Sure don't feel like 20yrs

[The Rubber Duck 006]

Well March 3rd I celebrated 20yrs and 2 million Miles pushin these Diesels down the Line. 

[tjc transport]

20 years............your just a trainee!!🤣

56 years here..with the first 6 in gas powered trucks. cant tell you total miles, but i am at least at 2 million. 

i tried figuring it out a few years bak but could not remember all the different trucks i drove, most got at least 100,000 miles before being replaced with newer ones.

[70mackMB]

Congrats on your 20 & 2 Duck!     48 years legally plus some not documented can we say? From OTR to local, what the mileage is l would like to know but never will. And just about all of it chargeable accident free.    .....Hippy   

[Brocky]

3 minutes ago, 70mackMB said:

Congrats on your 20 & 2 Duck! 

Same here.. 44 legal years plus a few more before I got my what was then a CDL in 1967. I figure overall about 5 million (+/-) 

[other dog]

One of the first things I was told was "you never log over 450 miles a day". 

So I never did, even if I drove from Omaha to Tampa- 450 miles 😁 

[Brocky]

3 hours ago, other dog said:

One of the first things I was told was "you never log over 450 miles a day". 

That is why we ran 2 or 3 log books!!!!!

[The Rubber Duck 006]

Well an old hand once told me that a normal Over The Road driver crosses 1 million miles every 10yrs. I was very busy my first 10yrs of Trucking and got it done in 9 and 1/2 😆 🤣.  I figure I'll drive and live this Trucker life till either I can't do it anymore or they tell me "Mr.Lyle you're no longer able to drive a commercial vehicle". It's been an adventure for sure.

[The Rubber Duck 006]

7 hours ago, tjc transport said:

20 years............your just a trainee!!🤣

56 years here..with the first 6 in gas powered trucks. cant tell you total miles, but i am at least at 2 million. 

i tried figuring it out a few years bak but could not remember all the different trucks i drove, most got at least 100,000 miles before being replaced with newer ones.

Some days It still feels like my first day behind the wheel of a truck 😆 🤣 😂 😹.  But if everyday were perfect everybody would be doing it and It ain't for everybody

[The Rubber Duck 006]

6 hours ago, 70mackMB said:

Congrats on your 20 & 2 Duck!     48 years legally plus some not documented can we say? From OTR to local, what the mileage is l would like to know but never will. And just about all of it chargeable accident free.    .....Hippy   

I appreciate it ....Hippy I'm looking forward to maybe about 30 more then call it good 👍.  

[The Rubber Duck 006]

5 hours ago, other dog said:

One of the first things I was told was "you never log over 450 miles a day". 

So I never did, even if I drove from Omaha to Tampa- 450 miles 😁 

If I can remember correctly The most I've legally logged was 626miles. 

[The Rubber Duck 006]

2 hours ago, Brocky said:

That is why we ran 2 or 3 log books!!!!!

Had a Company that wanted me to Run 2 log books. Told the man "I've had a hard enough time learning one let alone two"...Then they seen that I could do just as good as the Boys runnin 2 books so they left me alone 😆 🤣 😂 😹. 

[other dog]

7 minutes ago, The Rubber Duck 006 said:

If I can remember correctly The most I've legally logged was 626miles. 

I've logged over 700 and never got in trouble for it, but when I started the speed limit was 55 everywhere, still 45 for trucks on some 2 lane roads. And you could only drive for 10 hours. 

Now you can go west and drive 75 mph. For 11 hours. I remember one time I left Blytheville Arkansas in the morning and pulled into the yard in Concord, Virginia that evening and the e-log said I had a minute left to drive. As soon as the back of the trailer cleared 460 I stopped and hit "off duty".