Profile For Stevo VWbusman

I too am a bit NHRA biased, my step dad raced in the 60's "run, what ya brung" stuff he ran a ford f100 truck, quit in 1967 when my sister was born. Plus back then it got too expensive for him raising 5 kids etc. We spent many a weekend at the track in Irwindale, and at the 605 oval track sometimes....lol I make my beetles go fast hahahaha Well, when I can lay down 3 gears of solid black posi marks then a 4th gear chirp like stock 1st, its fast for me.....Nascar was fun to watch in 70's because they had crashes ! Safety is a big concern yeah, but when everyone has to run the "exact" same engine designs, etc , it took the fun out of it too.

On a positive note, reading stories like these here, has opened my eyes, since I started researching truck driving and coming here to TT. All the things NOT to do, I don't know it all, and probably never will, thats life.... I plan to go into this with an open mind, and soak up everything I can once in school, hopefully by the end of this month..... whewww , nervous a tad, sure as heck I am..... Even if I might have a little advantage over some at school, having been a diesel mechanic, and knowing what each part is, and its function ..... BUT I am always up to learning more of anything, each and everyday!

As time gets closer, I am a bit excited, and at the same time nervous. But I cannot wait to be out there learning , by doing. I plan to start with Werner, and stay with them at least 2-3 years, banking that loot, and beefing up my social security.....by 62 plan tyo be living in Asia enjoying the rest of my life there :) I hate jumping ship and starting at any new job! grrrrrr

And glad to be back here reading even more ;)

I live in the high desert of So Cal. Top of the Cajon Pass by the I-15 see that a lot down below in Fontana area of I-15 but they were parked when blown over onto their sides!! Had to be freaky getting flipped while moving jeeeeze!

Few times I saw 5-8 at one time laying on their sides! Probably not a fun mess to clean up with more than 1 turned over! This winter we have been having tons of high winds and rain! grrrr it can go away anytime now! Reminds me of my 3 months in Philippines! Oct 2016-Jan 2017, it rained every day for most of that time there !! 3 days was most without rain, soon as mud dried it rained! hahahaha

Can't wait to live there haha

Dealt with that issue at AZ-DOT for a state I.D. card lol ((Arizona residents do NOT have to have the chipped DL's / ID's until 2020))

I was not going to get an Arizona drivers license. They would not accept my "original" birth cert from the hospital from 1959 no seal? My mom never sent in the $1.00 for it , now inflation, it's $25.......Yet, U.S. Navy accepted it in 1977(a photo copy no less) BUT AZ-DOT, did accept my DD-214? still has NO damn seal...I guess they figure, only I would have that paper? lol

Dumb, anyway, just got my app for a NEW B.C., so I can proceed to get a passport next!..........Kinda tweaked me, having to give Calif MORE $$ When I don't even live there hahahaha. It is what it is I guess

I laminated my social security card soon as I got it when I was 13, never had an issue with it being so???

Just a little input RE: Chemical driving. Long time family friends, the dad drove asphalt dumps etc over 30 years, he got cancer, which finally did him in after years of dealing with it..........Their middle son, drove cement mixer trucks for eh maybe 20+ years, he got Esophagus / Throat cancer, and he never smoked a day ever. He was 53, recently died from that QUICK, (under 1 year) acting illness......My thinking is constantly breathing the dust and or the chemical mix of either substance contributed to their untimely deaths........Makes me definitely, not want to ever considering those 2 jobs!

Same as the "Myth" running your pick up tail-gate down on the highway saves gas Baloney. Science proved it works better, with your tail gate up. An air bubble / turbulence fills up the bed, acting like a cover lol Been few years since I read that article....

Plan to get both, the book and card, as I'm planning a little 2-3 month vacation to the Philippines, in October, is the plan........... Sucks I need to send Calif $25 for a "new" fancy certified Birth Certificate, since my mom didn't pay the 1 whole Dollar for it in 1959............... Yet the US Navy accepted the original I have in 1977, go figure! lol.......Don't even live in Calif and they get more $$ out of my pocket!

Well Rainy, you learned 2 new things today out of that experience....Too much grease is not always a good thing, and old stuff needs removed every so often. Most lube guys don't have a clue and goober tons of grease on the 5th wheels! Without cleaning off the old hard, dry gunk.

Air tanks, auto-drain, or not, still collect lots of water from condensation, on the bottom of them tanks (where the drain valve is!) And you seen what happened, water got spread thru out the air brake system, lines, air & check valves, etc causing brake issues.......Expect "maybe",later down the road, brake can diaphram, or 2, begin to fail as well, (Still could be awhile for that) just another bad thing from that water, not being drained :)

Craigslist probably your best bet is my guess

Waste Managements a good suggestion (#1 waste hauler in the world), having worked for them 8 years back in the '90's. They do have roll-off class A trucks , and not very demanding in the way off loading up and dropping off the bins / boxes

Wow, I am always totally amazed reading some of these topics. Especially when they say "I wasn't getting paid" for this or that , it aint right??? WTF?? Almost every job I ever had in my lifetime, involved maybe some free work "unpaid" time............Don't matter what job really , sometimes it happens, do it and forget it. NEXT !................

