Over the Road: 37 Years of Tru

Redding, Robert E.

/ ISBN 13: 9798637619122

Published by Independently published, 2020

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Synopsis:

Everything you always thought about trucking is true….the drugs…the prostitutes…the wrecks…the snow and ice epics…the hustlers…and the outlaw truckers and the cops that chased them. It is all part of the freedom and the perils of the open road. It is all part of the craziness of truckingThe life of a trucker is a profoundly random business. Of all the workers who make their living as professional travelers the trucker’s life is the least predictable. This book shares stories of weird driving partners, speeding truckers and the cops that chased them, heroin addicts, prostitutes and bad breakdowns. There are stories of mountain crashes when truckers lost their brakes, their loads, and sometimes their lives. There are plenty of stories about snow and ice. There is a story about getting my truck stuck under a bridge in Chicago. There are stories of outlaw truckers, grossly overweight, who had to ‘run the scales.’ And I will never forget the day I rolled a load of cedar roofing shakes. Yes, it is all here, everything you could imagine and even more than that.Here is just a sample.Scott almost killed a townie in a bar fight. Larry always ran the truck out of diesel.Craig gambled away the entire $600 trip advance that was supposed to pay for fuel and tolls.Then there was Marty. I called him “never touch ground” because he was a huge speed freak who drove cross-country without stopping. He started cheating the boss with fraudulent repair billsThere was Ed who rolled up three joints before he began every shift.Then there was Granddad’s truck that was buried in a snow drift for 6 days.An Oklahoma driver told me one day that his house disappeared in a tornado. “Tennessee” found God in the middle of a jail house fight. There was also an old timer named “Gabbie” who lost control of his pee bottle in the truck one bad day.Truckers don’t have to create fantasies to keep themselves entertained on the road. All they have to do is look out the front window of their rig and they will see it all. Maybe I haven’t seen it all, but believe me, I’ve seen enough. These stories are what this book is all about - my life as a trucker.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Over the Road: 37 Years of Tru
Publisher: Independently published
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good