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Questions regarding getting to and from Chicago [Pardon the newb]

Discussion in 'Melton' started by Kellanium, Apr 2, 2014.

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  1. Apr 2, 2014 #1
    Kellanium

    Kellanium Light Load Member

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    So Melton has a bunch of hiring ads up around the Chicago area on all the job boards.

    However, when I look online, the nearest terminals are Tulsa and eastern Ohio.

    So would I have to drive all the way there in my personal vehicle?
     
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  3. Apr 2, 2014 #2
    Triad

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    You'd have to get to a terminal for orientation. They'll pay for a bus ticket or reimburse you for gas. But once that's done, you just have to find a place to park the truck for home time near where you live and that's as far as you have to drive.
     
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  4. Apr 2, 2014 #3
    Kellanium

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    Right now I'm out in the suburbs, but for cost-of-living reasons, I'm going to be moving to the city in a couple of months. You can't exactly park a Kenworth in the middle of the North Side. Are there lots where they let you park your truck?
     
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  5. Apr 2, 2014 #4
    jsprocket

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    Greyhound for orientation. I'm sitting in Gary right now cause we have been running freight to Minnesota from us steel all week. Home time you'll have no problem getting home if in Chicago I live about 2 hours from Atlanta and always drop load there and deadhead home.
     
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  7. Apr 2, 2014 #5
    jsprocket

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    Well you can do rental car also but they only reimburse you for price of greyhound ticket.
     
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  8. Apr 2, 2014 #6
    jsprocket

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    Gary has a bunch and I've been to the ta every other day since Friday and seen few trucks parked for a few days.
     
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  9. Apr 2, 2014 #7
    Kellanium

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    Sweet. Thanks for that! Like I said, newbie. I'll be getting my CDL A in june-july.
     
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  10. Apr 2, 2014 #8
    Triad

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    Hey, I'm in Gary, too! At the service plaza on 90, though.
     
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  11. Apr 2, 2014 #9
    jsprocket

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    You running those coils too. Been running from us steel to Minnesota, deadhead back and repeat since Friday.
     
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  12. Apr 2, 2014 #10
    Kellanium

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    So how much would, say, 48 hours of parking cost?
     
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