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Convoy and a Driver Survey. This week on TalkCDL we talked about the recent survey in the ATRI American Transportation Research Institute. The survey asked Truck Drivers and Motor Carriers what their most concerns are in trucking. Among the concerns of both sides were Driver pay, driver retention, ELD’s and driver training standards. The chart below shows the top ten concerns. Please see the American Trucker for the full story.
Convoy and a Driver Survey
We also talked about that old song “Convoy” by CW McCall. Afterall truckers and a convoy are like bread and butter, they go together. The song is a classic and a great listen. Here are the lyrics if you want to sing along.
Ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber DuckYou gotta copy on me, Pig Pen, c'mon? Ah, yeah, 10-4, Pig Pen, fer shure, fer shureBy golly, it's clean clear to Flag Town, c'monYeah, that's a big 10-4 there, Pig PenYeah, we definitely got the front door, good buddyMercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy
Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of JuneIn a Kenworth pullin' logsCab-over Pete with a reefer onAnd a Jimmy haulin' hogsWe is headin' for bear on I-one-oh'Bout a mile outta Shaky TownI says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck"And I'm about to put the hammer down"
'Cause we got a little ol' convoyRockin' through the nightYeah, we got a little ol' convoyAin't she a beautiful sight?Come on and join our convoyAin't nothin' gonna get in our wayWe gonna roll this truckin' convoy'Cross the USA
Convoy! (Ah, breaker, Pig Pen, this here's the Duck)And, you wanna back off them hogs? ConvoyYeah, 10-4, 'bout five mile or so. Ten, roger. Them hogs is gettin' in-tense up here
By the time we got into Tulsa TownWe had eighty-five trucks in allBut they's a roadblock up on the cloverleafAnd them bears was wall-to-wallYeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumperThey even had a bear in the air!I says, "Callin' all trucks, this here's the Duck"We about to go a-huntin' bear"
'Cause we got a great big convoyRockin' through the nightYeah, we got a great big convoyAin't she a beautiful sight?Come on and join our convoyAin't nothin' gonna get in our wayWe gonna roll this truckin' convoy'Cross the USAConvoy! (Ah, you wanna give me a 10-9 on that, Pig Pen?) Convoy! (Negatory, Pig Pen, you're still too close)Yeah, them hogs is startin' to close up my sinusesMercy sakes, you better back off another ten
Well, we rolled up Interstate 44Like a rocket sled on railsWe tore up all of our swindle sheetsAnd left 'em settin' on the scalesBy the time we hit that Chi-townThem bears was a-gettin' smartThey'd brought up some reinforcementsFrom the Illinois National GuardThere's armored cars, and tanks, and JeepsAnd rigs of ev'ry sizeYeah, them chicken coops was full'a bearsAnd choppers filled the skiesWell, we shot the line and we went for brokeWith a thousand screamin' trucksAn' eleven long-haired Friends a' JesusIn a chartreuse micra-bus
Ah, Rubber Duck to Sodbuster, come overYeah, 10-4, Sodbuster? Listen, you wanna put that micra-bus in behind that suicide jockey? Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite, and he needs all the help he can get
Well, we laid a strip for the Jersey shorePrepared to cross the lineI could see the bridge was lined with bearsBut I didn't have a dog-goned dimeI says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck"We just ain't a-gonna pay no toll"So we crashed the gate doing ninety-eightI says "Let them truckers roll, 10-4"
'Cause we got a mighty convoyRockin' through the nightYeah, we got a mighty convoyAin't she a beautiful sight?Come on and join our convoyAin't nothin' gonna get in our wayWe gonna roll this truckin' convoy'Cross the USA
Convoy! (Ah, 10-4, Pig Pen, what's your twenty?)Convoy! (OMAHA? Well, they oughta know what to do with them hogs out there fer sure)Convoy! (Well, mercy sakes, good buddy, we gonna back on outta here, so keep the bugs off your glass and the bears)Convoy! (Off your tail, We'll catch you on the flip-flop. This here's the Rubber Duck on the side)Convoy! (We gone, 'bye, 'bye)
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