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By my screen name you know what I do. Drove through Richmond Virginia. DC. Baltimore. Up the NJ turnpike. Crossed the GW bridge. Into NY, CT, RI and finally delivered in Massachusetts. In my 18 years of driving a truck I have never seen so little traffic in the Northeast. Now I sit here in the hot bed of this mess hoping and praying I dont catch something that I could potentially pass on to someone with a weak immune system. Man this is a time when people talk about 50 or even 100 years from now will sound insane. My job puts me at risk every single day on the highways. Now I have to fear being outside my truck. I'm shocked how this has crippled this country. Worse yet. How it has taken so many lives. VolNation your the greatest fans out there. Say a prayer for us truckers keeping your stores stocked. Your medical supplies handy. All while being refused service at some restaurants. God Bless and bring on football and normal living again.
 
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Thank you for the work you do. My boyfriend is a trucker as well and has spoke of how it’s gotten bad out there. Praying for all of the truckers, medical professionals, grocery workers, police, and anyone else who’s working during this time. Honestly, I’m praying for God to heal the land. I’m trusting that this too shall pass. Y’all take care and GB🍊
 
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cwbytruckers said:
By my screen name you know what I do. Drove through Richmond Virginia. DC. Baltimore. Up the NJ turnpike. Crossed the GW bridge. Into NY, CT, RI and finally delivered in Massachusetts. In my 18 years of driving a truck I have never seen so little traffic in the Northeast. Now I sit here in the hot bed of this mess hoping and praying I dont catch something that I could potentially pass on to someone with a weak immune system. Man this is a time when people talk about 50 or even 100 years from now will sound insane. My job puts me at risk every single day on the highways. Now I have to fear being outside my truck. I'm shocked how this has crippled this country. Worse yet. How it has taken so many lives. VolNation your the greatest fans out there. Say a prayer for us truckers keeping your stores stocked. Your medical supplies handy. All while being refused service at some restaurants. God Bless and bring on football and normal living again.
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OTR, and even local commercial drivers, are a key part of the lifeline that is keeping our economy alive right now (the rail and air cargo folks being the other two legs). I don't know what the rest of the country is doing, but let me tell you what the local and state (DPS, Troopers) are doing down here in the lower right-hand corner of the USA...

"Let 'em roll". We are not looking at speed (just keep it below 90, okay?), what lane you're in, your logbook, your brakes, or your manifest. You are feeding this nation, and keeping toilet paper on the shelves. All at considerable, or at least elevated risk to yourself and your families. If I could, I'd run blue-light escorts for convoys.

So keep safe, and keep those wheels turning. Some of us realize just how important you, and what you do, are to this nation and our way of life.

;)
 
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GreyWolf1129 said:
OTR, and even local commercial drivers, are a key part of the lifeline that is keeping our economy alive right now (the rail and air cargo folks being the other two legs). I don't know what the rest of the country is doing, but let me tell you what the local and state (DPS, Troopers) are doing down here in the lower right-hand corner of the USA...

"Let 'em roll". We are not looking at speed (just keep it below 90, okay?), what lane you're in, your logbook, your brakes, or your manifest. You are feeding this nation, and keeping toilet paper on the shelves. All at considerable, or at least elevated risk to yourself and your families. If I could, I'd run blue-light escorts for convoys.

So keep safe, and keep those wheels turning. Some of us realize just how important you, and what you do, are to this nation and our way of life.

;)
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Good call Grey Wolf. Let um roll. Need to close the scale houses to. Truckers need all the help they can get right now.
 
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Big Al Orange said:
Good call Grey Wolf. Let um roll. Need to close the scale houses to. Truckers need all the help they can get right now.
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My agency (S.O.) has never been big on commercial vehicle enforcement. Our philosophy is to let the professional drivers drive, and not do anything that affects their CDL, which is how they feed their family. There is a rash of big truck drivers out of South Florida (go figure) who apparently got their CDL at the same place that does "DUI School", and they are a pain in the rear, so we do have some interaction with those folks, who have no respect for anything else on the road. But by and large, we leave CVE to the state guys (mainly DPS). What I posted above came directly out of the mouth of a DPS supervisor for our area. Those big rigs, and the professional drivers, are effectively the ventilator that our economy is on right now. Far be it from me to go home and tell my boss "Honey, Winn-Dixie is out of toilet paper 'cause I wrote some truck driver a ticket."

