Yesterday Morning I started my shift at 6am, I work a 2-2-3 shift 6am to 6pm and one of my drivers who was taking her break at the Loves Truckstop on I-80 in Mifflinville, Pa she had started her break at 8:00 pm on 2-7 and her break was over at 6am yesterday morning. as i was going through my board and getting updates on all my drivers, a call from a PA State Trooper comes in saying my driver had been killed as a result of a hit n run. she had been walking from her truck to the truckstop. ...

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as someone asked earlier about what i'm doing now, well after I left my first job as a dispatcher, I didnt really want to leave but i really had no choice. The overtime was great and i was making great money. I knew that i wanted to do this forever. it was def in my blood. i got lucky and through one of our customers i was offered a position with a great salary to work in the office of a fruit distributor, a family owned business. four brothers owned this business and their father ...

when i was hired 11 years ago I had no experience, and all the energy in the world to learn this thing we now call Trucking. I was very intrigued and somehow i talked this Terminal mgr of a small trucking company to hire someone as myself with no experience whatsoever. The Trucking Company was and still is dedicated to Kroger only, meaning they haul only milk, bread and ice cream for kroger. but as far as back hauls they will haul just about anything. They dont do 48 states they just do ILL,IND,OH,KY,VA,WVA,TN,PA,TX,WIS,MI.MO ...

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I have over 11 years experience In the Trucking Industry as a Dispatcher. I started out 11 years ago as a newbie and didnt know anything about trucking, much less dispatching. I simply applied to a dispatcher position and the terminal mgr for the company i was applying at was so impressed with my attitiude and willingness to learn I was hired on the spot. he took me under his wing and taught me everything from the ground up. more on my newbie experiences and how i learned ...