New old trucker hello

Welcome brother, thanks for your service to this great Country, with stupid people and to answer your question; I am not sure you would want to.

God Bless

 

Some things have changed. The equipment is better but there are more rules than ever. I still enjoy it, but it isn't as much fun as it was 30 or 40 years ago. It seems like everytime I turn around we have a new regulation with which to deal. I have lost count in the number of times our hos have changed the last few years. They want to change them again. Some want to force all owners of class 8 equipment to install EOBR's in their trucks rather than using paper logs. This year starts CSA which holds drivers more accountable for their behavior and for doing proper pretrips. Drivers will now be assigned points along with their carriers for any violations. It can be good and bad. Drivers with too many CSA points could find it difficult to find a job. With states being cash poor, many have taken to the roadways to do roadside inspections to help bolster state revenues. I still believe this is a good business, but regulators and special interest groups have taken some of the appeal away.

 

You must of had one of them old FuzzBusters!

An old dog can learn new tricks and you can teach the new dogs old tricks.

Welcome to the forum!

 

When I started most trailers were about 40' or 42'. I got my first 45' around 1971. It was made to accommodate 3 ricks of carpet (15' rolls). We could not go into California with those 45' trailers unless we had a cabover.

 

Welcome to the party!

 

I was almost always heavy hauling carpet. They want to raise the weight limits again. Some want to raise it to over 90,000 lbs. The first truck that I drove had a 238. The next one had a 318. Man, I thought I was really in heaven with that engine. The first truck that I bought had a 238 with a 7 speed. It did really well once it got wound up. With a heavy load you could walk along side the truck and beat it up the mountain.