "......"

    "If you were me, what would you do about my friend that ratted me?"

    Nothing now. Especially when facing 8 years probation. It was bound to happen. That too is part of the game. If you are done with the game, be done. Don't worry about him. You have more pressing matters.


    I see this stuff all the time. Guy just got out, got back to work. Say's he's done with that life. Plans to get his GED, and go to school to be a welder. Lofty goals, especially when everyone around you will have the crab mentality. 26 year old and hasn't advanced at anything in life since he dropped out of school.
     
    Feedman, 1951 ford, dwells40 and 17 others Thank this.
  6. BigBob410

    BigBob410 Road Train Member

    5,665
    74,100
    Feb 2, 2016
    Beirut on the Bay, MD.
    0
    You can't get most to do more than kick a tire and pour out a pee bottle in the morning and now they want them to inspect loads also?! I already have to inspect every car so there's no real change for me but I don't know how it's gonna work. There's no driver shortage but there is dang sure a "good driver" shortage!
     
    SL3406, Feedman, 1951 ford and 17 others Thank this.
  7. 4mer trucker

    4mer trucker Road Train Member

    8,192
    258,397
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    They're neat to look at on Google Earth, it's mind boggling that there's so many Planes just parked
     
  8. Westbound23

    Westbound23 Road Train Member

    Why do you have a PhD in aviation because I really didn’t comprehend that
     
  9. Westbound23

    Westbound23 Road Train Member

    Also makes you wonder what the bottom
    of the ocean looks like. Planes, ships garbage dumped?
     
  10. Lilbow

    Lilbow Light Load Member

    76
    1,685
    May 7, 2019
    Idaho
    0
    It might get cold. It would lose it's lust.
     
  11. 4mer trucker

    4mer trucker Road Train Member

    8,192
    258,397
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.