Getting my new company truck next week & got XM for Christmas & was just wondering if anybody had installed 1 in a Prostar & if it was a pain in...
Minimize documented hours logged? hmmmm.... never heard of that? I really do only spend 15 minutes at each shipper :biggrin_25523:
I was wondering why I had a hard time reading that. It actually used puncuatuion & I think everything was spelled correctly. I think he's on the...
driving reefer in NE, just started. My trainer had to take 4 months off this year for back surgery & will hit 50k still this year. Needless to...
I guess Im not a grouchy old trucker yet. I personally love coming home & crawling into bed with my wife & seeing my kids off to school everyday,...
I totally agree with you. Home every night doesnt mean that I leave at 7 every morning & get home at 5 every afternoon. I usually dont get home...
Well, 10 days into my new career, 4400 miles with a 34 in the middle. Pretty #### good I think for someone who gets to sleep in their own bed...
Well, put it this way, last night in SE Nebraska, we were spinning the wheels taking off from a stop sign in a blizzard with 40,000 in the box.
Week 1 down. Went really good. Lots of hours, lots of miles. Tired, but happy. Home every night around midnight, left everyday around 10 a.m. Pay...
Im as new as anybody out there, but just from my 1st week or so of driving, the biggest thing I can think of is, No matter what kind of mood you...
Been reading all your posts & it sounds like you're doing great. Keep it up & good luck.Its kinda nice to see a Swift thread thats positive rather...
Omaha Direct. I run out of Crete, NE. We haul reefers with "stuff" left over from slaughterhouses & freeze it & ship it to dog food plants. Its...
Day 1 in the books on my trainers local route. 575 miles. Left my house at 10 a.m. Got home at midnight. Ahhh, the life of a trucker. Here we go!...
Graduated from school last Wednesday & already had a job set up to start on Dec 27th, until the fllet manager called my school & talked to my...
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Keep the rpm's around 1500ish. Went to school with a few guys who wouldnt think about shifting until 2200 & besides the truck sounding like it was...
Very very small movements with the steering wheel. Dont panic when you see the trailer going a bit off course, just slowly bring er back. I just...
Trans Am would be worth a look if you're anywhere near KC, Schneider maybe, Roehl?
As you will find in a bunch of different threads, it depends on what you run & where you run. HazMat on the East coast would be the highest...
You need to think long & hard about company sponsored training. Your son would have to sign a 2 yr (or something close) contract w that company....
