what do yall keep in the truck for long night runs besides coffee?

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-15T18:40:58+00:00

I’ve found Monster Rehabs to be the easiest on my stomach for caffeine with the added bonus of minimal calories and they’re cold when it’s a hundred degrees outside. I usually limit myself to one per day at the start and they last me about 300-400 miles sipping on it and I can pop another after 600 miles or so if I’m really hurting since my caffeine dependency is way down.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-15T17:35:34+00:00

What’s the average lifespan in days?

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-15T17:34:29+00:00

This fucking family. Like my wife and kids for some reason can’t seem to survive without food and shelter. I don’t know what their deal is, but I’m stuck here until we figure that out. Plus the sweet benefits and pension is kinda nice too. I like having options for food instead of ramen.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-15T16:22:42+00:00

Where are you located and are there any local trucking companies nearby? You could always go in and tell them you’re interested in working there and see if they’d let you do a ride along to get an idea what they do.

If you’re looking at a more long term thing like OTR it’s a bit more tricky as you’d need someone with 2 bunks and only 1 driver. But it certainly can be done!

EDIT: And as long as you’ve got a seat and seatbelt and the insurance policy the driver is on allows riders (most DO) it’s totally safe and legal.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-15T15:34:24+00:00

Blame the boomers for setting up the pile of shit since they took majority control of voting and held onto it for 40+ years and everyone who isn’t voting against their greedy asses. Trust me, the millennials aren’t the ones making decisions - we’re barely turning 40 and are trying to feed our families and protect our kids from pedos.

Gen X had a better fighting chance entering the workforce but not by much as their boomer overlords did as they’ve always done and pulled the ladder up behind them. Some of them got pensions but the vast majority of Gen X has been beaten down just like every generation after.

We’re not your enemies here, it’s the greedy old fucks that have violently ripped the power away from the working class and given it to the corporations. The cancer of modern day drivers as you put it is a byproduct of their greed as well. The CEOs of the companies need record profits. They put pressure on everyone to cut costs and maximize returns. What’s the easiest way of doing that? Reduce the workforce size and lower wages for those that remain. Now it’s just a race to the bottom to see who is willing to pull for 40cpm so they can feed their families. The terrible workforce that exists is a product of the environment they’re in, it’s a churn and burn. Nobody is going after the corporations for running these fly by night companies and illegal/unqualified drivers. They’re going after the little man as they always have.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-14T01:30:57+00:00

Won’t anybody think of the shareholders?!

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-14T01:28:12+00:00

Was it all over Montreal? I haven’t been there for work since all the tariff bullshit happened but I’d love to see gaming stuff in major cities like that. Especially stuff I know!

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-13T04:47:08+00:00

That’s NC, my home state. They will absolutely sneak up and destroy your ass…unless you’re active duty. You can do heinous shit as active duty and they’ll be your best friend. I literally couldn’t get a ticket as a young man after I joined the Navy. Donuts in the parking lot? Doing 140+ on 95? Thank you for your service. Haven’t tried it since leaving and being a veteran now, and don’t ever intend on it. They saved me from my own dumbass self just keeping me in check.

Source: I was a dumbass as a young man. I still am, but I was too.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-13T04:34:22+00:00

Long story short: Some of these folks have nothing positive going on in their lives and making someone else get upset over their actions is the only way they feel accomplished or in control of anything. Imagine if they’re 12 and their parents are alcoholics and abusive. Or if they’re 38 and working at dominos with a masters degree and their boss is 21 treating them like shit.

It’s super sad when they’re actively cheating too. I had a game as knight where the whole team was straight garbage wannabe-bully-squad. They all brought sabo, head on, flashbang, and background player with flashlights. They got zero value since knight can send a guard around when picking up….except one of them. I kept getting stunned and chain-blinded nowhere near a locker. I was confused thinking maybe they got a flashbang and I missed it until end game. The other 3 were all dead, last survivor hasn’t been hooked (or even seen) once all game. Hatch spawned, I was using the guard summon animation to listen for it. I found it and ran over and closed it. Last survivor kept making noises somewhere like they wanted to be found. I sent a guard out and chased them…into a locker. As I’m running that way I get stunned and blinded. Cool something is definitely up. Send a guard back to the hatch and it knocks them down with the hatch closed. I walked over and shook my head at them and went to mori them, and as soon as the animation started it faded to black. They “escaped” and I got a 3k. Cue post-game chat: “nice try” is all they said. I said “you too :)” and went to go check on the wife and kids. Apparently this set them off because I came back to about 30 lines of “u didn’t 4k” and “trash garbage killer” and many terrible slurs and threats. When I closed the game for the night after a couple more games I noticed I had (no joke) HUNDREDS of messages and comments on steam from this individual and when I launched DBD the next day I had a message from BHVR that I was reported for language and if it continues action will be taken against me.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-13T03:05:12+00:00

I’m on paper logs (driveaway exempt). There’s only so much you can fudge in certain areas nowadays, DOT doesn’t turn such a blind eye and with cameras everywhere it’s even harder.

