irl-trucking

[formal minnow]

the fact they cant take a normal corner cuz its litterally a house on wheels?

xd

[clear ore]

@vagrant cosmos u mean right across the pond

[radiant solstice]

There are lots of immigrants that drive trucks

[clear ore]

@radiant solstice have u driven from Florida to Illinois?

[radiant solstice]

No

[clear ore]

I would like to be a trucker

But i don't like the

That

[radiant solstice]

I don’t drive a truck either

But I also would like to

[clear ore]

Oh

Also I'm quite the trash Parker in euro truck

[radiant solstice]

In my late 30s or early 40s I wanna drive a truck

Assuming the industry doesn’t change too much

Ats and ets Physics aren’t very realistic from what I’ve heard

[clear ore]

I would like to drive a truck maybe at 18 or 19

[radiant solstice]

I mean I really wanna pursue law enforcement but once I get too old for that I’d like to get into a truck

[vagrant cosmos]

"Ats and ets physics arent realistic" imo, i learnt to drive using only ets 2 and a wheel

[formal minnow]

Xd

[vagrant cosmos]

Boss called me.. "sorry for not calling earlier, i need you to drive right now and reach the ferry" i need 20 mins to get from home to work, and 1 hour 5 min to get to the ferry.. i'll reach the ferry 1 min before they leave.. :|

[paper bear]

ats and ets physics, in terms of reversing. are fairly decent

[twin sedge]

Good luck @vagrant cosmos update if you're on the ferry :3

[vagrant cosmos]

If you can reverse these kinda trailers, you can reverse about anything

I reached it, 2 minutes before :D

[clear ore]

How do u all reverse in euro truck

[thick cedar]

Preety easy

[vagrant cosmos]

If you learn the pivit point it's quite easy to learn how the trailer will behave under turning in reverse

[clear ore]

😔

I've tried many times

[paper bear]

#ets2

i use 3rd person as you can see for hcts

[clear ore]

I tried to use that but i still cant manage to put it in nicely

I just do the second option

[vagrant cosmos]

Your pivit point is your rear tires, thats where/how you steer the trailer

[clear ore]

😔

Yeah ik

But i go to far when turning and my truck and trailer ate touching each other

[vagrant cosmos]

Then you need to make a bigger turn

[thick cedar]

If you steer left the trailer goes right

Just train

Training helped me in rl

[clear ore]

Yeah man I know

[vagrant cosmos]

Also, when you feel you start to get the right angle, hold it, and then straighten it

[clear ore]

I see

[vagrant cosmos]

Also, there is no shame in going a bit forward, i do it irl ;)

[thick cedar]

At my first year i needed a couple of tries to get it in irl

Just takes practice

[vagrant cosmos]

No one is born champions, we all have to learn

[clear ore]

Just say could someone park this shit for me

🙃 🙃 🙃

[paper bear]

i mean, tbf i dont even know how i learned to reverse

i dont remember a time i didnt know UK ttruck sim mustve tought me well 😄

[thick cedar]

Well.. I started when i was 14... My father let me try to reverse and drive some

Prob that's why i was a bit better than other people at my age in my company

[vagrant cosmos]

Also, reversing in ets 2 first persob is harder then irl, because there is not really any depth

[paper bear]

yeah i feel you

[thick cedar]

Yup lol

[clear ore]

Get out and check on the truck

[paper bear]

😄

[vagrant cosmos]

Yes

[paper bear]

if only you could get out

in ets

[clear ore]

Lol

[vagrant cosmos]

[thick cedar]

That would be fun in mp

You can load and stuff

[clear ore]

These trailers need the parking assistance

[paper bear]

construction sim

[vagrant cosmos]

But yeah, if you want to go left, start with a little right, find your angle of attack, hold it there, and before you reach the end, start slowly straighten it out

[clear ore]

I'll try

[vagrant cosmos]

No one can teach you how to do it, we can show you it, but only you can learn yourself how to do it

[tawny moth]

put very simply - if u want the trailer to go left turn your steering wheel right reverse a little bit then follow it with your steering wheel

im going from south of Spain to UK leave tommorow morning in a Mercedes Actros

[clear ore]

Lmao @vagrant cosmos

U said that like my driving teacher

[patent bolt]

The amount of northern lights atm 😱

[clear ore]

Lucky

I wanna see those

[vagrant cosmos]

Where are you now Noxii?

[patent bolt]

Hammarøya 🤟

[vagrant cosmos]

Aha

[patent bolt]

Omw to Bodø to load up equipment at the theater there

[vagrant cosmos]

Wanna switch? 😂

I am tired of asphalt :|

[patent bolt]

Haha no thanks

[clear ore]

@vagrant cosmos i parked the truck

took me like 5 mins but i did it

[vagrant cosmos]

good

[clear ore]

i kinda got it in the right spot but my truck wasnt in the spot so i detached it and attached it straight

[vagrant cosmos]

Now i go sleep

[clear ore]

y

[vagrant cosmos]

Also, to get it straight, go a little forward, and rhen back again

[clear ore]

mhm

i tried

[queen brook]

Throwback to an freezy morning 😎

[formal minnow]

@patent bolt holy shit that looks beautifull

[patent bolt]

TY ty

[formal minnow]

i honestly love night driving but i never get the chance irl :/

one cuz less cars more trucks so u see alot of cool ones

• they light up xd

[clear ore]

i dont

i am afraid that i see some ghost on the road at night

[patent bolt]

Loading in a theater

[formal minnow]

Those led headlights look so good

[stable lynx]

I hope to start my new job tomorrow. Sitting here on my bum the last week has driven me crazy.

[thick cedar]

Where'd you end up going?

[patent bolt]

Swift

[stable lynx]

Michigan Produce Haulers

or MPH on most trucks

[thick cedar]

Swoooot

[vagrant cosmos]

Sno, rain, wet snow, wind, hail, all within an hour :|

Also +2-3°C

[tawny moth]

22 Degrees here in Spain

[tawny moth]

@patent bolt I like the 💩 pillow in the window 😂😂

[bright zealot]

OMG I missed tha

That's great

[clear ore]

😔 😔 😔

[tawny moth]

why sad

[clear ore]

[tawny moth]

[patent bolt]

TY TY

@vagrant cosmos I'm hearing that there's chaos around Kåringen/Fiskfjorden atm

[vagrant cosmos]

it's efing slippery out here today

[formal minnow]

🤔

[vagrant cosmos]

today was a chain kinda day

[tawny moth]

Guess what freight I have

[patent bolt]

Aye hearing that

[vagrant cosmos]

at 55 km/h i had a breaking distance of about 3x the normal distance in 70 😐

[ocean jolt]

oof

[patent bolt]

Oooof and I'm supposed to stress around in the area tonight to catch the ferry downwards tonight too with not a lot of minutes to spare

[vagrant cosmos]

let me tell you, if it is about as bad as it was this morning, then you wont make the ferry 😐

max speed today was 60

[patent bolt]

Yeah called my office and told him to have a backup plan ready

I went to bed at 8am today and from the looks of it it's been snowing since. I mean back garden was green when I got home now it's all white

[formal minnow]

u have snow?

