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View Poll Results: How old were you when you started trucking

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  1. 10-04-2007 08:05 PM #1
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    Default How old were you when you

    Ok how old were you when you started.
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  2. 10-04-2007 09:12 PM #2
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    Most drivers are in a mid life crisis when getting started.
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  3. 10-04-2007 09:21 PM #3
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    I dunno if you'd call mine a crisis - I started driving school 2 weeks after my divorce :wink:
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  4. 10-04-2007 10:29 PM #4
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    I was 33 when I started! Now, I am 34. Wow the years on the road sure make you old. I can still remember the first time I tried to move a big truck. boy what a memory!
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  5. 10-05-2007 03:24 AM #5
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    First drove a dump truck "on road" when I was 16.

    (That was in the 70's when that was legal to do.)

    First drove a truck "off road" (on private property) when I was 11.
    If you can't shift it smoothly, you shouldn't be driving it.
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  6. 10-05-2007 05:22 AM #6
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    You need at least three more age ranges, 45 - 50, 50 - 55, 55 - 60. I was 49 when I started.
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  7. 10-05-2007 05:23 AM #7
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    I first drove a truck for a living when I was about 18. Things were a little different back then.
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    yep things were different then. The earth was completely made of water and everyone wore scary blue body suits. Everyone except Kevin Costner because we had to know who the star of the movie was!
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    First started around 18 back in the 70's.

    Left for a while to join the military.

    Returned to driving in 92.

    Left again in 05 called back to Active Duty.

    Back again JAN 08.

    What a ride it has been!!!!
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    Started in 1994 at 23 driving a 1954 "WHITE" dump truck
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    Quote Originally Posted by GMAN
    I first drove a truck for a living when I was about 18. Things were a little different back then.
    Did the trucks have wooden wheels and hard rubber tyres???
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  12. 10-05-2007 01:34 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Doctor Who
    Quote Originally Posted by GMAN
    I first drove a truck for a living when I was about 18. Things were a little different back then.
    Did the trucks have wooden wheels and hard rubber tyres???
    Maybe it was stone wheels that were foot power and you had to go yabba dabba do to get them going. :wink: :P :P
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    23 when I first started driving. 33 now. Man how time flies .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Doctor Who
    Quote Originally Posted by GMAN
    I first drove a truck for a living when I was about 18. Things were a little different back then.
    Did the trucks have wooden wheels and hard rubber tyres???

    Rubber tires? Na, they came later. :wink: After we drove the block tires the edges would round out so that they rode a little smoother. Man, it sure did bump with those square wheels. :wink:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sealord
    You need at least three more age ranges, 45 - 50, 50 - 55, 55 - 60. I was 49 when I started.
    Yeah, and "under 18" too!

    I couldn't vote because none of the choices applied.
    If you can't shift it smoothly, you shouldn't be driving it.
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  17. 10-05-2007 08:27 PM #17
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    I started in the 50s. No license, No insurance, about 15 yrs old. 10 wheel dumps and dump trailers on farms. It was common back in the day.
    It's a cinch by the inch - By the yard it's hard....
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  18. 10-06-2007 02:39 AM #18
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    Well at least someone is older then me when they started 37 here.
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    I'm off the scale...I was 60.
    My brother in law started when he was 65, and he's 80 now. Still driving, too.
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    Yep! Not enough "scales" to choose from!

    I was 49 when I started two years ago! Now, I'm 60!!

    DANG, Gator!!! Poor retirement planning, eh?? (just kidding... I'm aware of your "land ownership!"

    But, I gotta ask..... WHY did you start at that er, um.... "mature" age?
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