everyone should remember

Great point Bubba!

I believe attitude is key sometimes too. If you go in with a good attitude then you will receive one. My hubby is only a couple or three months in and pretty much gets what he wants. One thing many fail to realize is you can only take so much without giving. Hubby gets out there, runs those loads, even the short trips and is constantly ahead of time in exchange his DM gives him the miles. Yeah he has made several 300 mi trips but when you get a couple of those a day, those miles do add up. You can't get an attitude when they wanna give you a short trip or send you to a place you really don't wanna be and you refuse it and in turn don't get loads....to them it just looks like you really don't want to work, they ain't gonna work with you if you don't wanna work with them. Take for instance....they asked hubby to take a different comfort zone for 6 weeks....he wasn't due home for another week or two...hubby told his DM, "I'll tell you what, you send me home for 3 days and I'll take that zone for 6 weeks." Needless to say, hubby came home and has steadily been moving since he has been out this time.

Oh and your whole theory on O/o is right on. I got a giggle. Some O/os get lucky and do very well. It takes a lot of headache to be an O/o and personally...if I myself couldn't/didn't know how to work on my own truck, I wouldn't do it. I'm talking knowing how to pull a tranny, replacing clutch...all that good stuff. My grandfather and biological father owned their own company but both knew a truck inside and out so the only money for repair was spent on parts. The both made many of dollars that way.

Btw...sorry about your Mom. My prayers are with you and your family.

 

Very good post there, and something every driver should read.

 

Good post Bubba. Research is the key to find the company that best fits you. And it sounds to me that the guys that do more complaining then driving, are the ones that get screwed.

 

Well the best companies are usually kept a secret.. Nobody wants to share that information and on top of that there usually is a 2-3 year wait to get on with them.

 

attitude is everything in life and in trucking. I have a friend who was struggling with the same company that I am having a great time with. Finally figured out that he and his dispatcher were oil and water, he finally got a new driver manager, and is now running, with consistant miles.

Me, I came from time off, had to sit for 2 days to get my first load, then got a crap load, 4 stops, Philly, and nyc, BUT THEN I load out of long island for a cross country run. I take the short runs, they do add up, and usually get rewarded for it, by staying moving, making money, and getting moved into the sweet runs by taking the short runs. life is good for me, and that is what actually matters.

 

I actually just posted a thread asking a similiar question. Being new to this industry, I am reading all the threads I can before I start training. In my experience,(18 yrs military and 13 yrs construction co owner) you will always find someone that wants more and does less. That seems to be the way things are these days. My son is actually going to school now for trucking and I start Nov 10. Eventually our plan is to join up on the road and actually have time together we didn't get when he was growing up.(Military kept me gone a lot). Thanks again and hope to see ya or at least talk to you in the future

 

yes a good attitude and a wilingness to haul the loads and be on time keep in touch with your DM, dispatcher , coordinator or whatever you co. calls them.