What makes the best trucker?

[Uncle Birchy]

You could always back off a notch or two, and let them get by you..

Wait a minute now @ironpony ...

Though that was my "POINT"..

 

[PapaDough]

It's the truck that makes the trucker........

1. The best truckers drive Volvos and haul brand sparkling new reefers stocked with ice cream

2. The worst ones hide in long nose Peterbilts and haul squealing hogs to slaughter: smell 'em a mile away

 

[Hillbilly Canuck]

It's the truck that makes the trucker........

1. The best truckers drive Volvos and haul brand sparkling new reefers stocked with ice cream

2. The worst ones hide in long nose Peterbilts and haul squealing hogs to slaughter: smell 'em a mile away

I'm in a long nose Peterbilt pulling a reefer. Where does that put me?

 

[Humble pie]

I guess that means the best drivers wear track suits and smell like body odor then.

 

[Duck]

The best truck drivers wear cowboy hats and high heeled pointy toed leather boots while they blast their Hank Williams.

 

[mndriver]

The best truck drivers wear cowboy hats and high heeled pointy toed leather boots while they blast their Hank Williams.

What if they wear a tracksuit and listen to Hank Williams?

 

[Duck]

What if they wear a tracksuit and listen to Hank Williams?

Then I'd have to refer to other indicators like the brand of truck being operated, or whether or not they have echo effects on their CB.

 

[PapaDough]

I'm in a long nose Peterbilt pulling a reefer. Where does that put me?

......in jail for driving impaired if you're caught with that reefer in your hand, unless the year is 1894 and you're on a riverboat on the Mississippi.......

 

[MichaelJT]

Almost nobody is willing to back off even a little bit temporarily to let you get by. We seem to be just a bit faster than Prime, Walmart, Crete and CR England and none of them ever let up.
Our new trucks came governed at 65 but gave you 68 on the cruise. Some clowns were letting it run up to 80 going downhill and they got cut back to 65 on everything. I'm trying to stay under the company radar and not use those extra 3 mph unless I have to pass one of those inconsiderate idiots.
So far so good.

 

[Backwoodsga]

Outside of any sort of competition, how would you determine what separates the best drivers from the rest of them?

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A safe one.

 

[Mike]

I seen the title of this thread, then I figured the best way to answer it was to post a selfie.

then I laughed at myself for even considering it.

 

[THBatMan8]

The best drivers generate the most net income.

Not necessarily. You can generate a good net income while still being a douche driver and a grade A asshole.

Humility I think nails it. Stay humble to learn more things. The more you learn, the more versatile you become, and the more valuable you become to your employer and yourself.

 

[PapaDough]

There is no best trucker: he is an urban myth.

 

[Wore Out]

Its obvious I suck at it, wayment I dont haul hogs lmmfao.

The best at it is a frame of mind, doin what others cant or wont, is just a bonus. Whether its making money and time on E-logs or ridin dirty in an ol hood with all eyes on ya sayin look at dat mofo why cant I be him

 

[IRONMAN]

best trucker ? one that will do what he says he or she will do. and not complain about doing the job.

 

[BlackBart]

Almost nobody is willing to back off even a little bit temporarily to let you get by. We seem to be just a bit faster than Prime, Walmart, Crete and CR England and none of them ever let up.
Our new trucks came governed at 65 but gave you 68 on the cruise. Some clowns were letting it run up to 80 going downhill and they got cut back to 65 on everything. I'm trying to stay under the company radar and not use those extra 3 mph unless I have to pass one of those inconsiderate idiots.
So far so good.

80 downhill in jewish overdrive’s a lil bit different animal than runnin 68 on yer cruise. They aint gonna give a shit bout that

 

[PapaDough]

80 downhill in jewish overdrive’s a lil bit different animal than runnin 68 on yer cruise. They aint gonna give a **** bout that

now there's something I never heard before.......

please explain to those of us who ain't jewish, what the heck is jewish overdrive?

 

[ironpony]

now there's something I never heard before.......

please explain to those of us who ain't jewish, what the heck is jewish overdrive?

Same as Georgia overdrive. Take the truck out of gear, and let it rip down the grade.

 

[GAnthony]

now there's something I never heard before.......

please explain to those of us who ain't jewish, what the heck is jewish overdrive?

i am half Jewish, and i never even heard of that myself, so what to do..?? what to do..??

i looked it up in the urban dictionary...


Jewish overdrive
To save gas by putting your car into neutral (or depressing the clutch) and turning off the ignition.

CAUTION: When driving a carbureted car down a long hill in Jewish overdrive, do not let out the clutch with the car in gear, then later turn on the ignition. If you do this, the engine will backfire. The longer you go before turning on the ignition, the more violent the backfire. Unless you're running glasspack mufflers, you can blow off your exhaust system.


i worked with a guy that would shut off the engine, (big truck) then try to restart it, and a cloud of black smoke came out of the stack. he thought it was funny and cool.

then something went wrong, and he had to drive an old cabover till his got fixed.

i never laughed so hard

 

[BlackBart]

Same as Georgia overdrive. Take the truck out of gear, and let it rip down the grade.

Yup. Heard my pop say it once