Where are the old timers at?

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by RollinThunderVet, Jun 18, 2019.

  1. stayinback

    stayinback Road Train Member

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    Yes,things change,,But we DO NOT have to adapt UNLESS it's for the better..And no, we aren't just going to "Give in" and Leave. Real Truckers still in the game, Do things the Right way- irregardless of what changes are forthset.

    The Industry Needs us to help with the Young and Novice......

    Customers Need us to Feel relaxed and Confident about their freight...

    The Motoring Public needs us to feel calm and relaxed sharing the road together.

    What NEEDS to go are organizations and people with no care or knowledge of what we do, But are not intimidated one Iota to Sign in a new Law-Or make Changes to What was Working Fine in the first place.
     
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  3. Deere hunter

    Deere hunter Road Train Member

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    I’ve been driving truck since 1980 and I tell people all the time in 20 years these this will be the good all days!
    It was fun ,it is fun ,and it will be fun ,it’s all in what you make it but I do miss the days when I hadn’t seen my logbook for about a week or so !!! Lol
     
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  4. Espressolane

    Espressolane Road Train Member

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    Define what an old timer is.
     
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  5. 201

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    To me, an "old timer" was the older guy in the shop or the crusty driver that everybody went to for advice,,:yes2557:
     
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  6. MartinFromBC

    MartinFromBC Road Train Member

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    I'm old, been at it a long time, but I never fit into the stereotype. Been doing it my way for 34 years, still learning every day. Today was another training day for a younger driver, we went and picked up a Caterpillar D6, took it to Finning, then went to the Deere dealer and picked up a 300. On our way to the drop off point now, we will drive until she is out of hours, then get a hotel room.
    Old and miserable ;) I now do less of the really hard work, and spend more time training the next generation, and relaxing.
     
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  7. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I’ve once had 40 year drivers come to me with my then roughly 10 years exp asking me how to slide a fifth wheel.
     
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  8. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    hell thats a concept i never could grasp either. LOL i had the shop show me how to push it all the way back, havent touched it since. i dont know how to move it
     
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  9. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    This was back before we had air slides.

    With manuals you had to unlatch it before you back under the trailer, and sometimes the pins still needed some persuasion to unbind.
     
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  10. Espressolane

    Espressolane Road Train Member

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    Well then, i guess I should be happy that being just shy of the sixth decade and more than a third of that at the wheel, I’m not an old timer yet.
     
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  11. 201

    201 Road Train Member

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    Remember the older Macks with those pins you removed? You had to run a "keeper wire" to hold them in once that got worn. Once, I lost a pin in the front on one side and a pin in the back on the other side. The boss freaked out when I showed him that, and told me to run a piece of wire holding them in, I could have lost the wagon,,:eek:,,not the best setup.
     
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