danc694u hit the nail on the head. Integrity. If my boss got in a bind and needed fifty bucks I would give it to him. If my boss stole fifty...
Thirty or forty minutes? Heck, it'll take 30 or 40 minutes at some places to find out it's gonna take 3 or 4 hours. :yes2557: The company will...
Per diem is essentially the money the gov't lets you have because you are away from home. If your truck is your home, Uncle Sam says you don't...
Comfort vs safety? Of course, they aren't thinking of it. Safety is inconvenient at best and a down right pain in the butt more often than not....
Abrasiveness to strangers? You may have been born to be a truck driver.:yes2557: I can empathize with you about not being able to walk into a...
gwhitson, yours is a common and understandable misconception. As big as these critters are, it is ALL about feel. All about subtleties. You...
I have no idea what your yellow - green - yellow markers stand for, but in a detroit and a 10 speed, if you shift at 1500-ish and make the shift...
The guy who gave me my first job was much like you describe GasHauler. He still had a file drawer full (probably 20) shift lever extensions for...
The answers to these questions is VERY subjective. I have much more van experience (and it is my preference) less with flats and even less with...
What motor are you behind? I find that Detroits and Cats will drop RPMs slower than Cummins. With the Cummins you have to shift more quickly to...
One thing I think that gets overlooked a lot is "presence". Presence: the ability to project a sense of ease, poise, or self-assurance, esp....
"emotionally tired and morally bankrupt". Son?:biggrin_25524::biggrin_2559: I second the notion of staying in school. There are summer driving...
Why stay in it? I love it, pure and simple. Good money enters into it, so does a level of independence. I don't know about the dying industry...
I use a Zippo lighter and have found that lighter fluid works well. And for me it is always close at hand.
Congratulations! Now, let the games begin:yes2557:
AfterShock, your comments are certainly valid. I feel the need to clarify, if I had told my dispatcher to simmer down and add a day to the trip,...
What APU unit did they put on the truck? Our company switched from Rig Master units to CCS units. The CCS unit is superior in my opinion, but...
Hammer166 appropriately hit the nail on the head. From my point of view, the problem lies largely with lie about time at shippers/receivers....
Sam Elliot, Micheal Parks and Kris Kristofferson. To my mind they are the head and shoulders favorites. How do ya want the part played? Quiet,...
A convoy can be broken up or ticketed if it impedes traffic or becomes a nuisance in some way. Generally at the discretion of the officer, if a...
