Will team driving with my spouse cause marriage trouble?

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  1. 59Panhead

    59Panhead Medium Load Member

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    You build up an immunity to it, no different than the chicken farmer who doesn't smell chicken S*** anymore.
     
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  3. Mastertech

    Mastertech Staff Leader / Admin Staff Member Administrator

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    What is a remover? I don't think I have heard that term before.
     
  4. 59Panhead

    59Panhead Medium Load Member

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    Where you go around and remove bodies from accident scenes, home deaths, that sort of thing. I'm sure there's a more professional term for it, but around here we just called ourselves 'removers'.

    Being a remover also includes going to the morgue, nursing homes, etc..
     
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  5. Allow Me.

    Allow Me. Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Rent a RV for a week and cook/eat/sleep/shower inside. Plus drive it 22 hours a day. If you can survive that, you can survive running team.
     
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  6. Rollover the Original

    Rollover the Original Road Train Member

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    Lock your selves in a 70"x60" closet for 1 week with only 2 - 3 hours a day out of it to eat shower and bathroom breaks. You both MUST eat a can of beans every other day to create that wonderful loving smell! If she hasn't killed you by the end of that week you'll do fine in a truck! Just DO NOT let her have the map or ask for directions!
     
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  7. rich_t

    rich_t Road Train Member

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    Umm what? So that's why I failed that class. I just cut off the legs and broiled them over a flame.

    Yum Yum.
     
  8. Big Don

    Big Don "Old Fart"

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    OK, I am going to just HAVE to "take a crack at this!":biggrin_2559:

    I doubt seriously that you are going to have any great difficulty together here. She already has you trained the way she wants you. And as long as it works for both of you, that is wonderful.

    I know a lot of husband/wife teams are out there, and doing well. There is no reason why you two should not be among them. And just as a safety net, if it doesn't work out, so what? You still have your "live's at home" to go back to.

    Of course I am believing from your post here that you are a "mature couple" (read that "Old Farts"):biggrin_25525: who probably have your finances in order. So as long as you don't do something dumb like sign onto a company lease program, you should be OK.

    Now, as far as her trading you in on a newer model, I suppose it all depends on what kind of shape you are in, and how many miles you have on you.:biggrin_2559:
     
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  9. rich_t

    rich_t Road Train Member

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    You must drive one of them thar really nice condo cabs.

    I've never seen a shower inside of most rigs.
     
  10. Allow Me.

    Allow Me. Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Not quite, notice I said a RV. which does have a shower......
     
  11. Saddle Tramp

    Saddle Tramp Medium Load Member

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    i guess it depends on how much you love each other. some can be joined at the hip, & some welllllllll, you can guess.:biggrin_25514:
     
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