Trucking Life Of A Trucker

In this episode I get to return to a shipper that scared me during my first week solo. I finally got to use Personal Conveyance to get back to the terminal after sitting at a customer all day. Then someone stole my loaded trailer and made my life a living hell. I Rick Roehled Mathew for being late and in the news I talk about an FM message demanding that the fleet drives in snow. I also respond to your feedback.

Welcome to season 2. We start off with some scary situations that ended up breaking down the truck. We have also added 2 new segments to the show. First one is called Rick Roehled and is a rosting of sorts. The second is a news segment and will have news stories that I feel like covering.

Week 30 - What a short week and podcast. Lost my good mug at a shipper, applied for the local position, and got a phone interview. I am a local driver now. So now the future looks bright and I reflect on my 30 weeks of OTR.

Week 29 - Week started off real good with maxing out my clock and getting laundry done. All of a sudden my truck dash camera fell down and I had to get it fixed. Snuck in a night with the wife and got really ahead of schedule. Then it all went downhill when they slipped me an extra local load in St. Louis. So, ended up getting home late Sunday afternoon.

Week 28 - Week started slowly with small loads and I ended up with the trailer I dropped in Kansas. A young forklift operator decided to trash my trailer and gouged the hell out of the trailer floor. Then the week went to hell as I injured myself and waited hours for a pickup number. So I took it slow and got to got home early on Friday night.

Week 27 - Found out someone was in my truck while on hometime and it was unsettling. Then the mystery was solved and turns out I am driving in a sold truck. Had a nice full day of driving and getting miles down. For my Birthday I got to run over frogs playing Frogger and got a new truck. Then ... I get drunk.

Week 26 - Detours, Almost Illegal, and traffic "Oh My". Time to go to New England from Kunttucky and dodge hitchhiker's in the Appalachian Mountains. Had my first scratch and run and saw a UPS truck flipped over. Light load heading west and I flew over the mountains faster than an eagle. Another long week ended and I think a change is in the future.

Week 25 - Wow, I can not believe we made it this far. This is a special episode this week where I take you all along for the journey. This is kind of a vlog without the video. It is also an experiment to see if I am going to integrate this style into the podcast. I personally would like to thank you all for making this podcast what it has become. Without "You" the listeners, I would have dropped this idea after the first few episodes. The podcast continues to grow in listenership and I never expected it to get as many as it has. So again, "Thank You"!!!

Week 24 - My truck gets high smoking up to 420K miles and I get a blow job from the ghetto train. Fall seems to be coming early and the stars are nice in the Upper Peninsula. However after getting stuck behind a slow tractor, I decided it is time for some kind of change. I decided that it was time to get a lot in Arizona.

Week 23 - A good way to start the week is late and overweight. Ended up going to Pennsylvania and discovered the world of tight roads and turns without lube. My truck decided to leak out all it's power steering fluid and I watched a guy ram another truck. To end the week I got 3 short haul loads.

Week 22 - You know the week is off to a good start when you drive 100 miles empty and 20 loaded. In St. Louis I get a truckload of hangovers and clean up. Now the miles are coming, getting no sleep, and having long drive nights. With more miles I am eating good and having fun long night drives. Feels good to have a good drive week that uses up my 70hr clock. It has been a while since I got to hammer down all week. After talking about, it I finally made an Intro/Outro for the podcast.

Week 21 - This week is off to a slow start as I have no workflow to get it started. Then it happened, I did a noob mistake as I got East and West confused. Ended up in Appleton on Wednesday night, met some really cool drivers, and had a wonderful time hanging out. I just love it when retarded drivers just stand still for you to hit them and customers charge Drop Fees. To finnish this slow week off, I go to pickup the load and the shipper has no product.

Week 20 - Let's get the week started with a trailer that has a bad glad hand, off tracking to the left, and has a light hanging by a wire. Finally got my PC fixed so I can start working on an intro for the podcast, got another bad trailer, and solved my FM situation. I70 has gone mad, however glad they are cleaning it up. On Thursday nothing exciting, boaring day. This week I quit smoking and learned some new tricks.

