1st Day.... Doh!

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  1. Jan 27, 2018 #81
    diesel drinker

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    Nah,he will drive tanker in a middle of nowhere so no NJ 1960 docks,no backing from a street,no Chicago International market at 3 am in a rain and such.EASY JOB!
     
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  3. Jan 27, 2018 #82
    WesternPlains

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    I’ve already had to back in from streets. You think they put bakeries out in the middle of nowhere?
     
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  4. Jan 27, 2018 #83
    WesternPlains

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    Despite all the problems. I’m OTR, in Provo. Deliver first thing Monday morning. I’m not liking this. I’m loving it.
    Been all over before. But never as a job. Driving a tractor trailer.
     
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  5. Jan 27, 2018 #84
    WesternPlains

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    Found the gear shifter is in the right place with a International.
    Back in school. The Cascadia shifter wasn’t in the right spot. One day, the teacher Very calmly said to me; Quit trying to shift my water bottle.:laughing-guffaw:
     
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  7. Jan 28, 2018 #85
    WesternPlains

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    Geesh! Am thoroughly impressed with the “showers” at this truck stop. Complete bathroom, marble tile everything, clean, towels provided.
    Watching everybody come through. Gonna go get some fancy pancakes...Denny’s...
    I is as happy as a cold pig in warm mud. :)
     
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  8. Jan 28, 2018 #86
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    There are a few truck stops out there that are very nice. There's a Sapp Bros on I-80, exit 120 in Pennsylvania with remodeled shower rooms that are very nice, and nearly as big as my bedroom at the house. Two shower stalls, two sinks, lots of bench space, and room for a pool table, if they wanted to install one.
     
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  9. Jan 29, 2018 #87
    WesternPlains

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    I don’t know what it is? I sleep like a baby in the back of these trucks. Can have trucks running on both sides, with mine running. I’m out like a log. Lovin’ it...
     
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  10. Jan 29, 2018 #88
    WesternPlains

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    The view from my very first OTR delivery.
    That’s Sandy UT at the base of the mountain.
     

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  11. Jan 29, 2018 #89
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    Same here. I've always slept better with background white noise. If someone is playing a radio, TV, or talking really loud though, it will wake me up.
     
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  12. Jan 29, 2018 #90
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    I always slept well in a truck. An APU really helped my sleep
     
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