My journey with Orange starts

Good luck...stay safe driving those...we know how people drive around those...

 

I'm in the Seattle area. Would be interested in learning more about this company if you could pm me with the details.

 

That is certainly a reality check on that rig. Going from dry van to double tanker hazmat. Using all of your endorsements.

I just got a call back from Stevens Tanker Division in Dallas. They are interested. I will call them back. This would be hauling frac sand in the oilfield. Will see how it shakes out.

 

And as isualy, Im,late to the party. I've loved your thread here, Man , and I hope you keep it going with your adventures. I look forward to seeing more of them.
I'm still considering,moving out that way, but my blood pressure recently went over the 140/90 limit, just a few digits, but enough to fail me, so I won't pass another DOT physical. Kinda scared, I never had planned on not being able to drive anymore. I've tried to get a non driving job, but I can't even get a forklift job, because I don't have 'recent' experience despite the fact that its.....a forklift, and I was driving them before my interviewer was born, and they haven't changed much. Applied everywhere but fast food and groceries, but 12 years of driving and 4 years of refinery work don't add much skills to today's market, I guess.

 

BP meds man.

 

My BP was high also....Mickeyrat is correct. You get a one year med card if taking meds but it does work.

 

You can take this comment serious... Drink natural Hibiscus tea (Red Zinger great brand). Some of the BP meds are compounded with high concentrations of hibiscus. My BP generally runs in the low 120s/80s with low heart rate (I have a bimonthly report from my Doc for over a year). When I took my DOT physical my BP soared. It's called "white coat syndrome" that many have according to my Doc. You should have not have been failed but given a 90 day temp card at minimum if not a year. That will allow you time to get your BP under control and retest.

 

Thanks guys, I appreciate it. I didn't mean to hijack the thread, but you all are the only ones I can really talk about it with.
I don't have any driver friends anymore, other than here.
I haven't actually Been failed at the physical. I monitor it myself by stopping in a clinic every 6 months or so and asking them if they can do it. Its usually free and off the record. When I checked led it last week and saw it was over, I bought my own kit and do it everyday now, so I can show a doctor a few weeks worth of results.

Will a doctor see me without insurance? I can pay for it upfront.