Never driven a semi, but I bought a used Cobra 29 LTD from a yard sale for dirt cheap, and got a truck stop special whip antenna and cable job; mounted the antenna to my crossover box like the previous owner of the box had. Ended up taking the radio to a shop in Knoxville, TN while on a trip since it wasn't working, and got a new mike and tune up. Felt like a real man driving out of the truck stop the shop was in and hitting it up for a radio check, and getting several checks back.
I never really used it a whole lot, and the whip got old since I was dragging it in the drive thru line, but it did come in handy on one trip down the I40 gorge to TN. A trooper had pulled a rig just to use his radio trying to redirect traffic away from 40 because a massive hole had opened up on a bridge. I was too far from 77 to jump up that way, so I got sent on a backroads journey through rural Appalachia that to this day I have no clue where I actually was! GPS wasn't working worth a darn, and of course I don't have a physical map, so I just used my noggin and got to TN without I40 lol. The CB quit working years ago now, I've been wanting to redo the setup now I have a different truck and a greater appreciation for trucking, maybe I'll add it to my ever-increasing list of things to do.