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I'm resting up to be ready for a 24+ hour ride in a plow truck. CHA-ching$$$$$$$$$$$4
come to orange county to plow and french Toast..
I'm resting up to be ready for a 24+ hour ride in a plow truck. CHA-ching$$$$$$$$$$$4
Screw you,lol. Have cousins in Savannah,But I hope they still remember how to drive in snow. Their dad was in USAF, way back.I worked thru the 70's to early 80's with big snowfalls all the time. Retired now and just laugh at the newscasts. No fun back then,I can remember just barely seeing the wires on telephone poles above the snow. Slow down,think ahead and be ready for the idiots.Low 60s today here in Georgia
C'mon, a truck working hard has to be dirty once in awhile!!!! Those Ca. runs have to pay pretty good. After all day when you stop for fuel, you'll bake off the salt; at least on the diffs!(Ice road trucker(?) NOT, lol)No chains,ur worried about those beautiful 1/4 fenders!I had the privilege of following a snowstorm across Illinois, Indiana and Ohio last week. Thought I left it behind when I parked for the night in Emporia, Va. NOPE!!! Woke up to 3 inches and coming down hard!!! Had an 8am delivery in Norfolk so I had no choice. I don't do chains though. The west coast is off limits to me from October 15th until March 15th.
The worst part is getting all that salt off my truck. Nothing gives me anxiety more than a dirty truck!!!
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Loads to California pay great, but loads coming back east, if you can find them, pay next to nothing. It almost doesn't make it worth going west.C'mon, a truck working hard has to be dirty once in awhile!!!! Those Ca. runs have to pay pretty good. After all day when you stop for fuel, you'll bake off the salt; at least on the diffs!(Ice road trucker(?) NOT, lol)No chains,ur worried about those beautiful 1/4 fenders!
Know what ya mean. MODoT1974-77I'm resting up to be ready for a 24+ hour ride in a plow truck. CHA-ching$$$$$$$$$$$4
My wife's rig she is shutdown in OhioI had the privilege of following a snowstorm across Illinois, Indiana and Ohio last week. Thought I left it behind when I parked for the night in Emporia, Va. NOPE!!! Woke up to 3 inches and coming down hard!!! Had an 8am delivery in Norfolk so I had no choice. I don't do chains though. The west coast is off limits to me from October 15th until March 15th.
The worst part is getting all that salt off my truck. Nothing gives me anxiety more than a dirty truck!!!
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I'm pretty she would love to have rain right now.She must be planning on a lot of rain.
She has a boat ready to pull the truck when the water gets deep.
Loads to California pay great, but loads coming back east, if you can find them, pay next to nothing. It almost doesn't make it worth going west.
I hate the salt because it wrecks havoc on my polished aluminum. Gotta keep shinin'!!
I've been flamed for it before I will say it again. West coast is a consumer coast, everything is shipped there and very little comes back. At least anything that pays decent.I haven't run the coast since the early '80s (regional dry bulk hauler now, home every night, only bunk time in that big Pete when trapped by weather), but it was the same back then. Hauled steel out of Chicago, lucky if we got machinery coming east, most of the time deadhead to northern California or Oregon for redwood, nightmare to tarp, even with a team.
I've been flamed for it before I will say it again. West coast is a consumer coast, everything is shipped there and very little comes back. At least anything that pays decent.
The only thing that pisses me off about the snow is that I have to shovel a path to grill my steaks tonight !!!!!
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