I broke a mirror

Yes it is. No load is worth damage or accident paperwork and possible job loss. No reason to be in a hurry.

 

Only damaged 1 mirror? No sweat. I took one out backing into a dock, when I first started. Old Union Driver was cool about it. He just laughed. Said he’d tell his shop he found it that way. No report. Someday it’ll happen to you. Remember to be lenient. Everyone makes mistakes. Side note: a spare mirror comes in handy. A cheap square one can be duct taped temporarily. A big convex mirror at least, never know when it’ll come in handy.

 

You may not realize this, but private fleets that pay the most often have what are caused "no fault" policies. This means in the event you are in control of the vehicle, and they perceive any way you could have potentially negated the damage then you are equally at fault. We had a driver this week in Denver who was hit by a shuttle van due where he was waiting to back into a dock, this is still a point against his safety record as he could have attempted to stop the other driver from squeezing by him and causing damage.

People need to understand in the long run whether it be claims against you which will affect your insurance rates, or small dings that are on your record since the companies were notified, these things play a role in your future as a driver. I know how things used to be, I grew up in the era of paying to fix it yourself, shaking hands, and moving on. Those days are dying/dead. We live in an electronic era when everything you do is recorded by your employers, and whether legal or not, are passed on to potential employers.

 

Just understand if u go local driving u are going to be going places much tighter and harder to maneuver than a truckstop parking lot

 

I don't think this was a truck stop parking lot. I think it was a rest area where you have trucks decide to illegally park, making it a nightmare to get out because there is no option to go another way. OP said something about an off ramp or on ramp, I think. Much more difficult than any truck stop.

 

Still an overreaction, in my opinion, and the opinions of others who have posted. I am pretty sure that most of the commenters have been around long enough to know what's what. The point of the post was asking how this will affect looking at other driving opportunities. It won't affect other driving opportunities. You went way off topic to bring your own opinion on the matter, it seems so that you could preach your sermon on the perils of minor incidents. Yes, this would be identified as a minor incident. Definitely is not a major incident, which really is the level of scrutiny that you tried to apply.

Your opinion is valued. No one is saying otherwise. Personally, I think you just went overboard considering the context of the question.

 

What kind of work are you looking to do?

Chinatown is helpful insomuch as he can use google to find companies that have websites in the area. Not that some of his references are always bad...

Peninsula Truck Lines for example isn't a bad reference if you're wanting to do local P&D or get a Line Haul gig. I interacted with a few of their drivers, plus one of their sales reps in Medford for almost 3 years. Driver's didn't have anything negative to say about working there, and one of them kept trying to get me to come work there, but I had no interest in doing P&D work.

There's other LTL companies that have terminals in Medford as well. Estes, Oak Harbor, Saia and T.P (not to be confused with Timber Products). T.P is a tiny little outfit that if I remember correctly contracts to bigger companies like R+L.

China posted up Knife River. If you want to do construction work, I'd look at one of the locally owned companies before I knocked on Knife River's door.

There's Pilot Rock Excavation. I see them advertise on craigslist from time to time. I've had a lot of interactions with them as well, and certainly wouldn't hesitate to point someone in their direction. I used to deliver A LOT of pipeline materials to them. Knew a lot of their guys on a first name basis, including the owner. One of his guys also runs a dump truck outfit called J-MAR.

 

J-Mar does quite a bit in the Dakota oilfields, too.

 

I believe that's JMAC