At some point between picking up a load and stopping for fuel I had a tire go flat. I cursed the service center and blamed their patch, which, as...
Weeellllll.... I sometimes have a couple beers in my truck. The difference is that its parked on private property, the beers are coming from my...
I had a 'second chance' with a DOT guy. I was (and am still) kind of new, and I'd forgotten a few things.... a few signatures, adding the hours...
What the heck is a super 10? It sounds like a ####ty motel in the mountains......
Necroed my thread to push an article, eh? Thanks, but I'm all figured out now. I set them straight and by following the HOS, I go home 2-3 times...
Sam: I don't use ticket services. I use my own judgement. If I do something that deserves a ticket, there might be a good chance I earned it....
I pretty much live where ever the truck is. Thermal is where one of our farms are, and where the truck is needed most, but, no one knows where...
Not everyone starts with their dream job, or even a good job. My first job (still working it) is a great first job, but the pay is crap. I have...
:-( I never knew that starting out was so rough for people. I thought I had it rough, forcing my boss into compliance, making sure I could do...
You'd be better off posting a gig on Craigslist. When my boss was scrambling to find a way to get me trained ASAP for my license, I posted a job...
It hauls the farms own products, definitely. My understanding of that interpretation is that a 'farm truck' hauls the product to its first point...
WoW! Eight pages! Here's the update! I called the Highway patrol. They said as long as I wasn't loaded, there was no problem. The door did...
Shenanigans have left me doorless and lamenting some broken equipment.
Yeah. We're going to secure it to some pallets and wedge it in with some load bars. Funny you should mention a forklift. He backed our other...
Because we're.... cheap as hell and we have an unlicensed contractor working as part of the staff at our farm. He can fix anything. It's kind of...
I was actually thinking of just using a bunch of pallet wrap and duct tape to put it back on for the drive.
Fair enough. Sounds sensible. Thanks!
Laugh it up. Yep. One of my trailer doors fell off. I was unloading and my coworker hit the dang thing with the little box truck we were loading....
Hmm. I know this is an old thread, but I have to ask. If I'm only home twice a week, am I eligible for 'per diem' compensation for food and such...
Oh dear. Marijuana is not for people to experiment with when they know it can mess up their career. Your anxieties and paranoia already...