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

Shortcircuit27 · Apr 23, 2008

Muleskinner said: ↑

.......like you are trying to convert them to the Church of Chicken Cruising...
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Holy schnikies! That should qualify as the line of the year!

AfterShock · Apr 23, 2008

Muleskinner said: ↑

Church of Chicken Cruising...
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Ain't that the one where they speak in tongues?
Chickeneese as I recall.

Boop-Boop!

Muleskinner · Apr 23, 2008

AfterShock said: ↑

"CHILD"?!
Who you callin' "child" -- junior?
If you weren't here prior to 1950, I gotcha by a few years.
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Forgive me father for I have sinned....You're still a comfort to me tho' you OLD goober.

AfterShock · Apr 23, 2008

Muleskinner said: ↑

Forgive me father for I have sinned....You're still a comfort to me tho' you OLD goober.
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"OLD Goober"!?
That's better, bubba.
Call me Elder Goober.
Exactly like a berry
only different.

Muleskinner · Apr 23, 2008

Shortcircuit27 said: ↑

Holy schnikies! That should qualify as the line of the year!
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I get wound up and remind myself of Slim Picken's character in "Blazing Saddles" where he says...."YOU BOYS AIN'T A GETTIN' PAID TO DANCE AROUND LIKE A BUNCH OF KANSAS CITY F@GG0TS"

stranger · Apr 23, 2008

Muleskinner said: ↑

You two have missed the point of the initial post by a long shot..You might want to reread it....I don't recall anyone mentioning a big mouth radio or chrome being used as a measure of manliness nor a hidden agenda to try to turn steering wheel holders into chicken truckers that couldn't cut it as one anyway.

It had to do with the lack of proffesionalism,cleanliness,respect and pride in your craft and the changes over time as a result of these CDL mills and deregulation.I've seen the changes first hand and none of them have seemed to be for the good.

I personally don't care if you guys grow mushrooms out of the crack of your butt,as long as you don't stand next to me stinking,you move when I say excuse me and you or your "training engineer"don't tear the hood off my truck as you pull out we'll get along just fine.

And as far as the way you dress or what you wear,that doesn't confront me in the least as long as you ain't in my truck and you are clean when I have to stand behind your goofy looking ### in the fuel desk line.If you want to be viewed as some kinda freak by that old Texas cop who has you stopped at 3 am beside the road and you're into wearing feminine jewelry or sleeve tats, by all means,rock on brother.
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Preach It Brother, Preach It. I don't drive a chicken truck, never had more than lights in the steps of my old Cruiseliner Macks and IH Transtars. But one thing, my trucks were always clean, as I was. I have taken wash cloth baths and put on fresh clothes in shippers bathrooms before when I was out in areas where you could not get to showers (yes this was a long time ago before a super stop was at every other exit, and there were less than half of the interstates we have now).

I'm still fuming about the "driver" that passed me yesterday running around 80, while less than a car lenght from the rear of an suv. The suv couldn't get over, and this scumbag wouldn't back off. Between the way drivers look, and actions like this, its no wonder drivers are treated the way they are.

Truck driving is no longer a profession, for to have a profession, the people doing the work would be professionals. There are now more horses behinds that horses, and it's only getting worse, as more companies close down and the Larry, Darryl, and Darryls of the world decide to become truck drivers.

TrooperRat · Apr 23, 2008

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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.
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So your point is that you can look and smell like a pig in a mudpit, throw pee bottles out the side of your truck, trash it out like homeless people living under a bridge, and you don't give a ####.
And THIS is the new generation? ?ROFL!!

Muleskinner · Apr 24, 2008

stranger said: ↑

Preach It Brother, Preach It. I don't drive a chicken truck, never had more than lights in the steps of my old Cruiseliner Macks and IH Transtars. But one thing, my trucks were always clean, as I was. I have taken wash cloth baths and put on fresh clothes in shippers bathrooms before when I was out in areas where you could not get to showers (yes this was a long time ago before a super stop was at every other exit, and there were less than half of the interstates we have now).

I'm still fuming about the "driver" that passed me yesterday running around 80, while less than a car lenght from the rear of an suv. The suv couldn't get over, and this scumbag wouldn't back off. Between the way drivers look, and actions like this, its no wonder drivers are treated the way they are.

Truck driving is no longer a profession, for to have a profession, the people doing the work would be professionals. There are now more horses behinds that horses, and it's only getting worse, as more companies close down and the Larry, Darryl, and Darryls of the world decide to become truck drivers.
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You tell it like it is too my brutha'.....I know we all laugh and joke around about it and thats great that we can as its better than crying,but it really is kind of depressing to me.I've loved big trucks since I was 5 or 6 yo and always looked up to truckers when I was young.I thought they were the last of the big honchos out rolling along the BIG road.Now I just can't imagine a child looking at one of these goonbobs that we've been talking about and thinking... "Man,I wanna be just like that ahole with no shirt on and sleeve tats driving that filthy Volvo that just ran us off the road and threw a piss bottle at us"....I just don't think its happening

AfterShock · Apr 24, 2008

stranger said: ↑

There are now more horses behinds that horses, and it's only getting worse, as more companies close down and the Larry, Darryl, and Darryls of the world decide to become truck drivers.
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I'm Larry and this is my brother Darryl -- and this is my OTHER brother Darryl.
Bob Newhart Show, right?

Twue story ---------------
When I attended Big truck truck drivin' school (MTA) there WERE two brothers there at the same time.
Hyrem and Hyrem.
Same last name, too -- and neither had a middle name.

The instructors dubbed them Hyrem A and Hyrem B -- to avoid confusion.

Neither of them graduated the course.

LostBoy · Apr 24, 2008

TrooperRat said: ↑

So your point is that you can look and smell like a pig in a mudpit, throw pee bottles out the side of your truck, trash it out like homeless people living under a bridge, and you don't give a ####.
And THIS is the new generation? ?ROFL!!
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where exactly did i say that? any of it? i didnt? thanks for letting me know how YOU roll though.

and for the other poster, i will keep driving this company truck, and in a few years ill have something on most of you. seniority.

enjoy those diesel prices boys. you did it to yourselves.

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