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And I've Been From Tucson to Tucumcari

allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,706 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
Tehachapi to Tonopah
Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made,
Driven the back roads, so I wouldn't get weighed...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNqv85coyTw&list=RDRNqv85coyTw

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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,706 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,706 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Tehachapi to Tonopah
    Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
    Driven the back roads, so I wouldn't get weighed
    And if you give me weed, whites, and wine
    And show me a sign
    I'll be willin'

    Thank you Lowell George. Great song about truck driving.
    I just dodged the scale in Texas the other day, on I 35 at mm 119. Hooked a load that was 540 heavy on the drive wheels. I didn't load it heavy, and I didn't drive it from North Carolina to Duson, Louisiana.
    It was just my job to get it from Duson to Laredo Texas.
    Just had to detour through Bigfoot Texas and I was on my way. The freight has got to be delivered.

    Boys, this is my swan song. I am in Columbus Texas tonight, go to Laredo tomorrow. Then, it is back to South Carolina and I will clear out my truck and be done.
    Got to take six months off to build an addition onto my log house.

    I really like driving the Big Rig and will hate to leave the job. I am 64 years old and not getting any younger, got arthritis in the left hip that is not getting any better.
    Gotta build this log house while I still can.
    Hopefully, all will go well with the construction, and by October will be back in the Big Rig. Willin'
  • BenjieBenjie Member Posts: 516 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good Luck, Allen. I, for one, will miss your posts. Unless, of course, you stay connected while you are doing carpenter work on your house.
  • randomnutrandomnut Member Posts: 942 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good luck Allen! Remember though, truck driving songs are much more romantic than the job itself, especially in today's time.
  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Best regards Leda, stay in touch.[;)]
  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Little Feat. I always liked them,right from the start..
  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree, Allen.

    Are you going to post pics of your progress on the addition?
  • milesmiles Member Posts: 2,548 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When you decide to go back to truckin again,it's just possible you may have to pass the dexterity physical that more and more trucking companies are requiring due to pressure from insurance companies.

    The "duck walk" under a trailer and climbing into a trailer using only the ICC bumper to stand on could be a problem if you have a hip joint issue.

    You might talk to your employer and ask what hoops you will have to jump through when you go back in the fall.
  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Best of luck to you in your endeavor.[;)]
  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pob lwc yn dy ty newydd, my Celtic brother.[:D]
  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ...get yourself a pickup truck ,and peddle vegetables ....make more money and have more fun...[:o)]
  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,706 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thank you very much fideau. "Good luck in your new home."

    I am a Celt and I need to learn the Celtic language, it is calling to me.

    randomnut you are right, there was a lot more romance to truck driving back in the seventies when Lowell George recorded this song. If you smoke weed, you will be busted on a random drug test.
    No sense in taking whites, and forging your log book. You don't have a log book, you have a computer to keep up with your time, and the computer doesn't lie, or even fudge the facts.

    Back in the seventies, truck drivers hung around the driver's lounge, or outdoor picnic area at the truck stops, calling their wives on the pay phone, or talking with the other drivers, playing guitar and telling stories to one another. These days, drivers hole up in their trucks, talk to their wives on the cell phone, watch videos on their tvs, or mess around on the internet in air conditioned comfort. Like I am doing now.

    It is a much more lonely job these days, than it was 40 years ago.
  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Keep the shiny side up! We hope you have good weather for your cabin addition. Keep us posted with pics...
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