ebinmaine 67,435 #26 Posted November 16 1 hour ago, Brockport Bill said: friend of mine owns an excavating business and ordered a large item - so an 18 wheeler recently pulled the truck into his property with the item and out climbed from the tractor a young girl in her 20s -- so my friend had chat with her -- she's making over $100,000 per yr while many of her friends and former school mates who went to college make half that annual $$ and have huge college debt -- Amazing how the world turns????????? Yep. As a trucker I get a better than average wage on no educational debt. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,838 #27 Posted November 16 20 hours ago, c-series don said: That’s how I learned how to drive a 10-wheeler. A 1970 L9000 with a Caterpillar and a 5+4 speed. Yes two sticks,20 gears, but you really didn’t need all of them. Maybe if the truck was loaded with dirt and we were pulling the bulldozer on the tag trailer. I learned how to skip gears in that truck when it was empty. I was only 18 years old doing that, don’t see any 18 year old kids doing that anymore!! Norman is a 6 speed technically, but unloaded I always start in at least 2nd. Sometimes, 3rd feels right. 1st is super creeper. Starting in 1st with no load, almost makes the acceleration a more shaky time than starting in a higher gear. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
