Any truckers? Know any truckers? Any stories? I'm looking at documentaries, it seems like a dangerous job but basically everything is dangerous these days. Seems lonely though but the money is good. Lot lizards, drugs, fatigue, caffeine and competition...

Nice way to travel and see the states though! Decisions, decisions...

My understanding is it's lonely, boring and doesn't pay nearly as much as people think. I think it also has a high turnover rate. It might be ok if you want to do something different for a few years. But I can't imagine making a career out of it.

https://www.alltruckjobs.com/blog/

Driving a garbage truck does not make you a trucker. CDL,Lol!

Trash men make a lot of money too.

Truckers make great lovers and fuckers

Trucking was a fun job back in the 60s 70s and 80s. Now its heavily regulated and drivers are balanced between production and sleep time that is required by law. Company drivers are tracked with gps and hounded by their employers, if you stop too many times to take a piss they give you shit.
The only independent truckers I know who are making good money are team drivers. With a team one sleeps while the other drives and the truck rolls 20 hours a day.
Husband and wife teams do well and will sometimes rent their home out or simply have no home other than the truck and a storage locker somewhere. They will stay in a motel if the truck is in for maintenance or repair. That's kind of a crappy life.

I've been both a trash man and an OTR trucker. Never made more than anyone else. When I drove the semi I had a local run that took me to and from Williamsburg 3 days a week. We had a regular rotation of 5 guys, 5 tractors and 8 trailers. I made something like 450 bucks a week working 12 hour days. It was a steady stable situation and I was home every night. If you want long halls to places you've never been and want to get paid decently owner operator is the way to go.

Nip

Cross country pays the best. The farther you get from home, the more you make.

Trucking is only well paying if you live in a rural area where housing is cheap. Its is also one of the few jobs that still runs strong in a weak economy.

As far as dangerous, most of the danger comes from young idiot truckers, failure to pay attention, and idiots who cut you off. Not really anymore danger than riding in any car except that your on the road more often.

You often get paid by the mile. That leads to quite a few truckers getting reckless to get a few more miles in before their mandatory break period

shit can happen.
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set up like a bowling pin Wrote:
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> Cross country pays the best. The farther you get
> from home, the more you make.
>
> Trucking is only well paying if you live in a
> rural area where housing is cheap. Its is also one
> of the few jobs that still runs strong in a weak
> economy.
>
> As far as dangerous, most of the danger comes from
> young idiot truckers, failure to pay attention,
> and idiots who cut you off. Not really anymore
> danger than riding in any car except that your on
> the road more often.
>
> You often get paid by the mile. That leads to
> quite a few truckers getting reckless to get a few
> more miles in before their mandatory break period


Very well said. This is how it is.

Nip

the miles get old fast. everytime you think you will make so money here comes DOT and nails you with fines for something...

its a slave job

In that pic it appears that the driver was taken out by a very low bridge, judging by the damage on the cab

I have a friend who used to drive coast-to-coast and gave up after 3 years.
Rarely home, always tired, having three encounters with death every day,
fucked up weather, trucks breaking down in the middle nowhere, and last but not least, barely making a profit after all the bill were paid.

The guy on telegraph red. And the beltway is making a killing instructing truckers.
THAT's the way to make money trucking.

He's got them lined up 3 deep when I drive by on Sunday mornings

If you can't get a job at Wendy's or the local trash collection company than trucking is great option for you.

Just can't wait to be on the road again!!
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Nip, did you get to do meth and fuck some of the truck stop whores?

you'll be told there are endless opeings.

you'll pay shitloads to fx co gov for classes, to get your driving record, apply for CDL

you'll then find out they gave all the jobs to f'ing foreigners and in many cases theya re actually running the dispatch and keeping americans out even diverting goods and etc

4NwcD Wrote:
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> you'll be told there are endless opeings.
>
> you'll pay shitloads to fx co gov for classes, to
> get your driving record, apply for CDL
>
> you'll then find out they gave all the jobs to
> f'ing foreigners and in many cases theya re
> actually running the dispatch and keeping
> americans out even diverting goods and etc



yes hiring illegals is the obama latest thing.

4NwcD Wrote:
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> you'll be told there are endless opeings.
>
> you'll pay shitloads to fx co gov for classes, to
> get your driving record, apply for CDL
>
> you'll then find out they gave all the jobs to
> f'ing foreigners and in many cases theya re
> actually running the dispatch and keeping
> americans out even diverting goods and etc


Brain stem. Good thing you've got one.

Fairfax County government has absolutely nothing to do with classes in driving trucks or getting your CDL other than for county employees.

And all the county trucks I see on the highway are driven by Caucasians and African Americans.

So back to the point of this thread, Op was speaking about driving a truck over the road........you know, OUTSIDE of Fairfax?

(if you hate this place so much, why did you come here and why do you stay?)

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> Nip, did you get to do meth and fuck some of the
> truck stop whores?


No when I drove I had a local run from Draper Dr. @ Fairfax Circle to Williamsburg and back. The fend off the sleepys I would pound Mountain Dew or Pepsis. The Williamsburg location had a "truckers room" where they had bathrooms and other amenities and we would wait there while our trailers were loaded. It was a union shop and most of the drivers were non-union so they had to keep us separated. Usually there were two trailers of "empties" we would have to bring back to Williamsburg and the turn around time between docking, getting unloaded then loaded would be about 4 hours so a driver could take a nap so that helped get you prepped for the Rt. 64 traffic. That was the worst part, that and the dickheads in cars.

Nip

Gas, Grass, or Ass. No one rides for free.

Hey OP, A little trick I used to do when I was starting to fall asleep at the wheel is to pull out my schlong and start jacking it. I would be good for another 80 miles.

All Truckers Burn in HELL
Posted by: Mr. Misery ()
Date: February 13, 2010 05:36AM

trucks
truckers
anyone who's ever said "If you bought it in a store, a trucker put it there"
trucker hats
trucker slang/CB radios
anyone who's ever been in a truck
anyone who's related to a trucker
future descendants of truckers
friends of truckers/people who will defend truckers later in this thread

if you fall into any of the above categories, I hate you. All truckers will go to hell. Burn in HELL, with your piss bottle, and your crystal meth, and your loose-meat sandwiches, and your beards.

Ever heard of "trucker face"?
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That is funny!