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#90,442
GonePlaid said:
I drove tractor trailers for 23 years
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Also, mad respect for truckers. I had an uncle who drove long-haul pretty much his entire adult life, and got quite a few rides from truckers in my hitchhiking days, which gave me even more insights to what they dealt with. I get so pissed off every time I see some genius in downtown Austin cut off a trucker and hit their brakes.
 
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#90,445
Inky13 said:
Did you see Devils Tower? Maybe The Mothership will land and drop off Elvis.
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I don’t think we did :/
We have seen some glorious stuff though!

Christine said:
1000 mile drives? :roflmao: I'm laughing but that's not funny; the most I have ever driven is 600 miles in one day and that was a killer.

If you do come to the UK you'll have to let us know, we'll come over :)
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Will do! I’ve been there many times, but not with Eskimo Brothers. They’ve never been outside of the States yet. Things are growing fast, so we’re hoping to change that soon!
Long drives are just part of touring over here. One of the toughest I can think of was on a Legendary ShackShakers Tour. We played San Diego with Rancid, got asked to jump off the tour for just one night to open for the Pogues at the Fillmore in San Francisco. We made the drive, got in the van right after the show and drove all night to make our final show with Rancid in Anaheim, CA. We loaded out of that gig at 2am, I took the band to the airport (I volunteered to get our rig home) and drove 1,000 miles before getting a hotel. That was a brutal 3 days!
 
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GonePlaid said:
I drove tractor trailers for 23 years, averaging about 400-475 miles a night. Now I tell people I'm gonna zip up to Orlando(140 miles)and I get "That far?". Shoot, I can do that in my sleep. Probably have at some point.:smug: London to Glasgow is only 40 miles farther than Miami to Jacksonville. I used to do that non-stop in 5 1/2 hours-in this.View attachment 3116362
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Miles_ONeal said:
Also, mad respect for truckers. I had an uncle who drove long-haul pretty much his entire adult life, and got quite a few rides from truckers in my hitchhiking days, which gave me even more insights to what they dealt with. I get so pissed off every time I see some genius in downtown Austin cut off a trucker and hit their brakes.
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I think or imagine that truckers in the States take their job with more than a pinch of pride, it seems like an honourable profession that is done with pride and respect for other road users. Here is is so different, truckers or lorry drivers as they are known are less so, there are so many illegal trucks from other countries on the road driving irresponsibly and aggressively. Drivers drive silly hours trying to get to ports etc. They disable their tachometers and just about every other trick you can name, This is British drivers too BTW. I shared an office with a logistics department in my last job for a while so got to see a lot of this, well hear not see. In the end the company I worked for nearly lost their operators licence because of it and were forcibly made to toe the line.

Admittedly not every driver or company is like that only a small minority thankfully but the havoc they can cause is untrue, we live near the port to Ireland so get to see more than our fair share of the bad behaviour. The good drivers are very different, courteous and safe driving always, they actually stand out a mile because their not side swiping other road users so they can overtake. I'm having a bit of a rant about that with good reason. I suppose bad driving is everywhere but with so many badly trained foreign drivers who seem above the law on the road what do we expect? Rant over and sorry, I have like Miles, much respect for the good drivers out there, they're worth they're weight in gold
 
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dukeorock said:
I don’t think we did :/
We have seen some glorious stuff though!



Will do! I’ve been there many times, but not with Eskimo Brothers. They’ve never been outside of the States yet. Things are growing fast, so we’re hoping to change that soon!
Long drives are just part of touring over here. One of the toughest I can think of was on a Legendary ShackShakers Tour. We played San Diego with Rancid, got asked to jump off the tour for just one night to open for the Pogues at the Fillmore in San Francisco. We made the drive, got in the van right after the show and drove all night to make our final show with Rancid in Anaheim, CA. We loaded out of that gig at 2am, I took the band to the airport (I volunteered to get our rig home) and drove 1,000 miles before getting a hotel. That was a brutal 3 days!
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Sometimes survival is the key to success.
 
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dukeorock said:
I don’t think we did :/
We have seen some glorious stuff though!