[vagrant cosmos]

going back to Harstad soon, really really don't want too

yes, snow, ice, hail, rain, sun, wind, everything today

and in the morning from 6 - 8, we had it all at once

[patent bolt]

What you doin in Harstad? So far away from home

[vagrant cosmos]

getting asphalt

last week now we lay asphalt

[patent bolt]

Oh where you laying it now?

[formal minnow]

the road?

[vagrant cosmos]

outside a new Coop store opening soon

[patent bolt]

Oh in Harstad?

[vagrant cosmos]

no, here in myre 😛

[patent bolt]

Oh dang that's quite a distance to drive just for some asphalt, don't you have any closer? xD

[vagrant cosmos]

nice :p

yes Noxii, we have, but they want over 3 times the price

[formal minnow]

whos driving

another doggo ?

[tawny moth]

[patent bolt]

Urgh I love the fact that I can start the heater in my truck from my phone so that my truck is warm and cozy when I get to it especially now as its snow

[formal minnow]

does it start the engine to do that too?

or do u have like one of those ac/heater units that sits on the roof

[patent bolt]

Most of the trucks have a seperate heater that's mounted on the side

[formal minnow]

i did not now that

[patent bolt]

Since we sleep in them it's necessary to have so that we don't have to idle all the time but still keep them warm and cozy

[vagrant cosmos]

mine is on about 24/7

[patent bolt]

Ha Volvooooo

[vagrant cosmos]

yeah :/

[formal minnow]

[queen brook]

They have already stopped asphalting here

Good thing tbh

New asphalt gets slippery fast

I was in the asphalt circle last week, fun while it lasted

[vagrant cosmos]

I hate going empty on icy roads, almost no traction..

[tawny moth]

best thing about living in Spain!, atleast where I live, only 5-10 days a year it goes under 10° never snows and over 300 days of sunshine a year barely Rains

[uncut bronze]

sounds like hell

[clear ore]

I have family in spain

🙃

[tawny moth]

Why does it sound like hell?

[clear ore]

U ever been to coruna @tawny moth

La coruna

[tawny moth]

nope that’s in the north I live in Marbella in the very south

[vagrant cosmos]

Effy slippery :|

[tawny moth]

Passing Murcia

[formal minnow]

btw why is your truck rhd if u live in spain

[tawny moth]

it’s a UK plated truck, and our business is UK registered but we live in Spain

[thick cedar]

For the taxes ?

[tawny moth]

Nope my family is from the UK but have lived in spain 40+ years

[formal minnow]

wouldnt it make more sence to order a lhd truck then but keep it uk plated?

[tawny moth]

ye idk I don’t own the company, my dad does so not really my decision

[patent bolt]

Started snowing a bit tonight 🤟

[thick cedar]

I wish it would snow here

[clear ore]

U teleport out the truck and take a pic?

[patent bolt]

Ofc

[clear ore]

Perfect

[tawny moth]

Lovely Scania R

[patent bolt]

TY 🙏

[tawny moth]

Near Madrid

[clear ore]

Y'all got some nice roads

In Florida we got them made out of shells and rocks

[stable lynx]

I thought it was gator roads.

[tawny moth]

Barcelona ETA - 8:52 AM

[tawny moth]

5 mins away

[sonic hinge]

Your wheel is on the wrong side

[tawny moth]

Correct

[vagrant cosmos]

Are we crazy for still driving asphalt?

[tawny moth]

At least your not doing asphalt everyday, my freight is horses every single day and we only have 2 trucks a really old 2002 Mercedes and a really nice 2018 MAN but the MAN is being used by my dad so I’m in the old Merc

🐴

@patent bolt I hope you don’t mind, I stole one of the pictures you uploaded for my discord PP cuz it’s cool AF and that northern lights one

[clear ore]

Tremendous lawsuit coming in woop woop

[thick cedar]

[vagrant cosmos]

I am so tired of the northern light, i will be sick :|

[formal minnow]

@tawny moth do u not have a sleepercab?

[vagrant cosmos]

I see it about every night nowadays

[formal minnow]

Lol

[vagrant cosmos]

He sleeps with the horses

[formal minnow]

Ah yes

[patent bolt]

It's okey Imy

[tawny moth]

@formal minnow yes i do

@patent bolt ty ❤

@formal minnow this old Mercedes has a “living area” the bit u see with a big window that has a sofa bed, kitchen, shower but the cab is wierd cuz it has sleeper cab but not a bunk only 1 bed where as our other truck is normal and only has a sleeper cab bunk beds no living

[formal minnow]

Ah

I geuss thats a way to get around the law of not sleeping in the cab while moving for resting time?

[tawny moth]

Nope same rules still apply

[clear ore]

This a truck or a RV?

[tawny moth]

Horse Truck

look at the picture above thats the one im on about

[clear ore]

😔 😔 😔

[patent bolt]

Yeah we have a couple of them up here too but bigger

[timber timber]

Hello real life truckers

I thought you guys would appreciate this

AND i relate lmao

[sterile spoke]

cough

[formal minnow]

Wayt

[sterile spoke]

You know what I'm gonna say, right

[formal minnow]

#videos

[timber timber]

@sterile spoke
Shh its for the real life truckers not the discord life moderators smh

[formal minnow]

[sterile spoke]

Wrong, watch your language 😉

[formal minnow]

First off

Thats a car

[timber timber]

Its an engine

The 14 year olds browsing #videos wont relate

[formal minnow]

Neither do we

Cant even understand what the dude is saying

[timber timber]

Its not what hes saying lmao

If you ever owned a car

You'd relate

[formal minnow]

I coown one

Lol

[tawny moth]

This mornings view

[formal minnow]

Nice

[patent bolt]

Dang @vagrant cosmos as if Haukebøe wasn't already bad enough to keeping to their own side of the road in the summer now as the roads is white they're a bloody nightmare to meet.

