Subsim Truckers

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When I saw the movie Convoy on German tv for the first time in the 80's I think it was.

I was thinking..wow being a trucker and drive from west coast to east coast must be a wonderful job.

Since this is impossible I have done what is second best...I'm driving an American truck in American Truck Simulator.

Markus

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Well for that 'immersive effect' sit in a vibrating lazy-boy chair that rocks and stick on the stereo-for 350 days... and report back 5/13/2021!

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. ie; a totally immersive effect BBY < strongly resembles my baby# 8485 & home on the road. My favorite route: NATCH'>

[Onkel Neal]

Aktungbby, let me tell you about the job I had today....

https://uk.style.yahoo.com/well-that...172500230.html

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My mentor, neighbor and golf companion, a former third officer on cargo ships in WWII, was the head of General Electric Nuclear division worldwide in the 70's when I was trukkin'. His nine year project was to build the Cofrentes, Spain power plant. Because I spoke Spanish and drove; he almost drafted me for duty! http://www.cncofrentes.es/wcofrnts/gc/prod/en_US/prensa/docs/monografico-CNC-eng.pdf Hauling the cooling towers and nuclear core over the rugged mountains was amazing The stunning picture he had on the wall of his modest office in San Jose was an entire cooling tower on amazing array of flatbeds going up the pass! The facility, and nine other plants, will be closed by 2014 as Spain goes 'clean'. I sensibly stuck to delivering tomato paste into lower Manhattan pizza chains...and all 48 states.

[Mr Quatro]

See that big hole with a cover on the starboard side?

I think that's a TDU trash disposal unit

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BOTTOM LINE: someone (the driver??!!) has gotta 'thump' all those tyres generally every four hours or so to check inflation against possible tyre fyre and that's hard on carpal tunnel syndrome in your shifting hand... I had enough trouble just doing 18.... on an eighteen wheeler. So simple yet essential: