A New Chapter In the Life of the Duck

[The Rubber Duck 006]

12 hours ago, cruiseliner64 said:

Thought the Rubber Duck was always a Tanker Yanker??? Yeah good luck with the new job.Yanked a fair few tanks in my time.One job I was in we hauled tanks all the time.From Milk,Whey,Fats for feed(Mad Cow Disease finnished that!!!!,) to palm acid oil for sweets then Petrol Diesel and Jet A1 fuel.Always enjoyed tanker work hope you do too.KW looks sweet...

Paul

He was in the Movie but the original Song He drove a Kenworth Haulin Logs lol. I'm loving it so far...It's cake work for great money.

[The Rubber Duck 006]

17 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Hope it all works out okay

Dunno why American trucks are so ugly these days

KW 909 from Australia, looks a lot more like a truck should

 

Paul

Yeah I kinda like the looks of mine cause it resembles the T600 series from the 90s. Atleast it's not an Electric or a Mainstream tubberwear truck I guess. 

[The Rubber Duck 006]

2 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

I just tossed out an impressive number... Grandpa...

SAVAGE!!! 

[The Rubber Duck 006]

2 hours ago, tjc transport said:

30???

i beg your pardon!

i have 53 years behind the wheel and climbing.

i tried figuring out miles driven by miles on speedometers of trucks when i got out of them for a newer truck. 

i got a headache and stopped somewhere around 2,550,000 miles.

 

You figure a regular OTR Truck driver puts in 1 million miles every 10years. That's how I was taught to figure out mileage. But some of you old dogs Put 3million miles on the road in 5 or 6 years 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄 

[tjc transport]

8 hours ago, The Rubber Duck 006 said:

You figure a regular OTR Truck driver puts in 1 million miles every 10years. That's how I was taught to figure out mileage. But some of you old dogs Put 3million miles on the road in 5 or 6 years 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄 

and on top of that, us "old dogs" put those 3 million miles on trucks in 6 years in trucks with 150-190 HP, and 20 speed twin shifter stick transmissions......with armstrong steering, fixed seats, and no air conditioning. 

 

 

i did one coast to coast run..... coming out of california the other driver "said watch this" as we were coming over the rocky mountains.. and put the trans in neutral....we hit the bottom doing somewhere around 120 or 130 MPH. in cab over pete. 

he stopped for fuel in vegas and i got out of the cab, walked into the restaurant and called a taxi to take me to the airport.  never went more than about 150 miles from home base in a truck again. 

[other dog]

14 hours ago, tjc transport said:

30???

i beg your pardon!

i have 53 years behind the wheel and climbing.

i tried figuring out miles driven by miles on speedometers of trucks when i got out of them for a newer truck. 

i got a headache and stopped somewhere around 2,550,000 miles.

 

I drove for years and my log book said I drove 452 miles today, even if I drove from Seattle to Memphis. 452 miles. 🤣 

[70mackMB]

12 hours ago, The Rubber Duck 006 said:

You figure a regular OTR Truck driver puts in 1 million miles every 10years. That's how I was taught to figure out mileage. But some of you old dogs Put 3million miles on the road in 5 or 6 years 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄 

Now thats if you look at one log book at a time it will be one million. But, if you add the three log books for that day together you will get the three million! LOL! So l was told by a friend.       .....Hippy

 

12 minutes ago, other dog said:

I drove for years and my log book said I drove 452 miles today, even if I drove from Seattle to Memphis. 452 miles. 🤣 

When the speed limit was 55mph l averaged 485 miles. Again per the log book.    .....Hippy 

[mowerman]

oh now you guys are talking paper,,we could put down whatever you wanted,,,,allot of us pretty much running around the clock,,,dont miss it 3 packs of cigarettes a day,,,because thats how many hours we were out there

[tjc transport]

4 hours ago, other dog said:

I drove for years and my log book said I drove 452 miles today, even if I drove from Seattle to Memphis. 452 miles. 🤣 

only time i ever did a log book was for that one trip. being local and under 100  miles from shop "as the crow flies" i am exempt from doing a log. 

