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Back in my day...

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by RedRover, Oct 13, 2017.

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  1. Oct 13, 2017 #31
    againstthewind

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    in 20 yrs we can all say "back in my day we used to drive trucks" lol
     
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  3. Oct 13, 2017 #32
    Justrucking2

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    30 here, and it is getting worse. But, I own the truck, and have for most of that time... Not the same one, though I wish with these emission systems. But I have already fixed that. ;-)
     
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  4. Oct 13, 2017 #33
    MACK E-6

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    I remember the days when we said "diesel exhaust fluid" as a joke.
     
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  5. Oct 13, 2017 #34
    RedRover

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    Guys like that made it so hotshots like me can truck for 8 hours a day and have to start looking for parking for the next 3 hours, then sit and listen to guys like him tell me how having never backed a trailer, they were safer drivers than a person who backs a trailer over a thousand times in the span of a month.

    Meanwhile, you still see guys like that dead all over the highway the first time a snowflake hits the ground. Guys like that, or guys like he purported himself to be are the reason we have a #### satellite tracking whether we stopped our clock to fuel.
     
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  7. Oct 13, 2017 #35
    x1Heavy

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    It's really difficult for me because I have run into people who I thought was worst tn

    I have done 25000 miles in a month time period. Some of that had to be off the books.
     
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  8. Oct 13, 2017 #36
    RedRover

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    When I brought a truck on and suddenly had the capability to line 5, I added 21 hours to my 70 each week until they caught on. I'd literally drive for 3 hours until the elog said I was out of off duty driving time and then I'd hit the shoulder for 15 minutes and then drive off my 11. Went a full month like that. They were pissed when they audited my logs, but I regret nothing. Mouths to feed. Hate shutting down when I'm not tired.
     
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  9. Oct 13, 2017 #37
    MysticHZ

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    Back in the day professional drivers knew guys like that were idiots.
     
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  10. Oct 13, 2017 #38
    RedRover

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    Finally they asked me how I was on recaps for a month and had 38 hours of drive time remaining and always only had 7-8 hours of recap.
     
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  11. Oct 13, 2017 #39
    8thnote

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    Nope. There's a hill on I-24, about 40 miles from my home town, called Monteagle Mountain (so-called because of the town of Monteagle at the summit of the ridge, although the ridge itself is technically nameless). I've never heard of this "Mt Eagle" though.
     
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  12. Oct 13, 2017 #40
    Moosetek13

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    So many dangerous drivers say the 'good old days' were better times.
    But, for who?
     
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