Can you live outside the hiring area, if already hired?

Rain, sleet, or snow don't stop me from riding. I've rode it all winter long except for when the roads were iced over. And when the roads were iced where I work now closed due to weather. I believe I'll be able to manage.

 

Solo, a Street Glide is a tour bike, similar to my Electra Glide, I csan haul EVERYTHING in my truck in one trip on my bike. If you have never owned a Harley Tour Bike you might be surprised how much you can haul on it. I took my son campiong for a week, hauled our 15'tent, a week's worth of clothes, survival gear, food, fishing and hunting gear, and me AND him all on my bike. He can haul more on THAT bike than you would believe.

 

Apparantly whether they let you take the truck home is largely up to the dispatcher. I'm sure there are other drivers who have been told they can't take thier truck home, but Solo is the first I've actually talked to that has had this happen, and honestly, I'm not sure why. I was surprised the first time he brought it up a month or so ago. I live 45 miles from the Burleson Terminal, roughly a 43 minute trip, and I take my truck home. Usually I deliver to Castle and Cooke on the way home and I drop the trailer, bobtail home, then pick up at Miller on my way out. A huge deciding factor is whether you live on a truck restricted road, in which case the answer would be no, however, I also talked to a driver in that situation who has an arrangement with a local business in his hometown to park the truck, so he takes his home. Cartersville is a large terminal and there is a parking lot behind it where you can park, but I'm very protective of my bike and I don't like it being left in parking lots. It might be better for you to get a ride to the terminal when you leave out so your bike can remain at home. Whether you take your truck home or not is something that won't be decided until you are in a truck, which will be a minimum of 8 weeks from the day you start and more likely 10, and in those weeks you will learn a lot from your trainer about that. You should get the same dispatcher you train with, so ask your trainer what the dispatcher's attitude about it is.

 

As a former mc member and owner of a road glide and Kawasaki Vulcan, I know what a street glide is. And I know quite a few folks that made a habit out of riding in bad conditions and a few are no longer with us because of it. But what do I know lol