1st Job = Heavy Haul

I know of two more companies that hire new cdl school grads for heavy haul/over width, so your situation isn't uncommon.
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That's trucking in general. It always moves too fast. Even if you were in a different sector of trucking, and your 2nd load required you to go to NYC, you gotta do it. You'll be scared to death, but no needs to know that. Lol. You've vaulted yourself straight to heavy haul so the challenging stuff is going to come very quickly. You only getting better by getting in there and doing it. You'll be fine man. The others gave you great advice. Soak it all in.

 

well paid.. lol
They likely hired him so they don’t have to pay much
@Dennixx makes more hauling hazmat then you ever will doing hh

I guess just keep the job, youre already there,
Atleast you want to learn. Read all you can on here. There’s a thousand old threads.

 

When you're no longer at least a little scared of it is when you get dangerous. That they took you on as a new CDL and now they're asking you to go get doubles/triples to haul bigger more expensive stuff should be the biggest vote of confidence they can give you. Just my opinion.

 

The most common mistake is when you have a driver with experience go heavy haul and he hasn’t gotten rid of the “gotta go Gotta Go GOTTA GO” mentality. Too much of hurrying to read the permits and provisions, no trip planning and will blow a curfew, or get wedged in and stuck at a construction site, high center a RRXX, or hit a bridge…

…and get the biggest fine in automobile history.

 

Just stick with it, the self accomplishment is all worth it. I was scared ****less when I was 25 and first hauled sulfuric acid, but it didn't stop me from doing it. You can only learn by doing it, just cross your T's and dot your I's

 

Another way to look at it is that you're getting paid...and paid pretty well for your level of experience...to learn. A lot of guys would take your job in a heart beat.
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