If You Are New Boyd Aint For You

Running it their way is pretty standard for the industry as a whole. As far as dealing with spreads, you may be better served to get some experience running a drybox first, since they are pretty much all tandem axle trailers. Get that experience under your belt, get more comfortable behind the wheel, then tackle running flats since alot of flats are spread axle. And your tester was right, you really do need to relax a bit. Breathe deep, and remember what you learned in school.

 

"assuage" is the correct word, and well chosen.

 

Some of these companies are too hard on newbies, but you also have to understand they are putting their trainer and equipment in your hands. They are so greedy to hire a newbie for cheap labor, but won't put the time in and send them off on their first mess up.

The fact that somebody has a CDL only means you made it around a couple blocks with the Dot officer and they didn't kill nobody. I see these guys trying to back up and heading straight for the center of somebody's truck. Like the truck is going to move and they keep on going back. Sad part is the trainer who was training him didn't seem to know how to tell him what to do. They just gave up on the hole and it was pretty easy. Looked like they were just going to pull beside the scale. I was leaving and they had to get out of my way. So not sure if they attempted that hole again, but there was plenty of parking at that loves.

 

There is nothing "super" about a super 10. YUCK!

 

What is the deal with people needing to back in between 2 other trucks in a half empty parking lot???? I see this all the time now. They will spend 10 minutes taking their skills test instead of pulling through or GOING TO AN EMPTY AREA?! Wtf....

 

Prostars with Maxforce engines Suck! Completely different from any other truck I have ever driven in 20 years out here. Just sayin'

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Kinda like getting a new girlfriend..Push this,smack that,pull,tug,nothing like the last one..

 

If you want to go flatbed why don't you try out Roehl? I think that they will be more patient with newbs and their yard is in Gary, IN. I got a good impression from them in general but they were slow to respond, plus they want a lot of information on you, they actually check/call your references/prior jobs. I ended up going with Schneider because they were more proactive, but if you want flatbed obviously SNI isn't an option.

 

Well, Boyd may be hard to get hired on with.....but they must be pretty good to work for. They currently have one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry. I've never met a mad Boyd driver, and I have loaded next to a lot of them over the years.