What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. FlaSwampRat

    FlaSwampRat Road Train Member

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    I gotta look into that. I was thinking about joining the gold rush but 28 whole cpm. I could make at least $80 a week!
     
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  3. Espressolane

    Espressolane Road Train Member

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    Word is teams split 0.28 and guaranteed 6500 miles weekly.
     
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  4. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    I'm looking forward to my new life of crime—scaling fences at tank farms to steal diesel. Appropriating all the outside duals from trucks parked in Miami. Kind of exciting, really. I'll be like a CIA, ex-Navy Seal, international spy slash mafia boss... always on the run. I can't wait.
     
  5. otterinthewater

    otterinthewater Road Train Member

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    This here's a story 'bout Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue
    Two young lovers with nothing better to do
    Than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube
    And here's what happened when they decided to cut loose...
     
  6. FlaSwampRat

    FlaSwampRat Road Train Member

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    Wanna team? I have no otr experience and hate driving trucks with sleepers but I'm sure they will be okay with that. We can split the 28 come and make like $200 a week.
     
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  7. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    It was on the bridge in Lake Charles, Louisiana. All of the attorneys I spoke to said there was nothing they could do. Louisiana has declared war on truck drivers and they are not lowering any tickets.

    The district attorney pretty much told me the same thing… once the report had left the hands of the officer and went to the FMCSA, there's pretty much nothing they can do. It's going to be submitted to the state DMV as is.

    The hell of it is, I always drive 62 mph, no matter what, with the exception of that day. The middle lane around exit 23 is completely destroyed and will tip even the most bulletproof load. So, I hit the far left lane with my floor-to-ceiling load of broccoli and stepped it up to 70 in a 60, so I wasn't holding anyone up.

    At the base of the bridge, it becomes 50 and I was on the gas trying to get back over to the right. He lasered me at the bottom doing 70.

    Ah well... probably time to move on to something else anyway. This job is taking a toll on my health.
     
  8. FlaSwampRat

    FlaSwampRat Road Train Member

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    Ahhhhh ####. I can't get the 18cpm. Just talked to a recruiter and I don't meet the the pre qualifications. I'm not a felon, didn't get fired from my job, no accidents.....life is unfair.
     
  9. Chinatown

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    Any old port in a storm!
    This outfit claims they can get anyone hired:
    American Trucking Group > www.americantruckinggroup.com
     
  10. Espressolane

    Espressolane Road Train Member

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    Know that area, always thought that was set up just as a revenue generator.
     
  11. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    Dude, go rob a bank. You'll be qualified just as soon as you get out of prison.
     
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