Just got back from Swift Headquarters in Phoenix. Took the Greyhound from Houston for the 25 hour ride to Phoenix. Busses really do suck, that's...
I was there last week from Houston in Jack's orientation class on Monday the 1st for 3 days, then 2 days of flatbed class with Ray Pedersen....
If you're in Phoenix, I'll see you there for flatbed, I'll be the only one from Houston on Monday 11/01/10.
It's friday night, and I'm prepared for the Greyhound bus and the long 24 hour ride to Phoenix. I was told and I am expecting not to make a lot...
They don't. In school they teach you not to swerve for animals, didn't mention too much about people though. It's about common sense anyway....
Stevie Ray.......of course
I was raised in the Seattle/Tacoma area so I'm familiar with them, seen their trucks all the time on I-5 and I-90. Didn't hear anything bad about...
CaptHook is right. I watched YouTube videos for 5 hours straight and practiced at school. We will send some good karma your way and hope you do well.
Latest report, I am off to the Phoenix headquarters for Swift Flatbed this Saturday. It will be a 25 hour bus ride from Houston to Phoenix, then...
I don't believe there's a trucker shortage, just a shortage of brain-cells in the upper management of some of the trucking companies. I'll just...
Time to bust out the gift cards and flowers!
Gotta do what you gotta do. Times are indeed tough, I'm 45 years old, ten years away from the senior menu at Denny's. What job choices do I...
Ahhhhh, you know truckers don't cry....it ruins the coffee!
"Trucking is what you make it.......no more.......no less...." Just my 2 cents...but that is what my dad said several years ago. A former...
Krooser, don't forget to let them know that in trucking school, if you screw up, you get an "F". In trucking world.....you get killed Be Safe
Oh My God...........THAT WAS FUNNY! My probation officer has to see this #$!%&!!!!
Tried but Maverick doesn't hire out of Houston, north Texas only. Crete denied me because they "claim' that my CDL school at the local...
Swift is it! Wish me luck!
Backing??? Just practice, practice and practice!! Keep in mind that at the truck stop you are allowed ONE pull up before they talk about you on...
Cavigu, sorry about your predicament, but you can't do trucking that way, it's a lifestyle, either way, there are lot's of people out there that...