This trucker is hardcore!

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  2. Capacity

    Capacity Road Train Member

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    Tell me that's not the poor drivers sleeper.
     
  3. Cat sdp

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    That’s a 30+ year old picture …..
     
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  4. bad-luck

    bad-luck Road Train Member

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    I believe it is, only a hard-core trucker could sleep in that.
     
  5. Diesel Dave

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    Can you imagine that picture at a recruiter office today ? :rolleyes::D:):cool:
     
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  6. roundhouse

    roundhouse Road Train Member

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    That’s the same size as almost all of the sleepers back then

    they were just up higher so you had to crawl through where the back window had been removed .
     
  7. bigguns

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    Probably there for looks. Cop: Where do you sleep? Driver: In there. Cop scratches head.
     
  8. Long FLD

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    It’s down low so the reefer will miss it when he turns.
     
  9. buddyd157

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    PETA should get a call soon.
     
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    The 30's, 40's, Beyond! Some Trucks Had Sleepers On Cab Roof With, sometimes, A Short Ladder.
    A Look Back at 1920-1930's Semi Trucks
    Photos of American truck drivers from the 1930's and 1940's - The Vintage News

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    African American driver asleep under a truck. There were no sleeping accommodations for African Americans at this service station on U.S. 1. (1940) / Source

    6 Historical Facts You May Not Know About the Trucking Industry
     
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  11. Western flyer

    Western flyer Road Train Member

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    And here we are complaining about not having enough
    Room for a 50 inch television.
     
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