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lunatica

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2. That truck stop has got to be managed by a damn MAGAT!

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Wed Mar 18, 2020, 07:34 PM

Mar 2020

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Truckers are starting to be denied access to running water, modern toilets.. [View all] denbot Mar 2020 OP

Get home safely soryang Mar 2020 #1

That truck stop has got to be managed by a damn MAGAT! lunatica Mar 2020 #2

Ummm, you should re-read the post, dware Mar 2020 #7

Thanks for the correction! lunatica Mar 2020 #24

No problem. dware Mar 2020 #27

Why is everyone so stupid about this? Tien1985 Mar 2020 #3

60 million people were stupid enough to vote for Trump. Mr.Bill Mar 2020 #54

Touche n/t Tien1985 Mar 2020 #86

Could it be that there is no toilet paper in the bathrooms? pazzyanne Mar 2020 #67

I could be wrong but the way I read it Tien1985 Mar 2020 #85

Hat tip to you and your fellow truckers - logistics wins wars Strelnikov_ Mar 2020 #4

When I was on the road. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #5

Yeah, I'm going to have to buy jugs now. denbot Mar 2020 #8

Thanks. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #12

Very good advice. denbot Mar 2020 #19

You're quite welcome. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #23

Wow I'm so happy to know this about you, thanks! Road warriors are amazing. ancianita Mar 2020 #35

It was a long time ago... 2naSalit Mar 2020 #63

Maybe. But you never lose those skills and knowledge. You sound quite modest about it, imo. ancianita Mar 2020 #73

I agree that 2naSalit Mar 2020 #75

Some advice from someone who has done editing Aquaria Mar 2020 #78

Thanks! 2naSalit Mar 2020 #80

Well... ancianita Mar 2020 #83

Not that this is all that important, but hit up a local salon supply store Volaris Mar 2020 #49

Very good advice. dware Mar 2020 #20

Nice, I'm in a 2020 Volvo 860 Globetrotter. denbot Mar 2020 #33

Nice truck. dware Mar 2020 #34

Just looked. denbot Mar 2020 #40

Thanks!!! dware Mar 2020 #43

I've been hauling nothing but Walmart trailers for the past 2 weeks, dware Mar 2020 #6

We do Walmart loads too. denbot Mar 2020 #9

I've been hauling mostly in the S. Nev area, dware Mar 2020 #14

I see a lot of drivers in Wal*Mart lots. They also let people sleep in their cars too. TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #11

Hell, they even let Matt Gaetz sleep in his car in one! 2naSalit Mar 2020 #13

That was 5 minutes of weakness. That Matt Gaetz post went back to me hating on them for being dicks. TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #15

Long distance truckers deliver to their distribution centers, not stores. denbot Mar 2020 #16

Walmart isn't able to keep up with the demand with their own trucking fleet, dware Mar 2020 #26

I've seen RVer's parked at Walmart parking lots overnight, dware Mar 2020 #17

+1 ancianita Mar 2020 #37

As with many carriers... VarryOn Mar 2020 #79

Here in San Antonio, Aquaria Mar 2020 #81

Service plazas on the PA turnpike have put out porta-potty's and closed their good facilities. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2020 #10

Wow's that's bad. I'm so sorry. crickets Mar 2020 #18

Make sure you have alcohol wet wipes handy in cab. magicarpet Mar 2020 #21

Do you know anywhere you can buy them? SergeStorms Mar 2020 #69

Try Staples or OfficeMax they carry wipes.... magicarpet Mar 2020 #71

I've tried all of them.... SergeStorms Mar 2020 #74

You can make it and get the components... BrightKnight Mar 2020 #82

Be safe out there all you good truckers. Hope you work out accommodations. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #22

Any room on the rig for one of these? ... Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #25

For the SuperSleeper equipped trucks, yes. dware Mar 2020 #29

Dude (or Dudette), nice rig! denbot Mar 2020 #36

Dude, and no, dware Mar 2020 #39

That's one hell of a sleeper. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #42

And that's not even the biggest that's offered. dware Mar 2020 #44

My husband was a mover for 20 years, he had a sleeper for dewsgirl Mar 2020 #47

After my wife passed away, there was nothing holding me to a permanent location, dware Mar 2020 #52

Really nice, especially if you love it. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #53

also small tip. if you see a trucker trying to walk up to the drive thru restaurant offer to help. Pillow talk Mar 2020 #28

Thank you!!!! dware Mar 2020 #32

Since most of the restaurants at truck stops have stopped in store seating and don't Pillow talk Mar 2020 #38

Washington state coming off the freeway going to either Centralia or Kelso has a fast food window. Doreen Mar 2020 #56

Very cool. dware Mar 2020 #57

If you are a car make damn sure you do not get in the wrong drive through. Doreen Mar 2020 #58

Yeah, that could sphincter pucker time. dware Mar 2020 #59

My friend almost did that years ago when we were going home from Napavine. Doreen Mar 2020 #60

That had to be scary. dware Mar 2020 #61

Yeah, me too. Doreen Mar 2020 #62

If we lose truckers we all starve. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #30

If you got it... keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #64

That sucks d_b Mar 2020 #31

I watched this earlier. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #45

As you probably read, dware Mar 2020 #46

OK, maybe I should have modified my title to "Some Truckers". denbot Mar 2020 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #51

Hope you don't run out of hours. dware Mar 2020 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #50

Truckers are the ultimate social distancing, all alone in a truck all day IronLionZion Mar 2020 #65

Alienating truck drivers isn't going to help us keep PatrickforO Mar 2020 #66

A UPS driver wrote a blog on this, Frontline in a Pandemic: A UPS Worker's View Beringia Mar 2020 #68

Wow. Thanks. Duppers Mar 2020 #72

If the truckers stop, the trucks stop..... SergeStorms Mar 2020 #70

They are MFM008 Mar 2020 #76

I work for one of the big carriers... VarryOn Mar 2020 #77

At least they provided a portapotty TrogL Mar 2020 #84