My first run ( not sure if trucking is for me)

Don't think this will be the norm, my first run or two as a trucker weren't the smoothest either (not quite as bad as yours though lol). Keep with it and get some normal days under your belt. You'll become more comfortable as you log more time behind the windsheild. Snow driving is never fun, I'm just happy it doesn't last all year.

Good luck!

 

yo be glad u got a job , it always is tuff first year . what ever you do dont quit hang in there if you like it it will get better . i been trying to find a job i just left panther long story . also , it is very tuff getting back in i tore a rotator cuff over a year ago and have 4 incedents on my dac maaan how am i going to get a job . i am itching to get on the road agin but no one will work with me how do i get some help about gettung a job any one no it really sucks i miss big truck big time preace have great day and be safe

 

sounds like trucking. Stick with it not all days are like that and before long you will have so many boring days you will be begging for some excitement

 

petesout,

Sorry to read about your first day. That sounded rough. Hang in there. If you are with a good company, you will do just fine. It will get better.

snorelord,

It's not a bootcamp. It is a place where you go to learn how to drive a truck safely. If you are at a good school, things will fall into place and you will do just fine. The key to this is that you must find a good company to work for. In my opinion, any company that places ads in a truckstop magazine is not worth a ####! Think about it. You see the same ads for the same companies over and over. Do you think that their business is growing so fast that they can't keep up with demand? Or do you think maybe, just maybe, it might be that they treat their drivers poorly with little pay, costly benefits, unrealistic load/unload times, dispatchers/managers that don't care about you and little home time? Just something to think about.

Drive safe

 

I was basically saying the first year was bootcamp. I chose a really good school and payed the tuition in full(Yay Credit Cards!) so I could choose the carrier I wanted. I was very close to going to Prime (since they are just down the street) so I could save tuition but I didn't want to be obligated to them for however long. CFI, Transland, IWX, OandS, Trailiner, and several others are in Springfield, MO So I will just have to wait and see.

 

Just run legal at all times and don't let the dispatcher or anyone have you do any different. New or not you may have to find that right company that gives you miles and lets you run legal so you stay out of prison or losing your licences or getting to many fines for log violations. Most companies do not pay for Log Violation fines

So my advice is just that run legal and say what you have to on the qualcom:yes2557

 

that's your response to every post... just put it in your signature! lol

 

But no one reads the signature , but you are right. I should put it in word and copy and paste this information instead of typing it out each time.

 

Welcome to the trucking world.Sounds like you got the bad stuff out of the way right out of the gate. Don't be discouraged, its a learning process and it takes time. Not all loads will be like this one.

 

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