Here are a few answers about the electronic logging....
Yes, I can and would get a citation for violating my federal hours of service rules......if some DOT officer pulls me into a weigh station and sees it. In addition, when I go into a violation, my dispatch manager is notified right away as well as the safety department! So, everybody knows right away, then I would probably get phone calls asking me what I am doing!
Yep, it sure does make it easier because I have no paperwork to do.....BUT I still have to manually change the computer to tell it if I am sleeping, working, etc. It automatically knows when I drive though simply because the wheels turn.
No, I did not pull into a pay for parking place. What that was you saw was the entrance to the scales for folks who want to weigh their truck/trailer.
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Thanks for the explanation! Get comfy and fill your tummy and TK's tummy and get some more sleep!
Straight or automatic?
manual!!! A trucker that drives an automatic is NOT a trucker.....but a steering wheel holder only!
don't get your hackles up! i test drove a 2009 volvo that was an automatic...easy to drive.
Hackles?
I rest my case.
(Evil Grin)
his neck hairs
i never claimed to be a driver!!! but if someone is foolish enough to let me drive a brand new truck...so be it.
Well lands sakes alive say it in simple english!!!! Some blondes get lost with words! LOL (just funnin kids!)
it's your 16th days with your blog...
congratulation!
But hey, thanks! I learned a new word today!
some day real soon brs...you and i need to have a discussion about physics ... how lights refract, how lights reflect, ect.
lol in other words BRS, she doesn't like the lights shining in your windshield!
vicky...i've got a southern english dictionary you can borrow...it doesn't include texan though
thanks ualady, I guess I need that!
actually vicky ... i'm getting use to it...my cats think it's a game to try and get the lights off the screen ... just a few things i noticed today
you have yahoo on vicky?
No Maam!
I know I said I would shut up, but, I know because I used to drive, A truck just don't feel right unless your goin' through the gears.
Now if i park in a dark lot, then ya'll be screaming ya can't see anything! LOL
thought i didn't see you! lol
Now that sounds like a guy thing to me! lol
BRS, haven't you learned you just can't possibly please ALL of us????
it must have been a guy that designed that parking lot...or a guy driving that crete truck...he's need to be back a bit more
Howdy pboutwell. Ya cant be a chicken. Help me stand up to these women in here! LOl Speak yer mind, and get on my side. :) I can use all the help I can muster up.
Good luck with that BRS!!! We're always ready to take you boys on!
hey vicky...that's texan...not southern....
yeah, I said the same thing about Crete! LOL. Dude is halfway sticking out the parkinglot! I am gonna have to swing real wide to get around him!
Are the kids in bed?
pboutwell, kinda like making love to a woman without the foreplay. Just doesn't work the same.
Am I in trouble TK?
pboutwell...i feel the same way about a sports car...
well be kind to the crete guy...don't take his fender off like the driver took the air and water hose setup off at the fuel pump cause he didn't clear his trailer before turning
Where are you Mr Steve?...bought a new road atlas and can't wait to use it.
anon...locate st louis...then I-40...he's about 60 miles west of st louis
OK BRS...your physics lesson is on the way. You will be tested on it!
Noticed the ads tonight are for headache relief. At least that fits better.
Thanks for the answer to the question about the computer and paperwork.
So it seems like you truck drivers now sort of parallel airline pilots, who have SO much of their paperwork done by computers and dispatchers. Then other computers pick out their routes and altitudes, departure and arrival times, and in some planes, still more computers do a large part of flying the planes too.
But the speed limiters and trip computers cannot back the rig up to a loading dock .... yet.
Cheers
Fin
oh there's one for a nanny camera...i think we need that to keep an eye out for TK
Hey Steve,
Some things that people don't realize about trucking is that when you need to park, sometimes, you just can't get a good place at all. In some states it is more difficult that others. Sometimes, and I know Steve will back me up, you cannot even get a place to park at a truckstop,picklepark(rest area in normal language), or anywhere. You would not believe how hard it really is to get a parking place in some places in the country. I will just say, nobody really knows how hard it is out there, until they were there.
BRT is really going above and beyond his job. He does this webcam, and everything, and for that in and of itself, should be rewarded.
I'll shut up because some others need to get on here.
everybody be good.
WELL YOU WON'T GET ANY ARGUMENTS OUT OF US ABOUT ALL BRS DOES!!!!! We just want him to adjust his attitude a tad about the Queen in his rig!
So that is scales. Thank you so much, Steve. I still haven't seen the real "wave".
Thank pboutwell for saying what we all feel!
ok, here comes a wave in FIVE MINUTES
Get Ready!
Well I see the Crete driver has corrected the situation. Now he won't be in danger of losing a fender in the morning.
BRS does a lot and it is very much appreciated. Vicky is right about the attitude adjustment about Queen of the Road TK. But I'm sure he will work hard on that.
Y'all have fun tonight. See ya sometime tomorrow! May the angels wrap their wings around y'all!
WELL GREAT!!!! GRIN AND SMILE TOO!
Great Wave, Steve!!!
I didn't see a smile and he had to multitask as he was on a cell phone. Bet Grandma called to scold him about his attitude with Queen TK!!!!
BUT THANKS STEVE!!! Now get to bed soon with that beautiful fur neck pillow!
Goodnight BRS and TK. Thanks for the wave. Hope dinner was good, TK is happy and you both sleep tight! See ya tomorrow!
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Steve, don't know if you heard the noise, but at about 12:05 AM, several tractors passed by you. I couldn't count them all cause the cam froze. Then just as quickly, they circled round and left. No trailers....looked like a rodeo act. The time I gave, is your computer time.
Hey Steve,
Feeling a little overwelmed? Your site has become pretty popular. Do the best you can, its appreciated.
Mike
Good Morning Steve and Miss TK
well I am still waiting about the rebuttal about TK.. I don't forget :)
Good morning BRS & TK. I've got MY large cup of strong coffee, and MY cat in my lap, waiting for the driver...
Good Morning Steve and TK. I also am waiting. I have a cat also she is 17 years old and loves to watch with me on my lap. We also have 3 dogs, but she is still Queen of the house. She tells them what is what all the time. They are so much fun to watch. Have a great day and we is ready when you are.
A good morning to eveyone else thats riding along
It is 7:30am on Sunday and video streaming keeps going off line :(
Morning Kids, lets get the show on the road. Got my own name now. Fire that bad boy up and lets roll.
Len Burleson, tx
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