My impressions of drivers from being on this board 2 months

Older then me? You sure don't act like it.

 

With perhaps a few pull-ups, absolutely. It is, in fact, a simple sight-side, just as Otherhalf said. Place the cars about ten feet closer, move the fence in about 15 feet, add a few more DOT poles and put a dumpster or two in for grins....then it might be a challenge.

I'm not ashamed to pull forward a few times, even on simple maneuvers. When all's said and done, nobody's paint was exchanged with mine and the truck is straight.

 

You might try heading your own advice...it is fairly obvious that you don't take head to warnings....

 

To the OO. I don't find posters attacking anyone in general here, unless of course their wrong. Someone can not come on to this board and just start attacking people, or bluntly planting wrong information.

I have found people here are entitled to their opinions, and if you attack them personally you won't be here long.

In general I find that this board represents the trucking industry fairly well, and if you do not care for what you find here you probably won't make it in our industry.

In general I find the posters to be truthful and honest in their opinions which in the end is all one can ask.

But if your and outsider and think your going to attack anyone of us you every well may have all of us one your hands. Were drivers and proud to be the ones that move America. And No one from the outside will ever understand, We take pride in the right to be an individual and not to conforms to what others may think.

Were Professional Drivers, like it or step out of the way.

 

My impression of truckers after all these years of working with them...there used to be alot of good guys and gals out here.

Now they're mostly a bunch of new guys and gals...the industry got flooded with newbies. Now some of those newbies are surely good people...or at least were before they got a taste of this job.

Then the bitterness sets in....they have come down to their last hope, to make it as a truck driver. When they realize this ain't the glamorous job it was portrayed as in "Smokey and the Bandit"...they feel trapped (and many of them really are trapped)

It comes down to this...there are too many people driving trucks that don't really wanna be driving a truck. Bad attitudes, ill tempers, road rage, CB rambo's, etc., etc.

 

He's typical of many I've had the displeasure of being around.

Can anyone say "double standards". We've all got them to a pointe, but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,no, I'm not going to waste my time with this guy again.
Have a nice life,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

You also find in people what you look for. I try to look for the positive in a situation, and 9 out of 10 you will find it. All the pissing and moaning on the radio is not how they are but people letting off steam. Much like a boiling pot (Grasshopper) you must let the steam out or explode.

Stop and talk to drivers and you will find most of them to be good people. Newbie or not. Differences is what makes the world go around.

 

Absolutely right....if anyone wants to know how to get along...just ask any of us from Central/Northern Valley, CA...actually anything North of L.A. and East side of Coastal range...we will always steer you the smooth way...

GREAT POSTS PJ!