Estes express lines, Buffalo NY. How is the Extra board?

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  1. BeHereNow97

    BeHereNow97 Heavy Load Member

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    Estes is a big company though that's not going anywhere. So hopefully this will be the last time you have to be away from home and your family once you get a bid in a year or two. Let us know how it goes with you!
     
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  3. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I can’t speak for Estes but the majority of our terminals have their own.

    To be able to tell if your trailers are backwards by scale readings requires the weights for each axle, and I’d hate to trust some truck stop yahoo with that.
     
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  4. Buffalonytrucker92

    Buffalonytrucker92 Medium Load Member

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    Thanks; I'm nervous leaving them and I know my son will miss me. But I'm thinking of the future and setting my family up financially. Just new job jitters I guess. I hope they train me for a decent amount of time
     
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  5. McUzi

    McUzi Road Train Member

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    Estes will give you good training. Don’t fret that. You’ll also find pulling doubles isn’t as stressful as some people make it to be.
     
  6. BeHereNow97

    BeHereNow97 Heavy Load Member

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    Mack what did you mean to say in the bolded? That doesn't make sense what you wrote? I'de to trust some truck stop yahoo with that?

    Did you mean to say you wouldn't trust them with that?
     
  7. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Fixed.

    My fingers were running faster than my brain again. :confused:
     
  8. Buffalonytrucker92

    Buffalonytrucker92 Medium Load Member

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    Do you think I'll stay on the east coast with this position? I assume so cause they said it's regional otr.
     
  9. LPjunior1970

    LPjunior1970 Light Load Member

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    I listed the states you’ll be running in an earlier post.
     
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  10. BeHereNow97

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    Just out of curiosity - Why wouldn't someone based out of New York (Buffalo in OP's case) run Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine? I see Estes has terminals in both Vermont and Maine and then on the border of New Hampshire north of Boston. Not much freight moving to the 3 most northern northeastern states is that why? Or just the way the lanes run out of Buffalo?
     
  11. LPjunior1970

    LPjunior1970 Light Load Member

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    Not much freight headed that way. You might see Portland Maine but I doubt it honestly. He’ll likely start his week headed to West Middlesex PA then onto Williamsport PA or points further east.
     
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