What important skills of truck driving did you learn after your first year of trucking?

Trust me, I wouldn’t want a girlfriend in every state I’m not even sure if I want one in a single state. But you always hear that about truck drivers. They got girlfriends all over the country. I used to think it was true. I don’t now because there’s no time for it.

 

If you have that kind of time, your driving for the wrong company. Most of the time I have my next dispatch the day before I deliver (or drop n hook). Last week I dropped at Corrine Utah Wallyworld, before I was out from under the trailer I was dispatched to P&G down the road for a preloaded trailer. 20 hours to the delivery window.

 

The only girlfriend a driver has out here is daddy ELOG

 

You're forgetting Rosie and her 5 sisters!

 

how in the world am i supposed to remember something like that. sometimes i dont remember what i ate, or did yesterday, and he wants me too remember something 50 years ago.

 

I learned how to lie with no guilty feelings , never volunteer any info no matter how insignificant it may be and never tell a dispatcher you like going somewhere cause you will never see that place again .

 

I feel ya... My Mom's short-term is getting really bad.

 

What I learned in my first year of trucking..,,..,if judged by today’s standards was how to be a criminal.

I also learned to wipe the receiver off on the pay phone before sticking it to my head.

I learned don’t pitch quarters with them old heads if you value your silver.

I learned that the clap was easy to get but a m’fer to get rid of

I learned a dispatcher just assume climb a tree to lie to you as stand on the ground and tell you the truth

If it can go wrong it will