The areas you're talking about are straight down 94/294 toll road. I've gone on 41 but it's the diff between 65 mph and 55, for one thing, and...
As a four-wheeler myself I appreciate the governed trucks - makes it much easier to drive the interstates when my speed limit is 75 and they are...
Based on my son's experience with his new company, which is an OK one, be flexible, be prepared for stuff happening, be prepared to sit for hours...
Yeah, I guess it's not worth it. I know I don't even pay the extra on my phone. $120 a year to cover a $400 phone seems excessive. My house...
Is there coverage you can get to cover any of your own stuff on a company truck if someone breaks in and steals stuff like yr cellphone or GPS,...
My son, new on the road, said he learned quickly just to say he doesn't carry cash.
I wonder if there's a shortage of recruiters? Didn't seem so when son started applying. He lucked out. Kid went with nicest recruiter. I'd...
Hey, he's young and unattached, and he's an independent thinker, in a good way. We all grow uip, and never know exactly what or where we'll be in...
Good for you for staying home with your kids, so stop complaining that you had to or blaming her for it. If you take pride in that important job,...
Hubby had severe tooth pain while up in Canada on vacation. Found an emergency dentist and they took care of it temporarily at least. Sick is...
Well, thank goodness there are trucking jobs. Around here there are few full-time jobs for young people not going into medicine, computers or...
My son is training on reefer for MCT/Willis and he had to wait two weeks for a trainer. He's been out with the trainer for over three weeks now,...
Get her to sign in to this board. Somewhere on here there's a forum for wives, etc. Also, the more she understands about how trucking is,, the...
I got a speeding ticket in Oklahoma and 13 years later my Michigan license (not a CDL) was suspended for nonpayment. Darn computers. Cost me...
We went east by car from Newport Oregon recently after taking 84 on the way west, You have to remember those E-W highways also go over the...
MCT has a terminal in Arkansas and they will train you. After you get your CDL they assign you to an OTR trainer for a few. Son just got hired...
Or he can move closer to a terminal.
I told him he'll have to work it out with his company's help. There aren't any fenced lots near and it makes no sense to have to pay to park the...
We do live in the country. There are farmers down the road with semis parked in the yard. But because of how our property is there's no good...
Company requires a secure fenced parking area for hometime. I just checked Craigslist and there are a couple of fenced lots for semis advertised.
