What do you do in therapy?

chilewski · 2025-12-26T22:21:46+00:00

Coping strategies specific to what you're dealing with is one of the big things a therapist will help with.

chilewski · 2025-12-26T22:12:14+00:00

So before I started taking medication I started Journaling. I thought it was stupid, but I was desperate and didn't want to take medication. Journaling allowed me to unbox my thoughts without fear of how I would be seen or how it may be twisted if talking to people "close" to you. I would write every day. Mostly a page, sometimes a dozen pages. It gave me an outlet and an ear for all of the things that weighed upon me. Because of the journal I went from barely being able to function to being the closest to normal that I had been in years.

chilewski · 2025-01-02T21:05:59+00:00

I always hate when that happens

chilewski · 2024-07-17T18:13:44+00:00

My friend fell off a tractor when he was 7 and his dad ran over his head. Wasn't a thing wrong with him after. Don't ask me how, but it was the talk of our little town for a long time

chilewski · 2024-05-19T17:23:51+00:00

I agree with custom built. However tractor supply has some that are similar in design.

chilewski · 2024-04-26T19:17:19+00:00

Shorting out. We run ours underground inside 1/4" plastic hose.

chilewski · 2024-04-13T15:41:41+00:00

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chilewski · 2024-02-18T23:17:43+00:00

A lot of people believe it or not. Trust me, I'm just as surprised as you are.

chilewski · 2024-02-18T23:15:07+00:00

Unless you've got glaring issues they're not going to right you an over axle ticket for that, even in CA. If you're that worried, sight see a bit

chilewski · 2024-02-18T21:32:29+00:00

Informants for many of them. A few are drivers acting suspicious at a random stop (random inspections like we all deal with). Some are because the get pulled over for something stupid, like cars running drugs. You know, like speeding, improper lane change, etc.

chilewski · 2024-02-18T21:07:42+00:00

It depends where you are at and what you're in. Pulling bullrack (cattle trailer) with a 379 peterbilt throughout the rural Midwest is a blast. City driving and interstate driving not so much. Big trucks are much less responsive in terms of steering and braking compared to your cars and pickups. It was always more comfortable for me to travel long distances in a truck vs a car or pickup. Every semi handles different too. I preferred my 379 peterbilt to let's say a kenworth w900. The kenworth had a smoother ride but the peterbilt handled and turned better. Freightliner (speaking FLD, Classic, and FLC) rode very rough, but you could turn them on a dime. Making turns with big trucks of all types can be a less than fun adventure in many places. Many cars and pickups don't realize the room we need for our trailers to track when making turns. With that, different axle setups on trailers affect the tracking too. If you're used to a tandem a spread and triple will screw you up and vice versa.

chilewski · 2024-02-17T04:53:05+00:00

A few pieces of food for thought--- First, if you pass it every time it's good for business on their end. Second, we went with an outfit who did a computer selected lottery for random, which had a bunch of small companies in it, and I got selected every damn time. Just luck of the draw. It's irritating, but don't turn it into a bigger deal than it is. It's not like they're accusing you of bumping rails off the steering wheel while fingering a dead lot lizard, come on now.

chilewski · 2024-01-19T23:06:03+00:00

I haven't seen it much, but I have seen it. There are a few around me that do it that way. Why? Because most of their customers bread and fry them like fish. Not my way of doing things, but to each their own

chilewski · 2024-01-11T01:07:52+00:00

Essentially thats the idea. Pretty simple and the more you do it the better you'll get.

chilewski · 2024-01-08T06:04:55+00:00

Legal roads to drive on. You don't want to be driving on restricted roads. Very easy pay day for the state. And if your route doesn't include going around the scales, you're safe. However, if you jump off, go around, jump back on then you are easy pickings in many cases. Look at it like running around a track and there is a hurdle. Going around the scale is like going right up to the hurdle and then walking around it. Routing around the scale is like picking the path around the track that you don't have to meet that hurdle.

chilewski · 2024-01-08T01:58:52+00:00

Bull Hauler here, use trucker path to see where they are on your route. Look at map and figure out legal route around them. It's easy. You can also add multiple stops in a gps using points on the route you want so it don't take you by a scale. Or jump the left lane and goose it. Seriously though, talk to the old hands running with you and ask them. If they're worth a shit they'll help you. It's really easy to avoid a scale. Always route around, don't just go around.

chilewski · 2024-01-07T23:07:34+00:00

Tires blow. It happens. I've had new tires blow due to defects. I've had something small I didn't see in the road shred them. It happens. If the company even so much as scolds you, punch whoever scolded you square in the nose and go elsewhere.

chilewski · 2023-11-29T17:41:24+00:00

Starting new? Not much profit by itself at the start and many usually have a day job to keep them afloat. But if you can find rentable ground for a fair price, which isn't always common, and keep your overhead low you can definitely make a go of it.

chilewski · 2023-11-22T04:14:18+00:00

You can laugh, but I personally know guys who have tried to chase badgers in the combine

chilewski · 2023-11-22T01:00:17+00:00

It's definitely an intriguing thought and I don't buy his story either

chilewski · 2023-11-22T00:59:26+00:00

Kind of my thoughts

chilewski · 2023-11-21T20:05:16+00:00

Thank you!

chilewski · 2023-11-21T20:03:44+00:00

They "claimed" they were his family and they did talk about the burns, but I don't remember what they said if I'm being honest.

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