With the weather, Pilot has been a mess…they should have opened up the county fairgrounds to them to park in.

ZRX1200 wrote:

You drive trucks abrignac?

Jakethesnake86 wrote:

I remember hearing that message on the PA at a Pilot and thinking that should be common courtesy. I get it if you're in a rush and have an empty tank and run in and come back out before auto fill clicks off but to leave your truck sitting there blocking the pump is a ****** move. I have a lot of respect for drivers, these days there are so many idiots on the road with their heads up their phones or just driving stupid. Stay safe and let me know if you come up to MA or CT and have a minute to have a cigar with me.

PapaWhiskey wrote:

Stay safe out there buddy^^ I know how to drive a truck but I’m certainly not good at it. Haul my own grain. Have 3 trucks. Local delivery in Delaware State not Delaware Ohio

Jakethesnake86 wrote:

Nothing deeply philosophical to write about today but a thought did come to me.

The number of immigrant truck drivers is growing at a pretty good clip. Unfortunately, their culture is much different than ours. I’ve found, and many USA born drivers agree that as a group the immigrants are pretty damn selfish. I could give many examples of their general driving habits but that’s not my focus from the throne this AM.

It’s customary when a driver finishes fueling his truck he pulls up into the designated “short” term parking area to allow another driver to begin fueling while he “quickly” goes inside and gets snacks etc….. then he pulls out. It’s customary that if that driver is going to be more than 5-10 minutes he’ll pull straight through and park in a designated slot. As a reminder the truck stops play a prerecorded message over the PA system every 5 minutes or so reminded drivers that as a courtesy to other drivers the are to pull away from the fuel island when they are done fueling. Yea right.

But that’s not what’s really on my mind. This morning as I’m finishing up I’m thinking that’s wasted use of the PA. Perhaps a better use of the PA would be to remind drivers that as a courtesy to others they should flush as needed.


This edition is dedicated to Frankie T.

Abrignac wrote:

Love the updates from the road. Keep on trucking’.

8trackdisco wrote:

Love the updates from the road. Keep on trucking’.

8trackdisco wrote:

How about this for an update.

Plant City, FL 1/11
Manchester, TN 1/12
Siler City, NC 1/12
Graham, NC 1/14 (Begin 34 hour Break)
Siler City, NC 1/15 (End 34 hour Break)
West Memphis, AR 1/16
Amarillo, TX 1/17
Kingman, AZ 1/18 (NOW)
Las Vegas, NV 1/19
Brawley, CA 1/19
? 1/20
? 1/21
Home 1/22 (Begin 34 hour break)
Home 1/23 (End 34 hour break)
YeeHaw Junction, FL 1/24 ( ***** rfenst **** )
West Palm Beach, FL 1/25

After that I’ll probably deadhead to Siler City and head back west.

Lather, rinse, repeat

Two months of this and a week off then back to the grind.

Abrignac wrote:

Just take ‘em one stop at a time.
How long have you been 18 wheeling?

Since December 22, 2021

Been through Kingman. By far the largest trailer park I have ever seen. It was like an infinity pool of decomposing aluminum glistening in the distance.

Think Kingman is a huge trailer park, take a peek at the I-80 truck stop in Walcott, IA. It makes Kingman look like Circle K

8trackdisco wrote:

I used to deer hunt about 10 miles from Yeehaw Junction. It is absolutely nowhere!

HockeyDad wrote: