Yowzers. Hadn't thought about that. But surely retiring owners would want to sell their authorities as the good ones should have market value. Is...
Meh, not surprised. Their CEO is a Wall Street "industry consolidator" who wants to see the trucking industry run like the taxi industry-- a...
My orientation elsewhere started with about 20 people. 6 were left, the rest all flunked drug screens or physicals. A couple had lied about...
Here's what local cops tell me. "I just don't understand why people think they have the right to park when the property owner says not to." The...
Or they tape them to the back of the trailer
Yeah I've heard that :) They are a multigenerational trucking family that never made the leap to independent O/O but with ambitions of having a...
I'd like to hear about him being deposed. How 'bout them Browns!
Hi. I was on here years ago when I was researching who to start out with when I got my CDL. I don't even recall if I actually registered at the...
I finished orientation on Tuesday, on my third load (not including a dry run) with my co-driver. Got the weekend off, more or less (pickup not...
Well, I've been solo now for about 5 weeks now. Spent almost half that time sitting in various Cummins shops. 4 days at one place, then three days...
I was referred to Panther by someone who I went to CDL school with, gonna run for the same owner as soon as approved by Panther. Going to short...
As soon as we get a load back I'll be back at West Valley City for my upgrade. Got the day off to watch the Superbowl in Rochelle, IL. Not by...
Sess, I hope you enjoy yourself at the school. I am in my (hopefully) last week with my trainer. For those who don't realize it, they do match up...
I have my training workbook in front of me along with my laptop as we wait out the chain law declaration on Cabbage. There's this page with tons...
People will use any excuse to make belittling remarks even if has nothing to do with the subject at hand. I would shrug and say "That's teh...
That's good to hear! They told us about a safety bonus ($500 a quarter) but I don't remember anything about a productivity bonus. I asked about a...
I really, really do not like driving a manual. Every vehicle my family has owned in my life (I'm 35) has been an automatic. It is alien to me....
I chose Central because of the lack of training horror stories. They cleaned house this past year and are maintaining comparatively high...
Do you know people who knew that you worked for them and would be willing to say so? I was self employed as an insurance agent, I put down a...
I know Central talks about having an 80% first year turnover rate. The trucking industry isn't the only one with this issue. When I interviewed...
