Truck Driving Jobs

|

Trucking Jobs

|

Truck Drivers

|

Trucking Companies

 
New Users Register Free Account Here | Existing Forum Members Log In Here
Home | About Us | Contact Us | Testimonials | Spell Check

Class A Drivers.com

Application          Company Listings          Job Search        Load Board
 
  1.   Welcome to the Truck Driving Message Board - ClassADrivers.

    1. Welcome to Class A Drivers Forums

          Already registered? Login above

      OR
       
      To take advantage of all the site's features, become a member of
      the largest community of Truck Drivers.

      The advertising to the left will not show if you are a registered user.

View Poll Results: Does constant exposure to diesel fuel concern you?

Voters
15. You may not vote on this poll
  • Ummm, what's a carcinogen?

    3 20.00%
  • Yes, of course it concerns me but there is no getting around it. I drive trucks and trucks need fuel. Next!

    6 40.00%
  • No, there's no evidence that proves prolonged exposure to fossil fuels causes cancer. Besides, I like the smell of diesel.

    6 40.00%
+ Reply to Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 29

Thread: Does working around diesel fuel concern you?

  1. #1
    VÖLUND is offline Rookie VÖLUND is an unknown poster at this point.  Don't let him/her around power tools just yet.
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Posts
    13

    Default Does working around diesel fuel concern you?

    Does working around diesel fuel concern you?

  2. #2
    Manicmechnic is offline Board Regular Manicmechnic is an unknown poster at this point.  Don't let him/her around power tools just yet.
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Enfield CT. USA
    Posts
    239

    Default Your poll is rigged!

    Eat right

    Stay fit

    Die anyway!

    ultra low sulfer diesel is junk!

    I was told that junk kills your motor due to the lack of lube.
    And when it kills your truck it is more of a danger.
    Then again what do I know.

  3. #3
    yoopr is offline Board Icon yoopr has a checkered past and should take up chess.
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Posts
    12,865

    Default

    No

    Oppland [ 4 Posts ]

    VÖLUND 4 Posts

    You've got 2-you going for 3?

  4. #4
    Jackrabbit379's Avatar
    Jackrabbit379 is offline Board Icon Jackrabbit379 is a distinguished poster and probably helps little old ladies across the street. Jackrabbit379 is a distinguished poster and probably helps little old ladies across the street. Jackrabbit379 is a distinguished poster and probably helps little old ladies across the street.
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    Wichita Falls,Tx
    Posts
    7,100

    Default

    Whatcha gonna do when they come for you.. :P

  5. #5
    Mackman's Avatar
    Mackman is offline Senior Board Member Mackman is a distinguished poster and probably helps little old ladies across the street. Mackman is a distinguished poster and probably helps little old ladies across the street. Mackman is a distinguished poster and probably helps little old ladies across the street. Mackman is a distinguished poster and probably helps little old ladies across the street.
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    Concordville PA
    Posts
    3,659

    Default

    No

    I wear diesel for a good cologne
    Truck Driving an occupation consisting of hours of boredom interrupted by sheer terror!!

    "All the coolie carriers suck. Log 70, work 80-100, paid for 50." - the Great ColdFrostyMug



  6. #6
    yoopr is offline Board Icon yoopr has a checkered past and should take up chess.
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Posts
    12,865

    Default

    I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop on this one

  7. #7
    Snowman7's Avatar
    Snowman7 is offline Water Board Administrator Senior Board Member Snowman7 is a distinguished poster and probably helps little old ladies across the street. Snowman7 is a distinguished poster and probably helps little old ladies across the street. Snowman7 is a distinguished poster and probably helps little old ladies across the street. Snowman7 is a distinguished poster and probably helps little old ladies across the street. Snowman7 is a distinguished poster and probably helps little old ladies across the street.
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    the Buckeye
    Posts
    1,704

    Default

    From the choices listed it sounds like someone's trying to stir the pot. Reminds me of a tree hugger I know.

  8. #8
    VÖLUND is offline Rookie VÖLUND is an unknown poster at this point.  Don't let him/her around power tools just yet.
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Posts
    13

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman
    No

    I wear diesel for a good cologne
    That's so very true. Sarcastic or not that is indeed exactly what colognes and perfumes are made out of. The chemicals put into such "beauty" products are in fact some of the same chemicals that are going into the gas tank. They both are petrochemical derivatives. Colognes are made by mixing hundreds and sometimes thousands of chemicals almost exclusively synthetic and petrochemical derived. I personally don't wear the stuff myself but if other people choose to take the risk it's up to them. It's not very pleasant to have to be around someone that bathes in the stuff though.

    You smell so good you're literally killing your girlfriend. Meh! I guess all that matters is she thinks you smell nice. Personally I choose to not wear cologne or under arm deodorant that is full of harmful chemicals. I buy deodorant that omits such ingredients.

