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congradulations!!!! good job, just find a job that suits your needs. TransAm will try to get you to sign a lease, your choice. I heard that Crete Carriers is ok. You may look in your own area to find a job,anyway good luck.

 

If you can't find a job OTR because of where you live look at local delivery jobs such as food or construction look for companys that have both semi's and straight trucks Good Luck

 

First, congratulations! Second....one way to search for carriers in a particular area is to use this site: https://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/ It's the SafeStat site but you can manipulate it by state, region, county, SEA Score, # of power units, etc. Categorizing the search by county, for example, will give you a list of many, if not all, of the carriers in that particular county. I've run across some small, "sleeper" carriers with good safety records doing this. You never know when one of those might be looking for a driver just like you. Good luck!

 

I never thought of using that site like that Thank you oldnew....


American Trucker

 

Just a thought or two about the 9-10 shift thing. There's a wider split between those two gear ratios than there is between the lower gears so it does tend to take a extra little mental blip before they slip in. Just a practice thing.

Also, think about your shift pattern. When you're shifting R-1 or 2-3 (7-8) with your hand atop the shift knob your arm and hand naturally are moving in a parallel close to your body. When you shift 4-5 (9-10) your hand is actually moving in a shallow arc and you're unconciously pulling the stick towards you instead of straight back and forth. This makes for a slight drag going into gear. A trick I was shown years ago is instead of resting my hand on top of the stick when shifting those gears I cup my hand around the front of the knob for 4-5 upshift or the rear of the knob for 5-4 downshift. Might help you.

 

Just to let all you drivers that read this post, i start driving for Loberg Farms tomorrow hauling corn & beans. When i'm not driving i'll be out in the fields disking & dragging. I'm finally getting a start back on the road.

 

Haulin' corn in Nebraska....who'd a thunk it?
Congratulations!