Just met one that cut around a corner he came flying out of it as I was entering it only problem was that he was more on my side than his own side of the road, almost to the level that you poop your pants and then start swearing and shouting a lot at him in your own truck 😬

[vagrant cosmos]

I almost lost my mirror to haukebøe today to in sortland :/

[patent bolt]

Aye told ya they're soooo bad at sticking to their own side of the road

Can't count the amount of close calls I've had with both cars and trucks now tho since it started snowing

[vagrant cosmos]

Weather here has been bad

[patent bolt]

And now it's rain in the air too gonna be wobb wobb slippery

[vagrant cosmos]

Snow, icy roads and +5°C

I am so done with my company, i most likely will quit after the winter contract 19/20 ends.. :|

[patent bolt]

Oh how come?

[vagrant cosmos]

Meh, lets keep this a happy place instead

[patent bolt]

Aha okey 🤣

[queen brook]

Sshopday

[vagrant cosmos]

Normal work week is 40 hours xD

[thick cedar]

ez pz

[tawny moth]

Barcelona - Pickup In Lyon - Calais

[clear ore]

im getting good at reversing

[thick cedar]

[tawny moth]

Crossing some big river in France

[ocean jolt]

where's that?

[formal minnow]

Somewhere in france

[tawny moth]

A Bridge just past Lyon somewhere there

[ocean jolt]

oh ok

going nowhere near the Loire?

[tawny moth]

Nope :/ off to calais now

[formal minnow]

make sure u dont get no immigrants in

i assume since u have like living animals u have priority past queues?

[candid solstice]

what a stupidly inappropriate comment to make...

[paper bear]

Inappropriate? hardly

Immigrants want to get into the uk through calais,

[thick cedar]

^^^^^^^^^^

[ocean jolt]

yeah just watch videos of them blocking traffic and trying to get into trailers and you'll get it

[thick cedar]

It's not that bad anymore but it still is a thing

[paper bear]

Not talking about subjects doesnt make them less real

[ocean jolt]

even the cops just sit and watch, they want nothing to do with that anymore

yeah i went to calais during the rough times (on holydays)

[thick cedar]

The dumb thing is, when you get caught with immigrants in your trailer YOU have to pay a fine

[ocean jolt]

even if there is obvious signs of break in, and the driver did his best to protect his trailer

[thick cedar]

I don't know about that one.

[ocean jolt]

and that's why you don't use covered trailers, bcs a knife is enough to break in

[paper bear]

covered?

sheeted?

[vagrant cosmos]

Last asphalt load 2019 ❤

[formal minnow]

nice

[vagrant cosmos]

And now, first night of snow clearing season begins

[tawny moth]

@thick cedar yep around a year ago I had 2 of them in the trailer with 4 horses, but we stopped just outside calais in a stable yard to rest the horses for the 9hours and when we opened the trailer they got out in a T-shirt, shorts and flip flops and it was deep snow, but they ran off into the bushes quickly

[formal minnow]

lol

ooooh @vagrant cosmos cant wait for the pics of that that stuff is way cooler then asphalt

[thick cedar]

Yeah... About 3 yrs ago my father was driving there preety much everyday. He always had a baseball bat in his range 😉

[formal minnow]

xd

[thick cedar]

They were really aggressive. Road blocks etc...

[tawny moth]

and me and my dad were about 100 miles out of calais at one of those self pay empty petrol stations at 3am and about 10-15 got in the back of the lorry with the horses and my dad went and basically told them to get out and they were all like 15-18 year olds and they were all like “sorry boss” and really nice

[formal minnow]

hm

from what i see from videos etc

its the older people

that are causing the aggrasiveness

etc

[thick cedar]

No always young people

[formal minnow]

hm

[tawny moth]

No 90% of them are young

[thick cedar]

My dad had prob 10 fights with young immigrants who were in his trailer

[formal minnow]

xd

[thick cedar]

Not really funny

[formal minnow]

honestly

beating the shit out of them is useless

[thick cedar]

He just wanted them to get out

[formal minnow]

since where they came from that was a daily occurance

[thick cedar]

But they all came on him

[formal minnow]

so the occasional fight with an out of shape obese truckdriver etc is nothing for em

yeah thats the downside of em

they only fight in groups

[tawny moth]

My mum was in our little 3 horse truck it’s tiny basically a Van and they rolled a huge hay bale on fire infront of the truck and were throwing rocks and shit at her and the police came and chucked some tear gas stuff and had to escort her into the port

[thick cedar]

I had only 1 encounter with immigrants

They tried to get IN my truck

Like not in my trailer

Just had to really speed up

[tawny moth]

Have you seen that one video on YouTube where a guy is at a petrol station with one of those flat bed machinery lorrys with a digger on the back and 3 get on and he tells them “not going to calais” and they ignore him and he takes them 200 miles away to Holland

[clear ore]

This truck looks nice

[thick cedar]

@tawny moth Yeah so good

[tawny moth]

Our business has 3 trucks ( well actually 2 and a little van thing) and all driven by family, my Granada 74 still drives 9 hour / 10 hours a day (legal driving hours) 25/31 days a month

[thick cedar]

If he still passes the tests. All good

[tawny moth]

yep he has

[thick cedar]

[tawny moth]

at a truck stop rn watering the horses

[paper bear]

https://youtu.be/uhRbGg39sIg

[tawny moth]

yep that’s it

[paper bear]

easy solution, pull the red line and ruuuuun

[thick cedar]

best video ever

[ocean jolt]

gets on thinking they are going to the uk
find themself in the middle of nower far from the uk

driving at 90
trailer brakes engage

[thick cedar]

[tawny moth]

The little truck my mum was driving when immigrants threw stones and set shit on fire infront of her

[paper bear]

https://tenor.com/view/jesus-take-the-wheel-gif-5058561

[vagrant cosmos]

[clear ore]

It's snowing

[formal minnow]

@vagrant cosmos have fun

[vagrant cosmos]

By the time i am done, i will have worked 21 hours today 😂

[formal minnow]

no problems with hours then?

