Picked up load of batteries in reading pa. Delivered them in des Moines ia. Dead head 60 miles. Picked up a load of (you guessed it) batteries....
Parking for time off at winchester va ltl yard. Folks here super nice. Kudos!
Sitting near Newmarket va waiting to deliver in Broadway va Mon morning. My first load. First 1000 miles and the old maxiforce is still running.
Newbie here. Before going to school or choosing a company I did a lot of research. I learned some stuff. One thing was that otr drivers tend to be...
Correction: The employees do not own the company nor will they ever own the company. The employees do own a small percentage of the company. ESOP...
Job On: you know you replied to a two year old post, right?
Good school: works with you until they are reasonably certain you will pass CDL. If you fail, continues to help. Bad school: You get one try, you...
schtman: Kinda off topic but at 12 years I suspect you are OK. But you will not get a simple answer here. The only way is for you to call a few...
Musicgal, got it. Pleasure to spy for you :)
It's not real hard to estimate annual income for first year drivers: Industry averages seem to be in the neighborhood of 120,000 miles / year. If...
At Con-way: If you go to one of their recommended schools they will pay 50% of costs (transportation, food, lodging, tuition). If you do not...
Having read a bunch of newbie posts I have noticed some common misconceptions. I'll try to nail a few here and maybe some others might chime in......
If you are in a decent school, they will have recruiters and job announcements for you to check out. We've had a steady stream of both here.
Checking in after 3 weeks at Crowder College: We've split our time between backing exercises and road trips with some classroom time tossed in. We...
Times change... I still here people say that they would never work for a company that uses electronic logs. Or governs top speed to xxMPH. Or uses...
here's my best guess on how it works: Sudden changes trigger the camera, we know that. Accident, hard braking, bouncing over a curb, sudden turns,...
Hypothetical: let's say that management can spy on drivers. Either real time or by uploading a chunk of recent video. OK. So that would mean one...
I'm a future rookie driver. I was told, in writing, that a camera would be installed in my truck after finishing. It would be in the truck up to...
Pike, I don't think any training school works that way. In our case we get a fair amount of wheel time before ever touching public roads. Being in...
Pikespeak: Yes. Instructor rides shotgun. There could be zero to three other students in the back seats. So far when we do something new, the...
