Tips to help you look like a pro

[chuck3507]

Don't forget to leave the jakes on while doing 50 through the parking lot.

[jonp]

After all, Mr. Rogers, of "Mr Roger's Neighborhood" fame was a Seal.

I'm afraid that statement is not true.




snopes.com: Mister Rogers

Thanks Baldy. I was going to throw the bull**** flag on that one but you beat me to it. Seals are not anything special. They just train a lot more than the average soldier. This directly from a former Coronado Base Commander who happens to be a friend of mine.

[Hawkjr]

awww this is easy... blindside back at every single pilot!!!! thats when your a pro!!!

also, ride up the fair left lane when it clearly says no commerical vehicles in the far left lane and pass everyone and not give a damn but get over the cb and holler at the other truck drivers cause a 4 wheeler is going 10 mph over the speed limit but not faster than your truck!!

your also a pro when you have 5 logbooks in the truck all set two hours away from each other to have a leg up on the competition and on the DOT man and brag over it on 19...

your also a pro if you can wizz in a 16 oz coke bottle with out wasting any urine on yourself, the steering wheel, and the bottle itself.. not to mention no to over fill the bottle all while driving down the steep hills of I-64 in West Virginia.. and on the PA Turnpike West of Carlisle

[Flatbed]

Well, one true fact is... There are a few Seals that are now driving trucks. And, for that matter, I'd like to know how you can tell if they have actually been in or not. After all, Mr. Rogers, of "Mr Roger's Neighborhood" fame was a Seal. And, I've met about 3 guys, that YES, I know for a fact they were Seals. But, there's little doubt that the members of that elite are few and far between. So, I have no idea how many of these you have met, or how many times you've met the same guy.

I have found over the years that those who do great things are not inclined to brag about, much less talk to strangers, about what they have done.

[Fredog]

also, if you are pulling a reefer, be sure to park as clsoe as possible to non-reefer trucks, even if the lot is 1/2 empty, pros love to listen to your reefer run instead of sleeping, be sure to put it on start-stop so it keeps his attention

bull-wagons also should park as close as possible to other trucks, try to find one with the windows open, he will appreciate it

[coalregion]

bull-wagons also should park as close as possible to other trucks, try to find one with the windows open, he will appreciate it

Once again, especially in Yuma Arizona in July, when it's 130 in the shade.... LOL

[eplurubus]

Obviously I'm not a pro because I don't understand some of your complaints.

...take the truck out of gear and coast, especially when you're right behind someone in line.

What do you mean 'especially right behind someone'? I coast sometimes and have no problems with it.

Also, shut off the engine before applying the parking brake (if at all)

I don't follow you here. I'm assuming the other trucker had his foot on the brake pedal, which can be used without the engine running. Many times I consider it a courtesy to shut off my truck when talking to someone, but there's no need to apply the parking brakes; the service brake alone will suffice.

never alert anyone behind you that you're about to back up on the CB

That is so rare that it doesn't really apply to this thread. I've never done it, and I don't think I've ever heard someone else do it.

[homer]

[QUOTE=Hawkjr;466074]awww this is easy... blindside back at every single pilot!!!! thats when your a pro!!!

when hawkr is blind siding it at the pilot light up his mirrors with your headlights and fog lights. when he gets parked hammer down thru the lot to show your displeasure about the wait.
when you see a driver with the cajones to jump out in the hammer lane broadcast loud and long what your company handbook says and the latest law is and maybe a cop will hear you and catch him and you will be the cops favorite lil b#tch
stop at every truckstop and get some soda and chips and once you gain50 pounds the civilians will get tired of seeing butt crack and stop somewhere else

[VPIDarkAngel]

Obviously I'm not a pro because I don't understand some of your complaints.



What do you mean 'especially right behind someone'? I coast sometimes and have no problems with it.

I mean that he did that within 20 feet of the back of my trailer. I was highly surprised that he didn't crash into the back of my trailer... but a Mabe's driver DID hit a trailer at that very guard shack by doing that.

I don't follow you here. I'm assuming the other trucker had his foot on the brake pedal, which can be used without the engine running. Many times I consider it a courtesy to shut off my truck when talking to someone, but there's no need to apply the parking brakes; the service brake alone will suffice.