  9. #9
    Malaki86's Avatar
    Malaki86 is offline Senior Board Member Malaki86 is a trusted source of information and would probably pick up your dry cleaning. Malaki86 is a trusted source of information and would probably pick up your dry cleaning. Malaki86 is a trusted source of information and would probably pick up your dry cleaning.
    Join Date
    Aug 2004
    Location
    West Virginia
    Posts
    3,877

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by VÖLUND
    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman
    No

    I wear diesel for a good cologne
    You smell so good you're literally killing your girlfriend. Meh! I guess all that matters is she thinks you smell nice. Personally I choose to not wear cologne or under arm deodorant that is full of harmful chemicals. I buy deodorant that omits such ingredients.
    I hope you don't eat food in the truckstops, drink sodas (Coke, Pepsi, etc), wash your hands with soap, shampoo your hair, etc etc etc...

    ANYTHING can cause cancer, including water.
    Wanna play a couple online games that are absolutely free? These are the games I play on a very regular basis:
    Battle of the West & Mobs Law

  10. #10
    Mack2 is offline Senior Board Member Mack2 is an unknown poster at this point.  Don't let him/her around power tools just yet.
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    North Carolina
    Posts
    607

    Default

    I like everthing about it except for the smell.

  11. #11
    Blacksheep is offline Senior Board Member Blacksheep is an unknown poster at this point.  Don't let him/her around power tools just yet.
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    any place I please
    Posts
    1,310

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by VÖLUND
    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman
    No

    I wear diesel for a good cologne
    You smell so good you're literally killing your girlfriend. Meh! I guess all that matters is she thinks you smell nice. Personally I choose to not wear cologne or under arm deodorant that is full of harmful chemicals. I buy deodorant that omits such ingredients.

    Tree hugger alert, ALL HANDS ON DECK !

  12. #12
    yoopr is offline Board Icon yoopr has a checkered past and should take up chess.
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Posts
    12,865

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Blacksheep
    Quote Originally Posted by VÖLUND
    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman
    No

    I wear diesel for a good cologne
    You smell so good you're literally killing your girlfriend. Meh! I guess all that matters is she thinks you smell nice. Personally I choose to not wear cologne or under arm deodorant that is full of harmful chemicals. I buy deodorant that omits such ingredients.

    Tree hugger alert, ALL HANDS ON DECK !
    I knew that from the Get Go-Took you long enough :P

  13. #13
    VÖLUND is offline Rookie VÖLUND is an unknown poster at this point.  Don't let him/her around power tools just yet.
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Posts
    13

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by yoopr


    Tree hugger alert, ALL HANDS ON DECK !
    Tree hugger? No, not really. I live in a wooden house. I walk on a wooden floor. I use products that are made of wood all the time. It would be nearly impossible not to. However, does that mean I don't appreciate the beauty of trees? or it doesn't concern me that we are cutting down more forest than we can possibly replace? Yeah, I'm guilty of that.

    I'm not a socialist. I believe in responsible capitalism. Just because you can do something does it mean you should? I think the resoundingly obvious answer to that is no.

  14. #14
    Blacksheep is offline Senior Board Member Blacksheep is an unknown poster at this point.  Don't let him/her around power tools just yet.
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    any place I please
    Posts
    1,310

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by yoopr
    Quote Originally Posted by Blacksheep
    Quote Originally Posted by VÖLUND
    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman
    No

    I wear diesel for a good cologne
    You smell so good you're literally killing your girlfriend. Meh! I guess all that matters is she thinks you smell nice. Personally I choose to not wear cologne or under arm deodorant that is full of harmful chemicals. I buy deodorant that omits such ingredients.

    Tree hugger alert, ALL HANDS ON DECK !
    I knew that from the Get Go-Took you long enough :P
    Kenny is a little slow on the uptake today.

  15. #15
    VÖLUND is offline Rookie VÖLUND is an unknown poster at this point.  Don't let him/her around power tools just yet.
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Posts
    13

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Malaki86

    I hope you don't eat food in the truckstops, drink sodas (Coke, Pepsi, etc), wash your hands with soap, shampoo your hair, etc etc etc...

    ANYTHING can cause cancer, including water.
    Yes you are right on all counts. You simply cannot live in this world without exposing yourself to the inherent dangers that come along with living in it. There are plenty of compounds and elements that can cause cancer in human beings and they are found in nature, they are 100% organic and yet, they still have the potential to cause cancer in humans. That's my point. There are plenty enough dangers existing in nature that there is little need to make new ones.

