Comments on: Driving truck, and then just driving

By: Truck Driving Jobs

Truck Driving Jobs — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:45:53 +0000

Taking road trips can be fun, as long as you have some fun people around you to entertain you. If you have to travel long distances alone it can make the time pass a lot slower :/
-Jack

By: Truck Jobs

Truck Jobs — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:08:00 +0000

Yeah Im not sure if truck driving gets harder or easier as time goes on…
-Jack

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:08:51 +0000

Thanks for the mention! Staying awake? If you get enough sleep, it’s not a problem. Fatigue happens when drivers are forced to work and stay up all day and then expected to drive all night.

Driving a truck is never boring. With all the idiots (cars and trucks) to pay attention to, construction and just normal traffic keeps things ‘interesting’.

It’s not like we drive non-stop all day. We still take breaks when we need to. But driving 500 or more miles a day takes practice and a little discipline.

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:51:04 +0000

I don’t know that it’s regional…I’m from the Midwest and that’s where I first heard it. I just prefer saying it b/c it’s more hardcore…

By: John

John — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:41:02 +0000

Never heard the phrase “drive truck”
drive a truck, or drive trucks, yeah, but…is this an east coast thing?

Then again, I don’t say “watch a TV”

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:35:19 +0000

If I start to feel tired I stop. I don’t like to gamble on the road. Plus, it’s nice to be relaxed enough with my plans to be able to take a break.

By: Ralphie

Ralphie — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:45:49 +0000

Every year I drive from Texas to Pennsylvania without stopping except for the normal, food, gas, tinkle, etc. I do the first 24 hours, my wife finished the last two. I must be a freak, I have no trouble staying awake. Thereâ€™s a motorcycle association called the Iron Butt Association that exists around covering a bunch of miles in a set period of time. On their site they have tips for not bonkinâ€™ on long rides. Two of the most important: Donâ€™t speed. It causes tension and burns you out. Donâ€™t drink caffeine. You get a quick buzz but burn out even harder. Their starter ride is 1000 miles in 24 hours or less.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:47:37 +0000

I grew up in the 70′s with all of those trucker movies, CB radios (do you remember them 10-4 good buddy and rubber duck), plus trucker and songs.
However, it was all I could handle to drive from San Diego to Yellowstone and back several weeks ago, even though I stayed at hotels in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. The books on CD helped a lot. I finally heard Sea Biscuit and King Kong (my favorite driving book is Mary Shellyâ€™s Frankenstein), but I couldn’t do it for a summer…

By: Dusty

Dusty — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:00:30 +0000

For staying awake, I find that eating sunflower seeds helps. Must be the dexterity required of your tongue.

Even though I don’t anymore, smoking helps as the nicotine is a stimulant.

Don’t listen to talk radio as it just turns into a white noise.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:32:28 +0000

To stay awake, I find some song that I barely know, and try to memorize all of the lyrics. I keep replaying the song until I get it all right. An hour can pass pretty quickly on a 4 minute song.