[vagrant cosmos]

Niet problem, normal katastrof

[formal minnow]

xD

[thick cedar]

Koleka work 25 hours a day

[formal minnow]

[thick cedar]

I wonder why lorry drivers even bother to slow down for them
Here in America if you step in front of a moving truck that's just natural selection

We got tired of protestors and illegals a long time ago

[tawny moth]

Calais Port

[thick cedar]

[tawny moth]

Police doggo checking for drugs

Bad photo cuz the guy was moving quickly

[ocean jolt]

getting on a ferry isn't much fun from a car pov, for a truck i could dimagine it being a bit worse with all the paperwork and security checkup

[tawny moth]

Was meant to leave at 00:30 haven’t even boarded yet

[ocean jolt]

yay for being late

when i did roscoff-cork we left 15 mins late bcs the ferry arrived 15mins late

[tawny moth]

Yeah I did hollyhead to Dublin many times

[ocean jolt]

trucks board first right?

[tawny moth]

Usually yes depends

[ocean jolt]

well it would seem more logical to get the heavy stuff first

[tawny moth]

Finally boarding

[ocean jolt]

how long is the ferry trip?

[tawny moth]

And hour and a half roughly

[ocean jolt]

oh yeah, not that long, at least compared to the 14 hours i've spent on my trip

[tawny moth]

38h ferry in Cyprus that’s a boring one and the Bilbao - Plymouth that’s like 28h

[ocean jolt]

yikes

yeah my first ferry was a boring one too, but the second one was a cruise ferry

so much better

[tawny moth]

the 28h Bilbao crossing has a pool and shit so basically like a cruise ferry

[ocean jolt]

yep, exactly like what i had, mine was the "pont aven"

you know, the one that had a fire aboard back in may, just the day before i left to ireland

[tawny moth]

Really no I didn’t

[ocean jolt]

it was doing plymouth to spain and had to stop in brest bcs of a fire, the steering was affected too

https://brittany-seas-ships.jimdo.com/2019/05/01/fire-aboard-pont-aven-one-main-engine-irremediably-damaged/

[tawny moth]

shit

No bueno

[ocean jolt]

yeah but it was fine when i took it in the first days of august

[ocean jolt]

hey maybe the 28h ferry you took was the pont aven since only Brittany ferries does it i think

[tawny moth]

I think it was Stenna line but maybe idk

[tawny moth]

This mornings view

[paper bear]

Welcome to the uk

[tawny moth]

Crossing back on the ferry in 1h

[tawny moth]

Back to Calais now

[tawny moth]

Back to France

[patent bolt]

Soon weekend peeps! 🙏

[formal minnow]

nice

[vagrant cosmos]

@patent bolt will you be going to watch the tunnel? ''Tunnelen''?

[patent bolt]

I get to see enough tunnels driving over Hammarøya so not sure 🤣

[vagrant cosmos]

xD

[patent bolt]

But ay I actually got a phone call once if I could help them drive a truck in it

[vagrant cosmos]

Oooo 😮

i will go watch it if it don't snow outside

[thick cedar]

Great i'm on vacation rn but they called if i could work tomorrow 🙄

[vagrant cosmos]

if it snows, i can't xD

[patent bolt]

Haha yeah I'm planning on just getting home which I honestly don't even know how yet

[vagrant cosmos]

Know the feel Beni, last year i worked 4 out of 5 weeks vacation

[patent bolt]

Have next week off for the release of RDR2 😎🤟

[vagrant cosmos]

nice 😄

how is the roads?

[thick cedar]

Well i accepted because i'm not gonna work the next year

[vagrant cosmos]

[patent bolt]

Good and bad, soooooo many trucks stuck on Hammarøya yesterday 🤣

But today they've been mostly good, a bit wobbwobb over Ulvsvågskaret

[vagrant cosmos]

ahh, i am about to go out and plow the edges and put some sand soon

[patent bolt]

Haha better do or I'll call 175 and tell them that you're doing a bad job 😝

Apparently someones stuck on Ulvsvågskaret now 🤣

[vagrant cosmos]

hey, i still have 2 hours before i Have to go

also, not really slippery here yet, but it will be soon

[patent bolt]

Aye was really slippery between Lødingen and Tjeldsundsbrua yesterday evening

Blackice everywhere

[vagrant cosmos]

that is because the contractor there don't give a flying .... about the road, they are on the edge of being bankrupt

[patent bolt]

Aye Rasmussen Anlegg and Erlandsen

[vagrant cosmos]

No, isnt it Alf Brekken sønner

[formal minnow]

[tawny moth]

why are you Capri sun the 2nd why not the first

[formal minnow]

i drank the first few years ago

[thick cedar]

[tawny moth]

[thick cedar]

Nice i'm with another driver. Don't need to drive that much :)

[tawny moth]

I’m with another driver too

[thick cedar]

Let's go to the worst company ever!

[stable lynx]

SWIFT!!!

[thick cedar]

Dhl lol

[tawny moth]

@thick cedar send picture of ur Truck

[thick cedar]

Oh sorry that i didn't saw that earlier I slept till now

That's what i drove today

[tawny moth]

Ahh nice Volvo

[timber timber]

Hey real life truckers

Any of you knowledgeable of ADR caterogories?

[thick cedar]

What do you transport?

[timber timber]

I recall
30
1002

and

33
1203

adr signs are for diesel and gasoline, right?

no wait

30-1202: diesel fuel, diesel oil, gasoil - unspecified
33-1203: gasoline, petrol, motor spirit, motor fuel

i got it

[thick cedar]

Yup

[timber timber]

so yeah

it is diesel and gasoline

[thick cedar]

Yes

[timber timber]

alright

Furthermore

What signs do I need to go with these 2?

Flammable 2 or Combustable 3?

I forgot.

also I need the white one with the fish right

[vagrant cosmos]

1002 is compressed air if i remember right

white one with the fish thing? you mean environmental damage warning?

[timber timber]

Hmmm

Yes

So

To have a fuel cistern transporting both diesel and gasoline, I also need the following signs:
Flammable gases
Flammable liquids
Toxic gases

Am I missing something?

and the environmental damage

maybe not toxic gases

even tho they toxic asf

[vagrant cosmos]

wait? are you even allowed to do both diesel and petrol?

[timber timber]

Yes if you have the right cistern that has separate pipe systems for each cell

and if you are ADR qualified for them

[vagrant cosmos]

you must remember different countries has different rules

in norway i think you only need the orange square to haul 1202 1203

[timber timber]

Well, I work in a petrol base in Bulgaria, and literally work with fuel cisterns/trucks on a daily. Kill me my adr signs are rusty though. Either way, people here (some of them) drive both diesel and gasoline. Each cistern has different cells. As long as the pipes for the fuel to enter/exit the cells are separate (so no fuel mixing) and they are ADR qualified to drive both

they can

for the sake of not messing up the signs though

ima just pick 1

Okay so

The gasoline had the flammeable gas

the diesel had the flammeable liquid

am I right

[vagrant cosmos]

but ain't both a liquid?

