How long can I stay out on the road?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by DrivenCuriosity, Jul 23, 2016.

  1. j_martell

    j_martell Light Load Member

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    My roll offs get the interior cleaned (dash and windows wiped down, seats and floor vacuumed) weekly, and washed on the outside at least once a week, more if the weather/environment insists. Same with my car. What I drive is a reflection on me, and I'm not a slob. It'll never be perfect, because I haul waste, but it doesn't have to look like the landfills I visit.

    That reminds me, need to get on painting the fenders and frame. Factory paint hasn't held up very well for such a new truck...
     
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  3. Myblackout2014

    Myblackout2014 Bobtail Member

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    Omg, lol, dying in the cab is awful(talk about loving the trucking life) but your reply actually made me lol. Ive been solo a few months now and about the 6/7 week period I'm ready to get away from the truck.
     
  4. CargoWahgo

    CargoWahgo Road Train Member

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    If you are or want to go into Canada.
    (Dunno why you wouldn't....its bigger and less crowded than the USA)

    One day off before traveling in it in the past 14 days.

    Canada makes you take a day off.

    Its like heyyy chilll ouutttt eh?
    Hou ah-boot some Tim Horton's ohr some bad Itiiiliuun food?
     
  5. CargoWahgo

    CargoWahgo Road Train Member

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    Oooowww pewhaps eh liter of cola ewwwwooorrr something else weird ooot of ah Bootle?


    ....sorry couldn't help it.
     
  6. JC1971

    JC1971 Road Train Member

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    Canadian truck stops suck. Put it this way. A Pilot would be a 5-star truck stop by Canadian standards. Very few decent rest areas unless you're in Ontario which have ones like the service plazas on the U.S. turnpikes. Canada is a nice place, though. And Tim Hortons breakfast sandwiches put McDonald's to shame.
     
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  7. tucker

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    I wash my bedding maybe twice a year, I try to shower daily, but sometimes I miss a day.
    I rarely wipe down the truck,
     
  8. CargoWahgo

    CargoWahgo Road Train Member

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    Bs canada had the awesome coconut soap waaayyy before it came down to the USA shower pumps!

    Quebec rest stops have canteens.

    I like the couche retard chain & the fifth wheel guys up at Cornwall are excellent fellas. I sat in there with em on their one table playing cards with em.

    Hooks are a lot nicer up there I think.....now I don't like how some of the ones in quebec lack the douchess......that's a shower folks...
    Go douche yourself.

    You know what a Canadian ts doesn't have....or anywhere else.....
    A mudflap (Cept the first pilot on the 401 across Detroit)

    The j in Edmonton is pretty impressive it has like 20 screens with NBA games or whatnot on it.
     
  9. JC1971

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    I didn't go into to that one. There was so much road construction I was afraid to even get off the freeway and just started back south. Maybe next time.
     
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