truck stops

[meladramatic12]

In a recent car trip conversation about truck stops came up. We were divided with our views and opinons. The comment was that "At truck stops drivers shower and have sex" many girls in the car said its an old wife's tales and the guys said there was no shower block at any truck stop. So, Is it true that truck stops are a place where drivers have sex with others? I think we have some coach drivers here. Just wondering, what others have heard or even maybe seen. I didnt find anything on google about this and I just wanted people's opinons. I also hope I havent breached any rules with the topic of my question.

[AEC Decker]

AEC Decker drove trucks on the Hume, New England & Pacific highways regularly and some truck stops had showers (Guyra maybe ?), but most truckies only had time to stop for a quick feed and maybe a quick shower, but definitely no time for sex.
Although AEC Decker would have enjoyed a quick "root" before he hit the road, again.
Some truckies had "truck moles" who used to ride with them and have sex in the cab sleeper.

Most interstate truckies on trip money in those days, just wanted to get to their destination, unload, reload (if needed) then get back, unload and then go home to sleep, unless the boss said "Can you do another one for us ?", which of course you did if you wanted to keep your job.

[meladramatic12]

I knew we had a few trucker/former truckers on this site,lol. Yes, I do remember hearing that truckies had strict time frames which they were pressured to stick too. Hehe, very open aec decker saying you wouldnt mind a quickie lol. Actually, someone in the car did say that backpackers or travellers sometimes try to get a lift to the next town. This sounds a little bit dangerous and for this favour the traveller might buy the driver a pack of smokes,food or do a sexual service. Again, its all rumors and old wives tales to some. However, they said truckers love someone to talk to in the cab because it can get lonely.

So someone had to ask well whats in the truckie's cab???? No-one really knew but another guy offered his point and this ended the chat immediately. He said guys, I am sure some if not most truckers would take a laptop full of porn with them or a porn magazine,which means they are pretty happy. He said he wouldnt even be surprised if they had some sex toys. Everyone agreed that they probably would be doing this.

[AEC Decker]

I knew we had a few trucker/former truckers on this site,lol. Yes, I do remember hearing that truckies had strict time frames which they were pressured to stick too.

Please don't insult Australian truck drivers by calling them truckers.
America has truckers, Australia has and always will have TRUCKIES.

No time frame pressures, on trip money you got paid so much (20c - 30c) per mile (then kilometre), no matter how long it took to do the trip. So the quicker you do the trip, the quicker you get back to do the next one, which = more money.
For example, sometimes the company would "book you in" to unload in Melbourne, 12 - 15 hours before you have even loaded up in Sydney and it was expected that you get there on time or miss your time slot and you would have to wait.

The Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne was called "Sesame St", because of all the unbelievable "fun and games" that used go on.

However, they said truckers love someone to talk to in the cab because it can get lonely.

You don't drive interstate if you get lonely, you had the CB radio for getting info on the road ahead or where the police were hiding with their radar and if you wanted to chat.

So someone had to ask well whats in the truckie's cab???? No-one really knew but another guy offered his point and this ended the chat immediately. He said guys, I am sure some if not most truckers would take a laptop full of porn with them or a porn magazine,which means they are pretty happy. He said he wouldnt even be surprised if they had some sex toys. Everyone agreed that they probably would be doing this.

What ?.
When did interstate truckies get time for all this crap ?.

What's in the cab ?, depends if the prime mover is owned by the company or the owner driver.
Paperwork (essential), logbook (very essential), cooler or small esky, flask of coffee, towel, street directories from most capital cities, etc.
Nowadays, maybe a laptop, tablet or smart phone for email, GPS (if not fitted to truck) or work related info or so family can contact you.

[Doc68]

However, they said truckers love someone to talk to in the cab because it can get lonely.

