Truckerfag Thread - /TFG/

>Look At This Truck, Isn't It Neat? Edition

Brevious Bread: >44 tonnes of unrefrigerated, premium Mexican workforce

>34 roadkill covered tires

>CDL How Do? See next bost.

>Swift: Best Off Cliff

>Truckers: The LifebloodOf America

>Truckers: The Lifeblood Of Murdering Prostitutes And Drifters

>The megacompanies will hire anyone, for better and mostly for worse

>Mournhold, city of light, city of magic!


>Tsundere Truckerfag secretly wants to team drive with Whiney-Sempai but can't bring himself to admit his feelings in front of everyone at Trucker Club

>Bepis is courting his nineteenth Latina barrista

>Freon hates hubs, Chicago and deep dish pizza in that order

>Whiney single handedly grinds Texas oilfields to a halt by not delivering pumpjacks

>Doublesfag either did or did not get banned for posting photos of buxom maidens

>Primefag loved Bonneville so much he bought the car

>Primely might be kill

>Gundam still alive, still Skyline, still vidyaphile

>EF getting Alzheimer's from exposure to diesel by not wearing gloves while fueling up, rebosting photos like mad

>Balam barely escaped the insect spirit infested ruins of Chicago by the skin of his teeth

>Oilfag moonlighting as a shill for Paccar

>DrivingLarge Vehicles For Fun And Profit, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Personal Hygene:


Find a community college or specialist 'school' that can get you a CDL, either finance it or pay out of pocket, then get on board at a company that offers tuition reimbursement.


Stick out your two years in the meat grinder to pay your dues, then decide once you're debt free whether or not you want to stick around.


There are also companies that will train you in exchange for you signing a (typically) 2-year contract, and while these are generally regarded as a total shitfest, it's not the worst thing in the world if that is your only option.


That said, aim for a recognizable company - Swift, Prime, and Schneider all get a lot of flak for being 'puppy mill' companies, but the true shitters are companies like CR England, CRST, and a handful of others that aren't coming to mind.


Nine times out of ten, a smaller, locally-owned-and-operated 'Mom and Pop' company will be your best bet.


t. Trucker Gundam ver. Ka

Which one of you faggots did this.

Fucker wants $50, not 5.

As his skill improved and he could charge more.

Who 11 hour break here? 10 usually isn't enough for me because I sleep a lot

>Rusty trombones
>Not going for a busted baritone

On e-logs all breaks are 10.5 hour breaks, cause you gotta show 15 mins on both ends for """PTI's"""

How does post trip inspection work, anyway? I never do them, but I used to log a 15 minute post trip just to add 15 minutes to my 10 hour break if I was being run hard. Someone told me if you log a 15 minute post trip that I wouldn't have to do a pretrip, I could just start driving after 10 hours break. I don't even bother anymore, my dispatch has pretty much figured out I like to run hard during the day with minimal breaks and fucking around and when I'm done I want an 11 hour break so I get run accordingly.

You're supposed to pre- and post-trip exactly the same but nobody ever does either unless they ended up with an unfamiliar truck or trailer. And even then it's only until they learned the particular quirks of that equipment.

So will dot fuck me for not logging a post trip? I log a 15 minute pretrip while I clear out trash and shitpost. I actually do the pretrip before I log it so that if I find something wrong I won't have started my clock yet. I never log a post trip. I'm on elogs btw.

>So will dot fuck me for not logging a post trip?
They can.

My pre trip consists of scrolling thru like 20 questions. If nothing is wrong, you just tap one button and good to go. It must automatically log ot as 15min. And the post-trip is done right as I'm logging out, so pretty much as I'm walking to my car in the parking lot

What are these trip inspections of which you speak?

They're where you find out the Mexican from dallas you just switched trailers with drug the power cord from his rear trailer all the way from dallas. If you don't you get to drive with no lights on your rear trailer and explain to DOT in Florida why you're being haunted by a ghost trailer

Jesus, every thread... I still can't get it together

Zozzle. OOS for what?

The past two weeks, I have had so many fucking problems like that. One dude has been on vacation, so Tues and Fri I have to cover his route to do this university with a bunch of stops since nobody else knows where to go. So Mon, Wed, and Thu his trailer isn't loaded and guys are swapping tractors around all the time. So I get in Tues and Fri and the tractor on his trailer is whatever broken piece of shit some lazy nig driver put on there because theirs was broken and they just took another one instead of bringing theirs to the mechanic.