Will do! I’ve been there many times, but not with Eskimo Brothers. They’ve never been outside of the States yet. Things are growing fast, so we’re hoping to change that soon!
Long drives are just part of touring over here. One of the toughest I can think of was on a Legendary ShackShakers Tour. We played San Diego with Rancid, got asked to jump off the tour for just one night to open for the Pogues at the Fillmore in San Francisco. We made the drive, got in the van right after the show and drove all night to make our final show with Rancid in Anaheim, CA. We loaded out of that gig at 2am, I took the band to the airport (I volunteered to get our rig home) and drove 1,000 miles before getting a hotel. That was a brutal 3 days!
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Opening for the Pougues, how could you refuse, a brilliant band if lacking in some personal hygiene :vomit: Where was Mrs MacGowan with a tooth brush?
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
Also, mad respect for truckers. I had an uncle who drove long-haul pretty much his entire adult life, and got quite a few rides from truckers in my hitchhiking days, which gave me even more insights to what they dealt with. I get so pissed off every time I see some genius in downtown Austin cut off a trucker and hit their brakes.
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With today's tinfoil cars and the fact I could legally gross 40 tons, it seems rather foolhardy. And it causes me maximum pucker factor.:banghead:
 
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Christine said:
I think or imagine that truckers in the States take their job with more than a pinch of pride, it seems like an honourable profession that is done with pride and respect for other road users. Here is is so different, truckers or lorry drivers as they are known are less so, there are so many illegal trucks from other countries on the road driving irresponsibly and aggressively. Drivers drive silly hours trying to get to ports etc. They disable their tachometers and just about every other trick you can name, This is British drivers too BTW. I shared an office with a logistics department in my last job for a while so got to see a lot of this, well hear not see. In the end the company I worked for nearly lost their operators licence because of it and were forcibly made to toe the line.

Admittedly not every driver or company is like that only a small minority thankfully but the havoc they can cause is untrue, we live near the port to Ireland so get to see more than our fair share of the bad behaviour. The good drivers are very different, courteous and safe driving always, they actually stand out a mile because their not side swiping other road users so they can overtake. I'm having a bit of a rant about that with good reason. I suppose bad driving is everywhere but with so many badly trained foreign drivers who seem above the law on the road what do we expect? Rant over and sorry, I have like Miles, much respect for the good drivers out there, they're worth they're weight in gold
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I honestly think the greater percentage of drivers are professional in attitude. Unfortunately, a few "cowboys" who do stupid, dangerous "stuff", reflect badly on the serious ones. Very much like many other lines of work. BTW, the craziness seems to exist close to ports here also. Gotta make deadlines? No excuse!
 
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dukeorock said:
I don’t think we did :/
We have seen some glorious stuff though!



Will do! I’ve been there many times, but not with Eskimo Brothers. They’ve never been outside of the States yet. Things are growing fast, so we’re hoping to change that soon!
Long drives are just part of touring over here. One of the toughest I can think of was on a Legendary ShackShakers Tour. We played San Diego with Rancid, got asked to jump off the tour for just one night to open for the Pogues at the Fillmore in San Francisco. We made the drive, got in the van right after the show and drove all night to make our final show with Rancid in Anaheim, CA. We loaded out of that gig at 2am, I took the band to the airport (I volunteered to get our rig home) and drove 1,000 miles before getting a hotel. That was a brutal 3 days!
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What kind of vehicle are we talking about? Van? Bus? How do you guys fit all your gear? I’m pretty sure we’re not talking a Plymouth Reliant here.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
Yeah, it seems we hog down this board with lots of TBird unrelated topics (myself a primary offender) which makes it difficult for folks with less time to find tidbits of information they may have been seeking without going through loads of pages when they have not been logged on for awhile. Don't get me wrong, I love being on here and joking and sharing etc. but am not sure this is the true intention of this club. On the other hand intuition tells me that more posts are better for the club? Or is this just the way we roll and members rely on member's kindred spirit in pointing them to posts that may interest them when asking about something that may have been covered already? I have seen quite a bit of that as well..:thumbsup::thumbsup:
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I think the voluminous posting of esoterica is a means of "not being the Gen Pop". Because Gibsons and Thunderbirds are reviled in the Gen Pop orthodoxy of 7enders and derivatives, re treat the club as our bastion of acceptance.
 
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Inky13 said:
What kind of vehicle are we talking about? Van? Bus? How do you guys fit all your gear? I’m pretty sure we’re not talking a Plymouth Reliant here.
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On that tour it would’ve been a large van and a trailer. We only ever used busses in Europe with the ShackShakers
 
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PillO said:
I think the voluminous posting of esoterica is a means of "not being the Gen Pop". Because Gibsons and Thunderbirds are reviled in the Gen Pop orthodoxy of 7enders and derivatives, re treat the club as our bastion of acceptance.
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Yeah yeah, I know, ahem, phrasing....

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