What is the most difficult part of trucking?
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FlatBroke
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I think the most difficult part is having to be gone from the family..
patriciajnsn
Steering Wheel Holder
How long r u out after hometime?id feel the same way if i had a family too matter of fact i probably wouldnt be doing this if i was married
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FlatBroke
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I don't drive anymore, but when I did I have been out for a month straight at times..up until the last job and it was a week at a time..
Tn. Truckers Wife
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Is there such of a thing?...lol...:faint:
Rigjockey
In Gord we trust!
ya i share ur view being single is a littl eisier i couldnt imagine leaving my family that being said as a man when u do meet a nice girl and thay find out what you do they step back no women want s to be a married single mother. just food 4 thought
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greybeard
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If that is your question, I would have to say that most find learning to back well is the hardest thing...:duckhunt:
DBevinstrucking
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Hardest part now seems to find a load
wish we could roll back the clock a few years and rethink the errors well others have made LOL for us, hide sight and forsight if we only had know. so many drivers are loosing there rigs and or jobs its sad for america.
wish we could roll back the clock a few years and rethink the errors well others have made LOL for us, hide sight and forsight if we only had know. so many drivers are loosing there rigs and or jobs its sad for america.
patriciajnsn
Steering Wheel Holder
Ive heard that cant say that i blame the woman though unless she plans on going with him no way i could handle having a guy in my trk and no guy could put up with me more then a week at the most lol
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TruckerDre
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Well i love to Drive All over but since i just got married to my wife a year ago got a familey a daughter i love more than anything.. so ive stopped OTR and brought my self to a 4 to 5day of driving from MIA, TO jacksonville to Bwi baltimore to jfk and down to atl and back to miami just backing up to a dock and letting the dock people load/unload while i sleep... but i make sure im home every friday at noon to see my wife. and see my daughter. im 24 and ive been trucking since i was 18 actually 16 with a cargo van and 24ft box but i wont go into that but the biggest stress on me is when im driving and if i have to leave home for 2 weeks at a time cause i gotta go way out west or something i start to miss my familey i feel like they're not as safe without me close enough cause if im running down the east coast and something happens i can get on a plane and head down or drop the trailer at a terminal and drive as fast as possible...hopefully that wont happen knock on wood. but i drive up and down 95 most of the time and try to get home every friday if not latelate friday nite or early saturday... but i might be moving to baltimore and doing local 500mile radius with cowan so im home everynight and off on weekends to spend more time with my wife and daughter and see my other familey as well. but thats whats difficult about my trucking life other than that its the stupid 4wheelers hangin behind me thinkin they can keep up with me while doing 85-90-95-100 mph. and one time a stupid woman flew passed me when i was doin 98 she cut in front of me and slowed down and wouldnt let me pass her so i had to slow down and then she got up the road while i did 50 and she kept on 65-70 and then hit the hammer down and had 2 other boys keepin up the flow with me the other crazy motha ****a went on the side of the road and passed her that way and we was doing about 90-95 at the time haha. goodtimes rolling through the carolinas. but woman need to learn how to ****ing drive i was rolling through maryland on the 495 beltway and this woman drving for sheinider kept taking up 2 lanes with her flashers on and her horn goin off every 15 seconds while she was doin 45 in a ****in 55 or 65 i think it was. and 4wheelers cut in front of me and slow down and that just pisses me off and soon as i pass them yall pass me again while im keepin my speed at one spot yall keep flyin by and passin me and slowin down in front of me. i wish there was trucker express lanes 2 lanes on the side of the road with a nationwide speedlimit of 75 and 80 in someparts it would be just perfect! who would be down for that? i know damn well id like it!
WoolyRhino
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I found the hardest part about actually driving was avoiding those signs and trees that seem to run under your trailers when you turn into parking lots. There should be signs telling you that there are signs there.
misterbreeze
Well-Known Member
That depends on what you can and are willing to put up with. Rush hour traffic (great when you are getting paid by the hour), waiting on load/unload (not bad if your tired and need a break), four wheel idiots/ big truck idiots (keep you sharp and on your toes), long periods on the road (time to yourself and away from nagging family), driving through the mountains (no better scenery in the world), low pay ( better than no pay), long boring trips to out of the way places (lets you reflect/think about things you normally wouldnt have time to think about). Every thing is "perspective" and how much/little you can handle.
Heart of Dixie
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Not losing my temper because of: traffic, lost revenue due to load being canceled or having to wait for x number of hours to get loaded / unloaded, someone leaving a trailer dropped that has a flat or other damage, mechanical problems etc, etc. The bottom line is that all these things cause a loss of income, but.......that's trucking.
ccschooledu
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I think the hardest part of trucking would be being away from your family. Most of the time, you'll be driving away from home alone..
Dayripper
material relocation
for me its being broke down and getting rapped for repairs. like right now im stuck in south haven kansas. a 350lbs buck went through my cooling pack. so im trying to get it fixed. the broker is freaking out. and my wife is all like "what are you gonna do !?"
i just sit back and laugh and say"welcome to my world."
i just sit back and laugh and say"welcome to my world."
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