Newbie, Hello

hey Wally, welcome, glad you found us, so i am in school right now, 8 weeks in out of 24 weeks, i like it a lot, iv always wanted to be a driver, turned 21 back in march and decided it would be a good time to hit the rd, 21 cause i can leave the state, no kids, not married, no major payments, actualy just my cell phone thats all..... im going for flatbedding, however somewhere down the rd id like to venture over to tanker, thats what iv always wated to do. but tell me what divisions you have been in and which one you liked the best and why, would love to hear it, would others
thanks Wally

 

Hey Wally, glad you're here. BTW, you wouldn't happen to be the Spr Vall driver who dropped a trailer exiting the DC would you? (would have been Jan or Feb of '06)? I got there to witness the tail end of the aftermath (I was driving for covenant), and I guess it happened when the driver ran his bobtail thru the truck wash, because it was around 10-15 Degrees that morning.

Sorry to be a pest, but I couldn't help but ask!!

 

Welcome to the FORUM!

 

Hey wally, thank for rubbing in the fact that your drop and hook!!! haha j.k thats awsome, ill make it there someday... im going to try tanker, but i need to " get my foot in the door " before i make that move ya no, learn about the trucking industy hands on out on the rd, working for the worse and the best of the best ha..
ill keep ya posetd

be safe out there

 

Let me give you some feed back about the different operation with different trailers. Flatbed is more physically active than driving a tanker or a van. Specially if you have to tarp. It is also easier to get hurt when flatbedding, if you are not careful enough. It would keep you in good shape though, if you don't overeat all the time. Most of van freight is drop and hook. And when live unloaded, usually the customer takes care of unloading. In reefer, many of the load are driver unloaded; however, you will most likely end up paying a lumper to handle the unloading. Reefer is perhaps the most aggravating thing you can pull. Not just because the reefer noise, but because the bad attitudes you will have to put up with at the dock. 90% of the time will be pulling heavily loads (40,000+). Tankers are load are usually light (around 20,000). Good thing about a tanker is that you do your own loading and unloading by yourself (when hauling gasoline and diesel) without having to deal with an always irritated dock foreman. You set the hoses, turn the pump and let it run until its done. Bad thing about tankers is that most of the freight is hazardous material and you have to your stopping at the railroad crossing (it becomes annoying when you drive in US hwy with making crossings). I hope this help you a little bit.

 

Howdy all,

I will be starting CDL school in Jan 08 and need advice on which carrier to start out with.

My MVR has 2 sppeds at 18MPH over in last 3 years so Schneider, Crete, Roehl etc. are out.

Warner and Covenant have me pre approved though. Any first hand info on either?

Any thoughts on US Xpress, KLLM or FFE?

Any suggestions are welcomed for sure.

Thanks to all.