CB usage?
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From: Lancaster, Pa.
Yes, they did pay decent, $5 a loaded mile at the start of all of it back in sept 05, and by the time I left in Feb 06 they had dropped it to $3.30 a mile.
The key to making the money was to keep your truck running non stop.
My regular trips were New Orleans airport, 79miles, and West Bank, 101 miles. three to five trips per day were not uncommon (no DOT regs back then)
There were also some Gravy runs that were less than 10 miles with a minimum $300 pay, but it was luck of the draw if you got one. Also had some 200 mile runs to Sulphur, and Grand Isle through the swamps
The key to making the money was to keep your truck running non stop.
My regular trips were New Orleans airport, 79miles, and West Bank, 101 miles. three to five trips per day were not uncommon (no DOT regs back then)
There were also some Gravy runs that were less than 10 miles with a minimum $300 pay, but it was luck of the draw if you got one. Also had some 200 mile runs to Sulphur, and Grand Isle through the swamps
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From: Dallas-Ft. Worth
BTW, if any of you want a top-of-the-line CB for a reasonable fee, let me know. I've got one of these sitting in my garage collecting dust:
Can be "tuned" & "channeled"...
Can be "tuned" & "channeled"...
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From: Blairsville,Ga
That's basically a Cobra 148 isn't it
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I use my radio most every day between home, work, and back. We must have nicer truckers down south because I don't hear the language some describe. I mounted my antenna on the toolbox for best rf. 
Here's a good forum for anyone that would like to read about the huge number of folks that are into vehicle mounted radios these days. http://www.cbradiotalk.com/
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Here's a good forum for anyone that would like to read about the huge number of folks that are into vehicle mounted radios these days. http://www.cbradiotalk.com/
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From: Millbrook Alabama
I use my radio most every day between home, work, and back. We must have nicer truckers down south because I don't hear the language some describe. I mounted my antenna on the toolbox for best rf.
Here's a good forum for anyone that would like to read about the huge number of folks that are into vehicle mounted radios these days. http://www.cbradiotalk.com/
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Here's a good forum for anyone that would like to read about the huge number of folks that are into vehicle mounted radios these days. http://www.cbradiotalk.com/
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