Heading For Little Rock! Maverick

Coffee boo boos are unacceptable... you can forget and leave your trailer at home, but there is no tolerance for coffee blunders...

 

I have to agree with you on the shop guys # Gary IN. 2 weeks ago I needed a slow leaking tire replaced & another one looked at with a 2 inch slash in the sidewall. I was pulling a van trailer, and they said it would be about 4 hours til they could get to it. So I perched myself on the sofa in the lounge for the wait. Wasn't more than 25 minutes later, they came looking for me & had me bring the trailer in the shop. I was quite impressed. Turned out though that the tire wouldn't come off the rim, the hub was cracked, and I ended up leaving the trailer there the next morning for parts to come in. My point is--the guys seem to go out of their way to get you in the shop, good crew there

 

(Lol) i think the baby wipes should be in a truck at all times ,whether you drive a van or flat bed.
Esp. for those days you just can't get the time to shower.
Jim i have read your posts you seem determined to make it,not knocking the youngsters but once you reach the mid thirtys and up you have seen enough to know that you have to make the best of things.

Before i was 24 i didn't care for much of anything,except which color the hair of the newest girl i was dateing(lmao)

not beinging a know it all will be much better esp with the vets such as notarps !
Knowbody likes a know it all esp the guys who have been driving for 10+ years.....................
I will following your adventure and try to learn from it,so thanks for shareing!

TREE

 

Yes they do Jim...

A few years back, when I worked here the first time...my wife went into labor a month earlier than expected. I was in Ellensburg, WA...thats appx. 2,800 miles from my house.

They were willing to let me dead head home...but only after I made 2 more stops with the load I had (no other drivers in the area).

In the end they found me a load, a load of logs going to Indy...it was an easy one, no tarps...just strap it and go.

The point being...they would have let me dead head if they hadn't found a load.

 

Well it has been some time since I have posted; been in school learning to get my Class A CDL "which I successfully did yesterday"; I learned/was taught enough about backing to pass my skills test but I sure did not learn enough about it to be profficiant with it in a real world tough backing situation "hope that is taken into consideration during orientation and really expounded upon during time with a trainer.

Speaking of orientation/training; spoke to my recruiter late yesterday; next week they will do their final checks on me and then assign me a date to attend orientation; I feel that I have made a great decision in starting my career with Maverick "and hope that it is a long term tenure with Maverick".

First I want to thank God