freightshaker!

[B20civic]

if you dont like it, fuck off.


just a basic fleet truck

tandems on trailer all the way back
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/truckpic1.jpg
shitty unload
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/truckpic2.jpg
a rather abandoned port arthur,tx
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/truckpic3.jpg
rollin' on 22.5s
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/truckpic4.jpg
interior
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/truckpic5.jpg
missing a trailer
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/truckpic6.jpg
8th gear, and climbing a steep hill just south of nevada state line in so cal
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/hot.jpg

[Deceptakhan]

Sweet Truck! I have always loved those things. I used to want to do that, shifting through the gears would be heaven. How many gears til you hit 70, I have always been wondering this.

[95GSRB18C]

i like it, pretty sweet! well just think that some have 13 and some have 18 gears so it takes quite a while to get up that high lol :)

[Deceptakhan]

i like it, pretty sweet! well just think that some have 13 and some have 18 gears so it takes quite a while to get up that high lol :)

Yeah, I know :) I drive beside them and it takes 5 or 6 gears to clear a intersection sometimes, would be a dream cause I love shifting.

[chris_venturini]

look at all those gauges and switches, what a ricemobile! wanna race?

[Kwando]

is that really your truck?

[Steve_C]

is that really your truck?well is sure as hell isn't your run of the mill redneck. notice the ricer "type R" cell phone holder in that interior pic. :D

[Martian]

Very nice rig. Does it have the 390 cat in it?

[David]

How well does truck driving pay if you don't mind me asking? What is your schedule like?

[Toyz51]

It's no 379 ext. hood, but still a decent looking truck. It looks like you do a good job keeping it clean and keeping the Alcoas polished. What engine/tranny does it have?

[-=[Juztin]=-]

Nice! I used to like to go riding w/ my uncle growing up when he was trucking. Crazy how many gears those trucks have, and I also never noticed the rpm before 2500 holy cow! That unload looks like it definately woulda sucked to back into. Clean rig you got there :cool:

[Weston]

How well does truck driving pay if you don't mind me asking? What is your schedule like?

They don't allow stoners, sorry. You'll have to go to rehab first.

[David]

If I'm going to a rehab, it's not going to be for some pussy drug like pot. Datura addiction FTW! That stuff will put hair on your chest

[Weston]

Real men don't need this "datura" to get chest hair.

[David]

Good point, but it will make you cut off your weiner

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-12802237,00.html

[Weston]

Good point, but it will make you cut off your weiner

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-12802237,00.html

See... I told you that drugs are bad.

[David]

Only the illegal ones.

datura = legal, so it must be good for you

[Slava]

Yo son you are rolling on a 10 lug now thats JDM.

J/K that is an awsome truck. Are those V10? How many gears? Turbo?

[B20civic]

is that really your truck?

company owns it, i drive it.


we are governed at 65mph :o

truck has a 12.7l detroit diesel series 60, 370hp around 1250tq. its a rather huge inline 6. 10speed eaton fuller. at 63 or so mph, i'm cruising at 1500 rpms. motor rarely sees over 1700rpm.

if i'm empty, it accelerates ok. but when the gross weight is around 80k, hills are a bitch, and so is stop and go :D

i'm making good money at it so far. bad weeks can be real bad, and good weeks can be over a grand a week, and the pay rate will always rise for me with the needs of drivers and such everywhere.

i've been in 46/48 continental states, and will go into ontario,canada ina few hours here. i was assigned this 2004 freightliner century class with 193,000 miles on it on 10/11/2005, and here it is, 10/04/2006 and its almost at 350,000 miles :D


if anybody wants pictures of anything on it let me know. i'll upload engine pics, and a big turbo pic tonight ;)

[stu]

Congrats on finally doing what you've always wanted to do.

[Weston-work]

i'm making good money at it so far. bad weeks can be real bad, and good weeks can be over a grand a week, and the pay rate will always rise for me with the needs of drivers and such everywhere.

How does the pay work? Is it a commission or something?

[David]

It has a camper doesn't it? Could you get a picture of what it looks like in there?

[Slava]

Can you post some more pics of the interior?

[Slava]

Do you pay rent on it? I know some poeple have to rent their trucks from the companies.

[chris_venturini]

lol, i can see it now, all of HAI driving trucks and racing them on the highway.

