Do you guys lay around all winter when the roads get bad?

I had an ####### broker tell me the other day, "you won't be getting these rates come winter." To which I replied, "the only thing I'll need from you this winter is advice on how many marshmallows I should include in my hot chocolate while kicking back near my fireplace."

 

if there is a state of emergency, the milk trucks still roll. on the road, across the field.... nobody can tell the difference then.

 

Yeah I know. My best friend from high school found that out the hard way. He graduated in 2002, and began hauling milk immediately after, for a pretty well known company around here. That winter, we got nailed with a storm causing a State of Emergency. He called his boss, tried to tell him he couldn't go, the roads were closed. That's when he was educated in a not so nice way that milk trucks are exempt from such things. His route normally took him about 11 hours to run, I think that day was around 20 if I recall.

 

Oh no, I don't haul milk. Maybe once my house is paid and my retirement is funded I'd consider it. I actually like running in the snow though. So maybe I'm weird

 

It was only 65, and it was at night.

 

My dad drove for dairy companies and was lucky enough to get home before the blizzard of 93 here in NY. Even now he doesnt do dairy, hes told me hes gone up to Watertown, NY (Fort Drum area) and winters are awful there due to the lake. Cant see, roads covered. Just another day between Dec and April

 

That's right, milkman gotta go. Ive done it. Storms literally dont matter. In fact... farmers up and down the routes I ran with milk would have NO problem harnessing a team of shires or tractors to get me moving again so long I keep rolling to the next farm. And they would do it too. Even if they have to tow me all the way there.

I had a pretty good mack with the walking beams back there plus a huge torque based 5 speed manual so doing battle with Nature or Boulders etc while being gentle with that tanker is second nature.

I think that boy who did not want to go out in the storm is cowardly. Cows make milk 24/7 go get it. Hell, give me the keys and route, I'll go get it. Pretty boy can stay home.

 

I guess I'm confused here. When you say "supper trucker", are you referring to the drivers that run in the winter? Or the ones that run late at night? I guess the drivers that run early in the morning would be "breakfast truckers"?

What do ya call the hands that run all night, no matter the weather?

 

Somebody's had too much to drink and thinks a little much of themself.