[timber timber]

They are

[vagrant cosmos]

both use Class 3 warning label

[timber timber]

But when it comes to catching fire

Both emmit gases

and the gasoline's gas

is far more dangerous

than the liquid itself

hm

Right so I should get

For example

30-1202: diesel fuel, diesel oil, gasoil - unspecified

• Class 3 Flammeable

And what else

my mod actually doesnt have the environmental hazzard sign

so that falls off

I think that's all?

Just the number + the class 3

[vagrant cosmos]

in my ADR book it only says class 3 and the yellow/orange square

[timber timber]

I gotcha

Thanks a lot!

[vagrant cosmos]

Np

[timber timber]

now to figure out

where to place the suckers

good enough? i hate the ladder

[vagrant cosmos]

orange squares is front and back and sign is sides and back if i remember correctly

[timber timber]

hm

[vagrant cosmos]

its soon 3 years since i took my adr xD

[timber timber]

well I can't do front

[vagrant cosmos]

front is the truck

but looks good

[timber timber]

How about that? There's a class 3 at the other side, too

same place

[vagrant cosmos]

think that is okay, not really hauled much ADR, it's just what i remember from school xD

[thick cedar]

Never hauled ADR lol

[timber timber]

thanks a lot guys

[tawny moth]

Horses watered now sleep time

[formal minnow]

[thick cedar]

[clear ore]

Are they in the back

[thick cedar]

Sadly i can't do animal transportations :( I'm literally allergic to almost any animal

[formal minnow]

u eat them tho

[thick cedar]

Well yes

[formal minnow]

[thick cedar]

But allergy is basically saying that you're allergic to the fur

[formal minnow]

ik xd

[thick cedar]

Atleast i can go out with my sisters dogs

[clear ore]

In a hazmat suit

[formal minnow]

xd

[tawny moth]

Morning

[thick cedar]

Poor man driving on sundays

[clear ore]

😢 😢 😢

[tawny moth]

week off now

[patent bolt]

Aye and 2 more days until RDR2

Tomorrow I'm driving to Kiruna

[tawny moth]

Can’t wait for RDR2

[vagrant cosmos]

isn't it fun when you are plowing along, and the gps stops working, so everyone calls you and yells at you eventho there is nothing you can do to fix it xD

[tawny moth]

iphone google maps

[ocean jolt]

@vagrant cosmos your truck is tracked?

[vagrant cosmos]

yes

when doing road clearing, they track me 1:1

[thick cedar]

This night and next week i'm in another company

And they have some nice trucks

[vagrant cosmos]

[paper bear]

Name of company?!?

[thick cedar]

Why?

[tawny moth]

@patent bolt won’t like that truck it’s a Volvo

[thick cedar]

I don't mind lmao. It's so comfy in there

They got like the best you can get

[tawny moth]

I don’t mind them either one or the best trucks we ever had was a Volvo

[thick cedar]

And 540HP. What more do you want on hills?

@paper bear The company is in Germany so you won't get in

[formal minnow]

beni

boi

u gonna be driving that?

[thick cedar]

Yes

Only for one week

Sadly

[formal minnow]

Lol

They put those trailers behind vw vans etc here

Basicly mini trucks

[thick cedar]

Well not here

[formal minnow]

Lol

[thick cedar]

It's enough for what i transport

[formal minnow]

Why u there for a week?

U maybe gonna go work there later or

[thick cedar]

They asked me

Nah never they pay shit lmfao

[formal minnow]

Lol

So i geuss theyre paying your company to basicly rent you

[thick cedar]

Basically lmao

[formal minnow]

😂

[thick cedar]

I'm on vacation but when i saw the truck i yeeted the fk there

[formal minnow]

Lol

It doesnt look that good

The paint on it sure but the customizing stuff nah

[thick cedar]

It's so comfy

Way comfier than my truck

They prob have the best options in the truck

[paper bear]

Don't want to get in. I'm just curious as what the name was. But the fact its in Germany rules it out.

Wouldn't catch me driving a lolvo

[thick cedar]

I don't get it

Why do Swedish ppl don't like Volvos

[paper bear]

I'm not Swedish

[thick cedar]

Even tho they are as comfy

Or norwegian

Or whatever

[paper bear]

I'm not Norwegian.

UK

[thick cedar]

OH that's why

[paper bear]

?

[thick cedar]

All g

[paper bear]

It's just the pic you put up looked like a company I mightve recognised

[thick cedar]

i see

[paper bear]

But it wasn't. They just have very similar truck styles.

[timber timber]

Hello professional truckers

I need your help again

Thanks to mods, I've gotten more realistically performing gearboxes and engines for my ets scania, anyway the point is

I now have to chose from 10 different, yet identical opticruise gearboxes.

I got 10 variants of GRSO925R, which is kikd of the meta 12+2+retarder.

The difference? Their differential ratio. I have options ranging from 2.20 to 4.80 in such ratio.

What is the difference really, and what would you advise me to use?

Driving a 6x4 S650 if it matters. Not really a heavy hauler, I haul 15-20 tonnes constantly, I just like not struggling at hills

[paper bear]

2.2

[round panther]

a lower ratio will give you a lower rpm

[timber timber]

I see

[stable lynx]

I am so ready for my new truck

[tawny moth]

[thick cedar]

[tawny moth]

@thick cedar i only do long haul

[thick cedar]

Well i mean i like long hauls but not longer than 2 weeks

My gf would go crazy if i'm away for like more than 2 weeks

[tawny moth]

we do 1 week to the UK and Back then 1 night home then again x3 then 1 week off

[thick cedar]

I see

Hopefully they pay you good

[tawny moth]

but we transport horses so we have to stop at stables for our 9hour rests and some of them give us rooms with beds

[thick cedar]

I get quite more when i'm long hauling

Yeah that's good

Do you have priority at the ferries ?

[tawny moth]

if there are big queues yes but not if it’s only 2-3 hours wait

[thick cedar]

I see

[tawny moth]

But if ferry’s are stopped for a long time (eg: a storm) and lorries are queueing like 30 miles, we can drive straight down the hard shoulder to the port

[thick cedar]

Man wish i could do that too

[tawny moth]

and horses always deck 3 on the ferry as it’s the least rocky when it’s rough

some drivers get angry and pullout infront of us and u have to slam on breaks and explain u have horses then most of them are understanding

[thick cedar]

Yeah that's sad but i mean...They don't know what you're transporting. But i wouldn't just pull out infront of a truck

[tawny moth]

yeah but when they have been waiting there 3 days not moving they can get very grumpy

[thick cedar]

3 days Well i would be pissed too

[tawny moth]

yep so it’s understandable but still wouldn’t pullout infront of a truck

[formal minnow]

just put a big sticker with live animals on your window

[thick cedar]

With a 120DB speaker screaming: "LIVE ANIMAL TRANSPORT GET THE FUK OUTTA MY WAY!!"

