I love my job

I appreciate the explanation and wish you luck . Admitting and learning from mistakes helps a lot in bettering yourself .

 

Well I also love the company I work for...I Just hope the boss man doesnt retire anytime soon...I have been with him for 3 years and I am 5th in senority out of 6 drivers. we just dont have turn over here...we have insurance and all the other beenies too...we run large car trucks that all run over triple digits however no driver has had a speeding ticket in the time i have been there..we HUMP NO FRIEGHT..in fact very rarely haul food products....we do not spend 2 or 3 weeks on the road either...we go out and we come back home have only been out 5 days once and it was because the state of Wisconsin ran out of road salt and shut the roads down,,,,i call in I dont have to say this truck # so and so...They know my voice...I have never been happier I truley believe the smaller the company the happier you will be...now In my 21 years out here I have NEVER EVER WORKED for a bottom feeder company...NEVER worked for a company that had over 100 trucks....I paid my dues when i first started,,,I drove a KW cabover for years before i had my first conventional style truck and it was the first volvo;s with the new detroit 60 seires in fact I got it with only 10 miles on it...its still the only NEW truck I have ever had..but you give to get...so I drive an older model pete but its still a nice ride and it gets the job done and me back home..

 

There's always gotta be someone pissing on someones Parade!

 

i tried landstar once. made some calls to different offices in different towns. to much politics. went in atlanta office to meet them and there was one of their favorite owner/op with a pizza for em and was talking bout giving them season tickets to the falcons. think i will sit at the truckstop from now on before i do all that. wish you the best of luck bco

 

More power to you, tannermike. I am a rookie and love my job too. Never did anything that gave me so much inner satisfaction in my life. Finally I found something that I enjoy doing and it lets me live the way I want to live. Unfortunatelly I am not young any more... however, I am still healthy and have energy and ability to learn. The beginning is not easy. It takes a looong time, sacrifice, patience and hard work... but that's ok. I do this because I love it. And the more I do it, the better I will become. I am working for Covenant right now. It's not a "great" company. But so what? In my opinion, no big co. is great anyway. My first choice was Roehl. But it didn't work. What I want is to get my experience, one day at a time. And then move to something better. Have been self employed all my life and don't really like to work for any co. It will take some time for me to have my own business again. Must learn first. But that is what I really want, work for myself and have more freedom and control over my job and my life.

 

Well there you go again....and just how do you know that I spend my time at the truck stops? I said I sit on loads they poorly plan....700 miles in 4 days with no options.....I quess you are so "GREAT" at the game that you can assume what is and what is not? Assuming is bad.
Bitter? Yes I am about alot of things,such as why insurance companies feel that a -newbie- is more insurable than a driver with 8 years a clean MVR that has only gone local as his sin? And why are minorities and immigrants better accepted than us americans?

 

JUST WAIT TILL THEY BITE YOU REALLY HARD.....THEN YOU WILL SEE
WHO YOU ARE IN BED WITH.
I DO THE BEST I CAN TO MAKE THE BEST OF EVERYDAY,AND TO DEAL WITH ALL THE BS THEY DISH OUT , REMEMBER WHAT MCR HAS TOLD US.
AND LEARN.

 

no, it's just not right with so many drivers going thru so much hell