The Old days are dying and the New drivers only smell like they have.

first sign of old age, youre complaining about the next generation. my grandpas been saying the same things only since the late 60's early 70's.

my truck isnt clean. i dont see the need to waste 40 bucks of the companies money doing something that will inevitably put me headed into a rain storm, or down a muddy back road. (or into louisiana's bugs... everythings bigger in texas my #####) i clean the interior of my truck once a week, this includes wiping down all interior panels, sweeping, washing bed linens, and finally mopping the floor. yes mopping. with mr. clean in fact. with the left over mr. clean i spray and wipe down my steers, and wipe the diesel/dirt concoction off of my tanks.

i shower at minimum every other day. i have tattoos. alot of them. every tattoo i have has a meaning and or relevance regarding personal experiences. i dont have any of those cool tattoos that look like they were done by a cell mate when i was in the "joint". i know thats a popular thing to have on the road, but i just cant bring myself to get one. my ears are pierced, sitting at 4 gauge at the moment, you wait 30 days between sizing to allow the piercing to heal. i wear what i want, never anything offensive, and never uncomfortable. flannel shirts with the sleeves cut off and rustlers arent a part of my ward drobe. neither is a chain wallet, fingerless gloves or anything leather. i have an orange safety vest, two pairs of safety glasses, my own hard hat, and a rather large pair of wolverines for when i go into paper and chemical places.

and i dont even give two whole sh!ts about what another driver thinks about what i look like. maybe a half a #####. nah not even that much. dirty toilet paper maybe? id be willing to give that away.

my mother taught me to lift the toilet seat, before i urinate, not after (which some of you seem to do) to exercise common courtesy (which some of you are incapable of.) and to be thoughtful of other people (some of you arent aware theres anyone on this planet but you.)

before i started school my grandfather told me to run at night (because 90 percent of the idiot's trucks are solar powered) to not buy a big ole cb radio (it isnt necessary, nor is it worthwhile) and that if i ever thought about buying my own truck, his psychic grandpa e.s.p. would kick in, and he'd kick my ### for having the thought. the man's 68 years old, and i dont question his ability to accomplish that task.

next time youre at the truck stop loathing everyone around you, watch those drivers. see what trucks they actually go back to. ive found the ones in question typically drive a truck covered with extensive amounts of chrome, l.e.d. lights, and train horns, just as often as they drive a plain jane company truck. and age wise theyre anywhere between 21 and 60 for the most part.

ive been driving less than a year, ive gotten this truck in and out of places where people whove been driving for 10 years said i couldnt get it. every day is a challenge to me. i have parked nose in a total of 4 times, all 4 of those times were in an idle aire spot during a restart. if there isnt a yellow line on both sides of my truck i dont park there. if i ever park my truck on the fuel island, its 3 am, and there are atleast 3 other fuel islands completely free around me, even then i watch out the window to see if im blocking someone. i park in the back row at truck stops, i know im overweight, and i walk wherever possible. ive lost a total of 37 pounds as of today since i started driving last august (down to 268, thats less than my starting weight when i played football in high school.). keep seeing all these lardarsed drivers parked 20 feet from the doors....

sweeping generalizations? never from a truck driver. never. honest.

oh and ive NEVER asked for a radio check, and i dont give a crap how it sounds. i know the ###### thing works, just like the rest of you.

 

Nicely said. The only time I ask for a radio check is when I've just moved into a new truck. I don't run IA. And I run a company truck which lacks chrome, chicken lights, a large hood and Naked Lady mudflaps, so I'm obviously Not A Real Man.

Listen to your Grandpa and your momma. You're the type of driver that will help this industry survive.

 

Geeze. MuleSkiner,
Why doncha just tell us what you REALLY think?

 

TOO FUNNY! Yes please by all means don't hold back on our account. Tell us what you REALLY think.

Just kidding Muleskinner. I think your just gettin' cranky in your old age. I seem to recall many of the same observations from my grandparents. I just "tuned" them out after a while too. Sad but true.

 

I'd say you're THERE, amigo.

 

"CHILD"?!
Who you callin' "child" -- junior?
If you weren't here prior to 1950, I gotcha by a few years.