What is a real Driver.....

Thats the one who doesn't cry about it when you hand him/her a load thats not the easiest.

Thats the Driver, that when everyone else had said I had enough, "hitches up his or her pants and says Giveme the load"

A Driver, knows if that Truck isn't working, they ain't making no money....hence they will bring her in running.

A Driver is someone, that doesn't care what kind of Truck it is...just that it can handle the Freight.

And that same Driver is the one that makes sure the truck is clean / everything is in it's place and secured / checks oil / Tires /lights

To the real Truck Driver, it isn't just a paycheck / it is a reflection of his or her Pride!!!!!!

NOW THAT IS A REAL TRUCK DRIVER

 

A real driver knows how to get the job done. He doesn't whine and constantly complain but finds a way to make things better. He takes care of his equipment and takes pride in his ride and his profession. He doesn't pay much attention to those who try to find fault in him and his profession. He knows it is only because they are jealous or couldn't cut it themselves so they put him and other drivers down so that people don't take such a close look at him. A real driver is an individualist. He enjoys his own company and knows that he must do what he must to make the home fires warm. He is the modern day cowboy riding the open asphalt range.

 

a real driver can go from chicago to nashville without a pizz

 

That kinda sounds alot like what i have been saying since I've started here. Yeah, my truck is a POS, and yeah, i would like to be running 2500-3000mi a week, but i'll take that crappy 88 mile load, yeah my comfort zone is the 910, but ill take that load to Amsterdam, NY. yeah my truck is a POS, but i clean the inside daily because i dont want to live in filth. I might not get the chance to take a shower everyday, but i atleast care enough about myself and respect others around me to not force them to 'smell' me by not taking care of myself.

a 'real' driver isnt someone who can drive 75mph in the snow, or take that 45mph curve at 65 without hitting the brakes. A 'real' driver dont have more air time on the radio than Howard Stern, or can float gears up, down and sideways.

put that in your pipe...... lol

 

hmmm... Sounds like an Sad OTR driver?? question Mr. Hunt, who did you drive for before J.B. Hunt... I was told you can't be a Student and drive for Hunt... Are you forgetting to tell us something??

 

i think MIKE HUNT is someone we all know!!! and i am a real truck driver. i can eat a cheeseburger, talk on the phone and cb, read a map, drink my pop, shift gears, all while driving 75mph in a snowstorm and not once bitch about.

 

Real truck drivers don't have Quaal Coms or governors on their rigs....

and they have seen Vanishing Point at least 100 times.

Stopping briefly at a shipper or receiver is all the sleep they need.

..with them...its not about the money

 

i knew it wuold be just a matter of time before someone came on here and said pretty much "if you drive for a big company, you're not a real truck driver."

LOL....i'd like for those 'real drivers' to be allowed to not worry about the 70/8 rule, and then keep tabs on how many end up in jail, like Alvin Wilkerson because they fall asleep at the wheel.

How can it NOT be about money, when those kids of drivers, i.e. the ones who have to cook their log book because they want to stay running, they do it because they dont want to sit? It can't be just because they love to travel and love the scenery. it is because they have child support, allimony or the wife/home needs a paycheck.

All but 3% of the drivers out here are out here because they want to earn a good paycheck.

lol...dont tell me 'it isnt about money'.

 

Nobody said anything even close to that.:roll2: