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Old 04-07-2008, 01:35 AM
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I went on a ride along the other day to see what it would be like to be on the road. I liked it

He did tell me that Owner ops don't like company drivers though. Is this true? I thought it was all just one big happy trucking family
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I went on a ride along the other day to see what it would be like to be on the road. I liked it

He did tell me that Owner ops don't like company drivers though. Is this true? I thought it was all just one big happy trucking family
Well........with fuel at $4/gallon o/o's dont much like anyone right now! So you liked it one day. Dont get sucked in by that! Already you have because your on here talking about differences between drivers so....good luck!
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Old 04-07-2008, 01:53 AM
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There's a huge difference between going on a ride-along for a day and enjoying it and being the person actually driving the rig, being responsible for the equipment, getting the freight delivered on time, dealing with shippers and receivers who don't care that you're not making any money while you're sitting, finding your destination with less-than-decent directions, getting lost, finding a place to park late at night when you're out of hours and dead tired, dealing with four-wheelers that just don't understand big trucks don't accelerate, decelerate, or turn like them, getting paid for 500 miles when you actually drove 600, etc...

Think hard before you jump into something based on a ride-along. :)
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Old 04-07-2008, 04:30 AM
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I've been interested for awhile actually, though I am intimated by the huge trucks. I requested the ride along so as to get a feel for what its like to be on the road for so long.

On the night side for the company I work for, it seems to be mostly just picking up and dropping off trailers at regular stops.

This guy did make it look easy though :)
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I went on a ride along the other day [snip]...thought it was all just one big happy trucking family
Yep it is a family. Dysfunctional but happy.
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Yep it is a family. Dysfunctional but happy.
Thats why stepbrother Billy big rigger blasts me with the high beams when I come around him? In the old days me and my brothers just shot each other with BB guns!
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