I went driving trucks to get away from people The service station truck stops had food & showers

"At truck stops drivers shower and have sex"

yes sometimes but not with each other Most larger truck stops have regular "business ladies" & different signals for you to let them know you want to do "business" As there is nothing worse than being woken from a deep slumber with someone knocking on your window asking "silly questions"

[meladramatic12]

Sorry wasnt trying to insult anyone really. I just thought truckers and truckies was the same thing. As you would have realised, I dont know much about this subject and making unintentional errors was a given. I was asking to find out and I trust a former truckie would know more about the subject than any of the clowns from the trip. I guess thats why truckies are always driving so fast because they want to do as many jobs as possible.Who do you chat to on the CB radio, like family? What "fun and games" happened on the Hume Highway,like truckies racing each other? I think we now know whats in the driver's cab,guess the guy was very wrong.

[meladramatic12]

Doc68, Some large truck stops have sex workers you mean? What "silly questions" would they ask? You mean the sex workers asking "silly questions" ?

[AEC Decker]

I went driving trucks to get away from people The service station truck stops had food & showers

Good point, peace and quiet (apart from a chattering CB) for many hours at a time.

All truck stops had food, good food, freshly made, big servings and at a reasonable price.
AEC Decker recalls that the Ampol near Albury had a restroom, also the truck stop at South Yass (where AEC Decker had a weeks "holiday" thanks to the truck blockade in 1979) and the Golden Fleece at Mount Lambie, just to name a few.

Who do you chat to on the CB radio ?

Other truck drivers and local YL's when you travelled through their town, way out of range to speak with family.

Fun and games, you ask ?.
Let's just say the CB radio was used as an effective form of communication as AEC Decker stated in an earlier post.
The CB was used to help with safety when overtaking other trucks, at night, with the overnighters travelling between Sydney and Melbourne (and visa- versa) in 10 - 15 truck convoys. Without the CB, if the front truck ran off the road, so would most of the others following it.

One time (during a very, very rare daylight trip to Melbourne) AEC Decker saw a semi trailer stopped in a paddock 500m from the road and then saw the kilometre long trail where the truck had left the road, driven through a farm fence, ending up bogged in the soft earth. No damage to the truck, it was just sitting there like it had been intentionally parked there.
Another time AEC Decker could see all these coloured lights in trees near the side of the road, as he got closer he could see the twisted and mangled truck and trailer that had obviously rolled and the clearance lights were still on.

You had to sit close to the middle of the Hume as it was that narrow in places, if you ran off the road you could easily roll the truck and be killed.

AEC Decker had to change an OSR flat tyre one time (at night), with his truck parked less than one metre from the bitumen edge, he had to stop and walk around the back of the truck every time another truck passed or he could have been hit and killed by a swaying trailer. If he parked further away from the road the truck could sink in the soft earth and get stuck due to the camber, plus there wasn't that much room between the road and the bush anyway.

There were always the cubic freight overnighters from the big name companies, with big engined SAR Kenworths pulling bogie or tri-axle trailers with very little weight, who would come out of nowhere (all you would see is a blaze of driving lights), round you up and go past you like you were standing still, when you were doing around 100km.

No speed limiters in those days. If you had an overdrive top gear, even better.
There was a regular black Ford Louisville with a 903 V8 Cummins on the Hume, that was known to reach speeds of 150kph.

[Doc68]

Doc68, Some large truck stops have sex workers you mean? What "silly questions" would they ask? You mean the sex workers asking "silly questions" ?

Hmmmm yes operating from their cars as most trucks had their own (accommodation) When woken from a deep slumber & looking at someone through the driver's window only to ask What do you want is the start of a few silly questions or negotiations Or the start from outside the window "would you like a **** or a ****** for the night

[Bedford-29]

And the question is what you catch after you had rumpy pumpy from some bird offering her services at a roadhouse.It gives a new meaning to tea,coffee or me.

[boronia]

In my 30 years of coach driving I got to stop at a lot of truck stops or roadhouses. if you pulled in with a load of hungry passengers you were guaranteed a free or heavily discounted meal.

Most had showers available for use of truck/bus drivers, mainly oriented towards males. Female facilities were minimal.

some of the larger ones had rest rooms with basic bunks etc. There may have been a charge to use them, I never did.

