Got kicked out of my truck so my team partner could drive w\friend

They had some local prisoners doing the unload of the trailer after it was pulled down from the overpass, they all said it was a miracle we walked away. I believe that wholeheartedly!!

 

Thanks Coffey, I was going to wait until my 1 year anniversary in February (just so happens to be on my birthday as well, go figure!), go talk to the owner and see if I can get a .01 cpm raise, and raise my concerns with him at that time. I do feel my dispatcher wasn't happy doing it the way it turned out, but felt like they could not afford to lose a newly-hired experienced driver over it.
I DO like driving team, seems hard to find a place to park at night at truck stops anyway. The feeling of getting to where we are going all the time appeals to me.

 

On I-20 at exit 207, little town called Westbrook, TX. The folks at the Buck Stop Cafe at that exit took really good care of me and my co-driver, and we were the talk of the cafe for a few hours
You can still see the guard rail damage by the overpass there. We were in the eastbound lane, happened around 4:30 AM, just an hour after my shift was over.

 

They do a lot of team work, they also have some solo owner-ops and some solo guys doing short haul/ local home daily work.

 

Sounds like good advice, I keep my eye on craigslist and indeed.com just to see what the market is offering. They are a good company to work for, owned by Serbians, it appears, only drawback is that its 1099 pay, but I make tax payments regularly
The owner actually drove for Schneider for awhile, a lot of guys that work for them came from Schneider originally . ..