Hoss, that dog ain't gonna hunt, and our German Shepard already has laid claim to the couch, so.....

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This thread reminds me of my military history. Patton said he could not have defeated the Nazi's without the red ball express (the term for the truckers supplying the soldiers during WWII). Colonel John S.D. Eisenhower, a veteran of the European war and son of the supreme Allied commander in Europe, wrote: "The spectacular nature of the advance [through France] was due in as great a measure to the men who drove the Red Ball trucks as to those who drove the tanks." Colonel Eisenhower concluded, "Without it [the Red Ball] the advance across France could not have been made." As the saying of the day went, "Red Ball trucks broke, but didn’t brake." I think in this war against COVID-19 it is the truckers yet again stepping up to the plate and will lead us to victory. Keep on truckin' my friend!
 
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My thanks to you for the work you do cowboy.
Life isn’t easy driving the roads 10 hours a day.
Working construction sometimes drive 10 to 24 hours just to get to a job.
Take care be safe and watch out for the people in their cars and trucks wanting to do 70 in a 45.
 
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cwbytruckers said:
By my screen name you know what I do. Drove through Richmond Virginia. DC. Baltimore. Up the NJ turnpike. Crossed the GW bridge. Into NY, CT, RI and finally delivered in Massachusetts. In my 18 years of driving a truck I have never seen so little traffic in the Northeast. Now I sit here in the hot bed of this mess hoping and praying I dont catch something that I could potentially pass on to someone with a weak immune system. Man this is a time when people talk about 50 or even 100 years from now will sound insane. My job puts me at risk every single day on the highways. Now I have to fear being outside my truck. I'm shocked how this has crippled this country. Worse yet. How it has taken so many lives. VolNation your the greatest fans out there. Say a prayer for us truckers keeping your stores stocked. Your medical supplies handy. All while being refused service at some restaurants. God Bless and bring on football and normal living again.
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Please know we've got your back! Praying for you and all your fellow truckers out there!
 
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A few weeks back I merged onto I-40 in the Western part of the state around 10 AM one morning and was amazed at the amount of trucks I spotted. I did a quick count on the stretch in front of and behind me on both East and west bound lanes and counted roughly 40 rigs rolling. I was so proud to be an American seeing other Americans taking care of their on. I prayed fervently for their safety. Thanks friend for keeping us stocked!!
 
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GreyWolf1129 said:
OTR, and even local commercial drivers, are a key part of the lifeline that is keeping our economy alive right now (the rail and air cargo folks being the other two legs). I don't know what the rest of the country is doing, but let me tell you what the local and state (DPS, Troopers) are doing down here in the lower right-hand corner of the USA...

"Let 'em roll". We are not looking at speed (just keep it below 90, okay?), what lane you're in, your logbook, your brakes, or your manifest. You are feeding this nation, and keeping toilet paper on the shelves. All at considerable, or at least elevated risk to yourself and your families. If I could, I'd run blue-light escorts for convoys.

So keep safe, and keep those wheels turning. Some of us realize just how important you, and what you do, are to this nation and our way of life.

;)
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Every scale was closed last night. One in Virginia had a sign up. From the state troopers of Virginia we thank you for your service. Awesome to see.
 
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TBvol said:
GreyWolf1129; Thank you for your service,keeping us safe and secure.
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Appreciate it, but I signed up for a measure of risk. Right now, it's the First Responders (FF/EMT), medical staffs, truck drivers, and those working the line at Winn-Dixie and McDonalds who are on the front line. There are many other professions involved as well, but you get my point. In all seriousness, my heart goes out to those folks.

Put them in your prayers. They're already in ours.
 
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cwbytruckers said:
Every scale was closed last night. One in Virginia had a sign up. From the state troopers of Virginia we thank you for your service. Awesome to see.
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Good for you, and good on VA. Most LEO's are decent folks. We see things others don't. And we know who really brings home the bacon, so to speak.

You keep safe out there. We're watching, we're just staying off the big roads so the trucks can run.
 
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