Truck Driving in Afghanistan
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Midnightrider909, Jun 12, 2019.
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Halliburton used to own KBR. I knew a guy who driver over there. Would never shut up about it. You would think he was a General the way he talked. I always got confused thinking he was a soldier. What a dope.
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There are vlogs and documentaries of being a contract trucker in Africa though. I’m not sure about 6 figures a year. But it’s mostly flatbed/oversized equipment hauling from wild lands a to wild lands b.
The contractors usually look for a driver with mechanical background. Not basic mechanical background but you gotta be imaginative also when shtf. In the documentary that I saw, I never thought bananas could be used as lube in a wheel bearing. -
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Have a good friend that was incharge of a platoon of US soldiers defending convoys over there several years back. They had a fuel tanker take an RPG round... Said he'd never seen a skinny Ugandan driver move so fast! They just left it there to burn. 2 days later they went back and were able to salvage 95% of the fuel in the tanker. Luckily the RPG hit the engine and not the tank.
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If you are out of the country on those contracts for more than 330 days in a year, the first $91,500 of it is tax free.
My hubs is a plumber and has done the contracts. He is also a vet. According to him the compounds and bases are safe.
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I had a heavyset friend of mine was driving a truck in Iraq, he quit and came home a couple of days after they blew up the cafeteria, a few soldiers died, God bless them.He was right there, butt didn't get hurt, thankfully.
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Bases in the ghanny are still getting attacked. But it's pretty calm in Iraq. You wont make 6 figures. But it will be more than a swift driver.
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