Ask A May Trainer

Nope, recent trips were in the beat to hell school truck pulling an empty 28 footer. Trust me, 99 is worse!

 

I'd like to get in on that if I could - also tentative with May Phoenix area testing out of school in September. What school are you at? AIT for me.

 

I'm one of these drivers that likes to enjoy my time out, stop for a good meal now and then, and so on. I don't want to scrap for every penny. If I run 2,000 to 2,500 average I'm more than satisfied. Can I run like this for May? Are their delivery schedules real tight where you have to hammer down all the way to make it in time? Thanks! (Oh yes, and I do not fudge my logbook... is that okay?)

 

The exact opposite, you usually have almost a whole day to kick around on a decent trip. (48)
You would have to be a complete screw-up to get less than 2000/wk consistently. I'll only have 1500 this week, but only because I have a 1200 mile trip that won't deliver until JUST AFTER payroll cutoff.
EOBRs good luck fudging them for more than a few minutes...

 

Oh, I know they can, but it'll be a good start to next week. I just paid all my bills for September today, so I can deal with a small check next week. I like seeing those extra fat checks every now and then

 

Warm.

Fuzzy.

Yeah...big fat checks!

 

I heard that the May driver who rolled his truck in Denver was a trainer and had a trainee with him! Ouch! Here's the video clip of the story http://www.9news.com/video/1130703896001/0/Beer-truck-crashes-causes-I-70-traffic-problems-

 

Thanks for sharing that link. I was just at Denver yard saw the truck and wondered what happened. It sure looks like paying attention to a phone and not the road kind of thing!