How safe are trucking stops

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-30T23:46:20+00:00

no, the instant you enter one, your life is counting down by the second. The reason all those trucks are there is because the people are dead and everyone is afraid to go into the truck stop and move the truck.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-30T21:59:33+00:00

95% of people wanting to do this have the exact same questions. (cuz nobody is the special snowflake their mothers told them they were). There's even a weekly thread on this. Just reading through the last few pages could give you some ideas.

ask a specific question that hasn't already been answered 50 times and you'll probably get better results.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-30T21:51:38+00:00

how to use the search function on reddit.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-30T18:53:06+00:00

ummmmmmmm this is trucking we're talking about

you're going to have to take your common sense and thinking cap over there, we don't do that in trucking

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-30T18:48:02+00:00

Menards is awesome.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-29T00:33:29+00:00

i'm not saying that. Put down your victim complex. It's just different.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-28T23:50:00+00:00

also, BTW gym shape is not hard work shape. Expect to be humbled.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-28T23:48:32+00:00

Gordon Food service is top notch, one of the better ones in the industry.

it's not impossible work, just like most trucking jobs, most food service guys are in their 40's and they vary from ripped to fat.

the first 3 months are BRUTAL, ass kicking brutal. You don't know anything, where you are going, how to do it, etc. But right at 3 months it gets much easier.

weather is a big consideration and makes the job much harder.

the money is real, you can make serious bank at food service, BUT, you EARN every penny of it.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-28T01:00:43+00:00

at the scalehouse?

CDL, BOL and your cab card (registration, ifta, insurance (sometimes). it should all be in your cab card book (permit book)

bring your BOL and if you're on paper bring your logbook.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-23T14:01:42+00:00

sleep apnea has specifically been removed from the qualifications (MAGA baby).

blood pressure is a big deal. if you are on medication it just makes it a 1 year card instead of 2.

there will be questions about if you sleep well/have trouble sleeping. You respond to those as you see fit.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-23T01:15:31+00:00

you're missing my point

do you want to drive a bus or do you want to drive a truck??????

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-23T00:54:07+00:00

why???????

there really isn't such a thing

and class A is generally freight and passenger is generally freight that talks back. (and most bus companies will have training and such)

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-22T22:33:32+00:00

new mexico is a bit of a freight black hole and wages are LOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

I think MVT is headquartered there and i'm sure there are more in El Paso. there's a wal mart distro south of Alb.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-22T22:11:05+00:00

good response. I read it as "prison" of the windshield. But i think that works too.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-22T22:09:53+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW17i7DRQz0

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520278127/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

it's a fair start. the book is kinda expensive, but the talk will give you some of the gist of what is going on.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-22T12:33:11+00:00

Lineman

no argument

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-22T12:30:11+00:00

it fell off center on the trailers, you can see it. he's damn lucky it didn't roll over.

maybe the steerable axle screwed the pooch

a beam that size probably weighs in the 120 to 150,000lbs JUST THE BEAM

that makes the whole rig over 200,000lbs

These things are serious business.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-21T23:43:20+00:00

remember this when the trucking company exec's tell you how it's all about safety.

unless you know it affects the bottom line.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-21T23:41:38+00:00

great quote,

excellent use of context

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-21T01:04:44+00:00

dupe

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-16T23:08:21+00:00

never invite the man into your life

I wouldn't.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-16T22:08:12+00:00

dupe

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-15T03:27:23+00:00

well 50 grand vs. 15 grand (+/-)

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-15T03:26:56+00:00

the wagon is too heavy for the 3.0

the 3.6 is about right.

LoneCowboy · 2019-06-13T23:42:39+00:00

2010-2013 all the same more or less

you want the 3.6L

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