Unclebaldrick
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"Just go ahead and vote for Trump"
The Politics of Truck Drivers Urinating in Public..
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ttystikk
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They were infamous for their automatic transmissions.
blu3bird
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Yeah, I know.
I drove a Cascadia with an automatic trans for awhile (I have one with a manual now and like it a lot better), I'm not really a fan of auto in a semi. I struggled at first backing up with that auto, because when you put those auto trucks in reverse, they don't just idle smoothly backwards in reverse like a car would, especially when you have a trailer with 20 tons of freight you're trying to put in a dock that has even a slight incline.
You have to be able to drive with two feet when backing an auto truck, one on the gas and one on the brake. If you apply to much pressure to the gas in reverse those trucks will take right off and quickly get away from you before you know it, not a good situation to be in where there's not much room or on a busy dock.
Those auto trans downshift pretty hard too, you have to be super careful slowing down on an icy road or you might lose control of the truck. You have to give yourself waaaay a lot of stopping distance time.
Sometimes itt is nice to have auto in heavy traffic like a construction area and you don't have to constantly be on the clutch upshifting and downshift, but that's about the only thing I liked an auto for.
I don't know, overall though, I think the drivers that like auto trans are just lazy drivers. I feel like I'm more in control of my truck when I can upshift/downshift when I want. I personally very much prefer a manual transmission.
blu3bird
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I'm in New Era, MI this morning at a place called Burnette foods, I'm picking up a load of canned beans that's going to Ohio.
I've been here a couple times before and it sucks, these people are the slowest loading people, I'll probably be here 3-4 hours at least. I got here just before 8am and got on the last open dock right away, now there's already 4 other trucks that just rolled in....too bad for them, they're going to be here all day lol.
Anyways, New Era is between Rothbury and Ludington. Rothbury is where that Electric Forest music festival takes place and I'm pretty sure it's going on this weekend. The campground/festival grounds were completely packed it looked like when I was driving past on US 31 highway. I stopped at the rest area just before Rothbury exit and I noticed a car load of hippy chicks with the dye clothes and dreadlock hair, so I'm pretty sure that music festival is happening this weekend.
At least there's a sweet bicycle trail here for me to get out and walk my dog while I'm stuck here for hours, so I guess that's what I'm going to do now.
I can't get a picture to load at the moment, my phone doesn't get good signal up here, but the bike trail is the Hart/Montague trail, it's very nice, paved and well maintained by the Michigan DNR
I've been here a couple times before and it sucks, these people are the slowest loading people, I'll probably be here 3-4 hours at least. I got here just before 8am and got on the last open dock right away, now there's already 4 other trucks that just rolled in....too bad for them, they're going to be here all day lol.
Anyways, New Era is between Rothbury and Ludington. Rothbury is where that Electric Forest music festival takes place and I'm pretty sure it's going on this weekend. The campground/festival grounds were completely packed it looked like when I was driving past on US 31 highway. I stopped at the rest area just before Rothbury exit and I noticed a car load of hippy chicks with the dye clothes and dreadlock hair, so I'm pretty sure that music festival is happening this weekend.
At least there's a sweet bicycle trail here for me to get out and walk my dog while I'm stuck here for hours, so I guess that's what I'm going to do now.
I can't get a picture to load at the moment, my phone doesn't get good signal up here, but the bike trail is the Hart/Montague trail, it's very nice, paved and well maintained by the Michigan DNR
Grandpapy
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The term is Freightshaker.
I've only driven a Allison Auto, in an Oshkosh (piece of chit) chassis I agree piece of chit all around and dangerous on ice.
I spent some time in a Western Star with a Brownie Over and Under, Great for taking out frustration on the dispatcher.
My favorite was a Peter-built w/ a Cummins and Fuller 13 speed. 58 mph was top end, but I could pull 40000 up Afton Mountain (I-64) without missing a beat.
I've only driven a Allison Auto, in an Oshkosh (piece of chit) chassis I agree piece of chit all around and dangerous on ice.
I spent some time in a Western Star with a Brownie Over and Under, Great for taking out frustration on the dispatcher.
My favorite was a Peter-built w/ a Cummins and Fuller 13 speed. 58 mph was top end, but I could pull 40000 up Afton Mountain (I-64) without missing a beat.
blu3bird
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Yep, I've heard Freightshaker many times lol
ttystikk
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Electric trucks will be a vast improvement; much more torque, max torque available at zero rpm, smoother. The issue is, as ever, batteries. They're working on it!
https://www.rollitup.org/t/forget-mousetraps-build-a-better-battery.938535/#post-13471968
Considering how well diesel electric traction works in locomotives and ships, I'm curious about why the tech hasn't migrated to trucks.
it's a Trump World now.
blu3bird
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Nope. You can trust that I will not budge when I see a car/truck with a Trump sticker trying to merge on the highway. They can get in front of me or get behind me, but if they expect me to move for them, they will find themselves on the shoulder of the highway or in the ditch.
When you're on the highway, you're in my world now Trumpsters. I have a 53 foot box of fun and games behind me that weighs 20 tons. Let's play.
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Unclebaldrick
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Ya know, even here in solidly Trump Ohio, I seldom see them - sort of like you never actually see people wear their Klan robes out in public.
Where in this hideous excuse for an Amish-soiled state are you headed anyway?
it's a Trump World when they're within their space- having hi-beams on as a standard is within their car space therefore they do it and fvck everyone else.
MAGA hats are shelved now and dusted off for Trump-Klan rallies..they get push-back wearing them in general public.
Unclebaldrick
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But Biden is worse? Lol, tell it ORW!
blu3bird
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Monday morning I'm headed to a delivery in Montpelier then over to that Menards distribution center in Holiday City to pick up a full trailer of pressure treated fence panels then delivering direct to a Menards store in South Haven, MI.
I hate when those Amish fuckers drive their horse and buggy on the roads, the roads are usually so narrow out in rural Amish country. It sucks having to creep along at 9.4 mph because there's not enough room to pass safely with a semi.
I get pissed sometimes
Obepawn
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In the future, I believe when you go to a museum of American history, the fucking MAGA hat will be in the same display case as Klan robes, Swastikas and Rebel flags. People will try to defend the MAGA hat, asking what is racist about it, the same way they say the Rebel flag is not racist.
blu3bird
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Here's something you probably won't believe, but there is actually a Jim Crow museum of racist memorabilia in Big Rapids, MI. It's on the campus of Ferris State University.
https://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/
Why there's a museum for this garbage, I'll never figure out. I've never been there, but I do drive by the university often as there is a couple factories up there I pick up from or deliver to.
IMO, all those items should've just been burned in a fire.
Obepawn
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A lot of people don’t even know what the Black codes or Jim Crow laws were. Those parts of our history need to be seen for education purposes. A lot of people think the slaves were freed and then they were swept away by milk and honey and became part of the American dream.
Fogdog
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Nobody says you have to go see them if you don't want to.
Artifacts like that should be preserved in order to make the past real and undeniable. As Obe says, it isn't taught everywhere. People are trying to deny what happened. Without a physical record, they might one day prevail. Those artifacts are a rebuke to MAGA hats and Klan hooded goons. For sure they want to deny them and probably do but the proof is preserved. Take a look at the artwork depicting black people during the jim crow era. It's disturbing. It should be preserved.