MsJaime has it right. 75 is minimum, but most of the time its going to be 100+hrs of one on one, and you will be driving all over the states...
got used to the noises after awhile, almost cant sleep without a reefer running lol
Oh, and that 1 nurse at prime, yea you know who im talkin about.... she actualy is really nice, was fun to talk and joke with her at my physical...
lotta good stuff in this thread lol! hazmat-- i had to wait about 3 weeks or so to get the letter from tsa, then head in to dmv and got...
i take the perdiem in stride. hey free money. i tried the itemize thing, and at a certain point it actualy became pointless. (for me anyway, this...
will hafta wait til i get home for that, no camera i can download off of in truck, but it does have more space than the freightliner, but less...
paccar 12.9l
just back to update this, went thru 2 freightliner shops, 1 detroit shop, and amazingly the prime shop, all told me that the truck i had (FL...
anyone else in a lightweight freightliner columbia with the mercedes engine having issues with hitting the 7mpg mark?
i have found the petes to be very easy to back up with, its like driving a yard goat, and i could be wrong but the columbia im in now seems to do...
running a lightweight myself for a year and a half, i really dont know if i would want to go back to a condo, but as stated by others here yea...
ill have to look into that, as it is now my hazmat expires soon, but my twic expires in 3 more years, (according to the exp. date on the front of...
oh man, no joke there, prime sends me there about once a month, and yea, you miss a turn just hope that the road your on is wide enough to roll it...
oh, and the fuel bonus is a little harder to get in the summer when i idle for a/c, but it can be done.
I volunteered for a lightwieght, after the "getting used to it" period, i really like them. i have no problems getting loads, and yes i do get the...
It also costs you a few bucks less to get the TWIC if you have hazmat, i went in with hazmat, and as its the same background check as a TWIC (both...
inverters yes, and i think the policy on knives if i remember right is nothing over 4 inches and has to be a folder, no fixed blades.
Lol, yea don't pay them "super truckers" too much heed, they occasionaly have some good tidbit of advice, and definitly good for the best stories...
just an update, still running for prime, as company of course (won't sign a lease....stolen pen.....still applies lol), still getting at least 2k...
i had that problem too with a freightliner. the what they call "apu" they put on some of the lightweights is nothing more than added weight and...
