He's exactly right. Honestly i hadn't realized the sleepers were bigger. Its only the hood. And as i said before, the long hood is a big pain in...
Yep, im in an 07 379 ext hood. The 388's look good but next to a 379 its just nowhere near as "sexy" as that long hood. All though it is a pain to...
Moved on to load securement today. Learning a lot. Not as bad military style as i was thinking, glad for that. Cant wait to hit the road!
Day 1 down. Physical, drug test, tarp lifting and heights test done. The dr never even looked at my knee so i could've gotten away without telling...
Made it to Des Moines. Getting settled into my room watching the super bowl.
Thats great! Im glad to hear that. And so is my wife. She was pushing more for maverick just based on the number of there trucks we see. But...
Yeah thats not bad. I was expecting to dead head the whole way with no pay. I live right off of I75 in southern Kentucky. I dont see many tmc...
What do they pay you for that?
Thanks for all the info. So with the dead heading as a newb is percentage or milage better? I've been told by a few vets to find out how much dead...
Great. Just wanted to hear it from a driver. You know how those recruiters are. I got my cdl today, i was the only one that passed. So i guess ill...
Do you get a choice between available loads or is that just recruiter bs?
Well we started with 6, one quit cause he couldn't back the trailer, one got dropped back for the same reason, another slipped after that ice...
Roehl is actually 8-14 days. If you can pass your road test after 8 days you get your own truck. At least thats what i was told.
Hows Boyd's home time?
Thanks. Probly to tmc. They already gave me an orientation date. Maverick wont give me one til after i graduate.
Thanks, ive got one more day of practice. Made the turn no problem with traffic setting at the light. Hopefully i can play the light so that i...
1/2 bravo for 4 years, 2d LAR for 2 then a body bearer at 8th & I for my last 2. Some of my best Marines were corpsmen.lol. and my first...
Well i knew the scar would give it away so i called and told my recruiter about my knee surgery i had 11 years ago in high school. She said a...
And is the trainer time performance based at all? Or is it cut and dry 5 weeks regardless
Did you guys get assigned a trainer right out of orientation, or did you go home then meet your trainer? Im trying to decide whether to drive my...