WannRead For WannaBees

Yeah Brother, We're still here.

As a newbie to this site and the trucking industry (I'm in the very beginning stages of obtaining a CDL-A--studying for permit test in Tennessee), your commonsense and candor doesn't go unnoticed. I'll be the first to second that notion!

I'm gonna' keep an eye on this thread. I'm sure there's more learnin' to come.

Thanks for your insight.

DW

 

You have had quite the career, mostly due to your hard work and attitude, with a little luck thrown in for good measure.

 

Couldnt be more right! I can honestly say that I have learned more here than in school! Not saying school wasnt good, but here you will REALLY learn about the trucking business, not just the how to drive basics!

 

wow aftershock, my hats off to ya. seems like you had a great time doin what you loved, and all because you were not afraid of a little hard work..

your information hasnt gone unnoticed. thanks

 

AS,

Glad you posted that - It gave me something to read this past week while I was out. Let me save my 6 books for the next run!

And - strange as it may seem - I already had a chance to start in the direction you took. First week or so out, a driver saw me park the truck - it wasn't an awkward park, nor particularly difficult if you set up for it right (but that's almost always the case, anyway).

Anyway, he saw me doing laundry a bit later and - without knowing jack about me, other than I successfully parked a big rig one time - offered me a job with one of those stage transportation companies.

I may regret it later in life (they were hauling for Bon Jovi, I think).. but anybody who offers me a job based on so little information is either frantic with desperation, or there's something I'm missing that could well bite me in the sitdownupon. I politely declined the offer.

Still, it would be interesting, I think.. for a while.

 

I was at a truck stop last night, i picked up an application to maybe get some temp work at the fuel house out back for the truckers (maybe shoot questions at them when they come in and have time to kill), but the one guy at the accessories desk for truckers, i asked him about being one. He was retired, and he said this one time, he was in New York, in one of these buroughs, and the dock was slightly down this alley, but the only way to get to it, was to drive past the alley, and back up. He said this big african american guy would come out, and tell you, "you watch me. I will tell you where to go safely. If i catch you looking in your mirrors, you can do this by yourself."

He told me this one driver the big guy was helping looked in his mirrors, and when he looked back to the nose of his truck, he was gone. LOL
Kinda gotta appreciate any help you get when you get it. I have a rule, never turn down a steak dinner and never turn down a trip to the bathroom. Might add one, and never turn down a helping hand.

I will be the first to help someone if I have the time. Because if it were me in that position, i wouldnt want to be someones free entertainment. How great the feeling is, for both of you, to see someone struggling with something, then have someone else come out of the blue, and offer that helping hand.

 

oh 5 more posts till i hit 50....and able to PM people. =)