The Things The New Drivers Will Never Know They Have Missed

I think that's a great idea Brett. That's one thing I always missed about being in the Army was the comradeship. I don't miss the getting shot at part very much. :P

You build a bond by building trust and a mutual respect for each other.. knowing if you're ever in a tight spot someone has your back. To this day I would drop everything for a fellow 24th ID veteran and give him/her the last dollar in my pocket and the shirt off my back. If you did the pledge thing a logo you could put on your rig would be cool, depending if the company you work for would allow it.

Kip

Another story I heard from my step-father that drove for 43 years was back in the day he drove a flatbed, before he went to liquid Oxygen tanker, and tells of going to bad parts of Chicago and people jumping on the back trying to steal **** while he was driving through certain areas. One he said was hanging on the side of the trailer so he "scraped him off" when he passed a post next to the road. I asked what happened.. he said idk if I ran him over or killed him or what but I was shaking so bad and just kept on going. Other stories of guys he knows being attacked like that and one who had a .22 pistol and opened his door and shot the guy climbing the side of his flatbed, the guy fell off and he kept going. He also said some really bad places your trailer tires would get stolen sometimes. Does any of you remember this kind of stuff?

I have to agree with the last post but it has changed. I super fresh t driving trucks. Like fresh out of school but my girlfriends dad (back when I was in high school 1990 to 1994) was a truck driver and he always taught me how to be courteous to truck drivers when I was in my car. One thing I always used to love to do was flash my head lights to let the trucker know it was OK to switch lanes, then they would flash the tail lights as a way of saying thank you. Now when I see a truck with his blinker on and I flash my lights they don't switch lanes anymore and the few that do don't flash the tail lights. Is that something that is dead now. Just a small observation that I have noticed.

My dad taught me the same thing, and I still flash my lights for them to move over. I can count on one hand how many times they "said" thank you. Common sense and common courtesy is quickly becoming a super power.

T shirts are a great idea....But i"d like to see something that drivers could take with them on their trucks...and it would change trucks with them....I know magnetic thingies are fine...but Brett...really. ..finding METAL on a truck nowdays....kinda tough...I mean, no one will see the thing stuck on the frame I'd like to see those static cling thingies, done up in a motto for pro drivers, and from TT !!! Then, they can go in the wing window...which ALL truckers check out, whether apssing, or at the fuel island, or parked. The magnetic thing would be fine...but I wouldn't want anything on the outside of the truck, that some yahoo could steal, just for the sake of doing it...and then THAT yahoo would put it on HIS truck, and maybe he's a over the road uncivilized, knuckle dragging, strip club hoppin', party row cb hawker !!! Nope...its gotta be something that goes on the inside, that shows on the outside, that can go from truck to truck.....and I WANT ONE FOR MY NITRO !!!!!! I had the stick on thingies from OOOIDA on my car for years...I got alot of air horn howdies for em. And those static things can be taken off to wash your window, then put back on........But I want a T shirt too !!!!

I think that's a great idea Brett. That's one thing I always missed about being in the Army was the comradeship. I don't miss the getting shot at part very much. :P

You build a bond by building trust and a mutual respect for each other.. knowing if you're ever in a tight spot someone has your back. To this day I would drop everything for a fellow 24th ID veteran and give him/her the last dollar in my pocket and the shirt off my back. If you did the pledge thing a logo you could put on your rig would be cool, depending if the company you work for would allow it.

Kip

Comradeship of the Corps has very few comparison. That of Firefighters, Police, military, and Search and Rescue seem to be the only ones that compare. Its something that has left a HUGE hole in my life the day I got out.

its gotta be something that goes on the inside, that shows on the outside, that can go from truck to truck

That's interesting. I'll have to see what they have.

T-shirts are always a winner of course

its gotta be something that goes on the inside, that shows on the outside, that can go from truck to truck

That's interesting. I'll have to see what they have.

T-shirts are always a winner of course

I used to be in Information Technology and can make custom graphics, logos, websites, whatever you need. Give me an idea for a logo and I'm work with you to get what you want.. for free of course.

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Give me an idea for a logo and I'm work with you to get what you want..

Actually I was looking to get a new logo and header for across the top of the site. Email me at brett@truckingtruth.com (or private message me - either way) and we'll talk. Thanks!

So...just to throw this in their for everyone. See how many replies this topic got? See how quick it spread? Within hours their were several post.

And that's how we do it!

This is also proof that it can be done. "TruckingTruths Knights Of The Road."

It's going to happen, I can feel it.

Welcome home StarCar. Hope you had a Good time.

I had a WONDERFUL time !! Its always fun, and inspiring to camp out and commune with the Alky Angels. They are true testaments to what you can do with your life if you are truly driven. They have brought themselves and others thru all kinds of serious addictions and are now functioning citizens. And they can't leave their past behind them..they have to face it and fight it everyday. It makes what we have to do seem small in alot of ways. In 2 weeks I get to go on my all time favorite run. Its called Aces For Faces. We collect money for Faces of Tomorrow. They are a group of Doctors, nurses and other medical staff that go to 3rd world countries...and all they do is repair cleft pallets on children who otherwise would never get this type of medical treatment. Its something that we, living in the US don't even think about. It costs $250.00 to do the surgery on ONE child, since everything else is donated. So for that small amount, I can change the entire life of a child....Its a wonderful thing for me.... So Wings and I will be going to Canyon City, Oregon, to see how many kids I can give a decent life to. Wish me luck !! I have a few people who are going to donate before I go...but we can collect money all year round, so I'm out there stumpin' all year !!