To all my 1-2 year exp drivers! How are you guys doing now??

Han said to Luke... "Don't get ####y, kid."

From what I've heard it isn't the first couple years, it is at around the 4-5 year mark when drivers make their biggest mistakes.
That is because they get overly confident at around that time.

 

congrats keep it up just remember that advice and you will be fine

 

Pretty good. Started in March 2016. Hit a safety pole in June 2016. That dropped my confidence to the appropriate level and it's been there since. I never got into any serious winter weather in 2016. Mild snow and ice but never road closing conditions but now I'm doing all 48 so it's the last remaining unknown for me. I've been paying attention though as to which roads to avoid during sketchy weather though...especially some of these highways out west.

 

I'm at the 2.5 year mark. In first year hit 2 signs with tail end of trailer making turns. I now know enough to know that I know nothing.

 

The boys of summer playing at swords...

Winter is coming.

 

LMAO....Bell Nurseries? By any chance?

 

Pray tell, my good man. On what substantial information do you base such a statement?
3 + million miles accident free,,,, where did I go wrong??

 

Got mine in Feb 2016. Went to work for an awful company in Los Banos CA that did hire me green, and the pay (.34 to start, .39 at one year) wasn't the worst out there. But the equipment was horrible. 2011-2016 Cascadias, but zero maintenance, and repairs procrastinated until other things would break too. Never a new tire, always used (unless steers). Always 8 mismatched drives or trailer tires (same size, but various brand/tread design/amount of wear affecting overall rolling circumference) resulting in horrid shaking, etc. Paper logs and Impossible Runs that couldn't be logged legally by a team of liars. How I stayed clean and avoided a level 1 inspection is a miracle. Just jumped to B&B Transport in Fresno, TOP NOTCH equipment, what a world of difference. I still like the OTR life, but 4 weeks out and I always get a little burned out and come home.