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Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/18/2008 6:52:06 PM   
Darkbird



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Status: offline 		Well, it seems this got lost in the crash or what ever this morning so here we go again.
OK, I can't be the only person who is driving truck and into R/C stuff. So lets hear from you other OTR drivers and anyone else who drives as part of thier job and keeps something to fly/drive with them. so lets hear who you drive for (if you willing to admit to it!!) and what your driving. And tell us what RC your flying/driving when you have spare time(or a lunch break for you hourly types).
Currently I'm driving for JB Hunt(yeah, I admitted that in a public forum) in an 05 Century class Freightliner. Normally I keep about 4 aircraft on the truck with me but 2 got damaged. My slow-flyer got hanger rash(sleeper rash?) and was left at home the last time i was there. The other was my foamie Extra300 plane I use for 3-D stuff and was the first bad "dumb thumb" move in a few years. Low, slow, and inverted, went to do an outside half loop, increased throttle and pulled up. Didn't even break the prop but that airframe was old and much patched/repaired. It failed along several old repairs and wasn't worth fixing. Haven't had time to throw together a new one yet. The other two are my T-Rex 450 and my Aerocat. Can't fly the Aerocat much, it eats up a lot of space in a hurry and needs a big field.
OK, lets hear from someone else.

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RE: Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/18/2008 9:33:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Finally, A driver. I have been driving for 16 years. 6 were OTR, the rest have been local city work. I have been working for an equipment rental company for the last 7 years. I work 1.5 miles from home. I try to fly at least 3-5 tims a week. Our club field is 20 min away. Here comes the boss gotta go.
-Andrew

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RE: Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/19/2008 5:55:04 AM   
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Status: online 		When I drove over the road up an down the west coast I did not get much building time in. I had to be carefull with what I had. I work for Hollywood now and do get home every night at least for a few hours.

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RE: Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/19/2008 1:41:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've been driving for 30 yrs and been flying R/C all of them. About the last 20 of those I've been home every night( or at least most of them) so I don't have your problem. The one I have is after spending 12 to 14 hrs a day in the truck I don't feel much like modeling except on weekends. I love building but the ARF's have really helped me out keeping planes in the air. Not that I crash a lot because I don't, I just have a bad habit of selling when I shouldn't. Bill

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RE: Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/19/2008 1:55:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah, local work is the goal but there isn't anything in my area right now. The few jobs that come up are so hotly contested that an employer has a lot of people to choose from. Have been toying with the thought of moving for a couple years now.
I pretty much gave up on building anything for lack of time. I went back to buying used airframes a lot. I don't have much trouble finding enough time to put servos, engine and such in a plane but the last kit I started has been sitting for about 3 years gathering dust. I did buy a B-25 arf that I'm hoping to have together this year, but I'm starting to doubt it. Every time I'm home the wife wants to go ride ATVs and I get little or no time in the shop. Can't turn her down though, it's one of the few things we both like to do.

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RE: Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/19/2008 11:59:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		Been driving for 23 yrs., flying for about a year now.
I work for Parker County now, driving, building roads etc. for 3 yrs now and wish I had came here 20 yrs ago, I love it !!!!!!!!
The last truck I had was a '99 pete, extended hood, 18 speed, 355's, 265"W/B 575 Cat, walk in, all aluminum, and FLAME RED PERIL... and, yes it was FAST... Man I loved that truck, but not the payments!!!!

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RE: Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/20/2008 1:32:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'm back. The boss gets a little cranky when we use the company computer. I started out driving for Burlington Motor Carriers out of Daleville In. I drove for them for two years before I decided to drive for a friend of mine here in Baltimore. I went from a slow cabover to a Fast condo Freightliner. It was black with the crome package and lights everywhere. I got more tickets with that thing. A 600 Cummins 18 speed and 380 rears will do that. Man I miss that truck. I just got an 07 day cab Mack with 39,000 on it. 480 hp 18 speed and 411 rears. It pulls equipment pretty well. It has crome everywhere. What a pain to keep clean. I'm basicly a 7-5 driver. Every other Saturday I have to work. When I drove otr I would think what a pain it must be to be a city driver. Now that I have been driving a city truck for 10 years, it is not so bad. I do miss the west coast runs now and then. I work 1.5 miles from home so I can get a quick flight in with a park flyer or go to the club field. I have been flying for 3 years now. I wounder why I waited so long to start.

