I drove for 2 years hauling hopper trailers, logs, lowbed, end dump, and some flatbed. I was laid off in December 2012 and then attended school...
After 2 years as a driver I'm now attending a technical school for diesel mechanics in order to position myself better in life as I have a desire...
Camera, Laptop, Walk wherever I can, and visiting relatives
I think tinfoiltrucker has the best policy avoid the situation. It doesn't hurt to have a backup plan however. Fortunetly I have never come to a...
I keep the defrost on high and if I start to see any slush or ice on the wipers I turn them on full speed and fling the crap off be for it gets a...
Sometimes it depends on the carrier. I drive for a wood recycling facilaty and cover the state. I'll be outta town for a few weeks or home every...
It deffinetly comes with experience. For me getting into one truck everyday helped alot. When in training I was in multiple trucks that as you...
Scariest moment was coming around the corner on a 2 lane mountain road that was snow packed to find a road grader backing up towards me in the...
Maybe get a class B and drive a standard dump truck around town or a box truck
I typically don't stick my head out the window and talk to others in traffic jams, but this having been a election year the president made half a...
I haul logs in Colorado but the company I drive for also runs a walking floor and belt floor trailer. I've run them both on a few occasions...
I carry a flashlight that also doubles as a tazer blind and shock them at the same time.
I ran a freightliner columbia with super singles on it hauling logs for about 2 months. They seemed to work just fine on the highway but the...
Hello there I've been trucking since a week after graduating high school and have been at it for 2 years now. I absolutly love driving as a career...