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Wolferz · 04-19-14, 03:56 PM

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.

Onkel Neal · 04-19-14, 04:32 PM

Yeah, you were a driver, I remember now, and Swamperat, I think,

My Gretchen is a 2011 Freightliner Cascadia, with a Detroit Diesel engine. She's got 281,000 miles on her, so still pretty new.

Wolferz · 04-19-14, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Yeah, you were a driver, I remember now, and Swamperat, I think,

My Gretchen is a 2011 Freightliner Cascadia, with a Detroit Diesel engine. She's got 281,000 miles on her, so still pretty new.

Split ten?

I drove a Cascadia in CDL school. Nice tractor.

I drove International Golden Eagles for CRST with the Super Ten grinder box. It was nice making half the shifts with my thumb.

AVGWarhawk · 04-19-14, 06:53 PM

Nice job Neal. CDL can be hard to obtain. I have been in the industry for 20 years. Only on the others side as dispatching, load planning, management and sales. Currently as an agent for Landstar. Driving the 11 hours is something I just can not do. The folks that drive for me love it and would not change a thing. At Landstar we are all independent contractors. No forced dispatch. Our contractors do well. If this career is something that really works for you think about purchasing your own rig. Contract on with a outfit that suits you.

Aktungbby · 04-19-14, 07:39 PM

CONGRATS ONKEL! My 1977 Midwestern Freightliner with Cummins 290 fuel-squeezer/12 speed Roadranger(photo below); No power steering, no cruise control, no trailer brake(foot valve only) no jake brake and AC sure to die at Gila, Arizona in 120 degree weather! My sheepskin cover air-ride seat was state of the art and I actually had a Whistler radar detector and a CB 'radidio'!

Our pumps were governed, sealed units so we used to pull out of Ft Scott, Kansas and pop our own stingered units on-a termination offence. But it was fun: ran everything from copper out of Amarillo, onions out of Marfa, sugar out of Houma, LA, tuna fish, new tires and all US paper products to all 48 states for three years: avg 350 logged days a year and was the company salvage driver...as necessary

. Midwestern was so bad safetywise, it had to have its own insurance company! @ Wolfertz: Donner Pass! your forgetting Raton, Cajon, Tejon, Rabbitears and Parley's! All controlled looong descents. @Neal: learn to adjust your own brakes in sequence (trust not the mechanic) and always play randomly with the instrument switches while minding the gauges; if one switch burns your finger tips...you've got a big problem!

A metal Jake switch did that to me(dead-short) in DEC/78(cold BBY) on I-80; I had just enough time to pull over, disconnect all Batts and jack up/over the cab to find the melted wire in the main wiring yoke leading to the solenoid cylinder interrupters on the brake compressor-Luckily, I had suitable spare wire for a fast-fix to get me 100 miles into Cheyenne, Wyoming. This is a common cause of so-called random mystery tractor fires. Wear your ear protection always so you don't get tinnitus like I did (50% hearing loss). Especially with those whining Detroits!! Do not pull into little bars in the winter time in Minn.(Moosebar?)...even for a Hamm's or to use the phone even with autos/pickups parked alluringly out front...those could be Ice-fishing bars hauled onto one of the 10,000 ice-covered lakes...one of our guys did and ended up swimming!. The truck and paper loaded trailer were completely under water.

< strongly resembles my baby# 8485 & home on the road. My favorite route: NATCH'>

Aktungbby · 10-15-17, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

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.

Onkel Neal · 10-19-17, 11:10 AM

....and then the Swift driver said," hold my flip-flops and watch this!"

Onkel Neal · 11-17-17, 07:58 AM

What Does Tesla's Automated Truck Mean for Truckers?

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On Thursday night, Elon Musk rolled out Tesla's biggest gizmo yet: a fully electric semitruck. The Semi can go a whopping 500 miles between charges, hauling 80,000 pounds along the way. And it can sorta, kinda drive itself—on highways, anyway. The truck comes with Enhanced Autopilot, the second generation of Tesla's semiautonomous technology, equipped with automatic braking, lane keeping, and lane departure warnings.

Well, interesting, 500 miles between charges is about right for HOS. But, I wonder if HOS will change if the driver does not have to be in control of the vehicle?