    As for drinking soda, I do not. I don't drink soda or any other drink that has copious amounts of artificial coloring, preservatives or refined sugars. For the most part I try to only drink water. And again, as you said that too has the potential to cause cancer. I don't claim that I am free of my environment--I am a product of that environment but I do try lessen the dangers I expose myself to through making as informed decisions as I possibly can. In the end it is not up to me whether I live or die or by which means. That is completely out of my hands. As for the odds, I would like to think I can stack them in my favor or at least die trying to.

    btw, for shampoo I only use moroccon clay. It's not the most convenient thing to use to wash my hair but it's worth the piece of mind for me. And no I'm not some dreadlock dude that hugs trees, sings Koom Ba Yah or beats drums in the middle of the forest in my all hemp made clothing.

    As for soap I use purely sapponofied vegetable glycerin soap. None of the petrochemicals present. It doesn't hurt the water system or my skin, a win-win as far as I am concerned. Did switching to these products take a great deal of time or cost a disproportionally more than their chemical counter parts? No, they did not.

  16. #16
    yoopr is offline Board Icon yoopr has a checkered past and should take up chess.
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Posts
    12,865

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by VÖLUND
    Quote Originally Posted by Malaki86

    I hope you don't eat food in the truckstops, drink sodas (Coke, Pepsi, etc), wash your hands with soap, shampoo your hair, etc etc etc...

    ANYTHING can cause cancer, including water.
    Yes you are right on all counts. You simply cannot live in this world without exposing yourself to the inherent dangers that come along with living in it. There are plenty of compounds and elements that can cause cancer in human beings and they are found in nature, they are 100% organic and yet, they still have the potential to cause cancer in humans. That's my point. There are plenty enough dangers existing in nature that there is little need to make new ones.

    As for drinking soda, I do not. I don't drink soda or any other drink that has copious amounts of artificial coloring, preservatives or refined sugars. For the most part I try to only drink water. And again, as you said that too has the potential to cause cancer. I don't claim that I am free of my environment--I am a product of that environment but I do try lessen the dangers I expose myself to through making as informed decisions as I possibly can. In the end it is not up to me whether I live or die or by which means. That is completely out of my hands. As for the odds, I would like to think I can stack them in my favor or at least die trying to.

    btw, for shampoo I only use moroccon clay. It's not the most convenient thing to use to wash my hair but it's worth the piece of mind for me. And no I'm not some dreadlock dude that hugs trees, sings Koom Ba Yah or beats drums in the middle of the forest in my all hemp made clothing.

    As for soap I use purely sapponofied vegetable glycerin soap. None of the petrochemicals present. It doesn't hurt the water system or my skin, a win-win as far as I am concerned. Did switching to these products take a great deal of time or cost a disproportionally more than their chemical counter parts? No, they did not.
    How wonderful but what does that have to do with Diesel?

  17. #17
    Malaki86's Avatar
    Malaki86 is offline Senior Board Member Malaki86 is a trusted source of information and would probably pick up your dry cleaning. Malaki86 is a trusted source of information and would probably pick up your dry cleaning. Malaki86 is a trusted source of information and would probably pick up your dry cleaning.
    Join Date
    Aug 2004
    Location
    West Virginia
    Posts
    3,877

    Default

    He's replying to my post where I suggested he stay away from pretty much everything. Maybe a big plastic bubble is in his future.

    Oh, wait, plastic is made from crude oil, forget that...
    Wanna play a couple online games that are absolutely free? These are the games I play on a very regular basis:
    Battle of the West & Mobs Law

  18. #18
    Blacksheep is offline Senior Board Member Blacksheep is an unknown poster at this point.  Don't let him/her around power tools just yet.
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    any place I please
    Posts
    1,310

    Default

    The reality of it is we are all going to die, nobody gets out alive. :wink: no point in doing the chicken little routine.
    Can you dig it ?

  19. #19
    VÖLUND is offline Rookie VÖLUND is an unknown poster at this point.  Don't let him/her around power tools just yet.
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Posts
    13

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by yoopr

    How wonderful but what does that have to do with Diesel?
    Everything is symbiotic.

  20. #20
    Doctor Who is offline Moderator Senior Board Member Doctor Who is an unknown poster at this point.  Don't let him/her around power tools just yet.
    Join Date
    Dec 2002
    Location
    Ryders Service Island in Rocky Mount
    Posts
    4,152

    Default

    Everything is symbiotic.
    Yeah, that may be true but hauling 9000 gallons of Diesel is soooo much fun!!!!
    Why is it when I press one for ENGLISH I still can't understand the person on the other end???





  21. This ad will disappear if you login

+ Reply to Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Trucking Companies | Trucking Job Search | Online Job Application | Trucking Links | Truck Drivers Message Board | Contact Us | Site Map


Truck Driving Jobs © 2003 - 2012 ClassADrivers.com
 

Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0