New Class A holder got a question for everyone.

Parking the truck at the company facility is a HUGE benefit, especially if it's the closer location of the 2 choices of companies. TOO MANY newbies think being able to bring the truck home is a big benefit. It's not for most people. It creates more problems than it solves and it means you have to donate free-time to sitting around while your truck gets serviced either before you start, during the week, or before you go home after being on the road.

 

I park my rig at the company's terminal -- then drive home for a 2-hour trip.

Every week.

It's doable.

-- L

 

I'm in this situation and that's the perfect time to ask you that question, if you could, would you park the truck at the terminal, drives 2 hours home for hometime, then drive 2 hours back to the terminal when coming out, or would you rather bring the truck home? Cause that's how it's gonna be most time for me at my new company, I don't have a car, even if I did have a car, I'm kinda iffy about that, what do you think?

 

You have a car right? Also is it require for you to park it there? I'm in this situation but I don't have a car, that's what's gonna make it a little annoying for me.

 

Get a used Vespa or similar and leave it in a secure place at the terminal. Use it to get home and to do shopping & chores. Stay out of the hammer lane on the interstate.

 

I would be terrified to drive that for 2hrs on the Interstate, especially the fastest route is state road 60, a two lane road that goes from coast to coast of Florida, so I would be holding back traffic with that. Someone can come pick me up from time to time but that's not always possible so I was thinking of getting a rental car when on home which doesn't make sense to get one when I'm on hometime. And I don’t want to get a car just to just drive home and back to the terminal, so that's why I thought that policy was stupid...

 

I think that it is not practical if you don't have a car.
Maybe you should buy a car?

 

Go flatbed. It’s the best way to learn. Have to think about so much more than a van.

 

Having a place nearby to park truck is a big plus in my opinion. Most drivers leave trucks at truck stops. So you have have a local truck stop near by your home. Plus hopefully they won’t tow it if they notice it sitting there empty. If you take 3 days off nobody will notice but if take a weeks vacation or two then it more of a problem.

The training part of two guys sharing a motel room and two guys working and living in a truck sounds very weird at first. I had to share motel room never liked it but did lean most guys are ok and cool. I even did the trainer thing for about 2 years. You notice that nobody is really comfortable at first. I think it because everyone is worries about privacy and it not normal. People that drive trucks also enjoy being alone more then being around others people most times.

What I leaned was all guys are basically the same You lean that people don’t have to judge each for no reason. Everyone’s hair is a mess in the morning so who cares?

 

I never did flat bed but seem them tarping and strapping loads in the summer heat and humidity and it doesn’t look like fun for $75 or whatever they get. Then in the winter cold and windy days. The heat and humidity can be brutal down south. I remember being by Dallas TX and they talking how it been 30+ day above 100F. It feels like you in oven when you get above 100F. I can’t imagine doing flatbread in that heat.