[formal minnow]

😂🦀

Its honestly not hard to spot an animal transport

Usually its a rigid chassis setup lowcab big wide box

Everything painted in the same color

[thick cedar]

I mean animals are in a cool transporter too

[formal minnow]

9/10 times a black or similar color stripe on the front etc

[tawny moth]

Ours is similar to this (not putting ours cuz it had company branding on it and I don’t want to get exposed) but ur right usually a rigid with one colour

[thick cedar]

Idek how often i exposed my company lol

[tawny moth]

but it’s not just a company I work for it’s my family’s business so don’t want prank calls and shit

[formal minnow]

Cant u just color something over the name on the pic

[thick cedar]

Well i mean no one saw the number on the truxk i think

[tawny moth]

I could but i cba

[formal minnow]

Ben

U can just lookup company names and get numbers

[thick cedar]

I know

But i mean no one here would do that

In this channel

[formal minnow]

U sure

[thick cedar]

Well if they aren't from Germany it would cost money to call them

[tawny moth]

Just been informed that my week off had turned into a 10 day trip to Denmark tommorow morning

[formal minnow]

Lol

[thick cedar]

[formal minnow]

Rip

[tawny moth]

not bothered tbh

[formal minnow]

Hehe

U passing trough netherlands or

[tawny moth]

Spain - France - Germany - Denmark i believe idk tbh

[formal minnow]

Enjoy

[tawny moth]

@formal minnow I thought I wasn’t but I am Spain-France-Belgium-Holland-Denmark

[formal minnow]

Niceee

[tawny moth]

First 2 Horses loaded now off to the next pickup

[tawny moth]

2 more collected now off to the next pickup

[formal minnow]

Vert nice

[timber timber]

Did I do a good job with the tuning

If I maintain 1000RPM at 80 km/h

Engine has optimal torque at 950

[chrome wharf]

Mmm will it fit or not

[formal minnow]

182 liter per 100km

https://tenor.com/view/greta-thunberg-unamused-amused-trump-stare-gif-15126759

and just go over the curb and ull be fineee xD

[tawny moth]

WTF do you have to fill your truck up every 2 hours?!?

[ocean jolt]

feel like it's instant consomation, not mean consomation

[thick cedar]

It's an old Daf what you expect?

[tawny moth]

US truck tho no?

[thick cedar]

Huh

[tawny moth]

it’s a US truck

[thick cedar]

No Netherlands

It's a part of Paccar tho

[tawny moth]

what? The one he just posted?

[thick cedar]

Yeah Daf is from Netherlands

[tawny moth]

182L/100km

[thick cedar]

Well i get that too but only when i'm on a hill and do a kickdown lol

[tawny moth]

is his freight gold bars? Who can afford to pay that 😂

ahh yeah u are right

[chrome wharf]

Yeah the 182l /100km is because its a trashtruck. This one barly reach 100 km a day. Mostly only goes like 40 km a day

[tawny moth]

ahhh okay

[chrome wharf]

But not sure if it really use 182 L / 100 KM tho. Even tho the truck drives like 40 KM a day on avg. It's only a 350 Liter tank beneath and we only need to refill it onces every week (Doesn't drive on sunday. To basicly onces every 6 days if it did).

[thick cedar]

I mean...My truck drives 24/7

And we refill once a week too

[vagrant cosmos]

my truck drives 24/7 when it snows and we need to refill at least once a day

[thick cedar]

Always kickdown

I mean i think we have about 1.000 Liters to get rid off every fill up

[vagrant cosmos]

snow is heavy stuff

[thick cedar]

Yup that's true

[fading spear]

DAF is best

[thick cedar]

No

[chrome wharf]

To be fair. We have a bunch of Scanias and only 2 DAFs trucks and all the Scanias trucks have atleast broke down 3 or more times this year alone already. While only 1 Daf broke 1 time the hole year.

[thick cedar]

Our Volvos and MAN's don't really break down

[chrome wharf]

We also had 1 man and a Volvo. Both got replaced by a Scania. Only the MAN broke down pretty often, but that was most likely because of the driver rather the truck.

[thick cedar]

I think we have about 400 Volvos and 150 MAN'S

[chrome wharf]

Uhh we have maybe 15 trucks total

[tawny moth]

[formal minnow]

on phone while driving

jk

[tawny moth]

RHD not driving

[formal minnow]

i know

thats why i said it xD

[tawny moth]

[stable lynx]

[thick cedar]

hMMM

[stable lynx]

My new truck will be revealed soon. (within 48 hours) I cant wait

[thick cedar]

Wewt!

[clear ore]

How old u gotta be to drive a truck

In the United States of America

😬

[tawny moth]

My view this morning

[formal minnow]

😂

[formal minnow]

niceeee

[formal minnow]

[tawny moth]

How cold is it @vagrant cosmos

[vagrant cosmos]

-10 atm

C

[formal minnow]

nice

[tawny moth]

I could not cope with that, holy shit! It’s 20° C here and I’m in a hoodie and jeans. It’s freezing

[vagrant cosmos]

20 is summer here

[thick cedar]

20 is good

Under 10 is a bit cold for me but not a problem.

[tawny moth]

I’m going to Denmark rn anyone know roughly how cold it is there

[formal minnow]

-5?

4

[tawny moth]

ummm shit okay

anyone know if it’s snowing?

[formal minnow]

uh

cloudy

[thick cedar]

4° is fine

[tawny moth]

not too bad 🙂

@vagrant cosmos i found your snow plough tbh idk where there is a snow plague here cuz it’s 18° and a very rarely snows here

[vagrant cosmos]

you never know

[tawny moth]

True true

[formal minnow]

that a renault t?

[thick cedar]

woo woo never seen a snow plow range t

[thick cedar]

Thats a car

[tawny moth]

I’ll remove them in a min just put them here so u can see them

[thick cedar]

Damn

Woulda ended when he hit my brother

Bad*

[tawny moth]

really!?? I thought it was a lorry

[formal minnow]

if your gonna hit a truck

always hit it on a side

if the truck hits u i geuss its best to get hit in the back / rear sides

[thick cedar]

Why would you wanna hit a truck?