1 my last job over a 10 year stretch I went over and beyond what i got paid for, helping my boss do extra stuff for the job. sometimes getting home 10-11 pm at night from a 7 am start time. We had an auto repair shop, and were the top U-Haul dealer, in the high desert. We chased trucks & trailers, after hours all over the place, so we had any equipment our schedule may need the following week/days. Usually I was first to work open and prep for the day, and close at end of the night. Sometimes I'd work weekends renting U-Haul stuff for a few perks or bucks......Yeah I got free dinner usually, or later on somehow, it was made up to me in other ways. A full tank of gas in my truck etc.................

I was brought up to help when needed, and don't always expect anything in return...............Period............Git'r'dun lol

Doe's kinda suck, what you do young & dumb, haunts you later! Sheesh I had 2 in 1980 when I was 19 (36 years now) I never drank & drove, pretty much after the 2nd one cost me 15 months of drunk classes, AA meetings, and the end fine.....Now it's been heck 10 years since any beer and I dont miss it lol...1st,I was lucky I didn't kill someone . w/ a .24 BAC, 2nd barely blew a .10 BAC, since I had a beer in the car, cop smelt it duhhhh me.

Good Luck Daniel

Grew up with em, dad finally got a killer base station with an illegal military style set up 1000 watt kicker. Could slide on fm freq's band, side band all that, and his boosted lollipop mic. He got kick out of shootin skip! talking to Australia etc. All our cars had radidios lol We ran channel 15........trouble makers nearby got dealt with ! lol Dad n couple his buds track em down with this loop thing, tie chain or rope to their antenna, hook to ford truck and drag it down the street hahahaha...........Or stick straight pin in their coax cable outside, next time they key the mic they fry their radio finals ! Fun times! lol Ch 19 "hey any you hairy legged truck drivers gotta copy *sqwacccccck*

Eh, sounds like my old boss at nissan forklift job I had lol he was always up my arse for no reasons trying to play tough guy n show off to other techs. I figured him out early on and just avoided being around him as much as possible. He thought he knew it all, which he didn't of course. The more work I had to keep me out in the field for days on end, the better I liked it. Go into the shop long enough to restock my service van, drain waste oils, get new load of work orders and split ! He had his "pet techs" lol but I heard he got canned a year after, he canned me for no reason......KARMA !!

Hahaha funny, I never knew my actual divorce date, it was so long ago. Found the papers, Happy Thanksgiving! lol It was final, Nov 23rd 1987, on Turkey week ! perfect!

Lol Until they send those summons certified mail, no way they know that you ever got it ! I did duty once, took 4-5 days then find out job don't pay me for time off. Never went again, toss em in trash. I did like doing it, but not going to for free ! Downtown, Los Angeles then, never again !

I figured best way if I ever showed up again to be cut loose, to tell judge "If they are this far in their case, and here in court, they MUST be guilty !"

Like UPS lol my middle bro been with em 32+ years...Doing last half on semi's , 60 hours a week. Has 9+ weeks vacation/personal days @ $32+ hour. Started out unloading trailers 4 years, til commercial package route opened up he took. 14 years that then big trucks. Family friend also does same 30+ years, he got job there........ He Couldn't hook a brother up though, I wanted in as mechanic, whatever haha......dad's buddy was original UPS guy like #7th hired in 1969-70, did 40+ years til he retired.....Now hear it takes 8 years P/T unloading to get on routes!

Yep good luck Karen, you paid might as well finish...Good luck in school as well ! you got this ...DMV window people aren't the all-and-knowing they lie to think they are! Had traded cars years ago, no cash. They tried to charge me sales tax on value of the trade. I said (politely) ain't no way I'm paying 'double' taxes, when I paid them buying my original car! Supervisor came over and agreed with me, saved me 100s ! lol

RE: Seatbelts, ok few years ago, a friend of mine, went to C.R. England get his trucking start. He had told me, that on the in-cab inspection? or road test, to fasten your seat belt , FIRST THING! or it's an auto-fail

Yeah saw his 1st video long ago wasn't impressed, and this last one he is so full of it !.....That Snap_on box ain't $10g's if he paid that he got bent over!.........Big deal he's proud of being ASE certified haha , I've worked with quite a few "Master" certified ASE tech's thru the years,that couldn't even change a radiator hose properly, and that caused an engine failure / replacement hahaha