I was not stuck, i was driving that day almost 16 hours and it was a nasty rainy day in florida. Loaded flyash at the Orlando power plant, this was my third and final load for the day and four rail road tracks kept me from finally reaching the silo at Florida Rock plant and as i was approaching it, i thought i saw another truck at the silo where i was going and by the time i was looking for the stop sign, i was already in the tracks, i slowed down for the bumpy tracks and something told me look at your left side, a gut feeling that i never ignore, ther was no horn, no arms, nothing telling me that a train was crossing, if you see my first picture that i posted, you can see the darkness where that monster came from and you'll have an idea, all i can do was step on the gas as hard i could in third gear and he got me in the middle of the tanker. Just one simple mistake could've taking out half of the city of tampa with 20 rail cars full of fertilizer. But trucking gave me a second chance with a slap on the wrist.
Advice on finding a job after a rollover?
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DOTY? I'm glad you and half of Tampa are still here, You could call yourself anything you want to and I'd still like you(as long as we are not planning on eating dinner and you are late). Please don't read anything off color here you bottom feeder slims but that I like to read his post and that I am glad his wreck was not more serious. Thank You. -
If the rollover isn't on your MVR, then find a company that doesn't use DAC. This will require some research on your part, but not every company uses DAC.
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my brother in laws in chicago act like fiddle faddle maybe it is in the water
the most telling thing he said is he cant wait to get out of trucking
he can keep calling me names i dont care
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Meanwhile, while discovering the 'names' of the companies, I learned of the 'tactics' that these companies perform to their drivers: no empty trailers available, hitting the DAC with an 'abandonment' tag despite a driver leaving the truck in the yard, shorting of pay, not reimbursing tolls and lumper costs, not fixing trucks, not getting a driver home for weeks on end, issuing trucks with the cab soaked in urine or covered with fecal matter, etc etc.
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Long story short, no, I did not 'know' of the 'deal' before I 'sat in the saddle'. I am so grateful of TTR and the ones who posted their experiences on here before me to save me from a mega-hell. I would never get my 1-year experience with a bottom-feeder (non-Schnieder) because I would never last on week at one given all that I have read!
The only bottom-feeder I will consider as of this typing is Schneider, but I am desperately trying other options first. I make no apologies to anyone that gets peeved over this. Like the Bon Jovi song goes: "Its my liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-ife...."
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Kinda ironic, ain't it? I mean, a very senior citizen, such as yourself, in his sixties, claiming that a guy, some 20 years your junior, is not going to be 'around' and all....
I may not be around TTR or trucking, but you are actuarially speaking likely just not to be around...anywhere....if you know what I mean... -
To the OP...roll-overs are serious accidents in the trucking world. Lots of companies won't even look at you once they see one. IMO , they can be a job-killer even worse than a failed drug screen or a DUI/DWI. They scream two things , 1) The driver was not paying attention , 2) the driver over reacted? panicked , or was driving too fast for the road/traffic conditions. There is also the mechanical failure/blown steering tire scenario , but if that is the case a police/accident report can shed some light on the incident. You are in a bad spot, to be sure..... but it may be possible with time to find a job in the industry , keep looking , but just remember a good , steady/accident free work history post roll-over is going to be your best bet. Good LuckLast edited: Apr 7, 2013
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Not to pick on them but you might try Fed-Ex. The company I work for now the first truck I drove for them had been rolled. 2 weeks after the driver rolled it Fed-ex hired him.
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