When I was driving, I would sometimes dream about working. But I'm always backing down a steep hill and the brakes never work (so I'm backing very...
I appreciate all of your replies and read every one, but it’s like you just read the title and replied. You would have no idea why I brought this...
Most truckers will say that self driving trucks won't happen for twenty to thirty years or more. That it's just a pipe dream and may never happen....
I wasted two years at Schneider. In the whole time I was only home for 11 days. Had to work every holiday and no vacation pay. The tractor was a...
These days I’ll often be talking with a new driver. Sometimes they would complain about their tractor. I would ask them, “Do you have power...
Started driving a tractor trailer the day after I was honorably discharged from the US Navy (four years) on April 18, 1977 (over 44 years ago) and...
Thanks for the great reply’s all. Knew I wasn’t the only one that saw trucking go this way. Gone are the days of the mom and pop truck stops with...
Forty years ago there was a tractor trailer every ten to fifteen miles or more. Twenty years ago there was a tractor trailer every minute. Today...
An instructor was training new drivers one day while I watched. He was demonstrating how to back up the tractor trailer safety by getting out and...
I’ve been with Averitt for two and a half years. Will be here until I retire in 2025. By then I’ll be 100% vested in the company’s profit sharing...
Its just a steady income for those that couldn't go to college like my brothers did (they make over $200,000 (working 40 to 45 hours per week)....
With snow you can steer through it like a sleigh, but I have taken a 4 wheel drive truck in ice and helplessly skidded sideways into some trees.
I've been a professional truck driver since April 1977 after receiving an Honorable Discharge from the US Navy that began near the end of the...
You don't. Chains are for snow. When there is ice or freezing rain, stay off the road until they are treated or suffer a crashed truck (or worse)...
When a driver pulls to the shoulder for whatever reason and they want to get back onto the highway. You don’t just pull into traffic from a...
I've created a procedure for keeping myself free from being infected by covid-19. Since I can't wash my hand much driving a tractor-trailer, I had...
Started driving a tractor trailer in April of '77 when I had just spent four years in the Navy and there was a recession at home. Was getting laid...
Used to know a guy that was happily married with three children. He drove a tractor trailer that hauled bulk animal feed. Worked from 6 in the...
Ever since I started hauling commodities for different companies on a commission basis I've never had a reason to speed. Every load has an...
I’ve been a regional driver with Averitt since July 2018. Assigned a 2017 Volvo with automated transmission and TrIpac APU (every one of their...
