Here I go with TransAm Trucking!

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by bcso809, Jan 25, 2011.

  1. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    Monday morning we lose a load to Texas because of the breakdown so we sit all day waiting. He still isn't fixing anything( must be no time ) Tuesday 8 am pickup going to Cheyenne another TA truck pulls up and says come on captain your coming with me OH BOY HERE WE GO. As i load my stuff into the other truck lots of phone calls back and forth bottom line is no trainees for the guy with the broke truck but my new trainer and I are back again waiting at the truck stop. OH BTW this KW700 is a luxury wagon compared to teaming up in a KW660
     
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  3. Panhandle flash

    Panhandle flash Road Train Member

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    Good luck with your new trainer. If your sitting, hope there's training going on. Got your videos, various types of backs, pretrips, etc. See how salty he/she is on pretripping a tlr. Ask him about the automatic greaser for the brakes, check all your floor joists for cracks, ask him where the airbag levelor is at., etc.
     
  4. richsotr

    richsotr Bobtail Member

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    sounds like a typical day at T/A. I have about 100 horror stories of my year there.
     
  5. Cranky Yankee

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    sat morning in friona tx waiting to get our load going to port rverglades life is good the new trainer and the truck give me hope again. Another friend is coming off his 3 weeks today he is excited so maybe there is a silver lining afterall
     
  6. Panhandle flash

    Panhandle flash Road Train Member

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    Ahhhh, lovely Friona. A dry county and not a real trk stop in sight. Can go to the motel there tho and get a shower if your going to be there a while.
     
  7. Cranky Yankee

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    Friona to Port Everglades in a new T700 life is good. Today we are going to Orlando to pm the trainers truck and pick up an abandoned truck going back to Rockwell TX it is interesting anyway Driving is the easy part the paperwork is OMG or maybe I am just old :)
     
  8. Cranky Yankee

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    well the 3 weeks flew by. The driving was the easy part all the codes on the puter and bol#'s and............. I guess i burned up more brain cells then i thought. Three days in the Days Inn and now we are testing out Road Test was fine General Knowledge was easy been listening to that since thanksgiving. Logs and Trip Sheets were a pain in the a... but it appears to be ok. Now if I can just resist the allure of a T700 . A KW660 company truck will be ok. OHHHHHHHHHHH but those 700 ohhh
     
  9. n1xrf

    n1xrf Light Load Member

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    Sounds like they have thrown the bait at the captain. DOnt do it, Dont do it.
     
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  10. Cranky Yankee

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    they have 5 brand new t700's parked beside the orientation building another 4 available for 6 month leases OMG OMG OMG I survived 2 divorces when i still had something I suppose I could survive another 6 months after a bankruptcy with nothing left
     
  11. Panhandle flash

    Panhandle flash Road Train Member

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    What were those sea creatures that would lure you to your death?? Sirens?? Resist man, resist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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