I leave my CB off most of the time now

I love my cb. I dont love me ( swr) . It comes in handy.

 

I totally agree Cochise, I've covered some outrageous miles by having a good conservation on the cb, the one that stands out is Laredo, TX to Pensacola, FL running with a driver working for the same company (CFI), of course this was before the days of electronic logs. Another was Atlanta, GA to Havre de Grace, MD working for an "outlaw" company (Glen McClendon Trucking) back in the day. In my defense, I did not get tired during the rides, if I did I would of stopped, sometimes you just get in a "zone". Ah, good times, good times.
Til the day I retired in 2009 I kept my cb on, squelched most of the ##### out but I could hear someone close to me. I'd watch the swr meter and if it started jumping around alot, I listen in for a minute to see if I needed to know about something. The cb saved me from backups, dangerous situations ahead and scale houses "working hard" too many times.
I'm afraid the "old school" are gone Cochise, just a different world and attitude. But it does give us some good memories, dont it?

 

If you drive through the cities in minnesota you can hear me saying boners all day long. But being a city driver it does come in handy mostly in the winter months.

 

What's a bonner, anyway?

 

The more you listen the more your mental BS filter will improve.

 

Getting about a 50/50 ratio for CBs. Seems like it'll be a personal preference, but I believe I'll look towards having one after I graduate from school. Thanks for the advice guys!

 

You can get a cheap one from walmart on line for $50 - $60... not going to make you one of those CB cowboys but you'll be able to hear the pertinent info and ask questions if need be.

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it so to say.

 

About 30% of the docks I see use radios. Every driver should have one. Just in case

 

I beg to differ. While I won't rule out it could be a base station somewhere, most of the b.s. I have encountered on CB is from none other than a truck stop, full of trucks and one or two guys in those trucks, looking to amuse themselves while pissing off the rest of the truck stop.

 

i leave my cb on all of the time, i adjust the squelch as needed, but i would never ever not drive without my cb on

we work on the road, we have fellow drivers in front of us and behind us. the cb is an additional tool that extends our eyes and ears. that cb has paid for itself thousands times over and to turn it off is so short sighted

this avoids the "stuck in traffic for hours asking" why are we stopped, when the accident or backup was broadcast on the cb 50 miles back

if you turn yours off, you have given up to the cb-idiots