Beginning the Long Awaited CDL Process

Chompi. Great advice....one of the reasons I'm hoping to go with Prime is the extensive training time....I think it's 30,000 miles....others are much less....and, I feel fortunate to be starting with a trainer inJanuary....I'll have a good portion of winter behind me when they spring me loose. all those things you describe seem pretty ominous...but I'm counting on good instruction to give me the skills I need to become an awesome backing sensation! I've been in advertising all my professional life....and made a very good living....but something in the back of my mind kept telling me..."you didn't really earn that money...get a real job....really work...then you can feel like you earned a living"... Trucking is a real job..



Markus
Going....somewhere soon!

 

Its not a job, its an adventure

30,000 miles seems like a lot but its less than two months if you are running good. We would do that in almost a month when we were driving. (20,000-28,000 a month) 7000 miles a week is running pretty good for a team. They usually expect you to do 1000 a day. Single drivers can do 600 a day maybe a little more nonstop. The only downfall for you starting in January is that this is the slowest month of the year. You also may have a little bit of a wait for a trainer. Most drivers take off during this time because of the slow freight.

I wasn't trying to scare you with all my scenario's, I was just talkin crap! You'll be fine out there.

 

No worries Santa! Shouldn't take that long to fix! Unless you have my luck. Then its going to be six weeks! They will have to make a custom windshield in a brick oven out of sand then tap a rubber tree in South America to get the ingredients to manufacture you a custom gasket to fit the windshield. Then they will import the finest polish laborers straight from their homeland to install the parts. For the final phase you will have to let it sit in an airtight room with temperature and humidity control for exactly 72 hours, no more, no less! After that it needs to be primed and sealed with a special RainX. You don't want to even know that process!

 

chompi
you posts latey have been great!!!!!
you could get a side job as a traveling jokester!!!

Glad you got fixed quick Wedge. Nothing worse than waiting on road repair or to get towed for a fix! I remember many a days when Dave would have some break down and would backed up against his 11/14 and still had to deliver the product! A few times he would have to transfer his load to a straight truck to finish up his day (local delivery) His boss just didn't get that HOS stuff when he would say it's going to take X hours to get fixed.....



If you are down south or west-enjoy the warm cuz it's cold and blustery here in NY and there is snow in the forecast ugh!!!

Stay safe my friend!!!

 

Thanks SammyCat! I only wish I could get a gig that paid me to blab! More often than not though my mouth usually gets me in trouble!

 

they have gigs like that...their called recruiters when you run outta stuff to tell people just start making stuff up




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