[formal minnow]

no but i mean like

[tawny moth]

not getting hit at all is a bit better

[formal minnow]

if its unavoidabl

like

if a truck pulls out infront of u for whatever reason ya now

[thick cedar]

If a truck pulls in front of you, you'd best put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye because you're probably going under the trailer.

[formal minnow]

Well in europe the trailers arent that big that an car really fits under it

Unless u have an real low sports car that is small u will usually mever have the car go fully under

But that depends on the situation ofcourse

[thick cedar]

True, in the U.S you can chop the top off of a car if you hit it hard enough

[clear ore]

Yeah

Drivers ed teacher showed me that

[tawny moth]

french petrol station has Burger King

[formal minnow]

becomming fat

burger king is bad overpriced

[tawny moth]

56kg

[formal minnow]

and has terrible portions xD

[tawny moth]

McDonalds way better but still a burger

[dark scroll]

KFC is the best though

[tawny moth]

Noooo McDonalds

[thick cedar]

Ew mcdonalds sucks

So does BK

[dark scroll]

#KFC4Life

[tawny moth]

no sir BK sucks but McDonald’s

[thick cedar]

I don't mind Subway. KFC is very good

[formal minnow]

i never had kfc

come here take me to one beni

[thick cedar]

No

[tawny moth]

They are all horrible but out of them all McDonald’s is the best

[dark scroll]

Really Capri?

[tawny moth]

subway is good actually

[formal minnow]

yes

[thick cedar]

Why do ppl like Maccas

[dark scroll]

How?

[formal minnow]

im gonna eat

[thick cedar]

It literally has the worst quality out off all the fast food chains

[tawny moth]

cuz they put 10tons of salt on the chips

[dark scroll]

Enjoy! (Eet smakelijk!)

[thick cedar]

I'm definetly gonna eat smakelijk cuz i'm bouta drive to KFC

[dark scroll]

[tawny moth]

When your in France and don’t speak French

[thick cedar]

bagguette

croissont

[tawny moth]

yes sir

[thick cedar]

aloah

[tawny moth]

bonjour

[thick cedar]

merci

[formal minnow]

dinner was good

[thick cedar]

What did ya get

[patent bolt]

Yeah that's hilarious @tawny moth I was in France once at KFC ordering food and I ordered it all in English and the cashier responded to me in French, it's like "dood, I didn't just order it all in English just for the lolz..."

At McD tho the girl was like "Please wait a second, my English isn't very good so I'm gonna go and get a collogue instead"

[thick cedar]

That's basically everywhere. I was in Spain once at Maccas and they literally couldn't speak one word of english

[patent bolt]

I found it was nice in Switzerland, most of the people there were able to communicate sufficiently in English

And those who couldn't were quick to apologise for it and explain that they didn't know much English so very very friendly people there I ain't got nothing but good thing to say about Switzerland

[thick cedar]

Yup. Switzerland is a very nice country

[tawny moth]

@patent bolt litterally the exact same ordered in england and the woman is speaking to me in French, like dosent she think if I could speak French I would have ordered in French

Yup, completely agree, in Switzerland everyone is very helpful and polite

[thick cedar]

Gotta admit...Germany is preety egoistic

But there are many people thaz are polite too

[tawny moth]

I went to the CSGO major in Berlin in September, The Germans seemed quite nice there but tbh 90% of them were drunk

[thick cedar]

Of course. Beer and wine is legal at age 16 here. Soooooo

[tawny moth]

yep, I got IDed and I’m 18

[thick cedar]

Lol i mean...tbh i bought beer and wine when i was 14 lmao

And the hard shid when i was 16 at the supermarket

[tawny moth]

I’m 56kg and look 15 so it’s understandable

[thick cedar]

Ya lol

[tawny moth]

Next month I’m driving this with a 4 horse trailer for a week you can’t even call it a truck it’s a van

[thick cedar]

That's an RV

[tawny moth]

it’s has 3 seats and a sleeper cab and then 2 horses in the back with a 4 horse trailer behind

[ocean jolt]

just need a BE license then

[thick cedar]

Nicee

[tawny moth]

a car license with a trailer license idk what it called but it’s so u can take trailers over 1350kg I think that’s the amount idk

[ocean jolt]

isn't it 750kg?

[thick cedar]

4 horses is like, 2 kg

[tawny moth]

ye probably no idea

the trailer it’s self is 1300kg so yeah 3.5kg roughly

[ocean jolt]

yeah BE is more than 750kg

[tawny moth]

yep

[formal minnow]

Uh

Isnt 4 horse trailer and horses in that truck exceeding the max weight then?

Or are those horses really light 🤔

[patent bolt]

Only place I've really been to in Germany is Bernkastel and at least there people were really nice

[thick cedar]

Well drive on the Autobahn everyday

I grt brakechecks atleast once a day

Don't even wanna say how many times i got flipped off for driving tol slow even tho i was going over the speedlimit

[patent bolt]

Ha that's something I don't even care about anymore, it's like "Mess with me and try and brake check me and I'll mess with you back by not braking"

It's like them that's in smaller cars so it's them that should be more respectful towards us and have more understanding but they don't so that's why I'm like if you don't wanna learn the easy way there's always the hard way 😛

[formal minnow]

I honestly support that noxii

If your gonna be an braindead idiot by brakechecking an truck wich may be carrying up to 50 tons

I am happy to see the dashcams videos of those stupid peoples car getting destroyed

[thick cedar]

Finally got my jacket in.

My phone took an enormous picture so I have to put it in here. 👀

[formal minnow]

[thick cedar]

Harvest moon was visible in Iowa on I-80 tonight.

[serene wedge]

New trailer, the 4/5. We just got a big new client where we have to have 3 trailers ready 24/7.

[tawny moth]

Finally in Denmark

[thick cedar]

Nice!

[vagrant cosmos]

isn't it weird for you driving on the right side of the road? xD

[tawny moth]

I live in Spain so always drive on the right side just Company is a UK company so all vehicles are RHD

[thick cedar]

oof

[tawny moth]

24h rest stop on Monday anyone got any good Netflix movies / series

[formal minnow]

vis vis is pretty good

[tawny moth]

ty, I will look at it

[formal minnow]

most episodes are hour +

it really is good i should continue watching again

[clear ore]

fallen logs

[stable lynx]

I am now in a 2014 Volvo VNL flat roof sleeper. It has 800,000 miles on it, so i wont be in it for long

[thick cedar]

Got some Leds

[thick cedar]

I need LEDs

Sitting in Laramie, Wyoming. Congrats on the new job, @stable lynx!

