If you don't run with a CB on......

One day is hardly enough of a sampling to base your decission on.

Next time you may have enough of an early warning to find an alternate route. You won't if it is turned off.

Unless it is over a hill, around a curve, in the fog or rain. You can never have enough warning.

You never know what might happen enroute.

In my experience you are wrong. Yeah, I get tired of all the child like behaviour I hear on the CB, that is usually around the truck stops about quiting time. Every once in a while you will get useful information. I find it worthwhile to suffer through the rest of the BS. Each to his own, though.

 

Mule, Terrylamar

Thanks...

Nope - not had time to run cows. If my load moves, it means I didn't lock it down right. In a situation like that, yeah, I can see a radio being a BIG help. The BS in the trailer outweighs the BS on the radio, I think!

I re-read my post, and realized that I wasn't clear. That was supposed to be once each day. And I had a CB in the car for years (had to do with search and rescue work). I didn't notice a difference between one day and the next, or one location and the next.

I don't recall anything over the top - no fights or the like - but the idle chatter was enough to drive me nuts. Yeah, contact is important for some people. If it were to me, I'd stay home.

Please note, I did accompany the alt route and early warning comments with smiley faces. They were at least partly tongue in cheek, as I vere definitely do recognize that a radio would stand me in good stead there. I'm personally not yet convinced that it's worth the crap.

Enroute - true. But I was talking - as was the individual I was responding to - specifically about leaving a lot. If something happens between my getting in the cab and hitting the highway, what are the chances I won't know about it? (honest question here-not trying to be smart).

(Further, I stop about every 2 hours, so the rig gets a lot of eye tracks during the course of the day )

Yeah, the kiddies do hit the radios around the stops and at about quitting time. And I definitely don't need the radio to find a place to park. But for me, it's not just that. As mentioned above - I don't like non-stop idle chatter. It's as hard on my nerves as like, ohmygooood! It's just, like, so anooooooying!

For the past 30 years of my life, my primary profession has been communications of one sort or another, and I developed a low tolerance for noise.

yeah, I know it's not what CB is all about these days, but I'm still of the 'pass the info and get off the air' school.

It might change. But I doubt it. I think I'm too set in my ways in this regard

 

My cb is NEVER on unless stopped traffic or bad weather!!! why?? I can't stand to hear grown men whine and cry about the most stupid meaningless stuff. I finally learned and shut it off about 5 years ago.

 

mine is down low so my xm mostly drowns it out but when i hear mm i turn it up or when i ask for the bears. or tell another driver there clear and come on over. i got a 29ltd with an antenna swr of 1.05

 

i see you have the cobra 29. i would like to suggest you upgrade to the cobra29ltdBT. it has blue tooth capabilities.

 

no i dont have one but am looking at it. i want somebody else to spend the mney to get one and tell me how well it works. so get one and tell us.

 

so you dont need to get a external speaker ? thank you for the info. the more i talk about this the more i want it. if i do get it i will have a tuned up 29ltd for sell