Comments By Tim M.

Back when I was growing up in Orlando,I knew an older driver. Poppy ( that was his nickname) . He had like a '65 or '66 cabover Pete. He was leased out to Dealers Transit outta Chicago. They were a flatbed company. Of they are now like the title of that movie,"Gone with the Wind". At the time,Poppy was like 69 or 70. He'd be gone for like 3 weeks to a month at a time. He started driving back in the 30's . How many of us could deal with trucks like those from the 30's or 40's for that matter.

Rob. What does,"your allowed to go up to 5 MPH while on duty. Anything over that,it kicks you into driving ". Does this have to do with how fast your driving? You mentioned miles per hour. That's what's confusing me.

Miss Kearsey. No hostility between me and G. Like I said,"me and him just come from 2 different graduating classes". I ran my driving the way I had to back then ( and I wasn't the only one who did it that way). Since I got your attention I got a question. I read some of the posts on here. Found one about a gentleman going to work for Roehl. Wanted more info on them. I looked up their site. They talked about how they pay mileage. Hey when I ran The Alaska Pipeline when I was leased to Hill and Hill,we were told this is how much the freight pays. Roehl had this on their site. They talked about what is,"short route,address to address and practical miles route",mean? They explained what they were,but it just seems to me with them throwing all these things out there,they got the trucking version of "3 card Monte ". I finished my driving career leased to Ace Doran. That's where I first encountered mileage pay. They just didn't throw all this other crap in there about mileage. They were like,"here's what you make per mile". So Roehl bring up all these different ways to calculate miles. Seems like slight of hand to me. Thanks. Keep her between the ditches and have a great day.

Okay G. You want "goofy " crap? Here you go. No I don't find it goofy I can't lie. I don't care. I retired . Remember? The 34 hour reset. It said its "voluntary",why even bring it up. ELDs . I love this one. It said,"with old paper logs,drivers would have to round up to 15 minutes". What? I never rounded up to anything. I'd lie like a dog. Every driver I knew was like me. We ran actual and a dummy log. Maybe company drivers didn't . I don't know. I was O/O. I had bills to pay. Hell it even said something about ELDs keeping track of when your engine is running. WTF! I would've been screwed if ELDs were around back then. I kept engine running so I could keep the A/C or heat going. We may not understand each other . We come from 2 different time periods. I started driving in '70 a couple months after I got back from Nam. I got a job with pops friend. He was leased to Paul Arpin Van Lines. I was basically his lumper. I gradually got into the drivers seat. Ford cabover with a 5x4 (how many people today remember those). We're just from 2 different graduating classes.The only thing that still applies now as back then,keep the wheels spinning and the Beavers grinning. Deliver the freight in a safe and timely fashion . Okay G. Is that what you want to hear?

"Goofy" G,not "goody"

Myself. I carried a gun back when I was still driving. I was told one time "you may not own the freight,but it's sure as hell your responsibility ." That and there's a myriad of other reasons to carry one

Goofy. Something that makes no sense .

To think I used to hate the ICC. They may as well still be around. This sounds like goofy crap they'd come up with. Thanks Drivers.

Define Goofy.

KW . 1977 Aerodyne. Funny thing about this truck,I was a double bunk long before these other companies built them. International,Pete,Freightliner and their "condo"trucksThey're all Johnny come latelys . Kenworth already had this going long time ago.

To think I used to hate the ICC. They may as well still be around. This sounds like goofy crap they'd come up with. Thanks Drivers.

Hello all. Got a couple questions. What is an electronic log? Can lie in them? What is a 34 hour reset? From what I understand you gotta do the reset after 60 or 70 hours. Then I read something else that made it sound like it "isn't " mandatory. What's up here? Remember guys. I started driving when I came back from Nam. Back when I was driving I ran 2 logs. An actual and a dummy . I'm retired now,so I don't keep on current events in trucking. The internet wasn't around when I started driving. Wish it was. I could've used a site like this when I was getting started . Keep it between the ditches guys and gals.