(Don't worry my post will never be this long again)
I've been lurking on here for a month or so, and all i can say is.... The WEALTH of info on here is AMAZING.
From what i've read on here im probably what some of you would call a "steering wheel holder"
Little backround: Worked for a very large moving company for over a decade (on the O&I side not HHG) and finally decided to get my "A" some years back.... taught myself how to drive, playing around in our yard after everyone else went home for the day....... payed my own dmv fees (company would have paid, but i wanted to do it on my own without anyone knowing), and had my permit all of 2 weeks (would have been 1 week but the KW i took to the drive test decided to burst a lower radiator hose in the parking lot, the minute i pulled in) took all 8 test the same day (M1,T,X,A stuff, and of course the #### "C" test again)
Im more or less a local company guy that usually drives anything from a 12' packer, to a 48' box.... I learned on a 27' pup though, my first day with my permit, my coworker pulled over the 48' we were in right after getting off the bay bridge in SF on a friday evening (530pm) and said "here its all yours, if you can drive here in downtown in rushhour traffic, you can drive anywhere" after my threats to him werent working (i was scared to death, and didnt wanna drive) i got in and got us to our destination, and never looked back.
My new found respect for truckers came only after having to take a loaded 48' from oakland to oceanside ca (socal).... all I will say (since i made this pretty long already) is that it takes a certain type to be a REAL OTR guy/gal... i have NOTHING but the UTMOST respect for you men/women....
Before anyone ask.... NO i really dont know how to log, and yes i consider myself lucky to have made that above mentioned trip 3 or 4 times with not knowing the right way to log.
Im currently out of trucking until Dec due to a bad choice I made, but cant count the days fast enough before i can get back in the saddle again..... Im "hoping" to be able to finally use my tanker endorsement come dec... but might have to settle for going back to "where i came from" for a year or so.
Again this place is the best for anyone with a cdl or trying to get one! (dead serious about that!)
Hello.. (If I found this place YEARS ago, i could have avoided the humble pie)
Discussion in 'The Welcome Wagon' started by superpet39, Feb 21, 2013.
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Nah man. When people say steering wheel holder it's not about what youve done its about whether youre a professional truc kdriver... or some dude they stuck in a drivers seat who can hold it in the lane going down the interestate
Lots of professional truckers out there only doing local. Heck check out what the coal haulers do in kentucky and virginia. Those boys drive some CRAZY little roads with a 100,000 pound trailer on back (im not kidding) . Or the log haulers taking their trucks down dirt roads with a tandem tire hanging in the air around every curve.
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