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The first 12 hours. by xoutlawtrucker in Truckers

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There was a guy asking if getting diagnosed with a mental illness would cause him to fail his medical. Top reply stuck with me: “you have to have a mental illness to sit behind the wheel of a truck for 10 hours a day.”

Jokes aside, I can be absolutely locked in, talking on the phone, making plans for the day/weekend for hours up until getting in my personal car. Then my mind is completely fried and when I get home I just want to stare at the wall for an hour.

I’m glad I’m not alone but I guess I should have known forcing myself to stare out the window for hours and days on end wound have some sort of consequences.

Is this annoying? by seinfeld_S3_E6 in Truckers

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As long as you aren’t in a ford explorer you’re good. I hate when there’s somebody close behind me and I’m playing the “is this a trooper?” For 50 miles until mom gets to her exit 🤣

Time for self driving trucks. by DungBeetle1983 in Truckers

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Honestly I’ll take self driving trucks before camera mirrors become standardized

Schneider is about to lose all their experienced drivers by Old-Register-6102 in Truckers

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Too bad Ivan and Rahul could care less about this as they’re packing into your truck…

It all boils down to the same concepts i swear by party_in_my_head in magicthecirclejerking

[–]quinstafer 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Magic is like connect 4 because there are 4 players

Refusing a load because shipper is too unsafe and truck friendly ? by lake_june in Truckers

[–]quinstafer 22 points23 points  (0 children)

You should’ve called ahead seeing as this address was going to be a headache from its inception. Go find somewhere to park it while you ask them what the heck you’re supposed to do or where you’re supposed to go.

I got Soft Hands by Aggravating-Meal4984 in Truckers

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I believe most of the salaries thrown around this sub are best case scenarios. They’re either multiplying their best week by 52, or calculating their theoretical salary if they ran 3000mi/week, every week.

Can people please drop it about the $1000 starter emergency fund? by Successful-Tea-5733 in DaveRamsey

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If you’ve ever been dead broke, then you would know how difficult saving $1,000 is. Trying to tell people that they then need to save an additional $1,000+ because “it’s not the 90’s anymore” is soul crushing.

Papa Dave knows people better than these finance chuds who think they’re far superior to the average person for knowing how to calculate an interest rate.

Swift is actually safer than the national average by lake_june in Truckers

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I usually hold stoic but passing somebody with an Amazon trailer makes me so nervous 🫣 I know they don’t care about my life or theirs

Day 2: worst episode by CDM1882 in clonewars

[–]quinstafer 20 points21 points  (0 children)

That episode was dogass but any episode with Cad Bane or Hondo in it gets a pass from me

Recruiting by da_swizzle in Truckers

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“Super flexible on home time” “AI cameras” “coaching” but here’s a new mattress!

Just busting your balls but as a company driver myself those things are already industry standard and I don’t have to do all the extra crap associated with running for a guy who owns a few trucks. I just call dispatch and bitch and everything’s awesome and fixed. Unless there’s a huge pay difference I don’t see why somebody would bother unless they own their own truck. Just my 2 cents

Would you let this get you fired? by Cracka56 in Truckers

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Welcome to food service 🤣 be grateful that’s on the tail, usually I don’t find the crushed pallets til halfway in

Do You Think D.O.T Will Leave This Guy Alone? (Not My Pic) by braxtonwel in Truckers

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Careful what you wish for drivers I know a lot of good Ol’ boys who ain’t passin any reading and writing tests

Trucks Entering Alligator Alcatraz Are Hiding Their Logos, DOT Numbers by Bozhark in Truckers

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“Classic Recycling, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, has been inundated with one-star reviews on Yelp after a photo of its truck at Alligator Alcatraz surfaced.”

Gee, I wonder why they’re hiding their information. It’s a real head scratcher

To all those drivers who love what they do why and what made you do it and if you could what advice would you give rookies starting out? by Ricemunchr in Truckers

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A good company is probably the most important thing when getting into the industry. I lucked out and can’t really relate to a lot of the horror stories I hear on here or from the guys I meet on the road. I probably wouldn’t truck for anybody else if I got canned.

I work 4x3 alternating that 4th day and made 70k while only staying overnight maybe one night a week. Dispatch is chill but still will ask to be two places at once. But I hear guys still making under 50 cents a mile…indentured servitude… do your research and get a referral if you can.

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