I generally don't even try to park at truck stops unless I finish a load early in the day / morning and I know there's some spaces to work with . I saw pretty quickly that around 4PM to 4AM is a bad time to park at most truck stops .
There's only one place I've been to in VA that has such a gargantuan parking lot you can roll up 7 8 9 pm and still have decent number of spaces left.
Why I am nervous about trucking
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Hopeful Eyes,
Stay away from what are known as “Mega Carriers.” These are Companies that have around 4,000 trucks. They make money on volume, or the amount of loads that they run annually. They get contracts by bidding the lowest, and undercutting smaller carriers. In the Transportation industry, the profit margins are very thin, so the way these large carriers make money is by cutting into driver pay. You will end up working 80+ hours a week, and only gross about 30k for an entire year. Of the mega carriers, I’ve heard Schneider and Prime are the best for training, and in terms of quality.
Stay away from C.R. England and Swift. If you research them you will find nothing but bad reviews.
Here is a list of ways to get a cdl from best to worst:
1. Community College.
2. Stand Alone Driving School.
3. Mega Carrier CDL Factory.
That order also reflects the amount of time you will be given to learn.
Community College: Months of training/studying.
Stand Alone Driving School: 4 Weeks.
Bad Mega Carrier: 2 Weeks.
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Just look at half the idiots climbing out of their trucks at a truckstop. Doesn't take much skill to drive a modern truck lol. Hell even I can do it lol.
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