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IH Truck Guy · Oct 5, 2024

bzinger said: ↑

Until the trucking industry wants to pay otr drivers with 38 years accident free and spotless mvr and no bad inspections what it's really worth they can kiss my ### goodbye !
I like running paved county roads and even better is miles of gravel as the dust Flys! Grossing 86000 lol ....not fast of course but it's cool .
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Gravel roads ya say. Lol
Very dry and dusty in Iowa the last two days.
Feel like a limestone cowboy.

Trashtrucker1707 · Oct 5, 2024

I know all about dry and dusty

bzinger · Oct 5, 2024

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IH Truck Guy said: ↑

Gravel roads ya say. Lol
Very dry and dusty in Iowa the last two days.
Feel like a limestone cowboy. View attachment 531155
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That's an understatement! I've given up keeping anything outside of the truck clean but I'd rather have dust than limestone mud .

bzinger · Oct 5, 2024

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Nice truck and Brahman cows !

Trashtrucker1707 · Oct 5, 2024

Thanks, that was from a few years back, that’s all they raised there, really cool looking cows

bzinger · Oct 5, 2024

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Thanks, that was from a few years back, that’s all they raised there, really cool looking cows
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I've always wondered how beef from Brahman cattle tasted and marbled .

Knucklehead · Oct 5, 2024

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If i could leave the trucking industry tomorrow, i would. The problem is there’s not too many jobs out there that pay 75-80k with little investment. Growing up dirt poor all my life, 75-80k is a godsend. I’m by far not the most productive person at my company. I probably pull 30-32k miles a quarter on average, a lot less than @zodiacflyer or @DonRobbie does, which i’m perfectly fine with. There’s probably drivers who clear 6 figures at this company but i have no interest in that. Ryan got all up in arms when he started getting the mileage I usually run, because he used to run 40k miles a quarter, which in my opinion is working too hard. I’m perfectly happy with where i am and what i’m making for now, which is what matters at the end of the day. I don’t rock the boat either. 5-10 years down the road, this will probably change. I’m not spending 3-4 weeks on the road for the next 40 years.
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No reason to be the richest man in the graveyard.

Knucklehead · Oct 5, 2024

bzinger said: ↑

I've always wondered how beef from Brahman cattle tasted and marbled .
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Tastes like chicken.

ElmerFudpucker · Oct 6, 2024

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Well it became official today, Jim's last week is next week and he will retire ...another old schooler gone from the ranks but he will be ok .
After that I will move out of my t600 and into a black w900 with a 550 cat and 86 in studio sleeper with matching trailer with remote tarp and air gates .
I actually think the boss is relived as this t600 he bought that I drive while not a bad truck or ugly is loaded with electrical issues that seem to perpetually multiply.
I'll move into Jim's truck and I don't think he will even replace jim and he will just use the t600 on the farm for field to bin work or sell it ...it lives in the shop !
It's never boring here and I think that's what helped lead to my disdain for otr work .
He's always buying and selling hopper bottoms so get to go out of town if I want to to deliver trailers or pick one up ..been out as far as southern Illinois to pick up a trailer or I'm always hauling for other farmers and elevators if nothing to do with his own grain.
It's always interesting and the 5 years I spent at the county road dept has come in handy too with field entrances and rock roads with steep hills .
It's still a job but beats otr all to hell.
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Careful… steep hills is relative

ElmerFudpucker · Oct 6, 2024

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If it ain’t dry and dusty it’s wet and soupy

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