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I'm so mad I could scream!!!!!

Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
edited September 2002 in General Discussion
This is what I hate about trucking, this makes me want to quit right now. There are two states in this country that I never care to go to, both of them make me sick. These places are so bad to me that I actually look forward to going to New York City with with a 10 stop LTL load. If either of these two states needed to depend on me to bring them groceries they would go hungry, thats just how I feel. This one state has a city in it that I have to go to tomorrow that has me thinking about shooting myself in the foot so I don't have to go. I screamed at the weekend dispatcher and called his mother nasty names when he confirmed where I have to go. I don't want to go!!

It's bad enough that I have to go to Florida but I have to go to MIAMI!!!!!

NO!!!

Can anybody guess what the other state is that I hate to go to?
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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    Kalifornia? Virginia?
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  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    Massachusetts? Ohio?
    TOOLS

    When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now that I am growen, I just wish I could act like a child and get away with it.
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  • gunrunner1000gunrunner1000 Member Posts: 13 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    well then fail your trailer in you pre trip, fail your horse,
    or something like that find a nice D O T man they can help you out in this case or try to enjoy the ride, as for NYC 43 st sucks dont
    do that any more thats like a 3rd world country
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Daddo got it right, Kalifornia, hate that place. Spent alot of time there in the 90's and don't want to ever go back. Virginia aint bad except I81, 323 miles of bumper to bumper traffic from Winchester to Bristol. I think Rugster is a state cop in Whytheville area, I keep speeding and driving in the left lane trying to meet him but so far it hasnt worked.
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Question, what should I take with me, a handgun since FL has reciprocity(SP?) with PA and I have a permit or a shotgun? Should I wear body armor? Anybody got a pitbull I can borrow? Handgrenades? help!
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  • punchiepunchie Member Posts: 2,792 ✭
    edited November -1
    Full sized photo of Janet Reno pasted to the outside of the sleeper should keep everyone at bay. Or at least doubled over and vomitting. Worst for me is anything in the state of Northern Virginia (north of 133 on I95) thru all the Baltimorons.

    AN ARMED SOCIETY IS A POLITE SOCIETY
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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    Just be sure to wear your " I love the Estefan's" T-shirt and you should returned in one piece. P.S. stay out of Liberty city and Overtown!
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  • ATFATF Member Posts: 11,683 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I drove a truck 1960 till 1992 Guns were not allowed in trucks .The State I disliked the most was New Jersy .YUCK !!!



    ATF
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  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    SOOO tell cubans to go to cuba for you get some of thoose big cuban cigars (its worth the trip) good for killing West nile virus mosquito
    ,just smoke the big "EL yerbo" in your house, (will stink for weeks)
    no mosquito will dare to enter....

    JD


    400 million cows can't be wrong ( EAT GRASS !!! )
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Sorry ya feel that way.
    Come ta think of it....
    I feel the same way.

    .218
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    7:

    I guess you`ll be commin` down I-95,straght to Miami.

    I live directly across the state on the west coast.

    If there`s any chance you`ll be commin` through Naples,on I-75,on your way out of Miami,let me know...

    .218
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    218, do you know how much it will cost to run Alligator alley in a 5 axle truck? If they send me up to west GA to load I may come across that way, I always wanted to see the 'glades.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    7,
    That`s what I meant.

    .218
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  • groundhog devastationgroundhog devastation Member Posts: 4,495
    edited November -1
    7mmNut, Sometime when you're headed down I81 and you need a break, get off on the first exit 150 at Daleville(where the big truck stop is just before the scales at Roanoke) Turn right (you can't turn left off of this exit) and go about 1.5 miles and you will see "Shooter's Discount Warehouse on your right. It will be right across from Lord Botetourt High School. It's a small shop but will absolutely amaze you with the number of guns and selection he has!! The old boy don't talk much until you get to know him (about 15 visits) and he twitches and heaves and coughs like hell but the store is worth the visit! As far as Miami goes, I'm glad it's you driving and not me!! One trip to that God forsaken place will do me for a lifetime!!!! GHD
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  • Matt45Matt45 Member Posts: 3,185
    edited November -1
    Hey 7mm-

    Nothin' for nothin' but I kinda sorta thought it was against Fed law to carry a firearm in a commercial vehicle? Yes? No? Mebbe so?

    Reserving my Right to Arm Bears!!!!
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    218, I was wondering if you knew how much the toll is on Alligator Alley for a 5 axle truck, even a rough guess. The company won't reimburse me to run that so it will be out of pocket for me to go that way, if I will be heading up to western GA to load I can run thru that way if the toll isnt too high.

    GHD, going to gun shops while I'm out in the truck can be bad, the wife isnt with me to restrain me! Can I get a truck over there, is there a good place to turn around?

