I appreciate that hook-up, but I already started a new job on 2/19. I'm now installing satellite dishes for Dish Network. The starting pay isn't...
Trucking with any company is all about what you make of it. One person will tell you Melton is the greatest company going, and the next will tell...
Yes, 1.5 MIllion. over 700,000 of that with one company. Still, according to most of the companies I talked to, a year and a half off the road...
Trucking isn't a bad job if you don't mind; Driving all day/night in bad weather. Sitting for hours or days (without pay) waiting get...
I got off the road about a year and a half ago to work locally at a copper mine. The mining industry (in my area) has gone bust due to the...
If you cross the air lines and supply air the spring brakes will remain locked, and the service brakes will be applied.
See if this link works for you: http://www.iamvd.com/ods/cdl/cdlmanual.pdf
You should be able to get them all for free at your local DMV. They're not state specific. I'm sure a web search should come up with some form of...
Your gross pay will be way more than a company driver, but your net will be about the same.(before taxes) The fuel surcharge is on a sliding...
You'll never get two drivers to agree on this subject. You might as well have asked, "Democrat or Republican?".:biggrin_2554: I've driven trucks...
The CDL handbook will cover some of the subjects that will be on the written test, you'll also need to read the books on air brakes, and Hazardous...
Yet another way for California liberals to reach into the pockets of truckers and try to grab more cash for thier bloated, failing,...
I'm glad they left things the way they are. I can legally log 4500 miles a week as a solo driver under these guidelines.:biggrin_25525:
Trucking has always been a tough business to work in. Sure, if you break things down on an hourly basis the bottom line looks bad, but trucking...
Illegal? According to the latest revision of the H.O.S., probably.:biggrin_1square3: Unsafe? Doubtful. My method of getting the miles I need...
The last H.O.S. change didn't change the way I drive, and another one wont either. I'll just keep driving however I have to in order to get the...
The anti idling laws in CA have a clause that exempts a commercial driver if he is on his federaly mandated 10 hour break, and I've never seen a...
It takes a special kind of person to be a trainer. I tried it and it didn't take long for me to figure out that I didn't like it much. The...
Depends on the company , I think. Your best bet would be to ask this question before signing on with them.
Companies will continue to hire drivers, surplus or not. The turnover for drivers is still high because, lets face it, most of us are being...
