DO NOT bother with Schneider's tanker division; you will get 1,500 miles a week. About that 12 cents a mile plus 12 cents per diem you are being...
Careful with the attitude. You've got some dues to pay. They will make sure you can handle the small stuff first. Your attitude means a lot....
Here's my point, the days when large trucking companies were respected are over. Everyone knows they are running a scam and that includes the...
This is terrible advice IMO. You have zero obligations to a company who pays you that poorly, and other trucking companies are fully aware of...
Because you did the smart thing and went with a decent company, you will never understand the difference in your experiences with May, and the...
Your chosen school should have that info for you. Like someone else said, look into State programs for re-training.
Business acumen counts for NOTHING when your income is restricted to an unrealistically low amount -- say 90 cents per mile. Hell, say $1.20 per...
I paid $50.00 once in Colorado for passing when they didn't have a sign turned on--said they didn't have to. Down here on the Mississippi side of...
This is the same attitude I, and many others, entered this field with; namely, I can rise above the problems others encountered, or I can find a...
I used to work for May Trucking. They have a terminal in Pensacola. It is their only terminal East of the Mississippi and because of that you run...
Truck issues are the least of your worries; if it breaks, they fix it. They will teach you the truck and you will learn more yourself over time....
It really helps when people seeking advice let us know where they live. Are you in a metropolitan area, rural, where do live exactly?
In the case of companies who hire trainees, the term 'small' is going to be relative...as in May Trucking, Watkins Sheppard, etc., 600 trucks...
He's new. He is not going to ask all those questions because his options are limited at first. To the OP, all of the companies who hire student...
Bluegoose, have you ever worked with pressurized air products? I have not. But I do pull tankers, both liquid and dry bulk, and I live in down...
Return from East Coast is the problem. If you could locate a return for them, you'd be in the money. That is a desirable route for team driven...
This thread is beginning to acquire a sense of drama, like a soap opera...where will JDW wind up? How will he do? Tune in tomorrow for the next...
Well, you said you had a truck. You did not say you had a truck and trailer. You said it was insured, but do you have your Authority? In other...
JDW--talk to anybody at the truck stop that looks like someone who is doing well. No need to beg for their time, they'll be glad to help a new...
What kind of experience have you had with trucking companies? It sounds like you have retained some degree of optimism regarding the atmosphere in...