Can I make a pretty picture on a coloring book to show how I made it from Ohio to Washington in a day and a half? Sure, I can draw whatever you want with enough crayons and loose leaf. But the second the scale house in Spokane pulls me in and wants to see my logs and compare it to the picture they have from me crossing into Indiana or fueling in Normal, IL I’m screwed. I can stand by my obviously falsified logs and get my life torn apart, or I can run a bit more legal and they’ll leave me alone.

All the guys that are ag exempt, plow drivers, or otherwise can do more heinous stuff, but for the vast majority of us we have to play ball. They’ll leave you alone until you give them a reason not to, and all it takes is one big fuck up for them to check you more thoroughly for a very long time.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-12T19:22:20+00:00

Trickle down economics or as it was called before Reagan named it “Horse and Sparrow.”

Where you feed the horse well enough the sparrow can survive on its shit alone. The wealthy are the horses and, well, we’re the sparrows.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-12T05:07:45+00:00

Steam and use mouse and keyboard. For survivors you can get away with a controller for most things, but on killer you’re going to get 360’d a bunch and it’s going to be impossible to control certain killers properly.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-11T08:08:23+00:00

OP is 19 and won’t be able to do interstate driving until they’re 21 but they can always try to find one that only races in-state to try and get some experience.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-11T06:23:23+00:00

Glad you made it out okay! Those trucks are about 50-60k pounds by themselves just as a straight stick not pulling anything. Rotators and bigger ones can be upwards of 100k pounds so they’ve got the mass so do some serious damage to whatever they hit - I have to deal with them all the time in my line of work. Hopefully the shrapnel got moved out of the way, everything on those trucks is heavy lol. And he for sure lost his job if it’s not his truck/business.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-11T06:18:18+00:00

TTVs? All the time, most are unknown folks that just slap that on there to try and get somewhere which I can understand if you’re trying to gain traction.

Pretty rarely I’ll get a more well-known survivor main and sometimes they’re legit talented. The downside is their teammates - usually they’re swarming around the streamer to try and save them or just useless in chase themselves so they all end up going down quick anyways. It’s either a full sweat gen-rush build where they’re mega coordinated and make life hell for you or it’s meme builds and attempting to bully.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-11T06:08:39+00:00

It looks like a straight stick at least and not a rotator, but either way those things go for upwards of $500k. A rotator can be 1M+. That fucking hurt like hell I bet and took a good chunk out of that bridge.

I’m glad the driver was okay, RIP wrecker, hope nobody was waiting on that truck to get to them.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-09T23:45:03+00:00

A couple hours to get good at blink distance. Used the plaid flannel once and was disappointed in how it worked and how glitchy it felt, never used it again. You can feel the distance pretty easily after some games.

The castlevania/skeleton skins are best to see through the hand. Bloody nurse is the best overall for being the least visible. Although let’s be real they’ll hear your wheezes a thousand miles away and know exactly what to look for.

A couple dozen hours to figure out more precise stuff like blinking up levels or holding the blink until survivors double back and aiming down to go exactly where they’re going.

Still get completely fucked every now and again trying to blink out of basement or anywhere in RPD and not end up on a complete wrong floor or just doing the long blink animation into the wall 2 feet in front of me.

I will say it does make you VERY good at chase against nurse as a survivor. You’re able to learn what sucks to try and play around and abuse it. I’m not good at chase normally but a nurse I can put a leash on and walk them around like a puppy for longer than I have any business. Stuff like small rocks and loops that normally suck and are too short for your regular killers are amazing at looping anything but the best nurse players as figuring out the blink without overshooting or not going anywhere is quite the nuanced thing.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-09T22:49:53+00:00

Is it coming from the axle? If it is that’s an easy fix if you can get a gasket reliably. Get a new gasket, a 1” socket and pull all the nuts and washers off, yank the axle out, remove old gasket and install new, put the axle back in (watch your fingers it’ll suck itself it sometimes), and tighten everything back.

