Benjamin Franklin said it best.” THOSE WILL GIVE UP LIBERTY FOR SECURITY DESERVE NEITHER”. Maybe not exact wording but it’s close enough.
Passed your post on to some friends, maybe get that thing sold. Retirement out of trucks is absolutely fantastic.
It’s an adjustment for sure, but I don’t miss trucking at all. This being home and sleeping in my own bed. Is great
Took my usual trip from Omaha to Havasu AZ to visit family in the car. Now I don’t get out much anymore since selling the trucks a few years ago....
Little late for this but no, back in 02 I stopped to help someone who flipped a car along with others. The car was Leaking fuel and was hot and in...
Uh, fmcsa reg says 70% of light must pass thru. So MO,IA, and I got popped in UT at Wendover port of entry in UT East bound I80. Did get a warning...
I bet they become hard to insure as well.
Problem is men and common sense and good work ethic is in short supply.
Or just parts become unavailable, I sold my trucks and now work for a major forklift company. Many older lifts are are impossible to find parts...
I thought old stinky dick Simon went out shortly after one of the drivers made a delivery to the capital building in Sacramento.
Prime trucks use to be in the ditch a lot as I remember. I-40 and I-44 popular places for them to run off and roll over. Of course they use to run...
I remember CR an England running Classic XL and W900’s with 13 speeds and chicken lights and usually drivers took pride in the ride. Jeez how far...
Oh, hell we could write a novel on that subject. Some things are better some are worse. But would have to say it’s all subjective. Overall society...
Find a drum micrometer and check for out of round and bell shape. I personally always replaced the drums and seals and complete wheel ends when...
I had used a burner phone for years for broker loads. As well as a generic e mail address. I never downloaded the tracking apps on my business...
Mine either ran into some out In Fernley NV. They were mad because truck stops, oops I mean travel centers wouldn’t let them shower. Mainly...
Have you ever met them or seen them. Not exactly the brightest bulbs of the bunch.
I trucked for 33 years and never used a gps. called customers got final mile directions. Or called fire dept and got truck route directions in big...
Money bags, better buy you an armored car to tote that money around!.
On the suspension slider should be a tag riveted. Should give suspension mfg and serial # and model#. Only a few suspension mfg’s parts should be...