Then the next day I get back on my route and should be in my trailer, but my tractor has been in the shop for a week and nobody seems to know why. So they load my route on whichever trailer is empty and has a tractor, and once again I get left with some old POS because I don't come in at 4:30am and steal other people's shit like a nig. So one day this week I try to pretrip the truck and I can't because it had a work order for a burnt out fuse. Instead of just asking the mechanic to change it, they put a note in the little log system and it locks out the truck but the warehouse doesn't know and still loads it and then it takes fleet forever just to clear the code from the system. Then Friday I'm in another POS tractor and trailer, and I can't pre-trip this one because some driver downed it on a count of old wiper blades (shit like that, you can make a note to have it fixed without listing it as a critical defect and downing the tractor) so once again I had to wait around for the mechanic in the morning (he is a nice guy but overwhelmed at 6am and doesn't know all the ins and outs of trucks or the retarded computer system we use) and an hour later I can finally pre trip the truck and go.

And I would've just taken another tractor, but there was only one Kenworth that runs fine until you get it on the highway and it acts like it had a 45mph governor. It has had the issue for months but they don't know what the problem is.

Oh, and then in true Billion Dollar Company fashion, they realize we are short on trucks. So they bring in 5 "new" trucks about a week ago, 5 fucking International 4900s that are 20 years old and none of them have working AC (it's hot in South Florida in August when you are unloading a 46' trailer full of drinks) and we haven't even been able to use them because they all have some critical issue like trans problems on 2 of them.

>have old shitty fleet that is always breaking down and mechanics can't keep up
>need moar trucks
>solution- bring 5 more old shitty trucks that will constantly break down

Lord. Why do you continue to work there? Surely there are better local driving jobs in that area somewhere.

Platonic relationships with bronzed baristas.

Kek. Somewhat true

Because if I went and did the same shit at a different company, I would be the new guy again and probably be stuck in a POS truck with a different name on it.

But I should get on something else. I saw another listing for Sunbelt Rentals. Or the fuel companies. I have enough experience now that I could get out of there and move on to something better.

And with those trucks, when I have my own route everyday, sometimes I can hang on to a KW that works or at least that old ass 8100 with no AC but at least nobody would touch it. It has just been screwed up lately because I haven't been on my regular route with my regular trailer 4-5 days a week between hot shots and covering other dude's route and taking a day off.

And the one girl, it's not even friendzoned shit, she just can't make up her mind so I put some distance on that and told her I'll buy her dinner when she figures out what the fuck she wants to do.

But that other girl, I need to quit being a pussy and get her on an actual date. When I see her in there tho, she always so busy.

Zoz. Don't you have a meeting with Mr. Johnson in the Puyallup Barrens to get to?

That's more what I meant, yeah. Do something besides slinging soda for a change of pace and scenery. Are there no decent mom and pop outfits in your area that haul equipment or gravel or something on those lines?

Maybe the old trucks are just a stopgap until new trucks arrive?

We're in a similar situation at the bus company, currently awaiting replacements for 2 of the F550 buses. The company has already dumped $13K in repairs on one and it just blew a turbo plus two of the recently-replaced injectors are sticking (courtesy of our local top-notch Ford service department)

So for the time being corporate is loaning us an old '07 GMC 6500 Duramax which has 220K on it. Interior is trashed as fuck but the motor actually has some grunt unlike the gutless 6.7 PSD in the Fords.

Supposedly we have some new Freightliner M2 buses coming in at some point and they can't get here fast enough baka

>$50 for anything less than a dirty sanchez

What the fuck man.

>Not carrying an extra pigtail

GenCon is LIT

Kek, they won't spend money on new trucks until they totally switch over to this new system with new trailers. And even then I'm skeptical that they will actually be all brand new trucks.

Looks like a crowd of respectable folks

It's 2 AM, your running doubles and you see lights approaching. Ira in his wicked intents rig slaps your ICC. What do you do?

>be Primefag
>Bendix kicks on and locks up the brakes for a bumblebee that flew in front of the sensor 2 miles away
>Ira's truck totalled and my cuckshed is unscathed, collect insurance money for "muh whiplash"

We actually have a blacked-out truck like his on our fleet, it's called the Grim Reefer I'll see if I can get a pic of it next time I'm in SLC. Guy runs dedicated intermodal and is O/O

So much ignorance.