    Matt and ATF, after doing some checking and alot of phone calls I have found that the weapons ban in trucks is sorta an old wives tale. If you have a permit to carry in your state you can have a handgun in the truck, BUT you need to abide by all state laws of the states you will be traveling in. Most of that got started by the companies by not allowing guns in their trucks and guys take it as a fed law. Long guns are very very iffy but if you have a permit to carry a handgun for self defense, the states that honor the permit will allow the gun. You know, if anybody should be allowed to carry all the time it should be those who travel cross country for work or vacations. Like right now, going to Miami is not on the top of my favorite places to go, I have been in several places where I sat in the truck wishing to god I had a rocket launcher because of the freaks that walk the streets at night and see trucks as an easy target. it's like this, legal or not, it's my life. I would rather take my chances in court if need be than meet the coroner. There will only at the minimum three people that know I have a gun in my truck, the *(s) that NEED to see it and the responding officer to the call if it is needed to whom I will hand the gun over to, and of course myself. I have a family that I would like to come back to and there is still many many deer that needs killin yet so I cannot risk getting killed in an alley over a load of toilet paper!
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  • groundhog devastationgroundhog devastation Member Posts: 4,495
    edited November -1
    7mmNut, You probaly can get the truck into the lot at this shop. Or there is room to get on the shoulder there. When you leave you would need to continue North on 220 about 1/2 mile and get in left lane and turn into a big lot at IkenBerry Orchards store to turn around and head back south. If I knew when you were coming thru it might be that I could meet you at the truck stop and give you a ride to the gunshop. GHD
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    hey GHD, I will be down there tonite but just passing thru. I just ran the miles in PC MILER and I will not be able to spend the night there and leave out in the morning. I have to be in Miami at 12:30am Tuesday morning, not only do I have to go to a war zone but I gotta be there at night!!!!!

    I'm up thru there quite a bit, I like to alternate routes each trip, one trip I run 40, 65, 71 to 70 to get up here to Yankee land and the other trips I run 40 to 81, so one of these trips I will be able to stop. Which is closer for you, Roanoke or Wytheville?
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  • EndlssEndlss Member Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    7mmnut, If you don't mind answering. What do you usually haul? Only asking because I work in a warehouse just outside Baltimore,,,and yes I'am surrounded by Baltimorons.
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    7mm BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL ON i-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 66 up to exit 70 they are 4 places where Radar is ran heavily and you cant see us until you have done gone by.I guess you know that.If we ever run into each other Ill buy lunch,cant beat that.Some of the other guys might not be as friendly.We call that the Summons quota of the month Birth place.I would be honored to meet up with you!

    Stay Safe,Best!!

    Rugster


    Toujours Pret
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  • groundhog devastationgroundhog devastation Member Posts: 4,495
    edited November -1
    7mmNut, Roanoke is only about 25 miles and Wytheville is 85 miles! When I first read the post I thought 40-81? If you come up 77 to 40 then run over to Winston Salem you would take 220 north to Roanoke and hit 81. Do you ever run that route? That would bring you through Franklin County and that's where I am. Still not sure on that 40-81 deal. You must be out on the western end of 40 from me. GHD
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  • sandman2234sandman2234 Member Posts: 894 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    7mm,
    I will be in Melbourne, Fla Monday night around 9,or 10 at the latest.Should be there for a couple of hours at the Home Depot. Toll on the 'gator alley (which i have never traveled) isn't as much as the turnpike. Maybe 10-20 dollars at the most. Turnpike is a little less than 25 from wildwood, if you get off at Fort Pierce.To run it all the way down is about 40 dollars. I never run the toll roads, too easy to get around them, plus I95 doesn't have tolls at this end. If your coming thru jax, hollar at me, I ll ride down as far as Melbourne and protect you.
    What part of Miami are you going into? Most of it is hype, but there are a few places I don't care to go. David

    Have Gun, will travel
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  • Matt45Matt45 Member Posts: 3,185
    edited November -1
    7MM-
    Like I said, I sorta, kinda thought that no guns was the law, but thanks for the info.

    I guess then the other part of the question is, If you are in a truck stop, and your log shows you to be out of service for rest time, does that qualify your sleeper berth as your domocile? And since that is where you sleep while on the road, and it's your "residence" are you exempt from certian possession of firearms/ammo laws in places like Illinois, where you must have a FOID card? Annnnnnnd, since you posses a valid permit from another state, does that make for a stronger case? (Does your permit "stand-in" for the FOID card?)

    Reserving my Right to Arm Bears!!!!
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    GHD, I'm talking about coming up here from Memphis, sometimes I go thru VA and other times I go thru KY and OH to get here, I like to switch back and forth to avoid becomeing frustrated with one route. I usualy go thru there once a week, what I need to do is time it so I can stop for a few hours in Roanoke. I would like to check out the store you are talking about, how much money should I bring?

    Endless, the biggest contracts we have is with Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft and William Sonoma.

    Rugster, sure would be great to hook up with you, thanks for the tip on the speed traps! BTW, they got some bbaaaddd Camaros down there eh?

    Sandman, I didnt see your post untill I got to Ft Pierce, I went thru J-Ville around 6 monday evening, gotta love that traffic! I went to Hilea(sp?), wasnt as bad as I thought it would be, I guess the Bushmaster hanging out the window and me wearing mirrored sunglasses at night kept them at bay.

    Matt, due to federal law our bunks are not exempt from search laws even when off duty. Illinois law, I'm not sure about. when I do carry a gun in the truck it is well hid in the bunk and depending on the state I'm in I forget it is back there.
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  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ohh and I forgot, due to an accident on I81, I had to cut across to 95 early, I didnt get thru Roanoke that trip to FL, but I did however pass by Robsguns new home, wish I had time to stop there also.
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I see you have recognized the Camaro's,there is also one Mustang GT.Yell when you come back through this area.

    Best!!!

    Rugster


    Toujours Pret
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