CB, a dying truck driver tool, what y'all think??

Well a hot busty chic and a handfull of lil blue pills anything can happen..

 

Just got a CB call from a trucker who saw my handle and posts on this forum. We are about to meet up at the Tim Hortons down in Trail. This tells me that the CB is definitely "not dead".

Anyone of you boys getting the chance to pull through Rossland BC, give old Snow Walker a shout and you could be sitting down to a cup of java with me; possibly a home cooked meal. Off down the hill to shoot the sh** with my past life.

 

Hot busty Chic, No blue pills needed, lol

 

Do any of the newbies even know what cb stands for?
Back in the day most of the smokey reports were solo drivers seeking attention lol
The cb lives on and I have mine on as usual but hey I get crap cause I still have a truckers atlas as well as a fancy phone and a tablet.
Drive safe out there and long live the radio.

 

I've been in this rodeo long enough to remember the days when you'd know where every bear was for the next 200 miles without ever asking. Same with the scales, if they were open, someone would tell you about it.

Nowadays, it's crickets on the radio. No warnings for accidents, stopped traffic, etc.

One day last winter I was coming over the top of Jugtown Mountain (I-78 in New Jersey) westbound, empty, in the middle lane, and passing the slower, loaded trucks. Of course when I got to the top, some of them got wind in their sails and rode along side me. Seeing that it was going to be a bit tough to get back right for the scale at the bottom of the hill, I got on the CB and asked if it was open or closed. The first response back was, "WTF does it matter, you'll have to go through it anyway"...

Really? That's not why I asked...

But I digress, that's the way it is anymore out here. I'll be willing to bet half the new guys, if you asked them what they left over their shoulder, would think you were asking about what's in the sleeper, or what kind of trailer they're pulling. Forget about telling them that there's a "full grown in the median shooting them in the face". Some of them, if they even have a radio, would probably have that WTF is he talking about look on their face...

Still, mine is on whenever the truck is rolling, and I will give out bear and scale reports for those who might appreciate them.

 

Living in the mountains of BC we get some huge snow falls that leave many truckers in a mess. This happened last week and those who claim that the CB is dead should have sat by my CB and listed to the radio traffic. For about five hours the radio was buzzing with truckers exchanging info about chain up areas, where it was okay to climb the grade barefoot or put on the iron (some recommended steers). Two jack knifes could have caused more accidents had it not been for these guys talking to each other.

Being that I am an ex OTR and have a base station high in the hills, I was a constant go between with the road crews, the truckers and anyone else who had a CB. Most truckers still have a CB but just don't respond to the idiots who have no respect for themselves, let alone for others. Last week's storm proved to me just how common the CB still is for truckers.

 

I know, I know.......Cee Bee

 

Just got back from Denver
There was a couple new breed truck guidance systems looking at radios at a loves.. I told them cb stood for Canadian broadcast... I told them that it translates into French for when yer up north... They were ecstatic cause they were heading that way so they bought one... Even said it was righteous... Who even uses that word anymore? L

 

The radio had it's day once upon a time. I still have mine on the side table from then. It was a good radio, however the content that came over it made it necessary to turn the volume down low and nerf the antennas a little bit to keep things decent in our cab.

There is no point talking about the problems from many when spouse comes up on it now and then. Nor is it necessary to go over some of the bad places filled with prostitution and other things on the air. It has come in very handy when you are running as number one or behind number one if something came up ahead. Just about all of my near misses have developed at the moment I heard something followed by your lane is blocked or some variation. Lo and behold there it is, since I am already in the process it is not a surprise to me as it was to others.

The last time that radio was very useful was we were number one of 9, we lost 6 on ice when there was a bad patch upgrade west of Knoxville on 40. That radio came in handy to count noses see if anyone is hurt and go from there. Another time I had settled in on split ice and snow east of Cabbage and a line formed behind me of about 40 or more. I told em to gwan Im doing my own thing. They all settled into what became a pretty epic convoy for a good while. It turned out many were somewhat new to winter and driving in general so... here I am the pied piper of sorts. Don't do what I tell you, do what I do... ugh.

Finally the OP stated he did not want to hear about the good old days, sorry, you are going to here. That radio was useful in sorting out who had the most horses, who were in the rocking chair and cabooses. The caboose watched for bears coming up, the rockings tracked the bears coming down and the front doors dealt with whatever bears might be up waiting for us all. It's very useful to hear showboat time, camera at 114 yardstick while still 3 miles coming on at 105 or so. That's about a minute or two to knock it down to 55 and make yourself presentable which is about as much you will get before breaking that Lawman's radar. Sorry Mr Lawman, not today. Maybe tomorrow. If you were really wise, you did not respond to that call, because Mr Lawman could hear that too.

Once in a blue Moon, Mr Lawman has a request over that radio. Usually to move two or three up side by side to knock a lawbreaking car trying to get away down a peg. No problem. Or simply as happened once in CT for us was to settle down when a herd formed in the hammer lane piling up on us, causing us to think we all were in for it at 90 or so southbound. Turned out they wanted that mercury in the far right packed with some very bad people. They caught that car too. So it worked out well. Never mind the 80 and 90 mph lawbreaking in a 45 mph construction... what they asked specifically was to break up the nose to tail a little bit enough for a cop car to get across left to right between trucks. That was easily done in a few moments.