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TurkeyCreekJackJohnson · Feb 12, 2024

Chinatown said: ↑

Hong Kong stole my heart! Have you been through something similar; been somewhere and thought to yourself, "This is where I belong."
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Honestly, for a geographic location, no. The only time I feel like I really belong is when we'd deployed to a conflict. There is a tendency to develop fiercely strong bonds with your team when the pressure is on. Afterwards, that team disbands, the pressure is off and you just go about business as usual, with no sense of true belonging. It's even worse now that I am a civilian, I can't even begin. If I feel I can't go to war with someone, I really can't even.... Hell, I don't even have the right words for it. I Just know I can't.

Chinatown said: ↑

I worked with some former SeaBee's in my trucking career. Great guys and easy going; didn't sweat the small stuff. Put them under pressure and they would say, "Fug It."
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A lot of the most successful ones have to develop that attitude. I have seen my share of the "Heavy Sweaters" and they either burnt-out, moved on or were politely encouraged to depart.

TB John · Feb 12, 2024

TurkeyCreekJackJohnson said: ↑

Well if you get in pinch again my current ride is woefully bereft of flash. I want the fatchick ones though....sexy!
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If you're still looking for some bling for your ride I can do you a deal on an " Angry Duck" hood ornament.

lual · Feb 12, 2024

@Chinatown --

She is indeed a 10....

-- L

Chinatown · Feb 13, 2024

lual said: ↑

@Chinatown --

She is indeed a 10....

-- L
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Well, actually, she's a 12.

TurkeyCreekJackJohnson · Feb 13, 2024

TB John said: ↑

If you're still looking for some bling for your ride I can do you a deal on an " Angry Duck" hood ornament.
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It's the deal that concerns me. Lol

FullMetalJacket · Feb 15, 2024

@TurkeyCreekJackJohnson

Welcome....

Nice change of pace from the usual crap "Bad Company" posts, but you
DID take all the entertainment factor out of it! LOL

Just when you think absolutely everyone is a complete idiot on this particular thread, you have to come along... Geeze!

Good folks here round these parts, as you can see. Best of luck to you on all your endeavors. Sounds like you are at least a common sense individual. Thought they all had gone extinct......

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TurkeyCreekJackJohnson · Feb 15, 2024

FullMetalJacket said: ↑

@TurkeyCreekJackJohnson

Welcome....

Nice change of pace from the usual crap "Bad Company" posts, but you
DID take all the entertainment factor out of it! LOL

Just when you think absolutely everyone is a complete idiot on this particular thread, you have to come along... Geeze!

Good folks here round these parts, as you can see. Best of luck to you on all your endeavors. Sounds like you are at least a common sense individual. Thought they all had gone extinct......

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Thanks for welcome!

Sorry I didn't load up on the drama. Lol it's been my experience that nothing is all bad or all great. It's a matter of balance. I can embrace the suck as long as I'm treated fairly.

I agree common sense and proper application of the brain housing group is woeful lacking in today's world. I apologize for not being popcorn material. Lol I do appreciate the compliments.

FullMetalJacket · Feb 15, 2024

Definately not best one to welcome you, as I'm hardly ever here.

But, could not help to notice thread in my rare purusals. And, vets always catch my attention for personal reasons.

Could tell right off, you will fit in here very, very well......

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IsaiahA42 · Mar 14, 2024

TurkeyCreekJackJohnson said: ↑

BLUF: I am not here to trash acompany I chose not to work for. I am no expert and I know nothing other than what I saw. That being said I will tell you about my experience that mirrored the experiences some here have had.

I learned heavy equipment and trucking in the Navy beginning in 1994. Retired EO since 2020. I consider myself an heavy equipment operator first with a CDL as a bonus to my resume. I don't have the time or miles to call myself a true OTR trucker, but I have not been able to penetrate the civilian construction sector. So a mans gotta eat! Since 2020 I worked for am semi large reefer company out of SLC UT for 9 months. Nice equipment & treatment, fair mechanics, but they couldn't keep me moving. I was hired away (my mistake) by a livestock hauler with a terminal in St George UT. Hard smelly work but consistent and higher (.62CPM vs .52CPM) pay. My dispatcher was awesome, shop was top notch. Owners/management refused to pay for CAT scales. The industrial pig farm "certified " scales (the farm could produce no such certification) and there was pressure from the farm and the management to run overweight. So after 6mos I left becauseno one puts my record at risk. Got hired on by guy with 3 trucks doing dry van and his brokers where also struggling to keep me moving. After 7 months the truck suffered major regen/emissions problems. Repair cost was too high as this guy is just a guy. So I'm without a truck and searching for work. I'm on websites and networking and researching, I get contacted by All Freight Transport on ziprecruiter.com.
Their post claims OTR $40 Hrly pay & $3500 week (math doesn't add/red flag) New truck, and all sorts of bells and whistles the companyprovides. But they mentioned hauling frac sand. I do enjoy dump trucking/bulk materials/quarry work, so I reach out. They wouldn't answer basic questions until I sent a copy of my CDL/Med Cert, I missed this a flag. They send a 77pg on boarding file and said once I completed it then they would call me and answer all my questions. That red flag I caught. I asked for there DOT# to review as I reviewed their packet and they sent the FOT# along. Only 1 truck and driver. The packet wanted me to sign to agree to a pay ($1500 wkly) that was not on the job posting and that I would work for 4 weeks before seeing the 1st paycheck and the remaining 3 would be held for 6 months. Well I stopped right there and the company absolutely refused to answer questions until the document was signed completely & returned. So I professionally thanked them for their interest and that I would be seeking opportunities elsewhere. Afterwards I sat down with a critical eye on their documents there where numerous other things that set off my radar. Remember I'm no seasoned OTR trucker but when something reads dumb it probably is dumb. Hell they could be a good outfit. I don't know either way. But if they are they self-eliminated with their attitude, process and onboarding documentation. So like I posted originally, if you get to where I did... READ THOSE DOCUMENTS VERY CAREFULLY...and in my opinion (worth less than cup of coffee) look elsewhere. I hope this helps someone out.
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Hey if the person behind this company is named Maurice Hampton he is actually a scam artist, I worked for him under his old company called “Hampton Delivery Service and Logistics” and didn’t get paid for it, which he apparently has done the same to many other people. I know it’s gotta be him because the DOT pages of both companies share the same address 677 Middle St Apt 22 Fall River, and you talking about how BS and non sensical his contracts are heavily checks out.

mjd4277 · Mar 14, 2024

Chinatown said: ↑

I spend summers in China. Here's a fat Chinese girl:

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Black Man’s Kryptonite!
Dat ***!

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