Regs say nothing about pre or post trips.
They say you must perform and log on duty at least one vehicle inspection on any day you have drive time.
Some days I'll drive for an hour then log "VI" at my first stop.
Been doing this for years, had multiple log audits. All good.

>it's called the Grim Reefer
Jeez......

Be roughly equal parts surprised that they allowed a wanted criminal to cross the border, that I am driving doubles at two in the morning, and that my Western Star has icc.

>Lit
>Adult male with Naruto child's backpack
>Woman in wheelchair wearing aquamarine wig
>Nerd wearing matching lime green Nike t-shirt and basketball shorts
>Bald, glasses wearing numales as far as the eye can see
Yeah f@m, lit as fuck. They really keeping it 100.

How many inches does a bull bar add to the overall length, guys? Eight inches? A foot?

Depends on the bullbar

Maybe eight to ten inches for one like the one in your photo.

>Canadian
>surprised by permissive border policy

>found the guy that doesn't know doubles

It's not the power cord coming off the truck friendo, the dolly has two hardwired power cords that go to the front and back trailers that also control the lighting and ABS on the dolly. No, I don't carry those because we pre trip shit before we leave and mechanics check every trailer on the yard on a daily schedule.
The dollies and trailers are fedex' equipment, not ours (the contractors). I brought a good dolly to the exchange, so I made him bust down his trailers and I broke down mine, took my good dolly back with me and made him deal with his fuck up. Not my problem. He can call fleetnet and wait on them

Seriously....


Which one of you is responsible for the long island serial murders?

Who says it isn't all of us?

Not me bro, I just dismember lot lizards and throw the parts into drainage ditches

I try to contain my hooker quelling to East Saint Louis. The police don't seem to mind it there so much.

Most truckers only kill cereal, desu senpai

Oh shit, were you the one that bagged Takwanda? I had my eye on her fat ass for a Thanksgiving roast.

Is that cactus's wife in the bottom right?

Highway Of Tears mostly, my dude.

Well boys, looks like this is it for me.

Boss man decided to close shop at the end of the month, and I'm gonna hang up the keys

It's been real, and I'm gonna miss nights like this but it's time to get out and chase other dreams.

Well I learned something today, thanks.

Lol what other dreams? You're gonna spend a couple months drinking too much, run low on money and go back to good ol' uncle Roehl.

That you Freon?

Quitter.
Remember that girl who gave up half way through the handjob she promised? You are no better than her now.

That's a really harsh burn there desu...really harsh...

y u b so meen?

How am I a quitter?

I got into trucking explicitly so I could pay off my student loans, buy a house, and build up enough savings to establish a small farmstead.

In your analogy I'd be the chick who finishes the handy she promised and then never responds to you ever again because you're a fat disgusting loser with no future

BLACK
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A
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Doesn't matter still came.

I will not be silenced

WHITE POWER!

14/88

Why didn't the subject you studied to acquire said student debt enable you to find a job in that field?

WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED

WHITE POWER!

You still jacked off a fat loser tho.

>be me, company cuck
>10 hours off to the microsecond
>qualcomm alert as alarm clock
>time to start driving driver
>company doesnt trust or respect me enough to allow me to manage my time
>thats fine with me since i have no self respect anyways
>begin to """""pre-trip""""" truck
>turn over engine immediately with no time for diagnostic routine or priming
>engage high idle
>"""""pre-trip""""" complete
>update elog since company doesnt trust me to complete paper copies cleanly and accurately
>drive for first hour
>better do a load check
>buy two big macs a large fries and two large cokes
>load check complete
>consume healthy breakfast while driving
>better take my 30
>grab two baconators and two orders of wendys five piece value nuggets
>fuel up truck, spill 45 gallons of diesel on the ground from satellite pump not clicking off
>leave mess because dont have time to clean it up
>30 completed
>consume healthy lunch while driving
>qualcomm message
>time to stop driving driver
>company doesnt trust me or respect me enough to allow me to manage time spent driving or distance travelled
>take 25 minutes to back into parking spot
>pull mustard and ketchup buttons
>begin post trip
>turn key to off position
>post trip complete
>go buy two footlong chicken subs and four cookies from subway
>consume healthy dinner
>smell pits
>rancid rotting beef smell
>not too bad yet
>shower can wait for another day or two
>fire up 45 dollar chinese tablet
>fap to milf thread on /s/
>qualcomm message
>time to sleep driver
>company doesnt trust or respect me enough to allow me to manage rest periods
>calculate cpm
>earned almost 65 dollars before taxes today
>fall asleep
>no dreams due to lack of mental stimulation

Because I was a dumb idiot teenager who chose a degree in a field I didn't really like and wasn't very good at.

