For newbies - Confessions of a veteran driver

needs to be stickied

 

You'd be surprised at how many states you could legally carry in. With an Oklahoma permit, a Florida non resident permit and or a Utah non resident permit I would be pretty well covered. In the states that there's no reciprocity with you lock the weapon in a safe box then get it back out in the next state.

You're guaranteed "safe transit" through those states with the weapon locked away by Federal law.

I can't because I go to Canada weekly and both borders kinda frown on that.

Look around here.
http://www.carryconcealed.net/

 

Great post. One of the best that I've read.

Great advice. Now here's another big tip....if you get to a loading/unloading point that's not open and decide to grab a door and bump the dock before going to sleep, ALWAYS get out and make sure that the lip on the electric dock plate is retracted. If it isn't, and you back into it, I guarentee it'll not only ruin your nap, but it'll ruin your day to. You'll play heck getting those doors open to unload. I can't tell you how may times I ran into that situation and was glad that I always checked things out before I bumped the dock.

 

im starting school for central refrigerated in Feb.! can u give me some advice? is this a good company to work for? Thanks, Jeff

 

Fretless, I have to say your post is a breath of fresh air for me. I got my CDL just before I left the military back in '08. When I got out I went to drive for Werner, but due to a family emergency, I was forced to quit after only 2 weeks. I've worked in a power plant ever since and absolutly hate it, so now that everything has calmed down family wise, I'm dying to get back on the road. Reading around this forum has had me second guessing myself, until I just read your post. THANK YOU!

 

Love the Post, great info for noobs like myself!!!

 

That's reverse descrimination!

I've made note of posts when an author, it would seem, only recently graduated from 2nd grade and I was spanked for it... Now, someone makes note of an articulate person as if such is unusual here!

Let the spanking begin!?

 

Thank you so very much for the words!! As a newbie, you hear so many different things, good, bad, and ugly which can taint your thinking. The honesty is not only useful but very appreciated.