With all due respect to you but you can be a square out here on the road. Me I'm going to do what works for me. Now for the part where you might...
You had no excuse to have that load late according to Crete and what I read from you that's why they wrote your tardiness up. Lol I'm not worried...
Most of the guys that are full blown cheaters on their logs do make thousands more per year. Those guys would probably laugh at somebody saying...
This is a very simple concept. Plan your trip by calling the shipper and ask if they allow overnight parking. If you can't reach them use Google...
A pretrip should always be at least 15 min. As far as drop and hook it depends on what your company wants you to do. If you are on elogs and it...
Welcome to the sarcasm that is all over truckers report! One thing that you need to think about is your ability to stay afloat. Do you have your...
I heard that an "experienced" driver could not put it in 3rd gear from 2nd and was forced to train for 180 hrs or go home. So If you can make it...
Maybe that's why the larger fleets lease instead of buy. Can you even say you own the truck at all before you pay off the loan and get the title?...
See the whole country over and over again, fighting for parking everywhere and getting paid less as a company driver. See the same stuff...
Yeah I found out Werner, Swift, and most of all the other megas suck. Be optimistic and make the best of it while you're there but they are just...
Run day and night! That's trucking! Some have the ability some dont and the companies will let you decide if you can endure or not. Its plenty of...
I think the majority of the bloggers either provide vital information or motivate and entertain new drivers. If those guys influence their viewers...
No problem. Keep in mind that Werner has a few apus in the fleet but they are for million milers. I also forgot to add Millis Transfer (free...
I just recalled seeing a Werner driver with a real refrigerator/freezer mounted in his truck in july.I asked him about it and he said it was...
Correction: Werner DOES NOT allow inverters of any kind.You may have to drive 1000000 safe miles to request an apu w/ inverter from them. New...
Call recruiters and ask if they have apu equipped trucks or a favorable inverter policy. Yes you do have a few choices that can accommodate you!...
I would get the most for my new skill. There are companies that you can sign up with that actually care about your comfort on the road at least ....
Nate, keep in mind that companies that "prefer" 1 year experience but would give a veteran or students from certain schools a look are usually...
Its the nature of the beast. Even if companies trained twice as long that still does not mean that. everyone would retain all the information that...
35K is the lowest I would settle for coming out of school. I ended up making closer to 50k my first year. Granted I live on the east coast and...