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sawmill said: ↑

Actually the lease road was only about three miles and it was in better shape than the highway I took to get there.
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W Tx dont F around with crappy lease roads.

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@MagnumaMoose has been spotted.

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MACK E-6 said: ↑

@MagnumaMoose has been spotted.

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Well... there goes the water supply.

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@TripleSix

If you get the inkling, think about looking into this.

School of the American Rifle - AR15 Armorers Course

I took it, and learned a lot. It’s taught by the one who made the video I posted the other day.

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MACK E-6 said: ↑

@MagnumaMoose has been spotted.

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This explains Flints stituation!

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Headed back to the Midwest.

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HillbillyDeluxeTruck said: ↑

W Tx dont F around with crappy lease roads.
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Nah, leave that to Pennsylvania & west Virginia

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PoleCrusher said: ↑

Well... there goes the water supply.
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Possibly our crabs and oysters too...

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Cuba MO.

Don't wanna sound like 'THAT GUY" - but is the dude with the RGN next to me REALLY gonna idle ALL night - it's 50 something degrees!

After I backed in, straight as a pin in one long slow shot - he proceeded to straighten his trailer up - not sure if he felt he needed to up his game, or get his trailer away from mine.

Truckers are a weird bunch.

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Zeviander said: ↑

Really appreciate the input my friend. I'm not sure why you thought it might be condescending or whatever. I definitely want to start fresh with this new company, and try to be friendly, professional and open to opportunity, but also not be a complete push over. I've got 4 years under my belt, and in Canada, that's a very high value of experience for younger drivers these days. Most my age, who don't grow up in the industry, don't make it past 6-12 months.

I want to be the guy they try to keep around because I'm good at whatever I set my mind to do, not because I say yes all the time. I realize now that was a big mistake at my current company, since they have been treating me like a doormat without anything to show for it.

I have heard nothing but positive things about this company in terms of home time and family focus. They know their drivers need to be home and use the 4 on, 4 off schedule to try and get them to be home more, while still maximizing their productivity.

Right now I'm just focusing on making a strong first impression, being honest about what I want to do in the long term (be local/city rather than highway) and while still realize I have long term goals of being at home more, I don't want to sacrifice the opportunity to make big bank in the next 12-14 months to help build a solid future for my wife and future family.

The reason I went back out on the highway originally was to start making bigger money, but then realized that it wasn't really possible at my company within the parameters set for me (home every 5-6 days). I need to be out more at my mileage rate to really make good money.

If the work is there, I'll put in 60 hour weeks, I won't refuse an extra day of work because 5 on, 3 off means potentially an extra 50-65% on the down payment by the end of the year. Once I get some seniority under my belt, I'll look into transitioning into the city. I still love being on the road, but definitely don't want to do that once the kids start appearing.
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You're going to do just fine!!

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