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Old 04-19-14, 02:36 PM   #1
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So, I know from previous discussions that there are some truckers/former truckers lurking here, such as Privateer, and a few others. I've completed all my training, received my CDL (with tanker and HAZMAT), and I've been OTR for two weeks now. So far, I have not hit anything, I haven't had any run ins with the law, and I've passed 4 cars/trucks (Schneider governs their trucks at 60, yes, I am a rolling traffic jam ).

I'm hauling tankers, from Arkansas, to Alabama, to Iowa, Wisconsin, and Indiana. I think I've got abput 4000 miles so far, not a lot of sleep, but it's all good, as long as I'm rolling.

I discovered that parking in a Wal-Mart can be risky--I woke up one morning surrounded by 4 wheelers!

Any advise or stories you want to share, would be welcome.
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Old 04-19-14, 03:01 PM   #2
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Over here trucks are only allowed to go 50mph. The ones of the company I used to work for were governed at 83 km/h (~52mph). So much for you being a road block.
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Ours are supposed to be governed to 100 km/h, but I got passed by a B-double tanker on the Hume Hwy on Friday when I was doing 120.

Do you have a sleep cabin and a bullbar on your rig Neal?
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Old 04-19-14, 03:24 PM   #4
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Yes, I have a sleeper cabin, what's a bullbar?
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Its a metal frame welded onto the front of your rig for keeping meat out of your radiator grille.
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Old 04-19-14, 03:35 PM   #6
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Are you going to do any hauling up in the oil fields in North Dakota. I hear that's where all the tanker action is? Every you ever make it out to Ore-gone, I'll buy you a rockstar, or coffee.
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Are you going to do any hauling up in the oil fields in North Dakota. I hear that's where all the tanker action is? Every you ever make it out to Ore-gone, I'll buy you a rockstar, or coffee.
Is it anything like this? http://movieclips.com/uvH7-mad-max-2...-under-attack/

Typical day hauling tankers on the roads of outback Australia.

Maybe this bull bar is better:


Nope, that's not a bull bar! This is a bull bar:
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Old 04-19-14, 03:56 PM   #8
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Congrats on your accomplishment Neal. Getting the license is the hardest part. So you're pulling slosh wagons for Schneider? I feel for you. But, you're not nearly the traffic jam a Swift truck is.
I hauled van expedited for CRST and our rigs were governed at 63.5 MPH though we could get'em going much faster down a decent grade like Donner Pass. Are you running team? That's where you can knock down some serious money but you'll work your butt off doing it at eight hours on and eight off. Oregon and Washington are beautiful places to drive through. I'm force retired now or I'd still be out their jamming gears.

Tell us about your tractor.
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Old 04-19-14, 04:32 PM   #9
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Yeah, you were a driver, I remember now, and Swamperat, I think,


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Congrats on your accomplishment Neal. Getting the license is the hardest part. So you're pulling slosh wagons for Schneider? I feel for you. But, you're not nearly the traffic jam a Swift truck is.
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Nope, that's not a bull bar! This is a bull bar:
I JUST watched that movie the other day. Awesome movie.

Anyway, there are some days where this job sounds appealing to me....driving the road....no bullcrap to put up with...just me, a big truck and the road.

However, doesn't that get boring after a while? The guys who do it for years and years and years?

What did you guys do to stay entertained out on the road all the time? Was it worth it?
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Do you guys have B-doubles and road trains over there?



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no bullcrap to put up with...just me, a big truck and the road.
And don't forget all the 4 wheeler drivers that never, ever give a truck any consideration at all.
Every cop with a bone to pick will pick on truck drivers. The DOT are the same way.
You get into an accident with a 4 wheeler, 9 times out of 10 you will get charged. Now you gotta go to court to prove your innocence and take a lawyer with you. (Lots of money out of your pocket between lost time, lost loads, travel time and don't forget you gotta pay the lawyer, too. And that is no guarantee that you wont be found guilty anyway.)
Now there are the idiots that want to play suicide by truck. Not even to mention the 'not too smart people' that like to drop big rocks off overpasses, just for fun.

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However, doesn't that get boring after a while? The guys who do it for years and years and years?
What did you guys do to stay entertained out on the road all the time? Was it worth it?
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Old 04-26-14, 10:36 PM   #14
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If you run across a Texas tagged Black Nissan Titan with a 40' extension ladder up top, give a couple honks.

Love the road.
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