Here I go, don't know where, but I AM GOING!!!

The 110% thing was just a saying, I know i have to operate within the laws and physical human limits. Just saying that if you can give it your all whenever you can usually you come out ahead.

Yeah and i figured stopping whenever i saw something cool wouldnt be practical, but as far a photos go, i like taking pictures no matter where I am.

I'm sure I can find healthy good food on the road, and i realize cooking isnt always practical, but this will be an adjustment i will have to make

 

Thats a very cool story. Getting to drive and see so many new areas, this excites me. Cant tell you the last time I left PA other then to drive the 30 minutes into Delaware for tax free shopping. I know I wont be a "tourist" but I'd imagine i'd see a lot of really cool stuff from the truck windows, and maybe once in a good while might be able to stop and see something up close an personal. Even if its just once a month or two, i'd be cool with that.

 

Been getting some very informative and overall positive pm's from people. TY for this!!

A lot of people have been asking me what companies I am interested in.....uh.....well.......I don't really know. I've bee reading this non stop for past couple of days, everyone has good, bad, ugly, and varied opinions about all these companies.

Maybe some of the people who have taken the time to read this, and offer advice could steer me towards some companies I should be looking at.

As a side note. Where I live, above my brother's barber shop, is directly across the street from what I call a loading yard for flatbeds at Accelor Mittal steel in Coatesville PA. The drivers pull up to the gate, check in and then drive over to the "yard". They wait there, some longer then others, and it looks like they get called to one of the buildings to get loaded with whatever steel plates they are there to pick up. They then go back into the yard and strap everything down and "fight" with these giant tarps and chains. I say fight because some of these guys really seem to work hard at it while others do it effortlessly. Then a lot of the guys appear to park there over night and sleep untill morning. At around 6 in the morning the guys from yesterday pull out and the whole process repeats again. Been watching this for almost 8 years. Enough to know that Flatbed would not be my first choice, but I would do it if I had to.

The Companies I see most often over here at Mittal are Maverick, Roehl, BTC, TMC, some company with two complicated dutch looking names I have never tried to pronounce they drive older white trucks with hideous orange and brown stripes, and I think its Falcon or HAwk or some bird of prey they have blue and green trucks.

Well Like I said, I've been watching these guys for years, I wish there was a way to get past the fence and across the railroad tracks to talk to some of them, but since they do a lot of military stuff over there, don't think it would be a good idea...lol

So again, not really digging the flatbed thing, just seems like those guys are never happy while strapping down and fighting those huge tarp things. Again I am not saying NO but not my first choice.

So who should I be looking at, and maybe doing the "pre-hire" things I keep seeing and hearing about?

Thanks Again

 

AMAZING!!!!!!! This is an awesome picture!! Just being able to see stuff like that, even if its from a window, is worth it for me!!!!

 

Not a diner near here, but a couple of pizza and chinese take out places they walk over to sometimes. About 30 minutes up US30 in Lancaster there is a truck stop and a diner that trucks are always parked at...think its called Jenny's Diner or something like that....short story, I dont eat out much after getting some serious food poisoning a few years back, but i do like coffee......