In the days of express bus services, many drivers were regular visitors to the same stops, so "friendships" often developed between the drivers and staff. At a few places, drivers would stay overnight before returning to their base the next day, so there was the opportunity for "trysts" with local girls. The coach operators had pemanent bookings in motel rooms for the drivers near to the roadhouses, so there was privacy for any action. Many drivers had "stories" to tell of their exploits, but coach drivers were always good at telling stories.

There were lots of stories going around about truckie's activities, I would not be surprised if there were girls out plying their trade with drivers; again it is hard to tell where fact ends and fiction starts.

[meladramatic12]

@ AecDecker
What are "Local YL's"? What do YLs stand for? Aec Decker its good to hear your stories about the days you were a truckie. I guess all jobs have their good points and bad points. With some jobs as well, people only look at the external and say "I want to be in the army" but they forget that they might be away from their homeland and loved ones a fair amount of the time. Furthermore, this means first thoughts about a job dont always meet the reality of the job.

@Doc68, yes I imagine they would be operating from their cars because truck stops are sometimes away from urbanisation.What you mean most trucks had their own (accommodation)? Are you talking about accommodation as in somewhere to sleep?

[meladramatic12]

@Boronia
Thanks for contributing to the discussion it great to hear what a coach driver has to say.Boronia why "friendships" are you saying these were suspicious friendships? Many drivers had "stories" to tell, you mean the coach drivers? I absolutely agree very hard to tell where fact ends and fiction starts. However, would you please share some of the stories going around about truckie's activities? Enlighten me with some stories about their activities because this is what the car trip dicussion was about. Greatly appreciate if you would share some truckie's stories because i am too curiuos.

[boronia]

YL is Young Lady.

Although a lot of the girls involved could hardly be described as young, and probably not even as ladies.

@meladramatic12

If you don't understand the basic principles of what was going on in these circumstances, it may be a bit difficult to explain it here..umm how old are you?

[meladramatic12]

I am 21 and its not so much that I dont understand I think my facts are very wrong thats why.

[boronia]

Let's just say that many of these country towns had an abundance of "single" ladies (unmarried, separated, divorced, widows, even some whose husbands were truckies or coach drivers and away a lot ) and were eager to "adopt" a visiting coach/truck driver (or even two, alternating of course) for overnight "companionship" during their visits.

Not directly related to truck stops was the inbound tourism market, where large numbers of "available" ladies were employed as group tour escorts and were regular visitors to our shores. A great source of temptation to the regular drivers in this market.

[Doc68]

If you don't understand the basic principles of what was going on in these circumstances, it may be a bit difficult to explain it here.

Thank you boronia diplomacy is not my strong point

[Daz]

Double posted. Sue me.

[captainch]

could not have said it better daz

[Daz]

Hmm I guess I could be in a quite, err, "informed" position to answer this sort of question. As I write this, i'm getting ready to have a shower then dinner, and go to bed in this truck parked at Nudgee truck stop, Qld. In the last 2 weeks I have been to bed in 4 different states. Sober, merry, well lubricated and drunk.

Since October last year, I've only been asked two times if I need some female company. Both were, gee, not my type- 'scrubber boiler dirty stinky worn out moles' comes to mind. I am home every week anyway. I can go for that long without cheating. In saying that, my usual truck has about 40 porn mags in it, all of which were already there and I honestly have never really looked at them- what is the point of getting all horny and worked up by browsing penthouse mags in a parking bay halfway between Nerandra and Hay? Are you supposed to wank? It only makes me miss home more. Where I rarely get lucky anyway.

Most highway truck stops have showers. There are also council showers in Tarcutta, NSW and Waikeri, SA- both I have used. It is cold in the SA high country at night. There are no bathroom heaters there, no, just a broken shower head trickling lukewarm water in the users' direction. Food is very hit and miss in truck stops. It will either be a fresh, great big cheap feast ie Buronga BP or the exact opposite- expensive, old, and bellyache inducing grub like that from the Archerfield BP. If in doubt, fast food chain cuisine is always reliable. Breaky is a canister of Nutrigrain and a little popper type box of long life milk. I have a fridge/freezer too, and carry a gas stove with bare essential cooking tools- and one plate, one spoon, one fork, one cup etc. I can survive for up to a week without buying anything. Normally lack of time and low levels of giving a rats arse mean I end up buying out most nights. Plus food in my fridge takes up the beer space.

