Soon to be newbee

Yeah, stay in your lane.

Kidding of course, welcome, stay safe and bend over. It's a magical ride.

 

I know woefully little about good vs bad 401's, so I can't speak on that. I will say that I hear bulk makes more than dry van. I'm getting crushed by my bills vs my earnings in dry van. Again I do not know if your experience in bulk will be the same as mine in Van, but as a new driver in van you are handled with the kid gloves. They don't seem to care so much if you are on time to the appointment - tell them when you think you can get there safe and legal, and then get there safe and legal. They can work out any customer service issues. I have only ever been accosted once at a receiver that I was late for an appointment to. Forgot to take into account a time zone crossing and instead of 45min early as I thought I was, I was 15min late.

Schneider - safety first and always

 

Most of the accidents I've seen are all related to bad weather situations. Guys tailgating in blizzards, playing super trucker in truck stops.

Most drivers I've met had an accident/incident starting out, consider it a growing pain and learn from it. Don't beat yourself up too much if/when it happens.

 

Good move going with tanker. After gaining some experience and wanting more home time plenty of fuel hauling jobs in Nashville. Another good company to keep in mind after gaining experience is A&R Transport which does some work at the rail yard in Nashville. I talked to one of their drivers that lives in Ridgetop & he said he's making avg. $72K per year. They require experience; look at their website. Best wishes on your new career.

 

Hell ya man, get yourself a vuqube if you're pulling food grade. Chill and relax while taking your detention pay.

 

Vuqube is an automated, specially mount-able satellite dish for trucks- it makes the process of watching satellite TV in your truck much more convenient and easier. Detention pay is what you're paid after waiting so many hours while sitting at a shipper/receiver because they don't have their act together and if you pull food grade tank you'll be doing quite a lot of it.