I wanna be a trucker...

[VR6in]

International Harley Davidson Series

Fuck those are ugly.

Give me an old school flat top Pete with donkey ears any day. Classic looking truck all the way.

I actually don't know anything about them, I'm just going by looks alone.

[billybob]

I was going on looks alone too. lol.


Its just nice to see a rig with a bit of style. Big change from what you see out there on the roads now.

[Scott]

I think it looks pretty good

[Inopia]

man I hated the Lonestar's at first, then I got in one.

Fucking beautiful trucks IMO.

[JBI]

man I hated the Lonestar's at first, then I got in one.

Fucking beautiful trucks IMO.

I hated them too and then I saw one all polished up rolling down the highway and my mind was changed right there. We had a guy hauling frac sand for us last winter that had a brand new one and it was so nice but he had to take it anywhere we needed sand at. Needless to say that truck took some abuse in it's first year. I watched him get pulled up a hill by a skidder and I thought for sure the front end was gonna get ripped off.
They look really funny with a moose bar on the front though, hideous actually.LOL

[Inopia]

really? I saw one with a moose grill on it that was contoured to the grille and it looked pretty damn good. I agree that it's not very "truckish" looking, but they are definitely nice.

The one I was in had fucking hardwood flooring in the cab AND bunk.

[JBI]

really? I saw one with a moose grill on it that was contoured to the grille and it looked pretty damn good. I agree that it's not very "truckish" looking, but they are definitely nice.

The one I was in had fucking hardwood flooring in the cab AND bunk.

There are alot of them here in Alberta now and most have moose bars and I've seen about 10 different brands of the bumper and I think they all looked strange.

[JP®]

Fuck they have some nice gear. I saw 3 or 4 of their trucks in Memramcook headed towards Moncton last friday. All shiny and stainless and ahhhh

He was going to buy those new Cornbinders, and his guys made a stink, and said they wanted peterbilts.

[JP®]

I do.

x2

Spent my summers in trucks as a kid, it was all I wanted to do after high school. Went to NB at 17, and turned 18 during the course, (legal age for class 1 in NB, it was 109 at the time in NS) got a NB address, returned to NS, and went to work.
Drove until I was 23, then got a desk job.

[JAC]

My Boss's S/O owns a Sterling/Western Star dealership in Dartmouth

[JBI]

My Boss's S/O owns a Sterling/Western Star dealership in Dartmouth

The company I work for will only buy western stars due to an agreement that we have with First Choice truck center in Lloydminster. They were the only truck dealership that would allow the owner of the company to pay payments to buy his first truck. Because they allowed him to do this (25 years ago) he vowed to never buy trucks from anybody else. He has since bought over 100 from them and we have the largest fleet of Western Stars in Canada due to them giving him the chance.

[Coopgranto]

I do.

I don't understand.. Why don't you just go do it then?

[Inopia]

I don't understand.. Why don't you just go do it then?

its not as easy as that. I don't have the money to go take the 12 week course, and I'm at a pretty good job right now that I don't want to give up yet to pursue this dream of mine. In time I'll do it, just not right yet.

I grew up in the passengers seat of a truck going all over the maritimes with my dad. It's in my blood

[Coopgranto]

its not as easy as that. I don't have the money to go take the 12 week course, and I'm at a pretty good job right now that I don't want to give up yet to pursue this dream of mine. In time I'll do it, just not right yet.

I grew up in the passengers seat of a truck going all over the maritimes with my dad. It's in my blood

If its in your blood, and your dream.. And its only a 12 week course away.. What is actually stopping you? Won't you make better money as a driver??

[Inopia]

If its in your blood, and your dream.. And its only a 12 week course away.. What is actually stopping you? Won't you make better money as a driver??

I can't just drop what I'm doing and go learn to be a trucker. As much as I wish I could, I can't right now.

[JBI]

If its in your blood, and your dream.. And its only a 12 week course away.. What is actually stopping you? Won't you make better money as a driver??

That 12 week course is also 8000 dollars and really the pay as a truck driver is not that good. If you drive team and drive constantly then you can make decent money but as a company driver you only get paid about 42 cents a mile. The best you can do legally is about 1200 km's a day so that is only about 300 a day if you are running your ass off, it would get pretty tiring after a while.

[JP®]

If the contract im working on today goes right, im going to buy myself a good used truck.