CB is merely a means to communicate with other truckies. There is not really much personal conversation on there, mainly just blokes passing other people they know and saying g'day or being eyes around a corner when looking to overtake. Not much happens in the way of fun and games on the east coast any more. Too many safe-t-cams (record the time at which you pass through them, when linked to others it creates an a average speed and fatigue profile) not to mention cops and QT/RTA/VicRoads/SAPol, with each having some intellectual limitation rendering them dickh3ads when dealing with trucks. So you can't really speed, unless you do short bursts and stop to bring the average speed back down, and cheating books is dicing with death now as the fine for entering false and misleading into a logbook is a minimum $798 fine, issued in court.

What is in my truck? I will tell you exactly what is in my truck. I have all the normal bits required to drive. It has seats, pedals and a steering wheel- obviously. It also has a bunk bed with a full size single mattress on the bottom (where i sleep) and a small air mattress in the top in case someone (ie 2up driver) comes for a ride, some cupboards containing living essentials like panadol, dry snack foods and some odds and ends, a wardrobe containing good clothes, and a tv cabinet. It has a TV aerial built into the roof, but I don't have a tv so that space is occupied by an evaporative cooler. The bottom bed lifts up to reveal the space where I keep my clothes, a full set of maps for the whole country, fairly good selection of tools, as well as some spare parts. This space is also accessible through doors behind the main doors on the side of the cab meaning you can grab a spanner without having to uproot your bed. The fridge sits in between the seats and acts as a step. I have a "high roof 58 inch sleeper cab", which means it's just under 1.7m from the back of the drivers seat to the back of the cab, and the roof is so high I'm not even close to touching it. I would need a ladder to reach it. In saying all this, the truck I drive is much bigger than most and I consider myself very lucky to be in it. Most offer nothing more than a simple 30" (.85m) bed and minimal storage. Few have cupboards, let alone a wardrobe. If you are wondering why all trucks aren't big, a) cost b) BBC- bumper to back of cab length. If a truck is too long it is restricted to what trailer it can carry- mine's BBC is 162 inches- a huge cab and restricted to only towing a single trailer. It can tow a B-Double, but only if the front of the two trailers is shorter than normal, meaning less room for freight making it ineffective and unprofitable. This particular tractor only tows singles.

It also has windows in the sleeper compartment that open up, which are fly screened. If it's really hot, I can open a large door and sleep more or less in the open.

I do have a laptop but very rarely use it. The iPhone does nearly everything anyway- from being a GPS to writing a post on bus aus about writing posts on bus aus with an iPhone. Not many real truckies watch porn as like I said before, it lights that fire and you can't do a thing about it. Better of just staying cold. Plus, there is very little time to think about it- the only reason I myself have had the hour to write this is because I missed my load time slot this arvo and have to wait till the morning. Yay me. Normally I work about 16-18 hours a day, take out time eating and showering and the rest is sleep. Normally I'd hit up the fridge for a few chilled grown up beverages on a layover night but not tonight. Gotta be ready for a sparrow fart phone call.

To be perfectly honest, in 2013 you will still find a few truck stop hookers but they are very few and far between and are normally shooed by truckstop staff. Yes I have room to throw a length in a stranger inside my truck, yes I have driven hitchhikers all over the country, but never has there been any sleeper cab quickies from hired sex workers nor hitchhikers. Some female travelers expect the hard word but i never ask for anything. Mind you, I'm yet to come across a highway hitchhiking YF who rates more than about a 5. Mrs Daz is, well i think, 8.5ish and always home and ready and willing as soon as I get there, she doesn't charge, well, directly anyway, and i know she doesn't have anything that will cause spots, itching, swelling or open lesions on my bits. Plus, the conversation with a hitchhiker goes more like "so how bout a **" than the subliminal, mind reading, sensual, erotic bulldust generally found in porn.

