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__________________ "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin  Liberalism is a mental disorder. "As long as Democrats support a Presidential candidate that harbors anti-American sentiment, they can not claim to be Americans." - Joetro  |
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| Ahhh yeah I forgot you have to get 50 posts. It's not biggie I was just letting you know I got the job and how it was going. Did you leave CAD for good after the switch over? |
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| Yup that was why I left and on top of that they changed the forum look to the style of this and I had to make a new user name forget that. I know WildKat left and she is a member here! I wonder if GMAN will join this message board. |
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| It's the best job I ever had, starting at $9.00 and expecting to be at $10.00 hour next month and I'm pretty much a diesel mechanic. I wash the trucks, I do pm stuff...check oil, water, antifreeze, washer fluid, check the hub oil, inspect lights. I'll also be greasing and servicing the trucks and trailers as well. I'll also be changing tires super singles and duals, the super singles are not hard to change but they suck in winter time. Anyway we do things the old school way the only machines we have is the air tools and the air coupling that we can hook to the air compressor to supply the trailers with air. The owner is a great role model as well as the mechanic. Once I get on the insurance I'll be allowed to run parts and drive the trucks around the yard. It's a great learning experience thats for sure! |
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| Get your hands dirty, Double L. Do everything you can to learn everything you can from the mechanics. I was a diesel mechanic before I was a driver and I'll tell you this; it saved my bacon more than once, especially as an O/O. When I was a young mechanic, I would make a few extra bucks helping some of our regular flatbed customers tarp their loads. We had several mills open back then and our facility was across from the hook and next door to a trucking company (a company that I became an O/O for later, incidentally), so they'd pop over to our yard to tarp. I learned a ton and when I finally got into trucking, I had an edge.
__________________ "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin Liberalism is a mental disorder. "As long as Democrats support a Presidential candidate that harbors anti-American sentiment, they can not claim to be Americans." - Joetro |
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| They are a petroleum hauler but they just picked a deal hauling tack asphalt which is non hazmat but whether I'd be able to drive hauling that is something we don't know. I may have to be 21 but I can wait cause if I can get a few years of being paid to learn to work on trucks then it'll be worth it! I've heard that if you get into a wreck that DOT looks at the mechanic to see if they were ASE certified, I didn't think that mattered whether you was ASE certified or not. I thought it was just a thing for the dealers to cover their butt. |
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| Glad to hear it worked out for you. Me myself I hope to become an o/o. But I want to get some exsperience first. |
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| I know it's easier said then then done. Go back to it if it's not to late. If you ever find your article how you started, i would love to read it. But, remember there's up and downs in everything. I'ts how you deal with it. Looking to positive side sometimes always get me by. Me being a Firefighter kids look at me as a hero and that puts a smile on my face and makes my day. My 2 year loves it. A trucker keeps american moving whether people realize it or not. when you go to market how did the goods get there? BY TRUCK! THANK A TRUCKING for a job well done. Like some jobs out there, it's a thankless job. To all the truckers out there in the world. THANK YOU! 4 a job well done! |
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