Sooo, I was driving along 76 in OH, nearing PA this morning. I ended up in a jack-knife, no injuries, cosmetic damage to truck and I was able to straighten up and drive to next truck stop. It was not pleasant out, but nonetheless it is 100% on me and I certainly learned my lesson. Prime just notified me of my termination, said was too fast for conditions, I don't blame them, I still view them to be quite a fair company and would recommend them to any new driver. I am hoping to land another driving job and are looking for recommedations of jobs, I live in the western New York area (tween Buffalo and Erie). I have about 18 months exp, did have a cpl backing incidents early on and this incident previously stated. I take full responsibility and have certainly learned from mistakes.
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Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by BQ Truck Driver, Jan 13, 2018.
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I have a feeling this will be a pretty deep hole to dig yourself out of.buddyd157 and CrappieJunkie Thank this.
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Dang! that sux, Glad no one got hurt! @Chinatown will be ale to help you out
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im sure one of those mail carriers will hire you.
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These cut some slack on a case by case basis:
Wadhams Enterprises
Calex Logistics
Britton Transport
TransAm
USA Truck
PI&I Motor Express
Butler Transport
Roadtex Transportation
Western Express
Covenant Transport
Martin Enterprises of the Carolinas
Carolina Cargo
Submit online applications before any phone calls. It's easier to be hired when you already have an application on file when you call. Call and say, "I'm checking on my job application."bentstrider83, Woodys, IluvCATS and 3 others Thank this. -
Glad your okay and it wasnt more serious than this. That can be a rough stretch of interstate up there, especially in the snow and ice.
Alot of comapnies are going to pass on you, mainly because of insurance. You might try craigslist and see if you find something there. Good luck driver. Keep us updated. -
PI&I Motor Express is Teamsters Union.
@crappiejunkie mentioned Craigslist; that's a good place to look. One guy on here had 15 tickets and found a good paying job on Craigslist. He said he made dozens of phone calls and left dozens of phone messages and someone hired in a couple of days. -
How did THEY Find out about the jackknife? Did you tell them?
The ones we get into we managed to get out of usually and we aint tell the boss *&^% usually. Usually in my experience it's violent and fast to the point of making me consider seriously over a smoke or two if I want to go home to mama and not drive a truck anymore.
There is no point in talking about the truck's doing what it did. But I am thinking you scared yourself a pretty good lesson and that's quite enough. Firing you is excessive.SingingWolf, rolls canardly and Vic Firth Thank this. -
Yes, that's one of those "Someone hit me in the truckstop while I was inside eating lunch" incidents.SingingWolf, Woodys, Western flyer and 4 others Thank this.
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He said there was some cosmetic damage. If its a few scratches might be easy to hide. However, in a jackknife the farings are probably destroyed. No explaining that without getting canned for not reporting an accident.gentleroger and Tb0n3 Thank this.
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