I'm a Peterbilt man

that NO! was a bit hasty j-man. something to hide?

peterbilts are the best no doubt.

srsly though this thread is great. keep posting pics and odd shit that happens and stuff.

if i could drive and didn't have ties, travelling the world with my dog whilst making electronic music and murdering prostitutes sounds like my dream life.

it's not his dog tho, it's a road dog

  kaini said:

srsly though this thread is great. keep posting pics and odd shit that happens and stuff.

if i could drive and didn't have ties, travelling the world with my dog whilst making electronic music and murdering prostitutes sounds like my dream life.

lol

New word filter idea, 'masturbating' into 'murdering prostitutes'?

  ieafs said:

  kaini said:

srsly though this thread is great. keep posting pics and odd shit that happens and stuff.

if i could drive and didn't have ties, travelling the world with my dog whilst making electronic music and murdering prostitutes sounds like my dream life.

there was this thing on TV here i saw a while back which had people that did this for a year purely as a way to buy a house or something... instead of have a mortgage or saving for 10 years they'd just truck-drive in the US - 12 hour days or something and no off-time - and considering that your expenses would be a lot less than normal they could net $100,000 in a year.

 

i sort of vaguely considered that as something that might be a good idea - bring a guitar, an mp3 with music and a loads of audiobooks and get paid an incredible amount (well for someone like me) for what's almost like a 365 day meditation retreat.

 

but then i realized i don't even have my learners... :embrassed:

This is exactly what I am doing. Driving tandem, non-stop, to save up to buy a house, then I quit. Considerably more money to be made in tandem A&E than 100k a year though, as the truck literally only stops to get loaded and unloaded and refueled and repaired.

  beneboi said:

  ieafs said:

  kaini said:

srsly though this thread is great. keep posting pics and odd shit that happens and stuff.

if i could drive and didn't have ties, travelling the world with my dog whilst making electronic music and murdering prostitutes sounds like my dream life.

there was this thing on TV here i saw a while back which had people that did this for a year purely as a way to buy a house or something... instead of have a mortgage or saving for 10 years they'd just truck-drive in the US - 12 hour days or something and no off-time - and considering that your expenses would be a lot less than normal they could net $100,000 in a year.

 

i sort of vaguely considered that as something that might be a good idea - bring a guitar, an mp3 with music and a loads of audiobooks and get paid an incredible amount (well for someone like me) for what's almost like a 365 day meditation retreat.

 

but then i realized i don't even have my learners... :embrassed:

 

This is exactly what I am doing. Driving tandem, non-stop, to save up to buy a house, then I quit. Considerably more money to be made in tandem A&E than 100k a year though, as the truck literally only stops to get loaded and unloaded and refueled and repaired.

:smiling:

so what exactly do you need for this shiz?

obviously a US tittytwister standard driving license so you can buy george clooney a drink

and you mention a drug test and a background check

i would imagine it's the sort of game you need connections to get into, though?

seriously, i'd do this for two years hardcore, and buy a lush-ass house, hell with wifi you could pull a chaosmachine on top of that.

oh, to be a watmm-postin truckdrivin whorekillin electronic music man

*samples CB* *remixes convoy, no, wait, rubberduck's coming to town*

nah, there are several big comany's in the US, I would recommend CRST or Landstar or even TMC, because they will pay the 3 grand it takes to get your cdl, in return you work a 6 month contract with them. You don't need any connections, just call up a company and talk to a recruiter. You cant have any DUI, DWI's, or open container violations in the past 3 years. And a clean driving record ofcourse will help. Today in houston I met an old Slavic guy who had moved to the US to drive trucks and he seemed very happy with it, compared to his home country. The hardest part for me is the random UI's as I still smoke pot so I have to have immediate access to clean piss (substitution, never supplement.)

  beneboi said:

nah, there are several big comany's in the US, I would recommend CRST or Landstar or even TMC, because they will pay the 3 grand it takes to get your cdl, in return you work a 6 month contract with them. You don't need any connections, just call up a company and talk to a recruiter. You cant have any DUI, DWI's, or open container violations in the past 3 years. And a clean driving record ofcourse will help. Today in houston I met an old Slavic guy who had moved to the US to drive trucks and he seemed very happy with it, compared to his home country. The hardest part for me is the random UI's as I still smoke pot so I have to have immediate access to clean piss (substitution, never supplement.)

I take my DOL test tomorrow.  I still haven't gotten the hang of checking my mirrors, and since I've only ever driven manual three times in my life, I still have trouble with gear selection.  And I can only alley dock like an epileptic at a rave. Fortunately, I never liked pot.

luckily driving stick is way easier in a truck, you dont even have to use the clutch, you can float between the gears when you hit the rights rpms (you really dont want to use the clutch anyway, as pressing it in too far engages the engine break) typically around 13-1500 in our peterbilt.

so im back on the road after dealing with atticus last night. next stop gillette, wyoming.

pic update: Amarillo, Texas

dead hooker

she needed a proper burial

ZOMBIE BRATZ HOOKER, RUN!!!

this is a great read/look man, thanks! i love your pictures

man what an enjoyable thread.

interesting idea.... maybe i'll graduate from college this year, be a truck driver for a year, and come out a 23 year old with a completely paid-off house.

keep us updated, not just daily but once a month or so and tell us how you are maintianing your sanity.

  Al Hounos said:

interesting idea.... maybe i'll graduate from college this year, be a truck driver for a year, and come out a 23 year old with a completely paid-off house.

 

keep us updated, not just daily but once a month or so and tell us how you are maintianing your sanity.

think i should post less? ill admit its kind of a bitch to upload the pics and post them here in the middle of nowhere with shit internet.

no, we all enjoy the posts you've done so far, just sayin that you most likely won't be keeping this thread updated daily for a year so just try to remember to update it once in a while.

  beneboi said:

wtf

Judging from the grammar my guess would be it was written by Max Marlow.

Just saying...

Yeah I was gonna ask what are you using for internets...like do you have your laptop tethered to a phone or what?

satellite internet.

just got into denver

where I will be all night probably, getting the electrical reworked, and getting it governed to 65 so we can go into canada

i just read this thread. now it makes more sense why you are passing through denver and you're out by the highway

i'ma come by and steal your adderall

I'm upstairs at the peterbilt place on Vasquez, stop by.

i like this thread.