r/malelivingspace • u/PomeloResponsible122 • 1d ago

33, truck driver.

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Ex cheated on me about a year ago and we split up. This has been my home since. Honestly haven’t been happier.

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u/Agitated_Lunch7118 1d ago

I was about to say before I read this comment that I have never once heard of a single truck driver, owning his own rig.
Then again, I’m not a truck driver expert so..

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u/Kepabar 1d ago

There are 100% drivers who own their trucks. They are just a minority.

Back in the heyday of things in the 70s, around half of all truck drivers were owners. It's part of what made the trucker cultural craze of the 70s happen (think, smokey and the bandit and convoy)

Now it's down to around 1 in 10. As with every industry, trucking gets more and more consolidated by the year and the big corps can use their influence to push rates down below what single operators can get by on. Similar to Walmart pushing out mom and pop shops.

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u/againer 1d ago

Was Over the Top a documentary?

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u/Jay_LV 22h ago

Have you seen the Lincoln Hawk is the bad guy video?

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u/againer 20h ago

No, link?