[David]

We'll be so much cooler than stu

[chris_venturini]

well either way, david will be getting a faster car

[Weston-work]

well either way, david will be getting a faster car

:rofl:

[Bedlam]

I've known a fair amount of truckers that were private party, that seems to be a decent way to go if you can find a few drivers you trust and keep your truck on the road 24/7 you can make a decent living. Its certainly not the most glamorous job in the world, but you get to see lots of stuff, and the pay can be decent. Most of those places pay per mile you drive..so if you are doing the over the road stuff or long haul jobs (all the time) it can be good money.

Never met any RICH truckers however, but I've hardly ever met any that dislike their job either. :)

[-=[Juztin]=-]

do truckers talk a lot on the radio like in the movies? lol

[HondaPower]

=-;615002']do truckers talk a lot on the radio like in the movies? lol

LMAO@!!!

[stu]

Do you see lots of UFO's and Big Foot?

[David]

Do you chase old cars up mountain passes and through corn fields?

[saabracr]

Is there a black Trans Am in the trailer for clandestine activities?

[Martian]

Chances are he's getting paid by the mile.
I don't like those detroits, they fall on their face pretty hard. We just got 16 brand new Columbias in here at my job. They are real nice but I'm not a fan of the close journal trannys.

[Toyz51]

Chances are he's getting paid by the mile.
I don't like those detroits, they fall on their face pretty hard. We just got 16 brand new Cloumbias in here at my job. They are real nice but I'm not a fan of the close journal trannys.


Detroits are torqueless. Cats are definitly my fav for motors, Cummins being second. Is the the truck a standard 10 speed or a "super 10"?

[B20civic]

How does the pay work? Is it a commission or something?

mileage pay. i started after training at 25 cents per mile, and up to 32now after 1 year. got offered a job with another company making 38 cents a mile, but i'm not gonna do it.

there are also companies that pay on the percentage of a load. the trucking industry is an industry that has tons of potential to make a ton of money, or lose a ton of money.

i dont pay for anything on this truck. thats why i am paid what i am paid. if i owned this truck, i would probably average about a $1 a mile, but have to pay my oiwn fuel, insurance, and truck payments. wich arent even that cheap for cars;) in the lkong run, i talked to owner operators (those who own their own) and one told me he brought home $25k last year. and thats fucking weak. lol

[B20civic]

Detroits are torqueless. Cats are definitly my fav for motors, Cummins being second. Is the the truck a standard 10 speed or a "super 10"?

actually, the detroit is a good motor, just schneider cuts these engines back. Detroit is probably my engine preference. smoothest idle, and awesome mpg

[Martian]

actually, the detroit is a good motor, just schneider cuts these engines back. Detroit is probably my engine preference. smoothest idle, and awesome mpg
We're getting 6.5 out of our new cats.

[B20civic]

We're getting 6.5 out of our new cats.

i average 7+

[B20civic]

right rear
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/patinterior1.jpg
the front
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/patinterior2.jpg
right front area, and tv
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/patinterior3.jpg
right side sleeper, and top window (opens on bottom half for ventilation)
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/patinterior4.jpg
left side of sleeper (have the cover over the left side top window
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/patinterior6.jpg
front again, and pull out computer desk thing
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/patinterior7.jpg
left closet/storage areas
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/patinterior8.jpg
left rear again
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/patinterior9.jpg
top bunk folded down
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/patinterior10.jpg
birds view
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/patinterior11.jpg

[B20civic]

http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/patinterior12.jpg
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/patinterior13.jpg

[stu]

Is that a guitar?

[B20civic]

Is that a guitar?

yeah :o learning to play

[B20badboy]

I've known a fair amount of truckers that were private party, that seems to be a decent way to go if you can find a few drivers you trust and keep your truck on the road 24/7 you can make a decent living. Its certainly not the most glamorous job in the world, but you get to see lots of stuff, and the pay can be decent. Most of those places pay per mile you drive..so if you are doing the over the road stuff or long haul jobs (all the time) it can be good money.

Never met any RICH truckers however, but I've hardly ever met any that dislike their job either. :)

Unfortunatley the Goverment will only let you drive for soo many hours a day/week so these guys are capped. Any lot lizard stories?:drink:

[B20civic]

Unfortunatley the Goverment will only let you drive for soo many hours a day/week so these guys are capped. Any lot lizard stories?:drink:

:werd:


no more than 11 driving hours a day, and no more than 70 hours in 8 days

[B20civic]

one of our detroit diesels series 60, remanfactured, and awaiting a home in a truck
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/engine1.jpg

side view, hood open. engine sits a little under the cab
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/engine2.jpg

just a little turbo
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/engine3.jpg
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/engine4.jpg
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/engine6.jpg

alternator
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/engine5.jpg

air compressor
http://www.ot2.cupofnoodles.com/pat/engine7.jpg