You assumed wrong. He was still coasting at 10mph when he killed the engine. I'm not quite sure whether he used the service brake or the parking brake to finally stop the truck. Either way, he was REALLY lucky that he didn't get caught. We had two different groups of folks from the safety dept. in there the past two weeks, who fired at least 18 drivers for stuff like that.

hat is so rare that it doesn't really apply to this thread. I've never done it, and I don't think I've ever heard someone else do it.

I'll give ya that one. I've done it (last week at Greencastle, to be precise), but I admit, it IS rare.

[repete]

Make sure when you pass another truck you cut in real close, you can tell a REAL PRO by how close to your grille he gets. Only a rookie leaves more than a few feet

[1TruckDrivinSunUvAGun]

I once heard a driver on the phone talking loudly that he had to get home because he had a combat mission to fly in Iraq, mind you the guy was your typical fat slob that looked like he was incapable of flying a remote control plane. Don't forget the pros that won't get over to let you on the highway even if no one is next to them. I love the pros that relieve themselves at the fuel island, smells great in the summer time. Guys that have never heard of cruise control and have speeds that fluctuate from 55mph to 70mph. Or the pros that speed up once they see you are going to pass them then you fall back in behind them and then they slow down again. Not driver related but I get tired of the mud ducks that clog up channel 19 with their ramblings.

[golfhobo]

I once heard a driver on the phone talking loudly that he had to get home because he had a combat mission to fly in Iraq, mind you the guy was your typical fat slob that looked like he was incapable of flying a remote control plane.

Well, I wasn't THERE.... but you know? There ARE truckers who play video games when they are at home or off duty. Many of those games are Wargame types. Maybe, he was telling a friend of his that he had to get home to fly a "simulated mission" on his XBox. I'll bet his friend knew him well enough to know what he meant.

DID YOU?

[jonp]

I have found over the years that those who do great things are not inclined to brag about, much less talk to strangers, about what they have done.

Those who have walked the walk don't talk about it. They don't have to. They have a big neon sign flashing over them that says "F**k with me at your own peril" if you take time to notice. The guy in the bar bragging about all his special, secret missions and covert training? poser.

[golfhobo]

Fred that post had me in tears from laughing!! May I add a few....

.... Tell anyone who questions anything you do while behind the wheel that you've driven more miles in reverse than they will ever drive going foward and to mind their own freaking business....

Ah yes..... I certainly do miss ol' YOOPR!! The young PROS we have on the board today can't hold a candle to that man!

[belpre122]

All of the above tidbits are great advice for showcasing the professionalism of today's truck driver....................

If I might add however. Any task is best accomplished when wearing a dirty, filthy, grease and urine stained 'wife beater.' The clear choice of domestic violence perpetrators on Cops is also the standard for the modern truck driver.

Drive on!

[freebirdrfd]

All of the above tidbits are great advice for showcasing the professionalism of today's truck driver....................

If I might add however. Any task is best accomplished when wearing a dirty, filthy, grease and urine stained 'wife beater.' The clear choice of domestic violence perpetrators on Cops is also the standard for the modern truck driver.

Drive on!

Did you have permission to put that picture of "REV." up there??????

[Hawkjr]

Did you have permission to put that picture of "REV." up there??????

fat guy, sitting on his coach with a beer, looking like a homeless person?? shiiiiittt. thats a shoe in for Golfhobo.. how do you think Gary got the picture.. Him and Hobo got ripped one night and him and Mackman took the picture!! You know those guys are/were locals and semi locals in Hobo case...

[P0rk Ch0p]

Also, when pulling up at the pumps just enough for the guy behind you to get fuel, make you sure you pull up an additional 50 to 100 feet so the truck next to you can't swing out around you, thus clogging 2 fuel lanes.

[Jarhed1964]

If some ***clown poser claims he is a Seal, ask him what BUDS class he attended. I freakin hate posers with a serious passion. Same with bottomfeeders who claim to have been in the Marine Corps. I always ask them what platoon they graduated with and which Marine Corps boot camp they went to. (There are only two, they usually screw that up and tell me they went to some state where no Marine Corps base exists, or rattle off the name of some Marine Corps base that does not have boot).

I hate posers.




Seriously.





I hate them.

[Kevin0915]

something else to help you look like a pro. Not sure if anybody mentioned it, but be sure you take your toiletries bag into a restroom, use one of the 3 sinks there as your own personal shower paying no mind to people who need to get around you for papertowels out of the only working papertowel machine.