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Trucking can be like a bad marriage...

Discussion in 'Road Stories' started by ghostchild, Feb 4, 2009.

If you could do it all over again would you...

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    Have stayed with the 1st company you started with?

    23 vote(s)
    14.6%
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    Became a lease or owner operator when you first started?

    23 vote(s)
    14.6%
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    Left the industry long ago?

    24 vote(s)
    15.3%
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    Tranfered into the admin part of trucking?

    9 vote(s)
    5.7%
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    Would change nothing about your trucking career.

    46 vote(s)
    29.3%
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    none of the above..but...

    37 vote(s)
    23.6%
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  1. Feb 16, 2009 #11
    ghostchild

    ghostchild Road Train Member

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    That was both scary and funny...but the way you built it up, I really didnt know what you would see when you turned around...
     
    ghostchild, Feb 16, 2009
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  3. Feb 16, 2009 #12
    ghostchild

    ghostchild Road Train Member

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    Well so far, my 'marriage' with this company is going ok...except for the truck keeps having maintanance issues...
    Other than that, the relationship is good thus far...
     
    ghostchild, Feb 16, 2009
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  4. Feb 25, 2009 #13
    luvnforks

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    That was insane! OMG how funny! Thanks...I needed that! :cool:
     
    luvnforks, Feb 25, 2009
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  5. Feb 25, 2009 #14
    Peanut Butter

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    That was to funny i fell off my chair laughing, thanks i needed a good laugh :)
     
    Peanut Butter, Feb 25, 2009
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  7. Feb 26, 2009 #15
    Zaroc

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    I had to stay at the truck stop in Stockton,CA (76?) at HW4. Bad spot. I went to the bathroom before dark and settled in to read. AN hour or two later I hear a southern accent "Git outta my ####### truck! GIT!" I peek out the window and a black guy in a dress with a wig in hand take off running from the truck next to me. Guess he got to third base and found a bat on it.:biggrin_25525:
     
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    Zaroc, Feb 26, 2009
    Zaroc, Feb 26, 2009
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  8. Feb 27, 2009 #16
    Red Fox

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    Ha! Serves him right.
     
    Red Fox, Feb 27, 2009
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  9. Feb 28, 2009 #17
    ghostchild

    ghostchild Road Train Member

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    I'm still married to the company...but it's more like a marriage of convience...I don't really want to be here...but they pay the bills, and provide me shelter...

    But emotionally there's nothing there...
     
    ghostchild, Feb 28, 2009
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  10. Mar 3, 2009 #18
    Kane

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    Now that's funny. :)
     
    Kane, Mar 3, 2009
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  11. Mar 8, 2009 #19
    ghostchild

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    I'm still married to this trucking company...it's so so...but then again I'd probablly say that about any company I was with right now...

    I do work for a company that is very versitile though...local as well as over the road routes...I worked local last week...and boy...i don't know which is worse...

    With local...you go in at 16:00...and get off at around 02:00-03:00....you go home...(another 20-30 minutes to get home)...and then you scuffle around for a few before going to bed....then you wake up at around 10-11:30 am...before heading out again at 14:30...

    Basically you have no time for anything...so it's almost like you may as well be out on the road...

    The one good thing about over the road is that your in more control over your time...I mean once you leave the warehouse...your pretty much on your own to do what you want...

    But I'm at a point where I don't want to do either..Yes it pays, yes I have a job...but the spark just isnt there anymore...a marriage of convience...
     
    ghostchild, Mar 8, 2009
    ghostchild, Mar 8, 2009
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  12. Mar 8, 2009 #20
    ghostchild

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    The only way I could get excited about trucking again is if I were put inside a brand new anything...just as long as it was brandnew...

    And if I were allowed to pick and choose my own loads, as a company driver, the way they do at Landstar with the o/operaters....

    Now If I, as a company driver could choose my own loads...have access to the boards...I think I'de be a much happier camper....

    And as a local driver I'de be happy if I could just work 8 hours a week and make $700.00

    You know like wake up at 07:00, report to work at 08:00...and get off at 15:00-16:00....now I could handle that...:biggrin_25511:
     
    ghostchild, Mar 8, 2009
    ghostchild, Mar 8, 2009
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