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skin a cat wrote:
On 9/21/2013 11:37 AM, Califbill wrote:
"F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 9/21/13 2:25 AM, Califbill wrote:
skin a cat wrote:
On 9/20/2013 10:06 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Thursday, September 19, 2013 6:24:34 PM UTC-4, Wayne. B wrote:

Funny...Wayne has NO idea WHAT is involved in being a Truck Driver.

$50,000 is **** wages, considering you have to feed yourself while out on
the road. That is deducted off the top line, leaving you **** all really.
Truck Companies DONT give a **** if you have a Family, they just want the
**** going down the road.

He should find himself a job..

The truck driver has to feed himself each day, wether he is driving or
watching Oprah.

Do you seriously not understand the difference in dollars, buying
prepared food on the road, or cooking your own at home? When we go
racing, we easily save $50 bucks a day by brown bagging compared to other
teams... It's a lot different working and living on the road and trying
to eat well, than it is stuffing in carbs on vacation or on a long weekend...

You travel for business, you learn to eat reasonable. You do not go out to
the 3 star eateries.

Do you ever leave home? What is the cheapest decent meal you can find on
the road? What do you actually consider "reasonable" compared to the
average 4 dollars or so per meal Jess and I can "brown bag" on the road?

Traveling for business and driving a long-haul truck on the interstates
doesn't mean you eat at the same places. The truck drivers are pretty
much limited to eating at truck stops, where their rigs can be parked,
fueled, accommodated. Some truck stops offer a wide variety of food and
some have that food at decent prices but even so, eating three hots a day
while driving a big rig isn't inexpensive. If you are driving your car,
you can easily get off the interstate and find the kind of place you'd
prefer to eat that will accommodate you and your car. On the interstates
around here, "Cracker Barrel" restaurants seem very popular at all three
meal times, but you rarely see the big truck rigs in their parking lots
because those lots are not built to handle those sorts of vehicles. A
decent meal at Cracker Barrel runs $10-$12, easily. A similar meal at a
truck stop likely is more expensive.

Cite.

LOL,

I probably travel more than you. And over the years traveled a lot for
business. Business travel included an expense account, but I still did not
overspend for meals. I am well to do, and still eat at diners and truck
stops. Driving a crew cab pickup and towing 25' of trailer, makes parking
a chore. I still get out for $20 for two of us most the time. Seems as if
there are a lot of truckers on the road, surviving well on their pay. But
more are needed. But seems as if a lot of people figure society will take
care of them. Pay their medical bills, pay their rent, food stamps and
welfare payments to eat from.

My cousins were all long haul truckers, and they made a damned good
living. Now, it isn't a life for everyone, but for some. I have ridden
with my cousin all over the country, and he was well known, don't think
I was ever at a truck stop with him that someone didn't know him!