Why would I have dreams if I don't sleep
>I stole this coaster from a restaurant.
Bepis is black trout fisher livin la vida loca in Hialeah gettinf sandy balls and eating Cuban shitrolls
Delivers liquid sugar to all the bad kids

Bachelor's Of Travel Agency?

>MFW no easily accessable Cubano sandwiches within 500 km

>tfw no Vienna Beef joint with Old Style on tap within 500mi
Life is suffering

What was your degree in? I hope it works out for you but if it doesn't you should come back to Roehl.

Close, computer science

Mm. What are you going to do? Any idea?

At least you made it through and have a possible well-paying field to go into. I wanted to be a voice actor dammit, not a trucker.

How many of you tried and or completed a degree?

What's with the hard sell on tertiary education in USA?

Is a truck an animal?

What a worthless dream.

I wasted a bunch of money on college. But I hated that shit. Didn't have to work at all in HS, got good scores on ACT and SAT, got into good schools, didn't give a fuck about doing worthless busywork so maybe I could make money in a decade.

Furfag pls go

But now here you are.

Checked

And yes. But one of those things where I don't regret it because of the things I learned. I think if I woulda stayed where I was that 1st semester of college, I would have become a complete brofag and either be a shallow and boring cunt or be incredibly depressed. I'm not worried about it, I'll figure shit out. Not to be cocky but I'm too smart to be a steering wheel holder my whole life so I'm gonna get on some other shit when the right opportunity comes.

>I'm too smart to be a steering wheel holder my whole life
Thats what they all say

Yeah but they don't make management all impressed when they write an email. Also that's part of the reason I stayed at that place. It's more than just a transport company so I have the option of being something besides a driver or dispatcher.

Pepsi fag is uneducated.
That's interesting.

I know that feel except I became a mechanic instead of trucking. My degree looks good on my basement bedroom wall at moms though.

I was finishing the junior year of my agricultural biotechnology and genetic engineering degree when I started trucking to pay for my senior year. Trucking pays better for less work, and I only had to pay my dues for 2 years instead of 8 to reach the top of the food chain.

Scania masterrace reporting in

Why the microstacks though? Are low bridges actually a concern?

>blockier and flatter than before
What were they actually thinking?

And also why do trailers in Europe still not have aerodynamic side skirts, only that underride protection?

They literally don't go fast enough to benefit from aerodynamics. Things like spoilers and skirts increase in effectiveness as speed increases, but below a certain point, they're just dead weight.

>anything euro
>master race

I highly doubt that aerodynamics play no role at 56 mph and then magically appear at 61 mph.

Maybe the distances travelled in general are low enough that any potential fuel savings compared to the added weight and cost of the skirts make it a losing investment.

55mph is where a truck burns as much fuel moving its weight as it does pushing the air. American trucks usually design for aerodynamics around 70mph, which is realistic with sidewall ratings at 75mph. I could legally run 70mph just about every day.

Made me giggle. Taken from some low-grade meme website.

jej

You're also comparing top speed to average speed. Your eurobox can go 55, but you don't average 55. American trucks average speed is commonly close to their top speed. Trucks in the West can go 70mph all day.

I've never seen a semi that doesn't do pedal to the metal at the 56 mph limiter the entire time.

>have to drive through/near Chicago at 4-5pm tomorrow
>can't change my departure time
What's the best way to avoid getting fucked over my traffic? I'll have a cat in my car and no functioning AC so sitting for long periods of time is something I'd like to avoid

Take the toll road. There will be suffering no matter what

Eh, I guess. I was just trying to limit how much I spend because I'm currently a NEET living off of my dwindling savings and don't have a job lined up. It's been years since I've gone that way, how much does that shit normally cost and will I need to carry cash?

Some do, some don't.

>have to
>NEET

So, you don't 'have to', Wait it out.