I don’t really like trucking so far...

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by BaseModelVolvo, Nov 13, 2017.

  1. No limits logistics

    No limits logistics Bobtail Member

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    I have actually. Same premise, its simple mechanics. I actually had less trouble with them than the manual type.
     
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  3. CrappieJunkie

    CrappieJunkie Wishin' I was fishin'

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    And if they were working before you left and froze on the way to your destanation, or become twisted from the weight in the trailer.

    Or you get a loaded trailer, loaded by the warehouse on a drop and hook. Tandems wont slide. No other company trailers on site for them to re-load (which they wont anyway). What about then?

    Guess you are new at this.
     
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  4. No limits logistics

    No limits logistics Bobtail Member

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    I'm not new. Pretty ignorant of you to assume so... I've never had tandems i couldnt slide or unlock and I've hauled my fair share of #### trailers.
     
  5. danny23tx

    danny23tx Road Train Member

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    I was still new when i became a o/o and leased on to a carrier . Most stressful first week of my life , with time it all becomes easy . Yes otr home life sucks , no way around that . Get experience than go local .
     
  6. S M D

    S M D Road Train Member

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    Just wait until your basemodel Volvo breaks down 100 miles from home and you spend your home time at the shop. You have to take trucking with a grain of salt. It’s a nasty industry but you haven’t even been around long enough to experience a full bad day yet.
     
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  7. JC1971

    JC1971 Road Train Member

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    It sounds like even Swift would be better.
     
  8. LWT104

    LWT104 Light Load Member

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    Most of the time, I don't sleep at Truck stops. Usually at reciever or somewhere close to recievers. Thats just the way it is. In trucking, whether local, or otr, you have to always be prepared. If there is a sleeper on your truck, stock it. Food, clothes, anything you need to live. Some weeks I do a lot of local, some weeks I I'm out all week. Always be prepared to stay out 2 weeks. You never know what can happen.
     
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  9. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    One magic word. NO.

    Two more magic words Preplan against the remaining hours you have left against your 70. I use 35 mph, fleets use 50. If you are running late call dispatch and get a new appointment time OR give the #### trailer away to a team who will get it there.

    So that's many magic words....

    You do NOT drive illegally PERIOD. If you crash and kill someone and it turns out you violated HOS, that will be the least of your worries.

    Being in a complete ghost town, your truck is your home. You have a sleeper, make it yours the best you can. Many sleepers done right can be very very good to be in no matter where you are. And I personally enjoy sleeping on a mountain anyhow, get that slope to the bed and far from thugs, parasites and lumpers most particularly in the city far away.

    Checks will be &^%$ Feast and famine. Checks will overflow with money you are too tired to spend.

    You need to assert yourself at home. Tell dispatch you are HOME. And do not let them bother you there. You need at least a day to decompress a day to enjoy the wife or family etc and a day to catch up on the honey dos provided you have finally caught up on your decompression, rest and sleep. And finally at the end of that day you will be rolling to the next load wherever it is WHEN ever it is.

    I left one employer back in 94, his work was so intense it took me 4 days before the shoulders stopped carrying weight. It popped on the 5th day and I knew I will be ok then.

    I fired another dispatcher and got a better one after constantly running steel overnight all over the freaking midwest and south. Enough is enough. I still ran steel but much more organized. Usually Logan KY Aluminum to Williamsburg VA Busch for beer cans. That's a nice two day sabbatical once the tarp and lumber is on.

    Rookies are burned out because they are too stupid to assert themselves with the words NO and PREPLAN against your remaining HOS hours. You have been preached to that HOS protects you the driver from being over tired. USE it. Money be ######. Which is why you always set aside a percentage of whatever payroll you get as a future savings against famine. No matter how small.

    Foolish drivers spend it all like the playful grasshopper in the summer. The wise is the ant slowly putting away against the 6 months of dakota winter. Guess who comes begging?
     
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