Aktungbby · 11-17-17, 12:13 PM

Jeeze U beat me out! I just saw this on TV:

Mr Quatro · 11-17-17, 05:42 PM

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/comp...ers/ar-BBF5MuO

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Walmart plans to test Tesla's electric tractor trailers and has already ordered five of them, the retailer told CNBC on Friday.

"We have a long history of testing new technology – including alternative-fuel trucks – and we are excited to be among the first to pilot this new heavy-duty electric vehicle," the company said in a statement to CNBC.

Now if Walmart can just keep them from falling asleep at the wheel ...

em2nought · 11-18-17, 09:09 AM

You know the best part about this is going to be the ability to take a dump while your truck continues to drive itself down the road.

04-19-14, 03:56 PM	#1
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

04-19-14, 04:32 PM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,386 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Yeah, you were a driver, I remember now, and Swamperat, I think, My Gretchen is a 2011 Freightliner Cascadia, with a Detroit Diesel engine. She's got 281,000 miles on her, so still pretty new. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

04-19-14, 06:53 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,303 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Nice job Neal. CDL can be hard to obtain. I have been in the industry for 20 years. Only on the others side as dispatching, load planning, management and sales. Currently as an agent for Landstar. Driving the 11 hours is something I just can not do. The folks that drive for me love it and would not change a thing. At Landstar we are all independent contractors. No forced dispatch. Our contractors do well. If this career is something that really works for you think about purchasing your own rig. Contract on with a outfit that suits you. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-19-14, 07:39 PM	#5
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,143 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	CONGRATS ONKEL! My 1977 Midwestern Freightliner with Cummins 290 fuel-squeezer/12 speed Roadranger(photo below); No power steering, no cruise control, no trailer brake(foot valve only) no jake brake and AC sure to die at Gila, Arizona in 120 degree weather! My sheepskin cover air-ride seat was state of the art and I actually had a Whistler radar detector and a CB 'radidio'! Our pumps were governed, sealed units so we used to pull out of Ft Scott, Kansas and pop our own stingered units on-a termination offence. But it was fun: ran everything from copper out of Amarillo, onions out of Marfa, sugar out of Houma, LA, tuna fish, new tires and all US paper products to all 48 states for three years: avg 350 logged days a year and was the company salvage driver...as necessary. Midwestern was so bad safetywise, it had to have its own insurance company! @ Wolfertz: Donner Pass! your forgetting Raton, Cajon, Tejon, Rabbitears and Parley's! All controlled looong descents. @Neal: learn to adjust your own brakes in sequence (trust *not* the mechanic) and always play randomly with the instrument switches while minding the gauges; if one switch burns your finger tips...you've got a big problem! A metal Jake switch did that to me(dead-short) in DEC/78(cold BBY) on I-80; I had just enough time to pull over, disconnect all Batts and jack up/over the cab to find the melted wire in the main wiring yoke leading to the solenoid cylinder interrupters on the brake compressor-Luckily, I had suitable spare wire for a fast-fix to get me 100 miles into Cheyenne, Wyoming. This is a common cause of so-called random mystery tractor fires. Wear your ear protection always so you don't get tinnitus like I did (50% hearing loss). Especially with those whining Detroits!! Do not pull into little bars in the winter time in Minn.(Moosebar?)...even for a Hamm's or to use the phone even with autos/pickups parked alluringly out front...those could be Ice-fishing bars hauled onto one of the 10,000 ice-covered lakes...one of our guys did and ended up swimming!. The truck and paper loaded trailer were completely under water. < strongly resembles my baby# 8485 & home on the road. My favorite route: NATCH'> __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! Last edited by Aktungbby; 05-28-20 at 03:11 PM. Reason: update to missing photo of Midwestern company truck

10-19-17, 11:10 AM	#7
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,386 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	....and then the Swift driver said," hold my flip-flops and watch this!" __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

11-17-17, 12:13 PM	#9
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,143 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Jeeze U beat me out! I just saw this on TV: __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

11-18-17, 09:09 AM	#11
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You know the best part about this is going to be the ability to take a dump while your truck continues to drive itself down the road. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!