Omg. I don’t know why this is my 3rd time trying. But I will say this I went to college and parked the rig and went to school, got back in and did it again. Over and over again. Now it wasn’t SNHU, I actually had to attend classes. That was all fine. I got my degree and it didn’t mean squat. It is what it is. But I will tell all something there is nothing better than rolling down an interstate or a 2 lane highway and watching the Sun come up and thinking to yourself this is my office view. When it’s in your blood it’s there forever. Nothing beats the open road and that smell of diesel . I wish you all the best FJ
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One of the requirements for pretty much every law enforcement agency i know of whether it's state, federal, etc, is x amount of college experience, x amount of experience in similar fields, or x amount of time in the military; i pretty much have 1 year as a CO, but not very many places recognize correctional officer experience, especially since youre dealing with a bunch of deekheads and you dont have to be very subtle and delicate as you would with the general public who hasnt been convicted of a crime, so needless to say i get that part; as far me going to college being my chosen route, it's not the only one i couldve done; there were plenty of places i couldve gone as a CO to get the experience, but i persoanlly think for some of the niche areas i might be interested in working in, such as a detective, a college education couldnt hurt; besides, some inmates make me sick and i had about enough of that
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Fuel has come down some but here's an example..
Diesel was $6-$7 a gallon retail in some places..
Lets not count anything but fuel. No insurance, tags, ifta, ucr, 2290, permits, oil, grease, tires, repairs, maintenance, tolls, loadboard fees, truck & trailer payments, cellphone, internet, fuel card, parking, logbooks, driver pay, company profit, equipment replacement, etc, etc, etc.. Sure I'm forgetting alot, it's late but you get the idea...
So retail $6 per gallon fuel divided by my average of 6.61 mpg = 90 cents per mile fuel cost alone..
Even with a fuel surcharge of 70 cent per mile on top of the base $1.04 per mile I'm am not profitable. I don't even have a truck or trailer payment. I'm parked at those rates..CAXPT, OLDSKOOLERnWV, Swine hauler and 8 others Thank this. -
That why you finance a new truck that get 9-10 mpg. DUH, DEBIT is the answer.singlescrewshaker, CAXPT, Swine hauler and 13 others Thank this. -
man i couldnt even afford potato peelings if i were lp making $1.04 a mileCAXPT, jamespmack, D.Tibbitt and 6 others Thank this. -
What exactly is the difference between a company/contract driver & lease purchase?CAXPT, Crusader66, jamespmack and 6 others Thank this. -
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