[stable lynx]

Thanks

[thick cedar]

@thick cedar I'm sitting in my room eating chips and drinking IceTea

I prefer my office to my room if I'm honest

Oh god....Well i mean i'd rather get home everyday then sleeping in my truck for 1 weeks

I still get paid the same

[patent bolt]

Actually we don't, we get about 500€ extra per month for spending the weekdays in our trucks

And I actually sleep amazingly well in my truck and rather like sleeping in it, even tho I wouldn't mind an American sized cab

[thick cedar]

Yeah i like to sleep in my cab too. But i get paid much for working nightshifts and weekends

So almost eveery week i start Sunday 10 P.M.

So no use for me to be in my truck all week

But sometimes i am

[stable lynx]

When your truck bed is more comfortable than your house bed, you might need a new bed.

[thick cedar]

I mean i sleep as good as when i'm home

But i'd rather sleep home with my gf

She doesn't really like when i'm gone for over 1 week

Good that it doesn't happen too often

[radiant solstice]

Being a driver in Europe sounds really nice

and easier

[tawny moth]

Im in Denmark. laying in the bunk wrapped up in a dovert with the heater on full blast. so comfy

[formal minnow]

hah anice

im freezing off in my room

[thick cedar]

@stable lynx the bed in my truck is almost nicer than any bed I've ever had.

My parents were cheap. At one point I spent six months on a deflated air mattress. It was 👌

Now, thanks to my pillow topper and fluffy blankets and awesome sheets, I pass out without giving it a second thought.

Insomnia used to be a problem for me. Now I sleep so well I only need about six hours of sleep!

[paper bear]

Not sure that's how it works 😂

[thick cedar]

@radiant solstice I mean....If you find the right company here, yes. Else being a trucker in Germany sucks big time

[patent bolt]

It's all about routine routine routine

I used to go to bed at 3am and wake up at 11am again and the first couple of times you find it hard to fall asleep and really really tired when you wake up but in the end it's a routine and your body will have learned it and feel better by it

[tawny moth]

^^ couldn’t agree more

Crossing some bridge in Denmark on the way to the Ferry

[thick cedar]

That bridge is in the game lolll

How cool is dat

[tawny moth]

ye Ik

[formal minnow]

[tawny moth]

Waiting for the Ferry in Rødby

[formal minnow]

very nice

front of queue i see? XD

[tawny moth]

[thick cedar]

That's so cool

Never been on a ferry like that

[opaque igloo]

Hi, I live here in Brazil and my friend says that there in Europe the roads are too narrow to drive a truck. Do you guys think its true?

English is my second language btw

[formal minnow]

nah lol

roads are wide enough

[opaque igloo]

oh ok

[formal minnow]

not as wide as american roads tho those are like obesitas size

[opaque igloo]

kkkkk

[thick cedar]

Obesity sized

xd

[opaque igloo]

lol

[patent bolt]

Well that depends´

Up here the roads are far from wide but we drive trucks on them anyways xD

[formal minnow]

u guys drive mountain roads for like barely 2 cars

and then put trucks on em

[vagrant cosmos]

yes

[tawny moth]

Just got off the ferry

[vagrant cosmos]

noice

[radiant solstice]

haha I just slept 3 am and woke up 11 am now

[thick cedar]

Great

[formal minnow]

nub lol

i went to bed at 5:30 and slept till 1500

xD

[thick cedar]

Got it for free cuz my boss got some from Scania

[paper bear]

i got one with my truck

not the same style tho

[thick cedar]

Dope!

[topaz dirge]

I'm taking the CDL permit test Tuesday. Let's hope I pass this....
US Drivers: I am 19. At 18, I can get my full CDL and drive in-state. Just about every position I look at requires 21 years or older - some claim its an insurance requirement. Do I have to wait till 21 or would one of these employers hire me if I applied (after I got some experience driving)?

(tag me)

[thick cedar]

@topaz dirge you have to be 21 for interstate driving with a CDL. They're trying to get the age lowered but it's not happening as far as I know. It has nothing to do with insurance, it has to do with federal motor carrier laws. At 19, you'd have to have an intrastate CDL. Which takes place only in your home state. I recommend working for a farm if you can because they're probably the only ones who will hire you as is.

[topaz dirge]

Thanks. Yes, in-state/intrastate is the only thing I could do. I don't want to do OTR/out of state for now anyways. I drove about 6 hours in a car and has dead tired..I don't think doing 6 hours straight in a semi is good for me 😆

[thick cedar]

I run full ten almost eleven hour shifts.

If I only drove six hours a day all of my loads would be late.

My girlfriend also dislikes working more than five or six hours.

You'll never get anywhere nor earn any money in this industry like that, sorry to say. At minimum you need to work 12hr shifts. At times I have 16 hour days.

Granted, for the first or last two hours of that I'm off duty and the last four I'm not driving.

I'm an OTR driver but I know local guys. It works almost the same way.

[topaz dirge]

True. But local, you can hop out of the truck and walk around for 5 seconds at stops rather than sit and stare at the road. With local, you've also got the intersections making you move rather than having cruise control on and sitting back as I was.

[thick cedar]

Mind you, for all my trouble I make $1,000 a week almost. But I don't do it for the money anyway

That's true. Local is easier on your body in some ways but harder on it in others.

I will admit...
I hate refrigerator trailers but I refuse to drive a red truck

As far as local companies I know of that are decent go, J.B Hunt, Knight Transportation and Navajo Express are good for locals

But I don't know where you are

[topaz dirge]

Wichita, KS

[thick cedar]

Melton operates out of there if I'm not mistaken.

They're flatbed and I don't know about their local division.

If nothing else, go drive yard tractors for a while. Get good at backing

I know National Beef in Liberal, KS could use a new yardie.
Theirs are shit

[topaz dirge]

ouch 😆

I need some serious practicing with a semi before I actually go out and replace someone

[thick cedar]

Look up Kalmarr yard tractors.

They're just little yard dogs that run around shippers shunting trailers

[topaz dirge]

I've seen one running back and forth across the street in town

[thick cedar]

Would be a great way to learn backing.

Get some experience with those and you'll be pretty good to go.

You'll get to school and they'll be like "why are you here?"

[stable lynx]

I still need a pic of my truck. It aint pretty though