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Trucker Appreciation Week

Kachina624 — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 17:47:57 GMT

Time to thank those who manage to bring us all of our stuff. Special thanks to the women in trucking like @RedTop 's daughter who surely must have to work even harder to prove themselves. Thanks guys and gals!

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SoX — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 18:04:01 GMT

Is @RedTop the poster known as Mother Trucker? I remember her posts about her daughter ...

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qvcfreak — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 18:26:08 GMT

My nephew, Oscar is a trucker. My hats off to him and all truckers male and female. Thank you for all your hard work.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:31:34 GMT

@SoX I'm not sure if she has changed her name. She's been RedTop a long time.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:35:56 GMT

@SoX wrote:
Is @RedTop the poster known as Mother Trucker? I remember her posts about her daughter ...

@SoX No, she isn't. Mother Trucker sold trucks or something like that. Haven't seen her in quite awhile.

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nevergivesup — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:46:02 GMT

I’m very grateful to all the truckers who make our lives function smoothly. It’s a very tough job and I’m glad @Kachina624 @brought this to our attention.

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Burnsite — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:48:31 GMT

One of my nephews-in-law is a trucker, and he works very hard, while his wife has a few kids of their own and also fosters at-risk kids. Where would we be without the kind of long-haul transports that bring us our goods and groceries?

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RedTop — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:51:46 GMT

Thank you for remembering my trucker daughter during Trucker Appreciation week!

9 years and about 2 million miles driven, there are only about 10 company drivers with more seniority than her; they're also 10-15+ years older.

She truly loves what she does, and we are very proud of her!

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Kachina624 — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:53:02 GMT

@Burnsite " Where would we be without the kind of long-haul transports that bring us our goods and groceries?"

Our National economy would crash, that's where we'd be.

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SoX — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:53:42 GMT

My neighbor two houses down, is a long-distance trucker ... sometimes I don't see him for weeks at a time.

He inherited the house from his mother who was a dear friend. The house and lawn looks as good now as when she was alive ... she raised a good son.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:55:32 GMT

@RedTop Tell daughter we're so glad she's out there truckin' along. And thanks for doing it.

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tiny 2 — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 20:01:49 GMT

@Burnsite wrote:
One of my nephews-in-law is a trucker, and he works very hard, while his wife has a few kids of their own and also fosters at-risk kids. Where would we be without the kind of long-haul transports that bring us our goods and groceries?

@Burnsite, We would be SUNK!!!!!

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RedTop — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 20:11:40 GMT

@SoX

My daughter is usually out 7-11 days when she does her normal west coast run.

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RedTop — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 20:13:26 GMT

@Kachina624

I already have, and she's grinning from ear to ear right now!

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MOMMAVik — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 20:20:49 GMT

@RedTop, A huge thank you to your daughter for her dedication to her career. I read in your posts about her stop overs at home & you always give her so much care! Bless her as she travels the country!

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RetRN — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 20:34:25 GMT

@RedTop, your daughter is a rock star in my eyes. So thankful for workers like her.

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AuntG — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 00:52:54 GMT

My husband and I have 63 years of combined experience working with truckers. We are not truckers, and never could be! The ones we knew were hard working and dedicated employees. I noticed that many were single people who actually enjoyed being on the road. Often times, they had a small apartment or lived with a family member. They usually took nice vacations and splurged on their hobbies.

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BoopOMatic — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 01:52:10 GMT

Truck drivers are the salt of the earth.

They're underpaid

They have to drive through all types of weather

They're away from their families

They have to drive through riots and whatnot

Not to mention they are hassled by police and get tickets if their load is overweight, etc.

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RedTop — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:28:14 GMT

@BoopOMatic

In WV, you will not travel any of our interstates without seeing clearly marked DOT vehicles waiting to pull semi trucks and commercial vehicles over, for violations.

DOT is very good in finding unsafe equipment on these large trucks and getting them repaired, or off the road. Not all trucking companies maintain their trucks as they should, which is why drivers spend so much time waiting for road repairs.

My daughter is held responsible for the weight of the product loaded on her truck. As soon as she pulls away from a warehouse loading dock, she drives to the closest weigh station to get an official weight. Based on that weight, she can adjust her tandems to accommodate, but often has to go back to the warehouse to have product moved around inside the trailer, or removed, with an adjustment to the paperwork. A weight issue falls squarely on the driver.

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yellowrose — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:43:33 GMT

HAPPY TRUCKER APPRECIATION WEEK (and thanks @Kachina624 for bringing it

to our attention) They never receive the thanks they deserve.

And a special THANK YOU @RedTop to your trucker daughter.

We have a friend who is a trucker, but his truck has been parked for the last few months.

He started having health issues and now can't afford the $$$$$$ to have his truck

inspected, plus he needs new tires. He had to get a behind a desk job and he hates it.

Itchin' to get back on the road.