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Here are some of the things I have experienced when I pushed it a bit too hard.
1. Feeling like the truck is rolling, even though you have gotten back up to check to make sure you set the parking brakes 5 times.
2. You wake up in a cold gut wrentching fear because you honestly can not remember if you parked the truck before going to bed.
3. You swear that there is people knocking on your truck even though you are parked in the middle of no where.
4. You get up to use the restroom and have no clue as to where you are.
5. In the morning it takes you 20 minutes to figure out where you are and where you were going.
6. You go to bed in a Wal Mart parking lot and wake up in a Kmart parking lot.
7. You lay down while parked in the truck stop only to be awaken 3 hours later by the lumper telling you he is finished unloading you.
8. You could swear you are in Kansas but are really in Colorado.
9. Your last 3 days of log entries all have the same date on them, and you are not cheating or using loose leaf.
10. You sit down to eat and are genuinely suprised by what the waitress brought you.
Let me tell you. These are not good feelings to have. Your mind plays all sorts of tricks on you when you crank out that one extra mile, not to mention who knows what you might have missed.
I will always be a mutter trucker at heart.
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Its scary when you get that tired. Thanks for the post.
TJ

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Damn man, I thought you were joking.

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I can definately feel for ya Uturn, and can add a couple.
Newbies... when you park that truck after runnin all day, feelin like a 'supertrucker'... take a few minutes and look around the lot where you parked... count how many rows you pass to get to the truck stop door, look around for row letters on light poles....
My Story: My first week out, many moons ago, I ran hard one week, taking everything that was offered too me, too afraid to go sleep, afraid I would miss something... pulled into a truckstop, and fell into my bed for some needed rest. About 2 am, I got up, stomped my feet into my boots, and half awake, shuffled into the truckstop to use the restroom...few minutes later, came back outside... stopped cold in my tracks looking at what seemed like thousands of trucks, and realized.... I had NO CLUE where my truck was.'
I wondered the rows for 15 minutes, before security pulled up in their golf cart to see what the heck I was doin... upon explaining my plight, and waiting for him to stop laughing he drove me up and down the rows til we found it...4 rows back, on the other side of the truckstop...
One other thing... that first night or two out, when you jump up to go potty , shove on your boots, and run for the truckstop, be sure to check yourself BEFORE jumping out of the truck.... people look at ya a little funny when ya run thru a parking lot in boots and boxers... but that's another story.....
Peace!
Virus
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Number six i still havent had the plesure of experiencing yet.
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Westline264 - What was that?
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Is that the only one of the list you havent experiance yet. Hell a few of them I have and havent even gone with a trainer yet..

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The one I hate is when pushing it down the road and i hullucinate about a tree fallen across the road. I usually have my leg cocked to stomp the binders when I realize what it is.
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Westline264 - What was that?
Hoss - A Vneck.
From the conversation in Hoss's truck as we cruise the 'Roundtable' Highway.
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One thing I hate is when I get parked after a long day, and am just sitting in the seat winding down, and the truck next to me starts pulling forward.
The first thought that goes through my mind is "OH, SH*T, I'M ROLLING BACKWARDS!!!"
After nearly pulling the brake knobs out of the dash i realize I'm NOT the one that's moving!
I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane.
Waylon Jennings

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Originally posted by flyboy2610:
One thing I hate is when I get parked after a long day, and am just sitting in the seat winding down, and the truck next to me starts pulling forward.
The first thought that goes through my mind is "OH, SH*T, I'M ROLLING BACKWARDS!!!"
After nearly pulling the brake knobs out of the dash i realize I'm NOT the one that's moving!
I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane.
Waylon Jennings
Yeah I love that feeling too. I really enjoy it when I am in the fuel island and there is this big, new shiny Pete parked about 6 inches off my bumper and the driver looks to be about 7 ft, 350 lbs, and having a real bad day already.
I will always be a mutter trucker at heart.
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You stop in Nashville, Tennessee to take a nap at 4PM in the afternoon with the sun on one side of your truck, then wake-up much later with the sun on the other side of your truck!
After you notice that dry bad taste in your mouth and the bad need of a bathroom. You look at the clock and it says 8AM!
(That was back in 1981)
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Many a time, I've awakened not knowing what State I was in.
One time, I was hitting my arm on the sleeper wall. In my sleepy not quite awake stupor, I'm trying to figure out why there is this wall in my bedroom. I thought I was at home!!!
I've awaken not knowing if it's am. or pm.
One thing about OTR. I sleep better, more soundly in my truck than anywhere else.