A lot of smart, philosophical, people here. Good to hear all the perspectives. I feel kind of foolish for writing it now, I had a little too...
Yes, too much use of the word "I". While I appreciate all the positive feedback, this is really just a self-centered rant focusing on myself....
This could come in the length of a book but I'll try to keep it short. The main point is that the old guys were right, most of the time, when I...
Those night dispatchers are trying to make their quotas and keep you and the truck rolling.
I agree with you. This is total BS. Put in your year, find a way to survive, then find a company that doesn't have night dispatchers. Flatbed is...
I worked at a company where the Safety director told me to my face "if all the drivers were like you, I would be out of a job." And she was not...
Like a lot of places, they are going for the paradigm shift. They want younger, more "diverse" drivers to represent their brand. The ole Walmart...
You'll probably get a lot of different responses. But if he's healthy, there's nothing that should stop him. My retirement plan has me driving...
I got my truck last September and still going. I've been hauling HazMat tanker and containers. My biggest source of loss has been downtime from...
Don't know if it's already been mentioned, but you want your cables to be as short as possible. The longer they are, the more power you will...
Some of these big professional lots can be pretty expensive because they have to carry high liability insurance. Even though they have cameras...
Just for any of your beer drinkers out there, when you're off-duty or out of the truck, who have an issue with gluten. I didn't discover I was...
I had a noise, sounds kind of similar. One of the belts was rubbing the edges of one of the pulleys. Replaced belts an belt tensioner and that...
Apparently this is one of the big deals now. I can understand them if you're on a tight schedule. But I was at a company where I had plenty of...
Another factor is age, I have noticed. To be young, say below 40, you're much more suited to put up with all the non-sense because you believe...
I believe we are a long way off from self-driving trucks, even for long haul. In the next 10 years there might be some running back on forth on...
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It was probably worse back in the day during the transition from good ole days to newbie tourist drivers. Let's say there is a millennial, or...
I'm old enough to know a driver that used to be served a beer when he picked up a load at Budweiser. They would give you a cold one to enjoy...
If you add in the cost of a motel to the $40-65, whatever it is, it's basically food and shelter. What more could a "blemished" driver want? But...