Any more questions?

Daz

[meladramatic12]

@Boronia ,
I have heard that some country women long for intimacy and this may be caused by loneliness or lack of suitable men (age wise). It’s probable that some of these women wouldn’t mind some physical intimacy too. However, I am sure that country towns also have a fair amount of men who wouldn’t mind some intimacy too and of course ultimately a relationship. I haven’t been to a country town myself and my knowledge is limited but I have also heard that some country men are heading to the bigger towns and cities for education and work. This is a completely different issue in itself.

I agree with you Boronia, I am sure travellers, tourists and hitchhikers use truckies to get around. As a token of their appreciation they might be compelled to give or do something. They aren’t obligated to do or give anything; it all depends on the individual’s discretion. If they gave or did something as a token of their appreciation, I am sure a truckie would be very thankful and grateful for the generous spirit of the stranger. They may even refuse the repayment saying you don’t own me anything, it hinge on the truckie’s values. Now this repayment may be giving something small to the truckie, buying him breakfast, beer or cigarettes or a sexual service. Any sexual service would have to be consensual by both parties. There’s a number of factors which are considered before a sexual service; age, shyness, marital status (important to some), horniess, physical attraction of passenger and physical attraction of truckie. Given all these factors and probabilities, I think it’s extremely rare that a sexual service would happen.

[meladramatic12]

@Daz,
Firstly, thank you very much Daz for contributing to the discussion. Ultimately, I would have loved to ask a truckie myself however I don’t know any so I thought this was the next best thing. It would be a nightmare, typing that long post on an iPhone. You say sober, merry, well lubricated and drunk but I don’t understand what you mean by the well lubricated? Sorry, it may be a silly question but I am not a hundred percent sure what you mean. Do you mean well lubricated as in no dry throat or well hydrated because of beer?

In a previous comment someone did say that the prostitutes working at the truck stops are nasty. I am strongly against prostitution; I think that’s very low to sell yourself for money. I think prostitutes are very fake because they are only driven by money and that’s why they are approaching anyone in the first place. Most of all you really don’t know how clean they are or what they touched last or where their mouth has been lately. Furthermore, they are intimate with someone only because of money which means they don’t love that person and this means its fake love or an act. This whole truck stop conversation started in a recent car trip after the girls in the car noted the trucks going past (I know small things amuse small minds). They were fascinated by the whole truckie story, where are they resting, where are they going, what’s in their trucks and cabs. Some other people in the car said they would have porn mags in their cabs, so I guess you confirmed that. The person who mentioned there are porn mags in the truckie’s cab said it because they were trying to say truckies have material for self-pleasuring themselves. So because they have the stimulation material for a wank they don’t need sex with anyone else. Just want to say fast food is extremely overpriced for what it really is but I will resist ever urge to start talking about that topic. It would be so much better if truckies eat more nutritious meals but I don’t think that’s ever going to work out.

I appreciate you telling me everything that’s in your truck that’s a lot of detail, you definitely didn’t miss anything. Lol, wardrobe containing good clothes would these clothes happen to be yours? By the way, I am wondering are you driving for a food company, Government Company or industrial company. Are you allowed to say what corporation you work for and what freight you carrying? We just assumed they watch the porn and wank then it’s all done. I am sure there will be hookers always because they are quite desperate and would look anywhere for a business opportunity. Recently, it was said should hookers be used in nursing homes? You mean some travelers think you’re going to ask for sex or a sexual service? Be careful Mrs Daz doesn’t find out she is a 8.5ish. Would she be angry? She doesn't charge, well, directly anyway that’s a pretty funny comment. Absolutely, that is what people have to remember you don’t know what disease you can pick up and it cause be embarrassing and painful in the long run. Hardly worth the sex. Daz,you answered most of my questions but I didn’t understand the last comment. Plus, the conversation with a hitchhiker goes more like "so how bout a **" are you trying to say that if someone wanted to have a sexual encounter with a hitchhiker they would have to be quite forward about that?

