Just curious, what is your daily work commute?

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Brad460 2/6/2016 7:19am
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GNCC Lapper wrote:
86 miles- each way / 172 round trip. Been doin it 29 years. 50,000 plus a year AND 8-10 hrs a day of work. How's my...
86 miles- each way / 172 round trip. Been doin it 29 years.

50,000 plus a year AND 8-10 hrs a day of work. How's my carbon footprint?
Your carbon foot print is much smaller than the liberals telling you to reduce your carbon foot print..Laughing

I do 25 miles each way and takes about 40 minutes..several years ago I bought an old commuter car so I rack up miles on that while my Tundra sits in the garage.


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Most i have done is 62 miles each way, gets old after a bit , now im 12 each way , all motorway and never busy . Big decision maker for me these days, both from a cost and time point of view.

And having a clunker for work is the way forward, my 97 Mercedes runs as good as a new one , and cost less to buy than my mate's CLK lost the first day he owned it .
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mx12boy 2/6/2016 8:50am
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11 miles one way about 20 min. drive doing the speed limit.
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Mine is just under a mile R/T, so I usually just walk. Some days it is just to my office at home, and a beer or three in the afternoons. Laughing

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450crf_732 2/6/2016 10:45am
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My commute now, is 140 miles round trip... It's not so bad when you work 24 hr shifts and head home opposite traffic coming into LA during weekdays.
travis-grant 2/6/2016 11:43am
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MudPup545 wrote:
Mine is 74 miles round trip. About 45 minutes each way.
8 miles each way.

remember watching 'American Chopper' once where one of the dudes (Rick Petko) stated that he drove 4hrs each way to work for them!! DAILY.

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Daniel816 2/8/2016 4:30am
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72 miles one way, 5 miles from my house to the parking lot and then 67 miles on the bus. Takes us about a hour and half with stopping in the next small town for the other guys to get on. It wasn't bad before I was out on the service truck. Now I spend 12 hours doing field repairs driving around the mine site. I absolutely hate driving now on my days off. But the pay is good so I won't complain too much ha ha
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Shiftfaced 2/8/2016 11:50am
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About 1.5 miles in each direction. I don't think that I have driven a car to work in about 4 years. Bicycle it daily unless I have to run an errand, and in that case, I ride the moto.
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avidchimp 2/8/2016 5:35pm
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Daniel816 wrote:
72 miles one way, 5 miles from my house to the parking lot and then 67 miles on the bus. Takes us about a hour and...
72 miles one way, 5 miles from my house to the parking lot and then 67 miles on the bus. Takes us about a hour and half with stopping in the next small town for the other guys to get on. It wasn't bad before I was out on the service truck. Now I spend 12 hours doing field repairs driving around the mine site. I absolutely hate driving now on my days off. But the pay is good so I won't complain too much ha ha
Oh man, The Pig BBQ was awesome when I had to stay over one night. I want to go back just to eat there again.
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Daniel816 2/8/2016 8:25pm
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Daniel816 wrote:
72 miles one way, 5 miles from my house to the parking lot and then 67 miles on the bus. Takes us about a hour and...
72 miles one way, 5 miles from my house to the parking lot and then 67 miles on the bus. Takes us about a hour and half with stopping in the next small town for the other guys to get on. It wasn't bad before I was out on the service truck. Now I spend 12 hours doing field repairs driving around the mine site. I absolutely hate driving now on my days off. But the pay is good so I won't complain too much ha ha
avidchimp wrote:
Oh man, The Pig BBQ was awesome when I had to stay over one night. I want to go back just to eat there again.
It's funny, most the guys on this forum who have passed through love that place. And I will admit it's probably our number two place to go when we eat out!
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Whitey 2/8/2016 8:30pm
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If I ride my bicycle each way is 52kms average 1hr 40mins

If I drive each way is 43kms about 35mins

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bronwynrayne 2/8/2016 10:22pm
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What's a "work"?
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For my regular daytime gig is it 100 miles and 2 bridge crossings round trip.

Don't mind it too much, the ride is mostly through farm country 2 lane blacktop and some even more scenic non-blacktop.
Here is rush hour at one of my 4 way stops...lol




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MR. X 2/9/2016 6:44am
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jndmx wrote:
For my regular daytime gig is it 100 miles and 2 bridge crossings round trip. Don't mind it too much, the ride is mostly through farm...
For my regular daytime gig is it 100 miles and 2 bridge crossings round trip.

