Driver responsibility with the cleanliness of issued trucks?

YUP! I ran with the same group. Got a lot of comments too. For awhile pulled Snickers M&M trailers and everyone seemed to think I stoped and gave free samples.
I will always dislike reefers, too much noise but we did't have to lump em anyway.

 

I was carrying PowerAid out to Tempe,Az from Chattanooga. Back in those days there was nothing between ElPaso and Tucson. Daytime temps in the summer could be near 130 but would drop to 60 at night. If you rubbed down the truck a little everyday, it was easy to maintain the shine and the polish.

 

I give belated thanks to TripleSix and the crew for keeping me awake and entertained over many a long night. Especially those runs across I-10 to Cally. Sometimes it would be morning before you wanted it to be because the convo was that good.

 

I hear ya on that one. A good convoy with good conversation can help you roll 1000 miles overnight. Its harder to do nowadays. Seems like so many guys want to get on the CB and talk about something they heard on CNN/FoxNews/ or one of those paranoid radio programs on the AM bands. The news is staged. Pro wrestling is more real than the national news.

 

No kiddin'.
Even back when, it was like drinking: one good time in ten. But being the addict, you'd remember only the good time and look over the nine lousy ones.
I get so tired of these jerks who have to drag out their dirty laundry every time the adults are talking. My regular runs to Savanna with the wife are usually spent listening to FM these days.