[Daz]

I'll try to reply in the best order I can.

1. I said I had been to sleep in four different states in the last two weeks. By that I really meant Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The others were added as states of drunkedness, creating a double entendre.

2. You mention love- that's not the point of prostitutes- they are there to do one thing. Men have needs. I guess some control it by rubbing one out in their trucks, others use hookers, others just wait. I couldn't be in a truck knowing the bloke in it before me whacked himself off, which I suppose adds to my own 'wait till I get home' notion- not to mention the thought of someone being in here after me doing it. Not on.

3. Fast is invariably cheaper than nutritious. Big Mac, $4.95. Steak, salad and veggies- $25+.

4. I don't work for a corporation, I work for a 30 year old guy who owns three trucks. With that, I cart anything and everything for anyone. I left Sydney last night with a load of PVC water main pipes, I will probably take back a container. I don't have a standard run, I could go anywhere in Australia from any point. For example, next week I believe my trailer will be loaded to Melbourne. From there I could go to either Adelaide, Sydney or Brisbane and I won't find out till after I drop off in Melbourne. That gives me a constantly changing work environment, it stops any monotony and I like it.

5. Some hitch hiking girls expect to be asked for sex of some kind and are normally surprised when I don't. Some even hitchhike just to get laid a heap of times.

6. Mrs Daz is a great girl who I love very much. I suppose the way I feel about her and my inherent loyalty reflect the way I think about boinking someone I've never met before.

7. Try explaining to your parter that you have an STD. Don't want to be there for that discussion.

8. Hitchhikers in my experience don't muck around. Want sex? Yes or no.

I missed one, yes they are my clothes in my wardrobe.

By the way, Peter1805 was new here at one stage too. Bus driving has this effect where it feels like you've been doing it for approximately 4 times as long as you really have. This causes situations where you feel the need to express your opinion so badly you don't fully take the time to figure out whether it's constructive or not. I understand it's caused by a slow but continuous accumulation of drugs ingested during the handling of money, and can never be reversed. I now tell people that when I want their opinion, I'll give it to them.

Daz

[meladramatic12]

@Daz
Thats understandable, it wouldnt be comforting sleep in the truck after someone was pleasuring themselves or getting it on especially if they didnt clean up.That would be extremely gross,vile and unhygienic. Sorry,for that mention just pointing out the selfish and dirty ways of some. Ok,so nutritious meals are much much dearer and that doesnt shock me because thats the way it always is. Well,great way for you to see Australia and you work for a guy privately then. Thats new information for me and I didnt know that before but some hitch hiking girls expect to be asked for sex and they are surprised. Hmmm, they must be pretty forward about it then but I am sure there are other truckers who would be happy to help their need for sex out there. Being faithful to a parnter is very good and its great that you are like that. Its possible the other truckers who do have sex with hookers or hitchhiking girls struggle to control their urges.

I dont even want to imagine saying to a parnter I have an STD,it would probably break a relationship apart because it means someone was cheating and it would be pretty easy to figure out who that was,lol. So some hitch hiking girls would say arent you going to ask about sex or arent we having sex?Hitchhiking can be dangerous and there is only so many times you can go to the next town and back. So everytime they want sex they have to be travelling. So hitchhikers say straight out you want sex and you say no thanks. There arent shy thats for sure and they ask for exactly what they want. They are your clothes but you were praising your clothes by saying I have a wardrobe in my cab which contains good clothes.

However,on a finally note Daz you have been helpful with your information and taking the time to type it all out and I am very thankful for that.Unfortunately, I think this thread has overstayed its welcome and if we keep posting more about this topic we will be accused of trying to write the next following novel for Fifty Shades of Grey. Peter1805 has deemed the thread too raunchy and x rated.He suggests that we just use some adult entertainment. Well I think the words wank and sex wouldnt help this thread.

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