Please take this Truckers survey: multiple choice

Trailer:
Rollup door.
 
roll up door, 90% of the time

swing door, 5% of the time.

the remaining 5%...??

who needs stinking doors..???

i's a perfeshenel........
 
1.
a. Sunglasses
b. none
~ I wear prescription DARK sunglasses with a 14" drop visor and my seat at rock bottom. Can U dig it?

2.
a. Steering wheel Spinner
b. none
~ My grandpa had one in his pickup. Last time I've ever seen one. Don't understand the "how or why" of them. The steering wheel doesn't come with one, why add shit U don't need?

3.
a. Tomtom
b. Garmin
c. Smartphone
d. Rand Mcnally
e. Cobra
f. Magellan
~ I have no idea what these are referring to except for maybe the Cobra, and if U R talking "C.B" radios, I have a handbuilt Ranger with the trucker's frequencies added and an extra battery dimmer for key-up. 2 meter operators love me.....

4.
Rig
a. 2007 newer
b. 2006 older
~ 2007 extended hood Peterbilt, 650 CAT TT, 18 speed

5.
a. Northwest
b.Southwest
c. east of Mississippi
~ I rep that West

6.
a. Dry van
b. Reefer
c. Flatbed
~ You are missing a few.... but yeah, all of the above

7.
a. Conventional freight transport
b. Intermodal

8.
a. Freightliner
b. Peterbilt
c. Kenworth
d. International
e. other (list)
~ Already stated... I was on a roll

9.
a. Dedicated
b. Regional
c. OTR
I have one dedicated run, regional most of the time, OTR when it pays what I think it should so that I can get out of the Cali desert

10.
a. Automatic
b. 10 speed
c. 13 speed
d. 18 speed
e. b-d & floater
~ Your'e kidding......

11.
a. Paper logs
b. ELDs (12/18/2017 is coming)
~ When ELD's are mandated, I will walk straight out of the trucking industry. I am the last of the Great Mohicans....

12.
a. TL
b. LTL

What pays best? I'm not afraid to work.... ever.. no how, no way

13.
a. Cummins
b. Caterpiller
c. Detroit
d. Volvo
e. other (list)
CAT and CUMMINS as long as it's an ISX TT

14.
Daytime
a. Truck Stop
b. Rest Stop
~ I Stop off the beaten path, always have, always will, after 35 years I have yet to sleep in a truckstop or Rest area... no way, no how.

Nightime
a. Truck Stop
b. Rest Stop

15.
a. Cab over
b. Conventional
~ Extended hood... always and forever

16.
a. Day cab
b. Sleeper
~ I wouldnt drive a "local" job if you paid me $50 an hour, no way, no how...

17.
Blindspot mirrors
a, rectangular
b. circular
WTF? blindspot mirrors?

18.
a. Roundabouts ok
b. not ok
 
Really. Rand McNally I thought would
clue you in.
Actually, now that you mention it... I suppose, but guess what? Back in the day there were "Thomas Guides" (which could have very well been published by RM)

But I didnt even use those.

I believe the map book that I had (and still have) had a name something like "Gousha".... I know, hard to believe.

... and just so you know, I wasn't mocking your survey. I think it's a pretty cool survey, actually.

I thought maybe you were getting at C.B's as a way of communication, then I got lost in the fact that nobody talks anymore. Can't strike up a convo like we used to in the old days... conversations that might get you 300 miles... 500 miles down the road, with a complete stranger, who totally understood where you were coming from.


One other question that should be asked, but can't be (for obvious reasons) should be: "No Doze" or meth.....or... whatever. But see, back in the day, we would load at Budweiser in Van Nuys and they would give the drivers a free six pack. Surely they were thinking the driver would take it home, or possibly wait til bedtime... but such was not the case.


I knew guys who had things on their doghouse that most "drivers" today couldn't identify.... and shouldn't be able to anyway.


I'm ramblin.... but who cares? Isn't that kind of what we do anyway?


You don't ask about lot-lizards either.. like... acknowledge or ignore (when they climb on your truck)


But, your questions are clean, not the questions from the dirty under-belly of trucking that many never see....Rand McNally


Peace. Out.
 
1.
a. Sunglasses
b. none

2.
a. Steering wheel Spinner
b. none

3.
a. Tomtom
b. Garmin
c. Smartphone
d. Rand Mcnally
e. Cobra
f. Magellan

4.
Rig
a. 2007 newer
b. 2006 older

5.
a. Northwest
b.Southwest
c. east of Mississippi

6.
a. Dry van
b. Reefer
c. Flatbed
d. Tanker

7.
a. Conventional freight transport
b. Intermodal

8.
a. Freightliner
b. Peterbilt
c. Kenworth
d. International
e. other (list)

9.
a. Dedicated
b. Regional
c. OTR

10.
a. Automatic
b. 10 speed
c. 13 speed
d. 18 speed
e. b-d & floater

11.
a. Paper logs
b. ELDs (12/18/2017 is coming) not by choice, company mandated

12.
a. TL
b. LTL

13.
a. Cummins
b. Caterpiller
c. Detroit
d. Volvo
e. other (list)

14.
Daytime
a. Truck Stop
b. Rest Stop

Nightime
a. Truck Stop
b. Rest Stop

15.
a. Cab over
b. Conventional

16.
a. Day cab
b. Sleeper

17.
Blindspot mirrors
a, rectangular
b. circular

18.
a. Roundabouts ok
b. not ok
c. death to the idiot that came up with the idea that this is a good Idea --- yea, this one
 
BTW, FWIW, I am able to type proficiently and i do know all of the late model acronyms....and yeah...

Old- school is putting it lightly

Peterbilts and coffee FTW
 
1.
a. Sunglasses

2.
b. none

3.
c. Smartphone

4.
Rig
a. 2007 newer

5.
D. Rocky Mountains

6.
b. Reefer

7.
a. Conventional freight transport

8.
e. Volvo

9.
a. Dedicated

10.
a. Automatic (not by choice. Hate it)

11.
a. Paper logs

12.
a. TL

13.
d. Volvo

14.
Daytime
c. Neither

Nightime
C. Home

15.
b. Conventional

16.
a. Day cab

17.
Blindspot mirrors
a, rectangular

18.
a. Roundabouts ok
 
all this time, I thought 18. was "reach-arounds".... my bad. I was watching Full Metal Jacket while I was taking the "survey"
 

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