Cb radio

If you will be running in states that are notorious for bed weather and bad wrecks I would get one... It just may save your life, if you have it on anyway.

Wyoming in the winter is one place I wouldn't be without mine... A lot of the tow truck drivers there run them and you will sometimes be able to get advance notice of a wreck that may be blocking the road, or an advance notice of a road closure that has recently been closed.

 

-other drivers can warn you that theres a wreck ahead,hwy closure or traffic jam if it just happened and gps hasnt been updated.
-when you pull in a truckstop thats a cluster and nobody has a clue who is doing what.
-when another driver passes you and can let you know if somthing is wrong with your trailer, lights out, etc.
-when you pull into a customer and are trying to figure out if the trucks there are in line to get in the gate or waiting to be called for a dock and you dont want to be the guy who goes by everyone only to get to the gate and be told to get in line.
-some drivers sell or trade stuff over cb.
-finding out road conditions from drivers going the opposite way
-be warned of a truck or highway patrol on the shoulder around a blind
corner.
-be warned of a dangerous situation ahead, black ice, etc
-warn others behind you of a dangerous situation ahead
-be warned of deer or cattle in the road from a driver ahead of you
-warn drivers behind you of deer or cattle in the road.
-be warned of debris on the road, blown tire etc
-warn others of debris on road
-find out where to check in at a customer if your not sure.
-let other drivers know where to check in at a customer if they are not sure.
-when your driving around a truckstop late looking for a spot and you pass a driver who lets you kno he is getting ready to pull out if you want a spot.
-contact "BBQ man".

 

- chat away a few hours on a long run if you find a good character to run with.

 

all depends on how much you like to be aware of your surroundings and what is going on around you while driving on the hwy, into the customers or around a truckstop.

 

I never left home without it. Kept me out of a lot of bad situations, including the 50 car/truck pileup on I80 in PA and the 75 vehicle pile up in Ga several years ago

 

Actually, the more I think about it - necessity.

It would save me writing “ No trailer lights” or “Flat tire” on a piece of paper, catching up to you, getting your attention, to watch you nod and continue driving -

OR -

Running up to your truck at a stop light to tell you about a serious issue -

Done both.

 

If you worked in a factory or an office with a bunch of other people all doing the same job as you but you couldn’t talk to them or hear them talk, do you think that would be a good thing? Now throw in the fact that we drive 80,000 pound trucks hundreds of miles a day with traffic, road construction, wildlife, hills, curves, etc.

You won’t catch me without a radio in my truck.

 

Good analogy.

 

You’re a better man than I, Blair.

I’m guilty of hollering at a fella on the radio to let him know of a light out or whatever, and if I get no response, I just keep truckin. I guess I figure if he doesn’t have enough pride in his job to have a radio, he probably wouldn’t have enough to pull over and fix it if I did tell him.

It’s a quirk I need to work on.

 

Don’t get me wrong - if I ride by and there’s a cell phone in hand or earbuds in and no sign of a radio, then they get the disapproving head shake and I motor on - well away from their shedding tread or brake fire . . .

I learned you can’t save ‘em all.