I had a very short career with Marten out of the Ontario California terminal in 2010. I lasted about a week and a half. I backed into a steel...
I drove for Phenix when this topic was started. All of the statements about the illegal, HOS violating demands are TRUE. I was given a 2200 mile...
I've used Cheema's docks to transfer loads in Ripon. Surly reception , honey bucket for the drivers, so from my limited exposure,...
I have to wonder how reefer co's (like the one I work for) are going to handle this e-log business. Anyone who runs reefer knows what I'm talking...
I have thought about casual driving too, but what might be better for me is seasonal. I have worked for a reefer company 3 times, currently on a...
I figured you were going to say you were in SoCal, they are as dumb and impatient as they come here. I would fully expect one of those ricer tards...
I had a Garmin trucker GPS, now I have a cheaper Nuvi. I consider it ONE tool in the navigation toolbox. For it's low cost and convenience, why...
Did you stay right in town at that empty lot on the main drag? I was going through there almost weekly. Always preferred the 97 thru K-Falls vs...
I started out with Swift after going to an outside school. Ridiculous low pay and I sat all the time. I quit after a few months and came back, but...
Just read your last post vikingswen, sorry for your bad luck. I had an idiot 4 wheeler T-bone himself on my W-9's front bumper a few years ago on...
I hate that I-5 corridor too. I was running from SoCal to WA very frequently. I cut off at Weed in CA and took the 97 through K-Falls just to...
I had an '04 W900 a few years ago. Made me look like a noob quite a few times. The pull up is your friend! lol I had to hang out the door to see...
I worked for USA in 2010 and it's exactly as the OP described. I went to a week of orientation , then back on a Greyhound to Indianapolis to pick...
I read this 4 years ago and I still laugh and pass it on to my friends... The Big Blue Screw
thanks, I ran MWD tools downhole, didn't do any trucking while I was in the patch..
I'm getting back into trucking after being in the oilfield for 14 months. I had been trucking for 3 years before. I'm a little nervous as I...
I got out of trucking in Feb '12 after getting a call to go back in the oilfield. I had been driving 3 years at the time when I left. My last two...
Not true at Maarten or other megas, if you aren't spotless with a moon landing or two, they won't touch you. What a joke, a BFI Co turning up...
Didn't Celadon just acquire them?
My buddy and his friend worked for May,.they have an idle policy and no APUs as well. They both had left the Co and were called back by May after...
