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Old truckers never die they just get a new Peterbilt ! 😉😆😋
Impressive Peterbilt 579 tractor -
Old School - Peterbilt 379 ... I like the looks of this model best !
It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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"Give me 40 acres and I'll turn this rig around..."
Black 3
Looks a lot different from that old R-model Mack I drove all over the country 40 years ago.
Still a microphone cord swinging in front of your face.
You could buy a pretty nice airplane for that price. Just sayin'
Home away from home.
I'll keep my 91 Jimmy. 30 years old, after a life on a Nebraska farm, I bought on an online auction in April and did extensive work. Not too bad for a new career though. I've taken this thing from coast to coast, and across every major mountain pass in the west.
Monarch Pass
Lizard Head Pass
Outside Farson, WY fly fishing 2 days
California coast headed towards Gold Beach, OR
Between Red River and Eagles Nest, NM
Great photos randomnut. Makes me miss my old truck driving job. Here I am at El Capitan in Texas. Believe it or not, a mountain in Texas that is 8,000 ft high.
Thanks, it's new to me. I've had my CDL since the late 90's, but only to shuttle trucks to my shop. Only ever pulled a trailer to pull it into the shop.
I've owned a truck repair shop since 2004. The stress has really been getting to me after all these years, so I decided to close it. Nobody lost their job, I just turned operation over to my wife and son.
Filed for my authority in April and bought this old truck. Bought a new trailer to accompany it and off I went.
Steep learning curve, but no step for a stepper.
Wife said I was having a mid life crisis, so I named the authority MLC Adventures
Do you work for one particular company, or are you independent?
I genuinely like to drive, but not all day every day, thank you. That's also why I never became an airline pilot. More power to anyone who loves those lifestyles, but it isn't for me.
It took me about a year, but it got good to me . Driving 11 hours a day, six days in a row, then spend a day at a truck stop doing a reset, then drive for six more days. Life on the road, gone from home 2 weeks at a time. I liked it.
Independent. Just been running off load boards so far. I'm finding some direct contacts, but the spot market is where it's at right now. Back in summer I had no problems grossing 14k a week, but that's down to about 10k right now.
My plan was sort of a semi retirement gig. Two weeks out, two weeks off. It's just starting to come to fruition though. I spent way to much fixing up, so it took a while longer to get where I wanted.
Still yet, I'm only 44. All three kids are raised and out of school. I've worked 100+ hour weeks for the last 17 years, time to ease up a bit.
I was a company driver and got sick of taking abuse from my company. I would drive a load from Greenville SC to Laredo, a nice 2 day trip for which I was well paid. The next morning I had to deliver that trailer, fair enough.
But, the night before, one of our teams brought in a load, they dropped the trailer at our terminal in Laredo, they hooked a new trailer and headed back to SC an they drove all night. And when I was done with my load, I had to deliver the team's load. This is called a "local" and I was paid a flat $30. It took at least 3 hors to deliver a local, might take 4 hours. Can you imagine working for $7.50 an hour?
Sometimes, I had to deliver 2 locals, back-to-back. Spend 7 hours, fighting Laredo traffic, parking at the terminals, doing paperwork, 7 hours for sixty bucks. I complained on the phone and by email to my dispatcher, and even to the company President. I gave them the riot act dozens of times, to no avail. They enjoyed screwing over the drivers. I was the best driver in the Texas fleet, and they treated me that way.
I loved driving the open roads of Texas, but could not stand getting screwed over on those locals. I came real close 2 years ago to buying my own truck and going off on my own but instead I got out of the industry. I do miss driving the open roads, especially the west Texas desert, going to El Paso.
Keep on truckin,,,,
my current ride since first week of Sep.
one of many that I drove for my former employer
the last one that had my name on the door , 96 Pete 475 Cat , 18 sp
Surprised , I figured they were a bit more expensive than that, considering the price on pickups .
Kinda like buying 2 acres vs. 20 acres huh.....
Driving a day cab for Old Dominion. That is a big company I used to see lots of their trucks on the road. Where are you driving out of.
Tomah WI running night line haul in WI. , MN., IA,. SD., and ILL