Are "manual transmissions only" types of drivers supertruckers?

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  1. bumper Jack

    bumper Jack Heavy Load Member

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    I’m sorry. I had a 46rh. 92 model truck. It was a decent transmission
     
  2. Hammer166

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    Supertrucker was NOT a positive term, back in the day. Calling a driver a Supertrucker was a major insult.

    They were the guys that looked like photoshoot models for a western wear ad. Not because that's how they grew up, but because they dressed for a "look." All hat, no cattle fit them well.

    Drove a company truck they chromed out, held forth at the lunch counter, wouldn't know a hard day's work if it kicked them in the ###. They were the ultimate truckstop lawyers, and had the U.S. Marshall's out on a regular basis.
     
  3. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    I keep Flo captive in the mountains with a ring on her finger, she doesn't get on here much anymore . Otter passed a few months ago. I see Gigs on FB once in a rate while. Talk to RedHotMess on the phone here and there.
     
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    nredfor88 Road Train Member

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    Dude, did you even read what you barfed out? Are you some kind of troll wannabe?
     
  5. Chinatown

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    I know. I was a working class driver and dressed as a working driver. Didn't use a chain-drive wallet and all that stuff.
     
  6. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    The term is “NonDriver.” It’s a person who can’t drive, can’t chain, can’t shift, can’t preplan, can’t park,…etc…YET refers to anyone that CAN as a Supertrucker. The NonDriver is a step below a Braindead because the Braindead CAN, but operates on the bare minimum brain functions to prevent mental fatigue.
     
  7. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    They're doing live haul and feed in Western Arkansas.
     
  8. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    My father would have referred to them as a "Cottonpicker". It took me years to break myself from using that term once I got angry! Dang, I have edited several posts on TTR to remove that slur.
     
  9. Hammer166

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    JB Hunt carhauling?

    Most don't know JB actually started out hauling rice hulls for chicken litter way back when.
     
  10. rockeee

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    Correct. He did well. I did not know they were hauling cars in 2018. They did try hauling them intermodal for awhile in the 90's but that did not pan out so well.