It just shows you how out of touch modern management is in America when they take something simple, the word goal, and try to "energize it" by...
I'm curious how you can get experience on such roads, if they hire only people that have had 2 years driving on such roads, do they only hire...
I fully believe we should open up FL for offshore and also do further exploration of AK/ANWR. You're talking to a guy that rode a bicycle for 2...
I think us wannabes are blessed to have a website like this with real drivers on it, telling us what to expect. That's why I'm here, to find the...
Thanks for the update techiekate29! I look forward to hearing from you when you've returned from training.
stepnfetchit - 30 years, wow. That's a hell of a journey. I bet you have a lot of stories. I'd like to go OTR myself for a year or two and then...
Ora-jel extra strength works to hold off some of the pain with bad toothaches. You can find this at CVS/Walgreen's/Wal-mart. I've used it to get...
Sabine, sorry to come off like some know it all. I don't know much about trucking outside of what I read. I just see two types of drivers here....
You post negatives about trucking a lot, throughout this forum. So why not quit and be done with it? This may be a bit out of line and I...
Man you guys are depressing. Why not just find another job if it sucks so bad?
Yeah.. BUT.. you're 35 and have been driving for 6 years so unless you sat in a hospital bed since you were out of high school, didn't you...
I know this is an old post but , What do you do when the power steering goes out? Unless you got hulk hogan ape arms it's going to be pretty...
If you lurk here long enough you'll see the phrase "major freight lanes" used and start to wonder just where these are. Well I found a good URL to...
I'm curious, if neither PAM or USA pick you up within a reasonable time, can you apply to other trucking companies and pay back the loan driver...
Yeah I'll get a copy of my DMV record then, thanks for the input guys. techiekate I enjoy reading these posts, good luck with it all.
I just don't want smoke blown up my "yaknow" by the recruiter. How can I avoid this?
Relating to the posts above about being truthful, how can you ensure that the people responsible for hiring know all these things up front? The...
Some community colleges offer it as an accredited course, allowing federal grants and loans as a possibility. Some CDL training schools are...
Why does every experienced trucker say to do something else? Why aren't you doing something else if it's so terrible? Besides, look around. Every...
Thanks for the feedback. I've been living on my savings and freelancing, programming some small software applications. Programming pays well...
