Upcoming models

[nikischutt]

Originally Posted by murphyaa

I'm gonna spend the first year as a long haul, over-the-road driver, driving 11 hours a day, and averaging 500-600 miles a day. Kinda fun thinking of sleeping in a different town or city every night.

After getting a years experience, I'll be able to get any driving job I want.

It is pretty cool sleeping in a different town/city each night. Invest in a camera or hell even a newer phone (with decent camera).

All the best dude, looking forward to hearing the stories and seeing the photos.

Niki

[whulsey]

Congrats Aaron! Good luck out there on the road. Remember as I say about driving a transit bus: driving the bus is the easiest part of the job, dodging 4 wheelers and the riders (hopefully your cargo won't yell or throw things at you) are the really difficult part.

[richkat]

Thats fantastic Aaron....Rich

[spgifford]

Great News! After you get settled I can see some tractor and trailer kits coming.

[ashevilleangler]

Well done Aaron! I do suspect that those 500 mile days will get tiresome before the year is out. My younger brother tried it for awhile but it got the better of him. So stay strong and determined my friend. And make sure to get enough sleep while you're on the road.

Curt

[rjm]

Congrats, As with calinous above, my father in law was a truck driver.
He retired after many thousands of miles with no accidents. He drove
for Salt Creek Freightlines, lived in Casper Wyoming, and drove most of
those between Denver Colorado and Billings Montana (maybe that's
why they were accident-free miles--- what traffic?). He started in the
'40's, so those weren't exactly as comfortable as today's trucks either.
My oldest son wanted to be like grandpa, so he drove for years too.

[murphyaa]

Originally Posted by BILL AMOS

Good luck aaronn good job..now is you will start a daily journal....soon you will have a book bill

I'm gonna post everything on Facebook; pictures, stops, and where I'm heading.

One thing I'm learning is that my Grandpa drove a truck for 40 years, so it's in my blood.

[calinous]

Originally Posted by whulsey

Congrats Aaron! Good luck out there on the road. Remember as I say about driving a transit bus: driving the bus is the easiest part of the job, dodging 4 wheelers and the riders (hopefully your cargo won't yell or throw things at you) are the really difficult part.

4 wheelers? I call them Sunday drivers

[calinous]

Originally Posted by rjm

Congrats, As with calinous above, my father in law was a truck driver.
He retired after many thousands of miles with no accidents. He drove
for Salt Creek Freightlines, lived in Casper Wyoming, and drove most of
those between Denver Colorado and Billings Montana (maybe that's
why they were accident-free miles--- what traffic?). He started in the
'40's, so those weren't exactly as comfortable as today's trucks either.
My oldest son wanted to be like grandpa, so he drove for years too.

My father in law had quite a few accidents - most weren't his fault, and for the others only his truck suffered. Driving uphill on ice is not for the weak of heart, and with the tanks half full not even chains on tires help.
As for other kind of accidents, the father of a schoolmate (who was driving a dump truck for a mining company) had a broken gearbox in the Christmas Eve - but fortunately the truck worked in reverse. So he drove backwards some ten miles, on snow and roads winding thru hills. In darkness (but I remember most of the dump trucks of that company having a large reflector for reversing, so it probably wasn't such darkness).

We're waiting for your war stories

[SMWulph]

Hello all..
First of all. Congrats to Aaron for passing his test and seriously Keep in mind we all share the road, 4 and 18 wheelers.
Next I just posted up three of Aaron's models I've finished in the last few months, weeks and days.
OBP Arado AR-234B
OBP Cessna 337 Skymaster
OBP Firebee Tomcat

Chris or 3Turner. I seem to have lost the Email addy that I need to send larger/better pictures.. >.<

Next up will be the Orange Firebee and the Mig-15 Red Falcons