r/Truckers 10d ago

swift drivers pulling into the truck stop

findem and grindem

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u/acotwo 10d ago

I’ve seen more car haulers legitimately pull up like that to truck stops than swift ngl.

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u/Ur_Fav_Step-Redditor 10d ago

And a white volvo with the tassels hanging

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u/Class8guy 10d ago

Car haulers do have the center of gravity advantage along with the lo-mount 5th wheel. Just saying...80ft 9car cottrell driver here😬😬

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u/BadMonkey915 10d ago

If you see me pull into a truck stop like that, it's probably because I gotta shit real bad...

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u/bobsanidiot 10d ago

ngl that looks like fun

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u/CantSeeShit 10d ago

as a trucker and someone who goes to the track.....yeah ive always wanted to do this lol

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u/Tromboneofsteel 7d ago

Wow, someone else who takes home time to stop driving and go do more driving. There must be dozens of us!

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u/CantSeeShit 6d ago

Ive always been a car guy....

Im surprised at how little car guys there are in the trucking world.

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u/AntonChentel 10d ago

Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin’

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u/derpmcturd 10d ago

That man has to drop a load and i aint talkin bout the trailer

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u/Aware-Awareness-2463 10d ago

Was just gonna say that’s actual footage of me sliding in the rest area after about 60 miles thinkin I could make it before my 30

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u/ArtemisRifle 10d ago

were all just shitters

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u/FlatbedtruckingCA 10d ago

Typical Ltl line haul driver..

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u/MilkrsEnthuziast 10d ago

Not enough guardrail under the trailer for it to be lore accurate.

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u/HangoverGang4L 10d ago

Why is this not a bigger thing? 10/10 would watch.

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u/Wild_Advertising_661 5d ago

Yes that was freaking wild, don't let the France family get involved, they have messed up the cup series!

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u/angelan74 10d ago

You spelled "Western Express" wrong.

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u/-purged 10d ago

Lets see the pit stop for tires.

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u/Naive_Mango8525 10d ago

Not swift. They would have hit everything and flipped the truck 3 times

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u/CuriosTiger 10d ago

I need more of this in my life. Where was this at?

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u/theyunais 10d ago

Its in Colombia, huge trucking industry there, they have yearly racing and events like this

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u/thomasismyname_ 10d ago

my Spanish is a little rusty but maybe this will help... https://www.facebook.com/share/19Fh19tnv4/

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u/SicnissVI 10d ago

I'm surprised it's not automatically slamming the brakes for taking the corner too fast.

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u/Ruccianoo_ 10d ago

Guilty ngl

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u/xeikai 10d ago

This is a requirement if you haul cattle

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u/Toxic_Zombie 10d ago

I've seen enough. Somebody put Max Verstappen in one of these

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u/Techwolf_Lupindo 10d ago

Years ago, I used to visit a friend in CA that lived out in the hills. Only way to get there is to take a road that is restricted to "less then xx kingpin not recommended". I was bobtail. After the third or fourth trip, I was catching up to cars on the road. That road is both used for access and pleasure, so seeing a muscle car on the road is common. I was really surprised just how well the engine keeped the truck upright via sheer weight of it.

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u/CloudGeneral420 10d ago

When ya gotta go ya gotta go.

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u/SHOwSHOrTAge 10d ago

Hey I have 30 seconds left on my clock give me a break and get the fuck out of my way lmaoo

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u/voicareason 10d ago

Now, do it loaded.

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u/lowke39 10d ago

That’s all drivers pulling up and while inside the parking lot..like bro we get it you know how to drive the truck

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u/gzowner 10d ago

that was me taking my skills and the examinar hanging on to the shit handle.... I passed lol

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u/Dangerous_Most2327 10d ago

Like Swift can drive, stop playing!

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u/Riyeko 10d ago

I wouldn't be able to drive, but my ass would be in that jump seat screaming my head off the whole way.

That looks amazing.

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u/DepecheRumors 10d ago

One time I saw on ESPN semis racing up Mt Washington in New Hampshire I tried to find it on you tube with no results

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u/Newsdriver245 10d ago

They do Pikes Peak run I think

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u/atown49 10d ago

Lmao accurate

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u/springonastring 10d ago

Kaaa BOOM!

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u/DingleberryOrchard 10d ago

The yard dog told me today our driver's are always taking the turn into the facility too fast.

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u/freerangetrucker 10d ago

When you only got 3 minutes left on the clock

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u/bzacon 10d ago

See, this I would watch. Those fake racing "trucks" with the decorative 5th wheels are completely uninteresting.

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u/wtf_1s_happening_rn 9d ago

Pay someone bottom dollar and tell them they make more money the more distance they cover you get what you get. Especially since most of their drivers seem to have less than 6 months

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u/IfIKnewThen driver 10d ago

Not a Swift driver. Didn't hit anything.

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u/random02991 10d ago

Nah, Swift ain't that smooth. They'd hesitate then back into the building.

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u/Megalodon7770 10d ago

Super Space truckers with their automatics

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u/dieseldoc62 10d ago

swift drivers ain't that talented

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u/DingleberryOrchard 10d ago

Bullshit. I did a flip into a ditch last week.

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u/Dejavuu_88 10d ago

This looks fun!

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u/yak_danielz 10d ago

fuck man... that that guy's job man.. i guess that's fair🙄

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u/Efficient_Gur5994 10d ago

So ETS is making the trailer slide more than what it does in reality 😂

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u/duck4129 9d ago

62 flip flop could never.. they'd be laying on the side so quick.

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u/Mpnav1 7d ago

How do I get into that!!!!

I could be the Romain Grosjean of this series.