May Trucking, My Newbie Adventure begins

Go easy in the snow WYo, they don't give medals for guts in this industry, just walking papers. You won't get fired for parking to wait out a storm.

 

What he said. your the driver and will be held responsible
for the truck.. if its to bad- shut it down. q-comm dispatch
and tell them it is unsafe.

 

Those kind of docks have been around i think since man put trucks on this planet. I've been driving for a while and still cannot figure out why they made those docks. There is another type of dock that will tear up a roll up door that will get a local ltl driver in trouble. Imagane when you are in the dock and you have your dock plate tripped and the lip is on the inside of your trl. now weld that lip straight out and pull out of the dock and that whole dock plate is now sticking straight out, well on these docks they have a bumper under the dock plate and a little forward of the lip so when a trl. backs in, the trl. will hit the bumper first and as the driver is backing in the dock the plate goes up and then lands inside of the trl., well with a roll up that will tear up the bottom of the roll up door. So the next time you see a trl. with the bottom 2-3 leafs a differant color or newer you will know why.

 

Wow dude,I may have passed you along the way somewhere.
I was in Omak that week fighting the storm too.
I had drops in Ellensburg,Ephrata and Omak.
I had to throw iron on highway 97 between Goldendale and Toppenish. (Satus Pass)
Hwy 17 is a beautiful drive in the Summer,it's great riding on my Harley but not much fun in a truck during a blizzard lol.

 

Wyo, Thanks for all the post. I am interested in May and enjoy the updates. I would like to get back into the industry and want a good company to get started with.

 

Hi Clutch, thanks for posting your travels. I found your May thread after posting on the Ladies board. I'm a trucker's significant other (girlfriend) and my bf has been driving reefer and refridge for May since October 2010. He's western 11 with an occasional extra pay load to Mexico every once in awhile. I dont know his truck number but he's based out of Phoenix, Az for now. He does alot of trips up the I-10 to LA and the I-5 in Northern Cali.

Reading your blog has helped me understand what kind of day he goes through in a bit longer run. He runs 2-3 stops a day depending on destination. I help him when I can and mainly when he asks via telephone calls. He doesn't have internet connection in his truck so I provide the weather reports and road condition restrictions, address clarifications when he wants them. I'd like to think I'm helping in some selfish way. We don't get to see each other too often. I'm finally getting used to the distance and long times between when I do or don't see him. We don't have kids yet, and I work full time plus school so I can keep myself busy most times.

I want to go on a run with him but waiting till he transfers to local yard so I can sortof be guaranteed to do more of a local run/short haul so I know when I can be home. I work 3 days and get 4 off, figured I can go with him then since I know I wont miss work.

I must say I'm more curious now than ever after reading your post and sometimes wish he would do some sort of log like this... Its interesting reading for those unfamiliar. Granted he does not deal with the weather conditions of the 48 states but we have some wild weather in northern cali and oregon border thru mount shasta area that can cause some problems as well as i-80 thru the sierra's. I've even thought about getting a CDL so I can team drive with him, but I always come back to my pets. I have a puppy and 2 cats, with school and a house to maintain. they are always what ifs but i'd love to go on a run with him when I know i'd be back in time. I know we could take our puppy with us but the cats don't do well after a week or two with feeders and litter boxes and a friend checking in on them.

So thanks for the post, and I look forward to updates as I have subscribed to this thread.

Thank you..

Sharon

 

may is one of te worst companies out their right along with prime and tmc them 3 are the worst i know frist hand i am happy now i found a ral company to drive for home every weekend and make around 900 to 1200 a week them sry ### companys dont give two ###### about any one bet on that so i would say stay the hell away from them 3 companies if you want to have some kind of life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

So you found a company that worked better for your situation it sounds like. Being home on the weekends is something that you wanted. You would not get that at any of the companies that you mentioned in your post. They are all otr companies. I'm glad you found a company that works for you driver. Otr is not for everyone.