[mowerman]

they were a real pain in the ass,,,the ELOG is way faster

[mowerman]

although our latest version of them were more difficult to use they called in a differant provider ,,,,the new ones took alot longer to fill out everyone was bellyaching   but two weeks of those things and i was retired lol.bob

[Joseph Cummings]

Never ran a log, never slept in a truck, and only ever owned day cabs. Every once in a while I had to travel to a far away job, but slept in motels. From my understanding the 100 air miles is based on where your base of operations is, not the businesses mailing address or main office. For example, if we got a job in Parkersburg WV. and moved all our equipment there and stayed there for a considerable amount of time, then the center of our 100 air mile radius would have been Parkersburg WV. Not Phila or Hazleton

[other dog]

2 hours ago, tjc transport said:

only time i ever did a log book was for that one trip. being local and under 100  miles from shop "as the crow flies" i am exempt from doing a log. 

I did that for a while when I hauled pulpwood and wood chips to the paper mill in Covington. We had these books that I think you could put a week on one page, you had to keep track of your hours but not break it down like a regular log book. 

[Joseph Cummings]

3 hours ago, other dog said:

I did that for a while when I hauled pulpwood and wood chips to the paper mill in Covington. We had these books that I think you could put a week on one page, you had to keep track of your hours but not break it down like a regular log book. 

 

[tjc transport]

i park the truck where the yard, office, and mailing address all the same. 

anywhere in Jersey, nu yawk city, long island, and southern Connecticut are our base of operations. but chase bank has not given us anything in Connecticut in around 5 years. same with long island. and we are trying ot cut out manhatten, brooklyn and queens, because it is not economically worth it to go there anymore with fuel, tolls, and asphalt costs. 

[Red Horse]

On 2/26/2025 at 3:10 AM, mrsmackpaul said:

Hope it all works out okay

Dunno why American trucks are so ugly these days

KW 909 from Australia, looks a lot more like a truck should

 

Paul

Well Paul the aerodynamic issue is key in US.  No horns on the roof, no fender  mounted "lollipop" turn signals etc etc.

The turn signal issue really gets me.  Some trucks the turn signal IMO is compromised when its included with the headlight package.

[mowerman]

i cant believe these days dot is ok with eliminating the side turn signal lights,,,,frankly i feel that is very dangerous,,,,

[The Rubber Duck 006]

Well I'm enjoy the Job,Pulling a Tanker,and my Kenworth. Also I don't have to touch a logbook anymore either. Agricultural exemption and under that 250mi radius of home terminal. I can actually have a ball and I have been. 

[tjc transport]

not sure on the older 660, but my newer T880's have side directionals on the front fender above the front tires.

 

[mowerman]

ya my pete had those but if a passing car is sitting slightly back they cant see those at all

[70mackMB]

8 hours ago, mowerman said:

i cant believe these days dot is ok with eliminating the side turn signal lights,,,,frankly i feel that is very dangerous,,,,

Thousand no, Million no, Billion no, A Trillion likes!!!! Bob      When l was driving that Volvo (hidden info-for DHL) and safety came up at a driver's meeting. l would always say "We need to have four inch turn signals installed on top of the steer axle fenders!" The factory ones on the A pillar can not be seen by passing traffic. Same answer all the time, We'll look into it. lf it was something the drivers wanted it didn't happen. But they could come up with some stupid useless shit we had to do..............    .....Hippy 

[mechohaulic]

On 2/27/2025 at 3:11 PM, mowerman said:

they were a real pain in the ass,,,the ELOG is way faster

after I left baskin robbins. I heard they went to electronic logs. NO way would that work for me at the time. having the NJ run in days before GPS/ cell phones ; going out with 15=19 stops out of 32=35 0n route . it was always 16 + hr days. didn't have the smarts to run 2 logs like some others. it was down and back to ct before the George Washinton bridge morning rush. on occasion had to  do lay overs in NJ if certain stops not done by midnight. had to show sleeping in motel when actually slept in truck (day cab). run was a thurs- sat on paper. only scale house then was at CT/NY line. was fun for a while.

[The Rubber Duck 006]

My T660 has small triangle shaped side blinks on the back of the front fenders.