How do you OTR guys do it??

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by AnthonyM757, Oct 18, 2016.

  1. Hamburger71

    Hamburger71 Medium Load Member

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    Trucker groupies are difficult to live with.
     
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  3. KillingTime

    KillingTime Road Train Member

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    CLYDE! The Lizard Hunter!
    (to the tune of Dog, The Bounty Hunter)
     
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  4. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    Wait until it's two feet of snow on the ground and turned to ice that pretty much takes away your windshield and you still have 250 miles to go until the Cabbage west bound via the intermountain west before you can count on at least a place to stop a while.

    At 15 mph that 250 miles will take all your 11 hours and then some into a storm that will get worse. That is a special kind of battle mostly to avoid getting stuck. Some of us thrive on that problem. The harder it goes the more we motivate to keep trucking. But we are not boneheads. When it starts to slip too much, it's possibly you are done for the day when they close the interstate in your face leaving you to sit and stew for days waiting to see it reopen.

    Waiting is never something I like. It's hard to wait. Sometimes its three days wait at the meat plant. Ugh.
     
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  5. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    The rage against the 4 wheelers always helped me when I was OTR. Now I use podcasts.
     
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  6. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    I think that job is called retirement driving an RV.
     
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  7. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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  8. Yves kanevil

    Yves kanevil Medium Load Member

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    Falling asleep after two hours. Might wanna get that sleep apnea checked
     
  9. Asphalt Cowboy 33

    Asphalt Cowboy 33 Highway Junkie

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  10. TROOPER to TRUCKER

    TROOPER to TRUCKER Anything Is Possible

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    If you love the song that just come on the radio but for no reason didn't keep up with the lyrics then the job was done right. After driving I was just very mentally drained because of what you are constantly processing.
     
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  11. KMac

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    Just another day at the office with the ever changing view.
     
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