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1 year in, ready for a change. What are your suggestions?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Prostar_Central, Jan 8, 2014.

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  1. Jan 13, 2014 #21
    justcolorado

    justcolorado Bobtail Member

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    I drove a gas tanker in the mountains of Colorado for a couple of weeks. And you can easily start out making 60 or even 70 thousand a year to start. Had a brand new fast truck.... but thought to myself every time I was driving..... holy freakin mackerel, I've got 8000 gallons of gas behind me. I couldn't quit fast enough.
     
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  3. Jan 14, 2014 #22
    Lepton1

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    Sorry to hear that. You really need to hire a private eye. Have him check the dog's Facebook page. I think he's bragging and he thinks the snoring is cute.
     
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  4. Jan 14, 2014 #23
    Tonythetruckerdude

    Tonythetruckerdude Crusty Deer Slayer

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    Exactly...they are/were not the norm....even back when I started with them...they were in Greensboro , NC...there at the time the best trucking jobs to have in that area were UPS , GSF , and a company called Distron ( they delivered to Burger Kings exclusively back then)...had app's at all of them and GSF was the 1st to open the door for me. I walked through that door and never looked back...spent right at 33 years with those folks...shoot as much as I talk about them on this forum , I should be getting residual/recruiter pay...LOL I can't agree with you more though on the fact that really good trucking jobs are like the proverbial "Holy Grail"...I was very fortunate to get and KEEP that job...
     
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  5. Jan 14, 2014 #24
    Allow Me.

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    Even LTL can be hard work. Not every delivery is to a dock. You have "inside deliveries" sometimes which means a hand truck going inside an office bldg, while double parked in downtown wherever. You also make pick-ups as you make your deliveries thru out the day. Which means constantly moving freight around with-in the trailer. Sometimes YOU have to break down the inbound freight and sort it before YOU load it and deliver it. It's called "combination dock/driver". Same pay. Then just when you think the days over and it's Miller time, he-he-he, bossman says we missed this pallet which needs to go NOW, which means you get to play around in afternoon traffic.
     
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