For the last two full years I have had quite an experience within the industry. I managed to get thru the school (was a puppy mill) fairly easily...
I can only guess and gauge by the amount of wood, materials, poles and crates of things I see going into and out of the "home market type stores"...
I was thinking seriously about starting flatbedding. Is there enough freight moving now to constitute a stable paycheck in this segment of...
Curious as well.... Also, are most of your stops (drops) with alot of the same customers, or is it random? I know they run home improvement...
I'm sure the vets espically really get tired of hearing all the sob stories, follow by "it's time to try trucking", or "I think I'll try driving"...
Your signature...I feel your pain. I imagine a scene in the not too distant future, when there are billions of humming zombies just shuffling...
Anyone with the foresight to have started a truck driving school back in 2007 or 2008 would certainly see the million dollar mark by the end of...
Now I've been warned not to do math in these forums before...but this one just begs to be broken down... 17K yearly...at aproximately 14 hours...
After working with them for a couple of months...I decided I needed a job before next year, and got my foot in the door at a different company....
I miss, I've missed before, and I will probably miss a shift or gear again...I'm inexperienced...it's bound to happen. Even with time and...
Does anyone know if they have been able to get drivers out with mentors quickly, or are recently hired drivers waiting for mentors? Any info is...
This guy jumped on and said "My wagon aint saggin, it's just my balls are too big for my britches." I'm not even sure what he was talking about...
I also didn't fully understand the description of the turn. I was so poor we carried our clean and dirtys in a "poke" with nothing but a belt to...
Not bad at all. How is he working with you to ensure the 13K monthly? That's hovering around 3K to 3K plus for some weeks based on the 4.2 week...
I've not ever heard of the "Jersey turn" test, could you specify for us what that is? We talking a really tight narrowing radius turn? I've seen...
You touch on something I forgot to mention. The mills, and other more legit schools are pumping out tens of hundreds of CLD "holders" daily....
I feel like I got an ok shake, 3mths of training initally and a refresher for a grand total of (3600+600) $4200. Shouldn't have had to take the...
I think after reading about your situation the best advice I can give you is to hang in there. I've seen a very similar situation myself this...
I'm not actually expecting to make much over 30K year one, but I'm going for a realistic aproach. With all the sitting, low freight, slow...
I wouldn't mind peeking over at a PC Miller from time to time, but route planning is still best on a good truck atlas I would think. I like the...
