Don’t be this guy!!!

I’d be interested to hear you elaborate on this one.

 

When they had all that construction on 40 in Arkansas, the state routed everyone across US64. For the most part, that’s a narrow 2 lane with 40 or 50 skinny bridges (22ft or less). Tight road with two way OSOW traffic. I run run 2 radios, 1 for my cars, 1 for the highway channels. 19 is the common channel, aka the highway channel (I know you know, but just clarifying for others who may not).

I can communicate with my crew, yet I can communicate with others. You meet up with another big load on a 2 lane, everyone starts slowing down. For the most part, they all do like I do.
How wide are you, hand?

“20 ft.”

10-4. I’m 16...give me a moment to hug the shoulder and you squeeze on by.”

“10-4. Thank you, hand.”

Question: why do you give the bigger load the ROW?

The bigger load is the gridlock. It’s much easier for traffic to flow, if you pull your smaller load over and let the big load keep moving. It’s better for everyone if he keeps moving. Every time a big load has to pull over, it’s a big production, a big deal.

“Hey Six, what if both loads are the same size...who gets the right of way?”

The heavier load.

BTW, the 2 lane is completely different from the big road. There has always been and always be more CB use on the 2 lane. Lot better class of driver on the 2 lane also.

 

JD is parked on the back corner of the back row of a truck stop with a 14 wide. I pull in, park right next to JD with a 13. Truck stop fills up and some guys get angry because it looks as if JD and I are hogging the parking lot.

How many parking spots are we taking up?

 

No more than 3 because you guys are pros and know how to park it, right?

 

I actually had a driver get mad at me and another driver for taking up 3 spots! I wonder if that's the "thinking that we have extra privilege" stuff that was referred to. All these years, I was under the impression that parking beside another OSOW was a courtesy...

 

Why not just run 2 systems? I know I've got 2 CB's in my truck (my good one, then a Cobra 29 BT for my phone)...one is always on 19, and the other goes to whatever other channel I might need to use. Around here, I usually leave it on 25 since that's where all of the coal mines (and therefore the coal haulers) will be if they aren't on 19. Those radios they sell @ the sporting goods stores (forget what they're called, but claim to have some stupid long range on some of them...20-30 miles) are another option to keep your primary line of communication uninterrupted and your CB free to stay on 19.

 

And there lies the issue. If you have 2 CB's, you can have 1 on whatever channel the convoy is running while still keeping ears on 19. Your pilot cars don't necessarily need to hear a driver notifying you that "I'll wait 'til after that underpass before I ease around you...you've got the lane if you need it"...as long as YOU hear it. If they want to be a part of that conversation, they can put a 2nd radio in their cars OR fork over the dough for whatever other radio communication system you decide to use.