Don't mind it too much, the ride is mostly through farm country 2 lane blacktop and some even more scenic non-blacktop.
Here is rush hour at one of my 4 way stops...lol




Nice ,is that In Hazard county?
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Crash82 2/9/2016 8:18am
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1 mile....it's awesome I go home at lunch and throw a burger on the gas grill or take a quick nap.
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jndmx 2/9/2016 8:26am
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MR. X wrote:
Nice ,is that In Hazard county?
Ha!
Not quite but sometimes I do have the urge to powerslide it through a couple turns.
The Ranger ain't quite the General Lee though.
Laughing
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Retired, the only driving I do is to the races, plus driving around here is putting your life in jeopardy
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h&m_cycle 2/10/2016 8:51pm
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My commute to my Semi?

Some days or nights... 10 minutes to the Walmart Distribution Center...

Some days of nights... wake up in the sleeper... take a piss... then make sure no one fucked with my truck... King Pin is still latched and pins are locked on the tandems...

here's what happens when you don't... If this ever happens, you'll never work again...

https://youtu.be/Yo7zm5DxQTY

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walent215 2/10/2016 8:56pm
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About 5 mins each way....on my bicycle! Very fortunate.
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h&m_cycle wrote:
My commute to my Semi? Some days or nights... 10 minutes to the Walmart Distribution Center... Some days of nights... wake up in the sleeper... take...
My commute to my Semi?

Some days or nights... 10 minutes to the Walmart Distribution Center...

Some days of nights... wake up in the sleeper... take a piss... then make sure no one fucked with my truck... King Pin is still latched and pins are locked on the tandems...

here's what happens when you don't... If this ever happens, you'll never work again...

https://youtu.be/Yo7zm5DxQTY
I believe I can retire from trucking and live on my skills as an artist...



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Uncle Tony 2/11/2016 5:42am
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Hey h&m, maybe you could retire and make video documentaries of other trailer drivers screwing up?



Just kidding I know that's not you in the video, he's much better looking then you





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three9zero 2/11/2016 6:11am
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18 miles, 1, 4 way stop, 3 lights, 4 lane divided hwy for 3/4 of it. Life is good.
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avidchimp 2/11/2016 7:19am
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Uncle Tony wrote:
Hey h&m, maybe you could retire and make video documentaries of other trailer drivers screwing up? Just kidding I know that's not you in the video...
Hey h&m, maybe you could retire and make video documentaries of other trailer drivers screwing up?



Just kidding I know that's not you in the video, he's much better looking then you





Most of my entertainment on the road came from watching all the new "company drivers" trying to park for the night. That and the CB banter is priceless.

I once watched a Swifty driver rip the front off a long nose Pete in the J parking lot in Winchester, VA. Also jacked up the tandems bad.
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mxenthusiast 2/12/2016 12:19pm
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5 min walk to metro, ride 2 stops, walk 2 minutes to office.
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30 miles each way, usually 35-45 minutes. It's rough. I enjoy driving, and have a new-to-me fun daily driver, but it's pretty tough to find any enjoyment on DFW highways during rush hour.
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Sidecar 2/15/2016 1:24pm
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7 miles each way, company van and company diesel, takes about 12-14 mins depending on traffic. I'm lucky now, I used to do 40 miles each way, over an hour each way, leaving home at 6.45 am and not home until 6.15 pm but only paid for an 8 hour shift. ( working 8-5 with an hour break but worked through a lot of breaks. ) Did that for two years.
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Used to be a 40 minute drive. Now that I'm living in the inner-city, it's a 6 minute drive or 30 minute walk to downtown.
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Down a flight of stairs for me---takes maybe 5 seconds. Sometimes the old lady is in front of me and it takes double that time. Tongue

BUT-----I commuted from Huntington Beach to downtown LA every day for 5 1/2 years. Clearly, I was insane. Never again...
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12.8 miles no lights. Takes about 25 minutes. Just started fourth year and it never gets old going up to 3500 feet fives times a week
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travis-grant wrote:
8 miles each way. remember watching 'American Chopper' once where one of the dudes (Rick Petko) stated that he drove 4hrs each way to work for...
8 miles each way.

remember watching 'American Chopper' once where one of the dudes (Rick Petko) stated that he drove 4hrs each way to work for them!! DAILY.

Rick just welcomed a second child into their family and he announced that his time at OCC is coming to an end. He did mention it's time to be closer to home.

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