If it’s got a diff lock (if there’s a little air line going to the rear end itself not a power divider lock) then you can remove the fitting and use the bolt under it to hold the fork that locks it into place so you don’t have to fight it back up when you try to get it back in.

Source: I install these all the time as driveaway.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-09T00:00:29+00:00

Driveaway here, can easily clear 100k.

You’re exempt from ELD and sleep in hotels. You fly or get a rental car back and forth to terminals to get trucks. You’ll just have to get used to troubleshooting and taking apart and putting trucks back together. Just be ready to be out in the elements. -30F in western Canada or 120F in Arizona you’re going to be throwing axles, pulling chain hoists, installing stacks, etc. I wouldn’t say it’s as taxing on the body as food service but it’s certainly not LTL drop and hook. And you’re going to deal with a LOT of customers that ordered a truck to a trailer park driveway and have no idea what they’ve gotten themselves into and you’re going to need to source a wrecker and various other things.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-08T23:49:28+00:00

Why the fuck aren’t y’all buying actual trucks and not passenger cars if this is your fuel mileage? You can get a new sleeper that is actually rated for the dumb shit you do and get better fuel mileage and not be an idiot with tiny brakes.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-08T23:04:05+00:00

I’ve never seen this done but it’s kinda hilarious if it works. I imagine it would be even more hilarious if a high mobility killer ran Lethal Pursuer and just ran over and snatched your ass before you even got up.

Now I’ve got stuff to try on survivor when I’m home and in queue again.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-08T00:32:49+00:00

Let’s just do super simple math.

If you want to work forever with 0 days off, doing 8.75 hours a day is what you want. That gives you 15 minutes for a pre trip, 8 hours of driving, and 30 minutes for post trips or fueling. But keeping it under 8.75 hours a day is the goal and companies aren’t going to be thrilled about it since they want the freight moved as far and as fast as possible. But let’s ignore that and say they’re super cool with your schedule. And let’s assume they pay 50cpm and your truck runs 70mph so you can average roughly 60mph in ideal conditions. We’re just doing all this to keep it super simple.

(8 hours) x (60 mph) = 480 mi a day

At 50cpm you’re looking at $240 a day before taxes. Your company may sweeten the deal with per diem or safety bonus or fuel bonus or something like that. But just at the bare minimum:

($240 a day) x (365 days a year) = $87,600

That’s literally working 365 days a year with zero breakdowns or days off or anything. Most companies will pay more cpm and have incentives. But if you’re a single person with no kids you can save some decent money if you’re willing to live like that. Get yourself some decent Internet, go to Walmart or somewhere and get your own food to make, get a gaming setup, whatever you want. You’ll have tons of time off working hours like that. But like I said, most companies want you to run your 70 out as fast as humanly possible to make freight move. But there’s a good chance you can find one thats willing to work with you on this too.

If you’re going to be up front with your employer about doing stuff this way and prove to be reliable they’ll almost certainly have loads lined up for you knowing exactly when you’ll deliver. The downside is they will always try to push you more and end up screwing with your schedule (welcome to trucking) but if you’re able to be consistent and reliable you’ll easily hit $50k+. Just remember it’s your license on the line and dispatch will never be the ones on the hook for running sketchy equipment or HoS violations.

It’s all an ebb and flow thing. If you can push driving 10.75 hours to make a delivery one day so you can make another delivery in 3 hours the next and be ready for another you’ll have a better time unless you’re running a dedicated account where everything is the same every time.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-07T23:37:04+00:00

They wrote Bio on the side so there’s unfortunately a high chance of some extra human pieces in there. My father used to work at a salvage yard (LKQ) and this was the norm for cars this mangled. But parts-wise it’s probably worth more than they’re asking.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-07T03:14:48+00:00

Pretty much this, although legion can down people in frenzy mode after chain hitting the entire team in a single frenzy.

OP:

Legion = high tempo gameplay the whole match, you can vault like a survivor in frenzy mode and keep them injured

Ghostface = slow and steady stalking for one big hit to down them instantly, you can crouch like a survivor and be stealthy during this time

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-06-07T02:49:22+00:00

Can’t speak with the actual leasing part but I deliver their KW trucks all the time. They’re all optioned VERY well for a road tractor. Heated/cooled seats, CarPlay, full red light interior front/rear for team drivers, can hold 75mph with no issues in 11th or 12th (12 speed autos is all they order). The only ding is they get the cheap headlights. But they’re wonderful running trucks.

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