do ltl companies hire inexperienced drivers

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by byrdman2391, Oct 23, 2011.

  1. jakebrake12

    jakebrake12 Road Train Member

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    Yeah, that's cool and that's what you have to do. I'm the same way on turns and ramps 8 years in - probably slower now than ever.

    What do you mean by 8 consecutive roll-overs? I'm in the Philly region and we've had 4 total all year and only 2 were at fault at all the Philly region terminals. One was an obvious freight shift and the other was clipped by a car breaking the tie rod..
     
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  3. CenutryClass

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    at one of the nightly meetings the TM said there were 8 consecutive rollover companywide. I'm thinking of moving south a bit as im the second guy on the extra board and the guy above has been there for 1.5yrs and i want to get out of NYC like yesterday too
     
  4. Tractor7127

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    I started out in LTL when I was fresh out of the army. in my opinoin it was a great place to start out in the industry.
     
  5. jakebrake12

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    Alright, I'll look into that to see what I can find out. BTW, I'm from NYC myself - Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
     
  6. CenutryClass

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    Nice I did P&D in that area and all of central brooklyn..cant say i miss it too much, though its worlds better than some parts of queens...
     
  7. 7122894003481

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    We used to run about 70, 68 on cruise.....Few months ago they turned us down to 68 pedal, 65 cruise.

    When pulling doubles or triples I also take my curves and corners nice and slow and let the supertruckers fly by me. Always been that way, doesnt bother me a bit. 12 years in still no rollovers or accidents and hoping to keep it that way.
     
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    I'm trying to get with Old Dominion myself. But I can't find their application on their webpage.
     
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    I'm trying to get at Old Dominion myself, but can't find the application on their webpage.
     
  10. Brandonpdx

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    When I worked for OD in Seattle they had a guy fresh out of driving school.
     
  11. Brandonpdx

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    Just walk in and ask if they're looking for drivers. Don't even waste your time filling out the application until you've gotten that far.
     
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