Honestly NY and NJ are two of the worst states to live in when in comes to taxation and cost of living so moving somewhere else even taking a pay...
Honestly I'm shocked you can get a cdl since in most states if you get 2 tickets going over 15 mph in a 3 year period your cdl gets suspended for...
Honestly to be successful at OTR I believe you have to be a bit introverted. If you don't prefer your own company most of the time and are very...
Transcorps that operate out of Harrisburg PA do take newbie hires still. They are the only one that I'm aware of that will hire a new driver to...
Honestly that's the reason why I left FedEx and will never go back there. I don't care how much extra money you can make at a job if you...
90 degree back is for when you have limited room. That is what you want to focus on learning how to do. Once you get that down backing becomes...
If you are going into a STEM field or something similar that you are legitimately interested in that's going to be in demand for several years and...
When I was OTR it was NYC, Boston and most of New England in general outside of Maine. It's overly congested, people don't know how to drive,...
The backing tests for your CDL are really just about useless in the real world. Rarely (ie never) will you go into a perfect 90 degree backing...
Depends on the circumstances. If you are working 14 hour days everyday and live an hour or even further from work and have to make that commute...
Depends on who you get hired with and what type of local driving job it is. I used to willing work 14 hours almost every single day now I work 12...
Originally didn't want to be a truck driver since my dad did it and he was only home on the weekends. I ended up in trucking after getting out...
If you weren't suicidal before watching that video you very well might be afterwards.
Agreed. I have no time for listening to people crying about this or that or telling tall tales on the CB. The thing is only useful during...
Yeah that is beyond horrible by all measures.
That's true because it's just going to make you angry when you do so. Not trying to beat down OTR here but when you compare how much you make...
Playing Devil's advocate here the driver could end up sitting for a whole day and then only driving 250 miles the next day when it comes to OTR....
I was wondering that myself but figured it has to be total time overall.
That's true. You can also move somewhere that will pay you more as well. Something the OP should consider doing.
That's very true. I live outside of Harrisburg PA so my rent is pretty cheap $680 for a 963 square foot two bedroom delux apartment with a...