-Andrew

Heading to Baltimore, Let me know.

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RE: Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/21/2008 11:19:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		during the day I dispatch (and drive) delivery trucks for a retail lumber yard. My truck is a 05 peterbilt 378 day cab 475 cat in front of a eaton 10 speed. Then at night I drive a short run for a local outfit. then I drive 99 Kenworth w900b 550 cat in front of a 13 speed. After a 80 hr week it sure feels good to fly saturday monings for an hour or two. I try to get out every other week to fly.

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RE: Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/22/2008 2:05:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'm a little surprised you have time for anything but sleep working that many hours. I drove for a couple different building materials places, but the money was never very good.

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RE: Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/23/2008 4:10:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		I used to drive trucks. THe last driving job I had was in 2005. Back in 1997 I was OTR, and had a quarter-scale buggy. Wrecked it on a drainage pipe at one of the terminals in York PA. Oops.

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RE: Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/25/2008 1:42:57 PM   
Darkbird



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Status: offline 		Hi again. Tried to visit a field an Arkansas a few days ago but they had a locked gate. Got hold of the club pres. on the phone and was told they had had a death in the club the day before. Was told to check back later as some of the die-hards might come out any way, but no one ever came. Might have had something to do with the 20+ Mph gusty wind that day(wimps ).
Well this morning I'm on the southwest side of D.C.(Springfield, Va specifically), delivering a load of beer. Weathervane, I'll send you a pm if I'm going up that way with any extra time. That's usually the problem, when I'm going by something interesting I usually don't have the time or a place to drop the trailer.
Texas Wheelman, how did you handle the fuel for you buggy? Have been thinking about having something "wet" powered with me(my Raptor comes to mind) but I'm not sure where I'd put the fuel. I'm assuming the DOT would have something to say about me having a gallon of glow fuel in the cab, and our trucks don't have any storage boxes on them. Have thought about using the toolbox off a pickup truck, just haven't figured a good way to secure it to the truck.

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RE: Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/25/2008 2:03:30 PM   
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Texas Wheelman, how did you handle the fuel for you buggy? Have been thinking about having something "wet" powered with me(my Raptor comes to mind) but I'm not sure where I'd put the fuel. I'm assuming the DOT would have something to say about me having a gallon of glow fuel in the cab, and our trucks don't have any storage boxes on them. Have thought about using the toolbox off a pickup truck, just haven't figured a good way to secure it to the truck.


That one ran on gasoline, so I just kept a gallon can and some 2-stroke oil with me. I'd usually be at or near a fuel station, so I'd mix up a gallon and run the car, and put any leftovers in the fuel tank of the truck.

Glow fuel would definitely be a different ballgame. A small water-tight toolbox on the catwalk might work, but you'll have to watch for trailer clearance. A ratcheting tie-down will secure it nicely. One of the smaller ones, about a 1.5" or 2" strap.

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RE: Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/25/2008 3:28:01 PM   
Darkbird



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Status: offline 		I had thought about using a strap, but I was really looking for something that would keep it from being stolen while I was in eating lunch somewhere. The strap could be unhooked or even cut pretty easily. I just haven't put much thought into it yet because I don't know what the DOT rules are regarding having something like glow or gas on the truck with you. I don't think you can even have a gas can on your truck, if what I've heard is correct.

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RE: Truck Drivin' R/Cers - 4/26/2008 12:59:24 AM   
Gary L.



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Status: offline 		Darkbird ,
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