Recent graduate going to get experience in Honolulu-HI

Otr Driving in Hawaii is what 3 hours?

 

Depending on what I was doing I’d leave out about 3am and get home about 5pm. 450-600 miles is easily done in a day on the Big Island. Driving on Oahu would be tough because of the population.

 

I was there several times on a ship. You're correct. We were strongly advised not to hitchhike, especially at night because there's a good chance of getting mugged or just beaten for the heck of it.
The judges are mostly Hawaiian or Samoan and they take care of their own.

 

I got TWIC on my own. I enjoyed my time there, I came back to the mainland because the other end of the deal I agreed to wasn’t upheld on their part. The container stuff I did, even the hot oil tanks, was no touch. Grab a container out of the port and it was a drop and hook on the other end, then take the empty back to the port. If you go to like a Walmart or Home Depot or another box store you may have to drop your loaded, pull an empty from a door, spot a different loaded in the door, put the loaded you brought in someplace out of the way, then leave with your empty. But it’s all hourly pay so it doesn’t matter.

 

I don't think anyone outside of Hawaii will accept single state driving as OTR driving. I worked on a dedicated account that sent me to maybe 7 states and it didn't count as OTR.

 

I don’t want to sound negative, but given how Hawaii became part of the United States and the fact that outsiders have driven up real estate prices to the point natives can no longer afford to buy anything, they really don’t like anyone that isn’t Hawaiian. If you have thick skin you just deal with it. There were places I stayed away from on the Big Island if I was alone. I basically stuck to the touristy places. My friend took me sightseeing to some places I was told not to visit alone.

 

TWIC is maybe $85. If you are getting a HazMat and if there is ANY possibility you want a TWIC, get them both at the same time. I think it's under $120 for both. It's better and faster than paying $85 for each and waiting TWICE to get approval.