USA truck experience

Big dog pile- How are those wiggle waggons to drive. Are you pretty much going to the same terminal every night.

Also with your knowledge of the TL world is it safe to assume you got your start at a TL carrier. Possibly even USA itself?

 

Many of us are at the OTR TL carriers because they are the only ones that will take us newbies on. Its tough to get the 2 yrs experience to get on with a good ltl company like yours any other way.

 

@dieselweasel

I didn't say anything about "safety." I was just emphasizing that by embracing technology vs. hiding from it is god for business. I personally have a very well outfited traveling tool box that includes Multi-Atlas Sets of Delorme Gazetteer Maps for the more expansive & less populated states, the rand mc nally truckers atlas (2012), the Rand Mc 710, my telephone, & a laptop to get me where ever the destination because it's my job to get the load from point a to point b.

 

Wow. Its been very interesting for me to see what people are using. There is a much wider variety than i thought. Do you also use that Delorme Gazetter for some for some fish and game activities. Could you use it to find the unibombers shack? I am sure I could of used it when I was trying to find a paper mill that was 20 miles out of town near Texarkana Tx.

 

I ended up working for an armored truck service. I drive a cdl truck good pay and benefits and home every night

 

What do you consider good pay and do you get to carry an Uzi?

 

No, I call them and remind them of our appt. time. If it's two hours later, I remind our logistics guy that we are charged if we are late for a crane. (Never happens)

Every time we go to a construction yard, there's no crane and they try to say we are late. I call and check in, then I call to explain the situation. Our logistics guy calls and says, "They charge detention. You have two hours."

I only do it since a crane yard in Houston kept us for 6 hours, for no reason. We lost a load. Now, I do it to everyone.

I only INSIST on detention if we are kept 4 hours. I drive our logistics guy crazy about our money. Invariably, there are 3-4 other guys. I encourage them to call, as well.

 

You would be surprised what you can find with Google and a couple of questions.

 

It's very eazy to pull the wiggle wagons, you can make turns much better... And yes I did TL for 1 year before I moved on to LTL. I started with a company called WESTWAY. big ole red WWs on the trailers. Their gone now but they had a sister company called NATIONS WAY..union LTL shop.. LTL linehaul is 96% term to term.. No sitting at recievers & shippers for me in many many years...