Week 18 - Got to a customer with low HOS and they let me drop the trailer overnight. When behind schedule sometimes it is best to end the day early to save time. For the first time I saw one of our own on the side of the interstate. While driving north on I94 north of Cicago I almost hit me a big Traffic Cone. Then when heading south on I94 we get taken on a very confusing Detour. To finish the week off I got to see what it is like to be a local driver. We also saw The Lion King and I give my review.

Week 16 - Playing the 4hr wait to be unloaded game again and picked up a trailer with tires that where ready to gator skin. Truck stops are not filling up this holiday week. Got to go Fargo North Dakota and get me a questionable hazardous load. Happy 4th of July with low traffic, ez loads, and a story from a year ago. I am so pissed off at dispatch for not planning me home for the weekend that all I wanted to do was run over pets. Finally get a load home, however I am running out of time on my 70. I think it is time for a break and recharge.

Week 15 - I learned to avoid Cincinnati around 1700 if you are down to 3 hours. I explain my difficulty passing while maintaining the 7 seconds following distant rule. I met a receiver who hates is job and had an attitude problem. Thanks to Chicago I run out of HOS and got stuck at the customer in the rain. I finally adress the issue with the Straight Bill Of Lading, explaining that some are Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender. Then to finish the week I run over deer guts and do some shopping at Bass Pro.

Week 12 - Starting the week with 3 loads in one day kept me busy and waiting :(. Day one of the CVSA got me cheating on backing, a load of trash, and headed to the middle of nowhere. Yet another nature walk in L'Anse Michigan as I tell you about road kill number 2. When 2 fleet managers don't communicate with the driver things can become a mess quick. Now that the blitz is over I find out my trailer plug had a short in it.

Week 11 - For the holiday I got a Reefer load in Indianapolis and sat forever at the dock. However, on my second load of the week I delivered moldy Pork and Beans that got my trailer trashed. I finally got into northern Michigan to this town called East Jordan and it was a nice treat. Got to cross the I75 bridge going up into the NP and had a spectacular drive. Then came the big moving weekend as we finally get out of Fort Wayne and all the family drama.

Week 10 - Welcome to the 10th week special. The first load of the week got me locked in a cage while they unloaded me. Verizon puts an end to Unlimited Wifi Jetpack and I almost nailed two fornicating bucks. I learn the trucker art of taking the scenic route. I got my first rejected load and explored the back woods of the Marshfield terminal. When delivering in East Chicago another driver was driving with his trailer doors open. On hometime we went out and saw the new Aladdin movie.

Week 9 - I get the week started with the kind of schedule I like and can now get good parking at the end of the day. I get a little sidetracked and talk about seeing the Detective Pikachu movie and the Stacyplays audiobooks that I have been listening to. I go deep into our new moving plans and give some history that is leading up to this. I interview my friend TommyNC2010 on his trucking grandfather and hear his story on trucking.

Week 8 - Driving on US-27 through Oxford is no fun with pedestrians crossing all over the road. Got sent to the Marshfield terminal to have preventive maintenance done on my truck. For hump day I got to bobtail 100 miles and spend 3 hours in Chicago traffic. Then on Thursday my trailer skirt was flapping around and I fixed it with Duck Tape. Again I did not make it home on Friday because I was waiting on a load.

Week 6 - I got a new Fleet Manager and found the Airstream Corporate Office in Ohio. On Tuesday I passed on open Weigh Station. Wednesday was full of crazy drivers and smoking trucks. Then on Thursday I am so ahead of schedule that I am late. Got stuck in Gary on my way home however I still had time to make it home. Then on home time I spoiled myself with a new Samsung Galaxy S10+.

Week 5 - This week I got my taxes done last minute for getting my tax return. I talk a little bit about how this podcast is better then doing a video Vlog. I could not find parking and had to spend the night at an abandoned department store. I also got to take my own route and save the company $100 in toll money. Then I talk about the driver who took his truck for a swim.

Week 4 - Went to Pennsylvania with a light load passing everyone to leaving heavy and being passed. I also got my first Roadkill ever and it was something I never expected. Learned that if on a hill the trailer doors will not close. I ran into a Lot Bum and have a drink with you all.

Week 3 - Week started off smoothly, then started falling behind, and ended doing my 34 hour reset in the woods of the Gary Terminal.

Week 2 - My second full week as a professional driver. Had a coolant leak, a windy drive, a good day, and challenging backing into a dock.