*** Truck Driver and other driver Appreciation Thread ***

[Inchworm]

My dad would be in the shit right now if he were still living.

Thanks for all you guys do getting the stuff delivered to us consumers.

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/gdu/gasdiesel.asp

Let's hope the diesel prices come down soon. I imagine owner-operators are taking a big punch these days with fuel $4+ throughout the country.

A special shout out to Droopy since I know for sure he is a driver.

You All Rock!

:yourock:

[puerco-bellies]

1. That's got to be a tough job.

Kudos to all that keep us supplied with all that we need.

[Inchworm]

3. It is tough

They say anyone can do it for one day, but it takes a certain breed to do it for a living.

I believe it.

:hi:

[Swede]

2. I have a few trucker friends,and it is a hard way to make a living.

Without them this society would screech to a standstill.

[Inchworm]

4. Be sure to tell them thanks

I suspect company drivers may be taking cuts just to make up for the fuel prices one rung above them.

:hi:

[sagetea]

5. my husband was a driver for 20 + yrs.

Now he is in the office running 30 milk trucks in Idaho and Oregon.
I'm his secretary!! let's hear for the drivers woot woot!

[Inchworm]

9. Yay!

I knew there more out there :)

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. I have a lot of respect for those men and women

I live between two of the most heavily traveled north-south truck routes in the country — U.S. 101 and I-5 (not "the 101" or "the 5," TYVM), so I encounter them often, and I've noted for a long time that they tend to be the best and most courteous drivers on the road.

Considering what they put up with — long hours, DWT jerksticks in four-wheelers and bullshit from dispatchers — it's a wonder they aren't all trying to re-enact "Duel."

:patriot:

[Inchworm]

10. I remember dad hating having a load in CA along that stretch

CA are very strict from what I remember. That's why we always washed the truck in Vegas :P

:hi:

[littlebit]

7. I was a trucker

for a little over ten years. I know own several trucks and have other guys driving them. Fuel prices right now are ridiculous and have been for some time. Fortunately my trucks are leased on with a great company. I am able to get good rates for the freight my guys are hauling.

[Inchworm]

11. I was thinking the owner operators are who get hurt the worse

As long as the guys you lease to pass the cost to the buyer and not cutting below a rung, that will be ok.

:hi:

[Droopy]

8. Thanks, Inchworm!

There are others here who will appreciate your kind words as well. I just talked to a long time DUer the other day who is a truck driver and I never knew it before then. I also know of at least 4 other DUers who are or have been truckers.

[Inchworm]

12. No, thank you!

You are doin it backards hehe.

This is for you guys. Thanks for getting the job done.

:patriot: