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drifter379

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  1. I try for once a week depending on weather. A lot of my deliveries are to job sites so it usually only stays clean for less than 48 hours before I want to wash it again.
  2. Got a bath and added a little color this morning.
  3. I’ve watched a few that talk about some of the ins and outs of being an owner operator. I actually hate most truck drivers and the last thing I would want to do is spend my free time listening to their bull shit. I had to google Sonny Pruitt. Now I’ll have to search for that show. I know him as sheriff Lobo from BJ and the Bear and then the misadventures of Sherrif Lobo. I did find this cool pic of the Hag in my search.
  4. One of the funniest scenes ever. Also mcconaclown with the most accurate portrayal of a truck driver on film. [/url]
  5. First Pete I ever drove was a ‘97 379. Honestly there is very little difference between that one and my new one. Having said that I ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY LOVE IT!!!! It’s quite and smooth and has power for days. Turned 15k miles this week. Been up to the pacific NW and back and now out to Cali and I have yet to find a hill I have to drop more than a gear and a half on. Coming out with that rail I had the cruise set at 78 and was getting around 6mpg and if I hit the throttle it responded immediately. Only real complaint so far is the satnav head unit. It’s a pain in the ass. I run all my music and podcasts through my phone with Bluetooth. I also run the Waze app in the background. Every time waze gives me an alert it shuts down what ever I’m listening to and I have to close it out and restart it. I use a Bluetooth headset for calls and if I don’t hang up a call by using the screen I have to either make another call and hang up with the screen or turn the whole system off and back on to get audio to play again. Also when I say quiet i mean the motor and exhaust as well. I love the interior being nice and quiet but honestly even with the 8” stacks they make ZERO sound. I’m one of those assholes that likes to rattle your windows at two am with my jakes. I took my wife for a ride and had her roll down the window to hear the jakes and she laughed and said that I snore louder than that. Once the warranty is out I may have it deleted and put a PDI tune on it.
  6. I do intend to stick with flatbed as long as I can do it. The trailer is a company trailer, I have plans to buy my own within the next year or so. I’m going to stay with this company until my lease is up next year and then probably move to land star or Mercer for a year or so and then get my own authority. My end game is to have my own numbers and then have other owner ops drive under my authority. I’m not going the route of buying more trucks and putting drivers in them. With the quality of window lickers out here today I couldn’t trust anyone else in my equipment. I’m actually working on a 10 year plan to become a Mexican and retire on a beach down there. I can run a trucking company from a lap top.
  7. Im glad y’all like seeing this shit. I can start posting pics of my loads if your interested.
  8. Kenworth is still making cab overs for Australia and I believe the European market but I could be wrong on that. Most people think Townes was talking about the color of the truck. lol
  9. Just got offered a load out of Compton going to Az. Yes or no on blasting this as I roll through? Been listening to eazy and NWA all day.
  10. I’d haul your freight every day. Lol This load paid a little over 3 grand. Unfortunately it fit. Was kind of hoping to be able to haul it all the way back.
  11. It’s based on a 24 hour clock. I can drive 11 hours and be on duty/working for 14 hours. I have to take a 10 hour break before I can restart my daily clock.
  12. Newberry Springs. 20 miles out of Barstow on 40.
  13. Didn’t make as many today only 601. I’m getting old. Decided it was better to sleep than end up in the bar ditch. I’m somewhere in bum fuck CA. 134 miles out from my destination. I guess we’ll see what this la traffic is all about in the am.
  14. Just saw this this morning. I honestly never knew they existed. https://www.technotrucker.com/tire-view-tpms/tire-view-tire-pressure-monitoring-system/
  15. 729 miles today. Shutting down for 10 in Acoma, NM. For those that don’t know this is only a hard run to meet the deadline because of the electronic log. If I was still on paper I’d be eating breakfast in Arizona.
  16. 30 minute break in Tucumcari. Yes it’s only one piece of rail. But it’s much better than that. It was already on site in LA but it didn’t have the right bend in it. So they loaded it on a truck and sent it to Sherman, unloaded it and took it into the shop. After an hour of doing whatever they did , they brought it back out and put it on me to take back to the site in LA. You can see the curve in the pic. Notice the yellow mark to show which way to bend it. It pays pretty good if you’re wondering.
  17. Leaving Sherman Texas @4:30pm. Need to be in LA Monday morning. That’s California not lower Alabama. Let’s see if we can make snowman and the bandit proud.
  18. Rim of the world. Huge plot holes. An extremely annoying character. Bad acting. I loved it!!
  19. Just came back to post this. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/sturgill-simpson-opry-bluegrass-841418/
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