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drifter379

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  1. The town at the bottom of the hill is Grapevine. Truckers call it grape vine hill or just the grapevine. It’s a nasty one if you’re heavy or if you don’t have good jakes.
  2. Heading into Tejon pass north bound.
  3. I can go all day. I love the fact that my job has its own genre of music.
  4. 9:54 local time. Scared the shit out of the guy in the Tesla next to me.
  5. Didn’t your momma teach you about not having anything nice to say?
  6. I honestly don’t remember where I took the pic. It was somewhere between El Paso and the golden acorn casino in CA. I was lost in the scenery, listening to Terry Allen and Tom Russell, flying across the desert. I’ve got can-ams out of El Paso with a stop in San Diego and a stop in Ontario. I would really enjoy meeting up with folks from the board any time I’m in your area.
  7. Somewhere on I8 in NM or Arizona headed to San Diego.
  8. That was fast.
  9. Loading in cincy this morning and headed south to Alabama.
  10. On the Pitt campus this morning. Pittsburgh skyline.
  11. And if they weren’t so nice and generally peaceful they’d cut your throat and leave you bleeding in a ditch. Lol
  12. No CR. Unfortunately there are a lot of inbred mouth breathers in this industry that call them rag heads implying that they are Muslim. The ignorance is staggering. What most people don’t realize is that the Sikh and Punjabi trucking groups are some of the most organized and active in fighting against overbearing regulations and for improvements for the drivers. I’ve met and talked with several of them and they are pretty amazing people. The story of their people and the history of their struggles is fascinating. They are a true warrior class that does what it takes to insure their survival. And their community bonds and support are unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Tldr: Sikh’s are cool.
  13. Found it. https://www.google.ca/amp/dailysikhupdates.com/punjabis-control-40-trucking-california-60-canada/amp/
  14. I’ve never seen it but Sikhs are a huge portion of the trucking industry. I saw an article last week that I can’t find said up to 60% of Canadian trucks were Sikh. So I think it’s not so much they are bad drivers, it’s a numbers thing.
  15. No escorts. But I’m permitted for PA MD WV VA TN GA AL MS LA TX if I was just taking this across texas I probably would have outlawed it.
  16. I’ve hauled better paying legal loads. Small stuff like this isn’t a big difference in pay. There was 15’ 8” wide load that I wanted and it paid nearly double what I normally haul for.
  17. Exton, PA to Irving, TX. 9’ 9” wide. Lol They make us work our way up to bigger loads. Main O/D guy isn’t back until next week. I’m going to talk to him and see if I can get bumped up a couple of steps due to experience. My former dispatcher said I can use him as a reference to verify my past experience.
  18. I went with blue on my toes for this trip but they are usually chrome. (For the added horsepower) the the water was a little murky and the beach had sea grass, I believe, because of some storms that passed through. They were nice and blue again on Saturday. Also we weren’t hanging out at a beach bar with attendants to rake it up. We were in Casa Icaco right behind la palapa de mar. Palapa sol was a little farther out of town. Pura Vida has the best margaritas we found on the island. They are made with rosemary. And my favorite meal was at https://www.laparrilladejuanholbox.com 6 people with apps, meals, deserts, and drinks. $6600mx including tip. You can eat a lot cheaper but I thought it was worth it. Luuma was also incredible. It’s a steak house and the service and food was top notch.
  19. Shitty band but I like the thought.
  20. Ps. I’m posting drunk from Isla Holbox. Anyone wanna buy a truck? I may not come back .
  21. There are a lot of guys that carry Honda run quiet generators and ac units. That and an expar heater works fine. The Honda generators are treated as disposable. When they break or quit working you just buy another one. Much cheaper than the continued maintenance on a apu
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