What's So Bad About The Northeast Anyway?

I'd be happy as a pig in mud if I could just draw a line from the eastern border of the Dakota's all the way south, another line from the western border of Idaho all the way south (including NV and UT), and just run those States in between.

Actually that's not too far fetched. A lot of the larger dry van companies may have dedicated accounts or Mountain Regional divisions that run pretty much the area you're talking about. Look at companies like Swift, Werner, US Xpress, Schneider, and any other dry van companies you can find. You may need to put in a little time at the company before they'll move you to a division like that but it wouldn't be very long - a matter of months.

I really wish I had a Western regional right now. I think I'm heading to the northern part of new York. Just hoping I don't get force dispatched into the city afterwards.

I live in middle Georgia, but I'd really love to move to western Montana. I still remember the first time I had a load take me from WA, thru the top of ID, and into MT. I wanted to lick my windows. It's absolutely gorgeous there! I loved driving ID, NV, UT, MT, ND, SD, AZ, NM, CO, WY, KS, NE, OK, and TX. The mountains can suck when they slow you down, but the view can't be beat, and the wide open driving on the plains is absolutely relaxing to me (when I don't have to worry about the wind). The bigger cities, while a pain, are a little less stressful to drive out there because they're not so cramped.

Actually that's not too far fetched. A lot of the larger dry van companies may have dedicated accounts or Mountain Regional divisions that run pretty much the area you're talking about. Look at companies like Swift, Werner, US Xpress, Schneider, and any other dry van companies you can find. You may need to put in a little time at the company before they'll move you to a division like that but it wouldn't be very long - a matter of months.

Thanks Brett! I'm rather surprised at that. I honestly didn't think anyone would have something regional in the western mid-west. All regional mid-west that I'd seen was usually in the eastern mid-west in IL, WI, MN, IN, MO, IA, AK, KS, KY, MI. I kinda figured that if anyone did have something regional like I was talking about it would be reserved for a company's favourite drivers with a waiting list about as long as the list of Charlie Sheen's sexual partners.

People are judgmental, not so friendly, and self entitled.

Right! And we're trying to keep it that way!

... kidding.

I know that the few compaines I talked to, all based out there somewhere, acted like New England is a dead end... "No, we don't run up there. I guess the periodic SWIFT, OD, or Schneider truck is just lost. I know there are bonuses for running NYC; any for running thru New England!

Vermont doesn't do anything for trucking, or even the tourist, industries... you could knock your own teeth out driving the smaller state highways. Potholes, missing pavement, ruts worn into the lanes, and no shoulders. I can't blame anyone for not coming up here!

And I can't wait to get out and see what it's like driving somewhere other than here.

A Yankee is anyone from the USA - the rest of the World.

A Yankee is anyone from the North - Southerners.

A Yankee is anyone from New England - Northerners.

A Yankee is anyone from Massachusetts - New Englanders.

A Yankee is anyone from Gloucester - Massachusettsans.

To the Americans, a "Canuck" is a Canadian, regardless of where they're from. In all the 27 years I lived in Quebec, I never heard the word "Canuck". When I came in the US and I was randomly called a "Canuck", it was aggravating. Later on, I researched the term, learning that Canucks designate the English speaking Ontarian population and further West in other provinces. A hockey team in Vancouver was named "The Canucks". The term is not for the French Canadian population of Quebec. To this day, I keep being called "the Canuck" and I just let it roll off my back...lol

RV, hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Canuck refers to all Canadians, and its first recorded use was to describe a French Canadian. That Les Québécois would prefer to be called something else doesn't remove the words origins nor meaning. It's true that English speaking Canadians will identify as Canucks. The rest of world calls us all Canucks, if they notice Canada at all.

To the Americans, a "Canuck" is a Canadian, regardless of where they're from. In all the 27 years I lived in Quebec, I never heard the word "Canuck". When I came in the US and I was randomly called a "Canuck", it was aggravating. Later on, I researched the term, learning that Canucks designate the English speaking Ontarian population and further West in other provinces. A hockey team in Vancouver was named "The Canucks". The term is not for the French Canadian population of Quebec. To this day, I keep being called "the Canuck" and I just let it roll off my back...lol

RV, hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Canuck refers to all Canadians, and its first recorded use was to describe a French Canadian. That Les Québécois would prefer to be called something else doesn't remove the words origins nor meaning. It's true that English speaking Canadians will identify as Canucks. The rest of world calls us all Canucks, if they notice Canada at all.

My daughter notices Canada all the time! She wants to move there (Vancouver). Of course, she is fifteen, but it has been this way for a couple of years now.

To the Americans, a "Canuck" is a Canadian, regardless of where they're from. In all the 27 years I lived in Quebec, I never heard the word "Canuck". When I came in the US and I was randomly called a "Canuck", it was aggravating. Later on, I researched the term, learning that Canucks designate the English speaking Ontarian population and further West in other provinces. A hockey team in Vancouver was named "The Canucks". The term is not for the French Canadian population of Quebec. To this day, I keep being called "the Canuck" and I just let it roll off my back...lol

RV, hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Canuck refers to all Canadians, and its first recorded use was to describe a French Canadian. That Les Québécois would prefer to be called something else doesn't remove the words origins nor meaning. It's true that English speaking Canadians will identify as Canucks. The rest of world calls us all Canucks, if they notice Canada at all.

First recorded use of the word from who? The Americans. Like I said, in 27 years of living in my homeland (Québec), I never heard of the word Canuck, until I came to the US. It even mentions online that the term Canuck was often use as a derogatory comment by many, to describe a Canadian. Some others use it as an affectionate term. Many times I've been called a Canuck as derogatory, being associated with "French people being cowards in war" and "Canada is not a real country", and so forth.

Like I said, in 27 years of living in my homeland (Québec), I never heard of the word Canuck, until I came to the US.

That's like, I never heard of "cow tipping" till I went to Massachusetts...

It's an American term, not a French Canadian term. Often used as a derogatory remark. I knew what cow tipping meant when I lived in Quebec...lol

Bottom Line: Driving in the Northeast sucks. That's why most truckers don't like it.