Old School Trucking..
Discussion in 'Questions To Truckers From The General Public' started by SlowNSteady1986, Sep 20, 2023.
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There were no CDL mills. New drivers were trained on-the-job. I don't recall the turnover being nearly as high then, but there weren't nearly as many trucks either, so I don't know.Rideandrepair, Cattleman84, Jubal Early Times and 1 other person Thank this. -
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@Oxbow is correct there wasn't a CDL school on every corner turning out steering wheel holders like an assembly line
Use to be it was the School of Hard Knocks that most drivers attended..
Of coase the industry wasn't full of a bunch of Sallys like today
It was easy to spot the ones that couldn't cut it back then you would find them curled up in the fetal position sucking their thumb in the driver's lounge of the truck stop needing a ride home or they were on the pay phone with tears in their eyes asking their wife to pawn off some jewelry so she could wire them money for ticket to ride the grey dog home
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Its easy .. they're just tryping it on here instead of sniveling about it in a ph call .. like I used to hear
I will give them credit it they were great motivational speakers. It used to be the pay phones were lined up on a wall in the truck stops usually in the hallway on the way to the bathrooms & showers.. everytime I had to either shower or call in to the office & I heard the sob story they were cry'n .. it motived me even more not to ever be like them no matter how S##### my day was ..Last edited by a moderator: Sep 24, 2023
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