helping another driver

dino6960 I want to say that what you did was great. My dad was a truck driver and I too am one in his footsteps. I always heard of this brotherhood of the road, everyone looking out for each other and so on. I also listen to the road dog every day. I hear drivers complaining how other drivers don't have the respect they once had for one another, like the two drivers parked next to the guy you helped out. This is why the trucking industry gets the bad rap it gets from the public because of drivers like that that just dont care. I commend you for caring and for helping your fellow man. If only there was an award that we could nominate other drivers for doing good things, I know you would have at least two nominations.

 

Thank you to all of you who still have a backbone and give a ****! I will be joining you soon. It makes me proud to know there is still comradrie out there. I will do my best to honor the traditions you are carring on. I ran tow trucks and even in that cutthroat buisiness we still helped each other out when in trouble. Glad to see its alive and well in the big rigs.

 

you have a great look on life and always heling fellow drivers out is a great thing.

 

When I was brand new (1st week), I assigned a dock in between two beautifully chromed rigs. After 2 starts and stops on my backing manuever (GOAL), both drivers got out and guided me in. They didn't give me a hard time for having trouble, or even for driving for Swift. They treated me like a little brother needing a hand. One even brought me a cup of coffee from his rig. We hung out while they told me stories of the road.

While I've always been the type to help someone, these guys helped me to understand the "brotherhood" that should exist. I never saw them again, but I've seen a few just like 'em. Hopefully, I'll see another one in my mirror while I'm shaving someday.

 

Are you man or woman enough to handle trucking?

As I grow tired of the long Days and the even longer Nights I am still inspired to help the new recruit adjust to the lifestyle of Trucking. It can be fun waiting to see it the newbie "Man's up" and gets the job done, or folds like a cheap tent and runs home to Mamma.

There are things out here on a daily basis that never cease to amaze or even astonish the weathered olepharts that have been grinding out those miles year after year

Post from Swift Trainee:
"No Food, No Water, and forced to Sleep in a Truck with only a Hot Dog," #### It Driver, Grow some Extra Large Coconuts and knock on your trainers door and read him the Book of ELI.! Stop Complaining. Sorry, but where I come from, that dog don't hunt. Whining is for sissies, and the weak, Suck It Up and takes it like a Man. What will you do when forced to shutdown in a Blizzard on I-84 in OR for 2-3 days? If you plan ahead you would be prepared to sit out a layover in the truck for 2-3 days. That's Trucking, better get used to it. Do you really think McDonalds will have any food left after the 1st day during a Blizzard?

Life gives you Challenges and you must find Solutions to the Opportunities. People count on you to deliver what you promised. Are you ready?

When it is all said and done, the Road is an Unforgiving life, But it will get easier as you learn from the ones who path you must follow.

Ps: A lady driver from Swift offered to help out the new kid........What does that say about Women in Trucking?

 

I sympathise with that Roehl driver trying to tarp his load. These 8' drop tarps are ###### heavy. Not as heavy as the one's we used 30yrs ago, but heavy enough. Kudos to the driver lending him a hand. These things are a proper PITA to tarp inside a building far less outside in wind and rain. I've run across a few shippers who have the "no tarping in our yard" rule, but want the load tarped. My way has always been, if you require the load to be tarped then we'll tarp it here and now, otherwise a) it goes down the road as is or b)take it off my trailer. Just because they don't want liability in case the driver falls off the load, doesn't excuse them in my book. I've just had a tarp system installed on my trailer (KwikDraw) and LOVE it - should have done this years ago. I still help anyone alongside me tarp/untarp, simply because I know that a helping hand is always welcome.

 

I got out of the Marine Corps in July of 2006. Not really sure what I wanted to do. Ya, I know stupid move, but, after I spent my savings (mostly on stupid stuff) I went to truck school then a company in Arkansas hired me. While in orientation i became friends with a few people. This one guy bullwinkle used to drive then stopped was the pastor of a church for a while then got back into trucking when I started. I chased trucks for a week and half or so and finally my assigned truck was out of shop. I got my first dispatch to birmingham, Al and when i pulled in to park he was walking into truckstop. Anyway we both got screwed on that dispatch because it didn't deliver for another few days. (we delivered to same place) Let's just say I was broke( mostly my fault ) but for those few days we became even better friends hung out in each others trucks, gave me a few tips about trucking and feed me. I literally had a no money, the advances I got i sent to the old lady. I drove for that company for a little over a year until I got recalled. During that time we talked a lot ran together when possible and everytime we would meet up we took turns buying dinner. After I got recalled and sent back to Iraq we had to turn our phones in and my phone got lost along with his phone number. I wish there was a way to get a hold of him again.:smt102 Anyway, since day one in trucking I was shown the way it should be and I have helped those when I see it.

 

I was at Ryerson in Phoenix, and it was raining was behind 2 other trucks. the guy in front pulled off his tarps than drove inside, came back out in the rain to fold his tarps, I go help him. Than I help the guy after him. When it was my turn the second guy I helped just watched me fold my tarps....lol. I'd still do it again though.