My Experience as a Line Haul Driver

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  1. American-Trucker

    American-Trucker Road Train Member

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    a few other things, I passed two of the Little Legue Teams last week (i drive right past the stadium in Shelby, NC every day.

    I hired a Lawer to go to court for me, he is suposidly the "Best" traffic lawyer in that county and he "specializes" in CDL drivers. He said since i've been driving 8 years and 4.5 years of which on a CDL and never had a ticket before he's almost sure he can get me out of getting any points, and have it knocked down to a non moving violation. So thats good.


    Also I saw "The Campaign" a week or whatever ago, best movie ever, deffinatly worth the money to go see it.


    I just bought "The Dictator" and im gonna watch it tonight after the race, i'll post a review after.


    Oh and they perminatly put in a "safety Lane" suposidly the Owner of the company called the shop manager direct and told him he HAS to do it and MUST fix any issues before moveing the truck/trailer because he's trying to "fix" the equipment issue...we'll see...But i have had to sit there while they change tires, lights, etc before they'd let me back in the terminal, they are only checking on the way in not the way out.


    I know there was something else i wanted to post about but i cant think of it at the moment lol i'll be back! lol





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  3. American-Trucker

    American-Trucker Road Train Member

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    now i remember!

    I met one of my subscribers from YouTube on friday at the Pilot in Dandridge, TN he reconized me inside the truck stop and said hi. Driver from Houser Transport.






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  4. American-Trucker

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    Had a decent day, did my run, worked the dock for 3 hours then came home....then my home computer crashed :( so im on my laptop :) We had a night shift driver come in and quit today he got a job for fedex ground.




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  5. rbrtwbstr

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    not jealous are we? lol
     
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    Unless you plan on buying your own truck and route at FedEx Ground DO NOT apply to them. You will be paid straight pay, so you will make 150.00 a day whether you work 7 hours or you work 12. Line-haul is all drop and hook but once again long hours straight pay. The guy who I almost worked for actually offered a decent salary more than im making now, same hours. But NO BENEFITS. He was a cool guy though. said work as long or as little as you want for me but just please give me time before you do quit. He ended up getting someone before me but its no big deal. Hours would be starting at 3pm or later every day.

    Now if you buy a route, or a few then you will MAKE MONEY. One guy I worked for is going to Wilmington, NC and buying three or four routes. They are a quarter of the price of what a route costs here. When I almost moved there he was gonna offer me a head driver manager position if I wanted to when he moves there.
     
  7. catrucker916

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    You would think that after 4 yrs you would have figured out that not everything goes perfect everyday. Stop complaining about everything, **** could be a lot worse.
     
  8. Brandonpdx

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    Dandridge TN...pretty sure I stopped at the Loves there once back when drove for Watkins.
     
  9. American-Trucker

    American-Trucker Road Train Member

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    yep you probably did, almost every W/S truck going west outta conover stops there for fuel or the 280 in Baxter, TN for fuel.





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  10. American-Trucker

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    never said everything has to go perfect every day. but there is a big differance between a bad day and a bad job...





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    the flying scotsman Thanks this.
  11. American-Trucker

    American-Trucker Road Train Member

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    i think im going to retire this thread. Just like i figured, no one is reading or posting so im not going to be continueing to blog about this job. If/when i change jobs i might start another blog...



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