Lonely, what the hell does "balling the jack" mean? Cause that's in all the trucking songs.

Yeah, I have no idea. I can't make any sense out of it.

You drive for Coors. Do you drink the Coors beer? Do they give you a discount?

Edit: this has probably already been asked.

Yeah, we get a discount but nobody uses it. Everyone just steals from the breakage area. We've also got beer on tap in the break room just in case anyone feels like getting a little drunk before they drive home.

Edit: on tap right now is Fat Tire and Alaskan Summer ale.

I don't really see what you're getting at here then. Of course this stuff isn't complicated, but it's still takes a lot more time than pulling a drain plug and filling it back up. There is other stuff too; very very few trucks have self-adjusting brakes or clutches, they have to be adjusted manually.

I don't think $150 is out of line for minimum $50 of oil and 1.5-2 hours of labor.

where did the phrase "keep on truckin" come from? Have you ever said it to anyone? I've heard it 10,000 times and it makes no sense imo.

Ancient Greece. This phrase originated in the plays of Aeschylus. It had its origins in Greek oxen, the stamina of hardy Greek oxen. Because of their persistence.

Maybe those were women and not oxen. I'm not sure.

your avatar really creeps me out, lbr

Why are you a trucker? Gotta be lonely as hell.

This is correct.

yes

Keep on truckin. Just kidding, yeah, it is. I wanted to see the country, needed a change, didn't have anything tying me down. I work for a local company now and come home like a normal person.

what's with the 'don't ask questions' loads?

i mean, i know you're gonna say, 'i dunno, i didn't ask questions', but take a guess.

also, wouldn't you ****ing want to know what you're hauling in case you get pulled over or something?

Mostly just hazardous material that they're not really allowed to ship. The bill of lading will read some nonsense like J34D2 whatever and they'll tell you not to open the back for any reason.

Yeah, if I got pulled over with some chemical crap in the back and no HazMat endorsement I'd be screwed but I never turned down a load.

Edit: I would get sent to facilities out in the middle of nowhere. There's like a dirt road and some hills 30 miles off in the distance and the road would take you to a ridiculously secured warehouse. You don't see what goes on your truck and they tell you if the seal gets broken on the door they'll know about it and if DOT wants to open the back you call "this" number.

Do you now, or have you ever, had your chips cashed in and/or meet the do-dah man?

hehe not yet

Any speculation as to what the "Don't Ask" freight was?

I've never turned down a load either.

She said that!

Have you ever seen any bad accidents involving other tractor trailers? Specifically where a tractor trailer crushes a car and it's occupants? Or a car ramming head first into the back of a trailer?

Once, in music class when i was in 5th grade our teacher came in that day and was sad. She went ahead and explained to us that her cousin had been decapitated when her car slammed head first into the back of a semi trailer and slid right under...removing her head. I was about 8 years old give or take, and every time i am driving behind a semi trailer i think of that story.

Damn, no. Fortunately I've never seen anything like that.

Hm, probably just stuff they aren't authorized to be shipping. I don't think it was anything military. I'm sure there's just a ton of regulations for shipping different chemicals maybe.

Do you get gangs on motorbikes trying to hijack your cargo (Fast & Furious)?

Why do you say that you would like to truck in China?

I'm talking about a non-congested interstate. Is the answer the same?

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Hm, I guess I'd have to see the road to understand what's going on. If it's non-congested just pass on the left to be safe. I don't understand why the right lane is being left open but I suspect it'd be safe to pass there too.

Best road song?