gunsmith
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you may want to look at this thread too
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=291491&highlight=trucker
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=291491&highlight=trucker
Independant Trucking Advice/NRA Activism
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I'm a local driver and I will tell you I love it. The advice given is good, if you want to get into trucking, you have to get experience before anyone will hire you as an owner operator. Run for a big company for a while and see where it takes you. If you still want to do it after your training and company driver time then you'll know all the ins and outs.
It takes a certain individual to enjoy trucking, if you think it's for you then go for it. Do your research, over the road (OTR) is a tough life and you deal with some very unclassy people.
It takes a certain individual to enjoy trucking, if you think it's for you then go for it. Do your research, over the road (OTR) is a tough life and you deal with some very unclassy people.
mike6161
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My dad has been an owner operator for 30 years. he started with a kanworth cab over he ran it for 23 years it was a great truck but the foul
Just eat up what he made. Then you have the repair cost of a 20 some year old truck. he got a Volvo 770 he can get 8 mpg that’s great for a truck with 700,000 miles on it .the cab over is like a brick you will be lucky to get 3 mpg .if your are going to put a new engine in it get a commins n 14 they say it is bullet proof. My dad has one in his and he has never had to work on the engine.
If your going to get in trucking gets a 2000 year model they do not have the icx engines so they will work better. The icx engines have a problem in them and they catch firer a lot. The n 14 is a better engine.
Buy do not get a cab over the engine is in the cab so when your 50 you end up with hearing problems.
And if you’re a free sprit do not be come a truck driver the company controls your life they tell you were to go and when. You do not just drive around it a lot of sitting at docks and dealing with stock up people who think they are batter then you. Because you are just a truck driver and are to dumb to do any thing else. when you are smarter then them and could do he’s job with one arm behind your back.
And do not even get me started on the Mexican trucker they just let who are steeling job from us drivers but that’s a whole thread
Just eat up what he made. Then you have the repair cost of a 20 some year old truck. he got a Volvo 770 he can get 8 mpg that’s great for a truck with 700,000 miles on it .the cab over is like a brick you will be lucky to get 3 mpg .if your are going to put a new engine in it get a commins n 14 they say it is bullet proof. My dad has one in his and he has never had to work on the engine.
If your going to get in trucking gets a 2000 year model they do not have the icx engines so they will work better. The icx engines have a problem in them and they catch firer a lot. The n 14 is a better engine.
Buy do not get a cab over the engine is in the cab so when your 50 you end up with hearing problems.
And if you’re a free sprit do not be come a truck driver the company controls your life they tell you were to go and when. You do not just drive around it a lot of sitting at docks and dealing with stock up people who think they are batter then you. Because you are just a truck driver and are to dumb to do any thing else. when you are smarter then them and could do he’s job with one arm behind your back.
And do not even get me started on the Mexican trucker they just let who are steeling job from us drivers but that’s a whole thread
Millwright
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Rachen,
Call back after you've recovered..........
A 1984 what ? !!!!! You won't get a load, let alone a decent load with a donkey that old.......even if it does have completely new stoichometric computerized engine management system what about the driveline/running gear ? It lacks AL/AS computer-controlled brakes now needed. Then there's the problem of a C/O. Ever rode one ? POS is a charitable description and in any MVA you're meat......
I only know two "independent truckers" -they're rigs are paid for and so are their bills. They can run when/where they want. As a 'newbie' with a truck mortage and no contacts, you'll be sucking swill and running wild to make somebody's promises come true.
Go back to watching "Smokey and the Bandit" and dreaming..... >MW
Call back after you've recovered..........
A 1984 what ? !!!!! You won't get a load, let alone a decent load with a donkey that old.......even if it does have completely new stoichometric computerized engine management system what about the driveline/running gear ? It lacks AL/AS computer-controlled brakes now needed. Then there's the problem of a C/O. Ever rode one ? POS is a charitable description and in any MVA you're meat......
I only know two "independent truckers" -they're rigs are paid for and so are their bills. They can run when/where they want. As a 'newbie' with a truck mortage and no contacts, you'll be sucking swill and running wild to make somebody's promises come true.
Go back to watching "Smokey and the Bandit" and dreaming..... >MW
Cab-Overs are awesome if you deliver freight to the north-east and have to snake you way into loading docks built 60 years ago for 40' trailers and straight trucks.
Otherwise, they suck.
Since you're going to spend 90% of your day "holding the wheel" conventionals or "hoods" offer much more comfort and a better ride.
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