Returning to the road.

Hello all. I drove a few years back, and am working toward coming back to the road real soon. Just thought I'd say hi. Does anyone know if Trucker Buddies is still a thing?

 

2012

 

Thank you. I miss it. I've worked several different jobs over the years, but never loved one the way I loved and respected trucking. It all went to hell in a hand basket largely in part due to world war three (what I affectionately call the end of my second marriage), but now that I am minus the enemy, I'm ready to take the bull by the horns again, and wonder why I waited so long to be honest. There's nothing quite like trucking, and the drivers I have met are the ornriest, friendliest, most brotherly bunch of crazies I've ever loved spending time with, be it on channel 19, at the terminal, a truck stop, or online.

 

Electronic stuff never did bother me. I love technology and convenience, and almost always did things by the book. I remember when Werner premiered the e-logging with Qualcomm. That swept the industry by storm seems like. No more old timers keeping seven log books straight? Lol. Are CB's still a thing? I remember getting off my mentor's truck with the laminated Rand McNally he bought and gave me as a graduation present. I hardly used it though. I splurged for the Rand McNally trucking GPS for $400 and loved that thing! I've been making a to-buy list, and will look into dash cams. Thanks for the tip! Any recommendations on a good one? As for driver-facing cameras, is that a thing in lease operator trucks too? Because that's the route I plan to go again. Thankfully I don't pick my nose! I pity the poor SOB that has to look at me pre-monster energy. I'm already ornery post-caffination, ha ha, and don't wear makeup. Worst thing I ever did when I drove before was take loads off of company drivers since their rig was neutered and mine wasn't, and got a late load to its destination on time. A couple painful speeding tickets along the way, but my dispatcher loved me, and I always had my ears on to find out where it was safe to run hammer down. I prefer to drive at night for multiple reasons. I'm a night owl anyway. Number one being it's SO much easier to find a pull through spot at a truck stop if you're shutting down to sleep by day with no fuss and no blindside back required.