Looking for stories and info

https://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/threads/southern-shaker.96287/

 

A book,,of course, why didn't I think of that, chapter 1 page 1,,,um,,,let's see, what would interest the world about trucking,,3 hours later, nothing yet,,let me just say, Hollywood made a fortune depicting what exciting lives truckers lead, when in fact, it's an incredibly boring job where 97% of the time, nothing happens. "Next sign, 50 miles". I never thought of my job as book worthy, it was just a job.

 

@High Stepper @Lonesome @TB John

Probably have some good connections.
I’d tag Jubal, but I see he’s gone now.

 

80% of my time is boredom. 10% is spent laughing at some crazy stuff I've seen on the road, and 10% taking care of the high stress, fast paced life of a business owner.

 

Got a movie planned?. I don't mean to be rude, I can all but guarantee I wouldn't be interested, like Pee-Wee Herman said, "I lived it". Not to say there weren't some exciting moments, it was a job where the last minutes wouldn't give any insight as to what might happen next, but generally, exciting moments were followed by long periods where nothing happened. Good luck, so what exactly do you need from us old farts? You want stories, we'll have you writing volume 2 in no time.
Snowman, you know, I started trucking when that movie came out( 1977) and a good friend, who I trucked with most of my life, thought he was Snowman, right down to the W900 KW and the cowboy hat.

 

I started in 1980 I remember Souther Shaker but don't know him. Silver Wings was my hero back then.