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Truck Yeah
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Truck Yeah Dude! Where's our truck? Don't worry, we have not misplaced our truck. Yet. Never say never, right? One of us could forget to set the parking brake at the fuel island or something equally stupid. We saw that exact scenario happen at a Love's in Illinois recently. Guy went in to fetch his fuel receipt and came back out to find that his truck tried to make a run for it. Good thing that patch of grass and chain link fence were there to save the day! Unfortunately, the truck could not be backed out. Or moved forward. Yep, he had to call a tow truck. Oops. Joey says, "It's funny how these drivers always manage to do something really stupid on their last day of work!" . Now where was I? Hmm... Oh! That's right! I was talking about how our truck is seemingly M.I.A. here on FriendFinder-x. Interestingly enough, some of our most frequently asked questions are truck related... Q: Where's the truck? A: On the road, where it belongs. At the moment, we are heading west on I-90. Q: Why don't you have any pictures of your truck on here? A: There are several reasons for this. First and foremost, we have to be careful not to show our company logo on here. I do not want to get fired anytime soon. Secondly, our truck is our home. Third, privacy. Q: Is your truck even real? A: Yep. Q: What make/model truck do you drive? A: We have a 2014 Freightliner Cascadia. She is our baby and she is beautiful inside and out. Q: Does your truck really have a custom built sleeper like in the story you shared? A: Yes. We really do have a custom built 100 inch sleeper with all the bells and whistles. We have conveniences such as a RV sized refrigerator, a microwave convection oven, a mounted 24 inch television, a DVD player, a roof top satellite with DirecTV, XM radio, and we also have the kitchen sink with hot and cold running water. Our full sized bed folds up into a nice little dinette with bench seats and we have tons of storage cabinets with wooden doors. Q: Will you please send me a picture of your truck? A: Just this once... ***** This is Veronica, our 40' expiditor straight truck. It has a 100 inch sleeper and a 22' refrigerated box. We can haul up to ten skids and 13,000 pounds, if we use the tag/drop axle. The majority of the loads that we haul are expedited freight shipments. These are time critical shipments that pay incredibly well. There's been a handful of times in which the freight we delivered prevented an entire factory from having to shut down completely. These loads are often challenging due to tight delivery schedules. Our record run time was driving 1424 miles in 24 hours, in a truck that was governed at 67 mph. Whew! We also haul some LTL freight, but that doesn't pay nearly as well. LTL stands for Less Than Truckload. There's nothing special about this freight. But at least it can keep our wheels moving. Please<b> forgive </font></b>the scribbles that are covering up our company logos and other markers that can identify us and/or our truck for privacy reasons.  ***** This is a terrible picture of our bed. Freckles the Trucker Cat totally photo bombed this shot! But at least his inside out, belly up pose gives this pic a bit of perspective in regards to the size of the bed.  ***** This is a lousy picture of the view of rest of the sleeper from the bed. On the right, you can see our TV and the faucet for our sink. We do have a bit of counter space for meal prep. Above the sink is where our microwave convection oven is hiding. We don't use the oven much during the summer, due to the heat, but it is quite useful for warming up the truck during the winter. On the left in the picture is a peek at our refrigerator that sits next to our closet. The closet is actually tall enough to hang some of Joey's nicer shirts up in, without dragging on the floor. We have lots of cabinet space all around the sleeper.  ***** I hope you enjoyed this work related sneak peek into the lives of Jess: The Trucker Babe & The Handsome Joe Mama! Until next time..... ***** |
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I would imagine it would be difficult to lose that whopper of a truck  
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Nice truck and interesting lifestyle! 
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That 55 & a passing 55 &1/2 vehicle is so common in cars too. And enevitably, when you get alongside the 55er, he or she has cell phone glued to left ear, so isnt watching the traffic behind in mirror either, so has no idea of the prob being caused. I ususally not only give um a 1 finger salute, but lay on the horn long & loud to, wakes um up in a hurry ! Of course, I also am ready to nhead for the median when doing such incase they go rodeo and swing into my lane ! In my state, not only can you not tet while driving, you must use a hands free phone too, not that anyone pays any attention to that until they see the blue lights in their mirror !
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Our record run time was driving 1424 miles in 24 hours, in a truck that was governed at 67 mph. That's amazing!
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We see questions like these several times daily: ·"Do you ever get to the *insert major U.S. City here* area?" ·"hmu the next time you're going to be in Anytown, USA!" ·"I'm a fellow trucker, maybe we can meet up sometime! I'm on my way to *blank city* now. Where are y'all at?" It gets old after awhile! Like hell if we're going to jeopardize our privacy by telling a complete stranger where we're headed! Nor will we ever even think about considering meeting up with some random dood in whatever random city he lives in. Honestly, it makes us want to avoid those areas completely! lol As for a slow truck passing a slightly slower truck, it gripes my nerves when the driver that's being knows he's slower and won't be courteous enough to hit the brakes and slow down just enough to let the other guy pass easily. The 3 seconds lost by hitting the brakes are inconsequential at best. And then the regular "civilian" drivers almost always put the blame on the guy that was not the actual asswipe in that situation. So the poor driver that was only trying to get up the road gets cussed out and flipped the bird while the actual twat waffle that caused the problems gets off Scot free. I've been in both situations and can honestly say that I will hit the brakes to let the other truck pass. And when I am having issues just barely passing by some dickhead that won't give up, I will stare him down from my lane and promptly give him the one finger salute. At least I get paid for my road rage! 
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Our record run time was driving 1424 miles in 24 hours, in a truck that was governed at 67 mph. That's amazing! Thoughts from the Garden...
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Great truck thanks for the tour.
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10/14/2018 6:52 am |
Great truck thanks for the tour.
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Interesting truck build, and you've lost your 5th wheel... lol... What kind of powertrain are you running? Thanks for reading and commenting!
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Interesting truck build, and you've lost your 5th wheel... lol... What kind of powertrain are you running?
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SIGH!! I would ask you to elaborate, but nah... I'll pass. Either way, thanks (I think) for reading and taking a moment to leave this head scratcher of a comment. Maybe you can be more specific when leaving a comment next time? UGH!
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10/14/2018 1:25 am |
SIGH!!
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I feel their pain! [image]
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