I Start With Averitt in January 2012

I don't use the netting. I use a bungy type adjustable strap that I tightened the microwave down with. The strap wraps all the way around the upper bunk and my microwave never moves. I put an old towel inside so the glass plate inside doesn't bounce around.

I have a flat screen in the area for the TV and I found a small adjustable curtain rod that I put in front of the top of the flat screen that keeps it from moving around. It works pretty well.

Got a good run today. Picked up in Carlisle, PA and headed to Lexington, KY. About 630 miles. Not gonna complain. I may end up busting 2000-2200 miles this week if they keep me running like this.

 

Lightning, in my case I showed up and did a road test. 45 degree back into a dock, some highway, freeway and city driving. About 40 minutes in all. That was on a Sunday afternoon. Then off to the hotel. The three days will keep you busy and they will feed you well. It's get fit for uniforms, physical, pee test, find out about benefits, safety, computer training, etc etc. Your basic orientation. The hotel is nice and you get a free breakfast buffet each day. Leave it to a fat guy to remember more about the food than the orientation content. Did I mention the food is good? On Wednesday you'll meet your fleet manager and have lunch with him/her. Get to know them and ask as many questions as you can think of. The great thing about Averitt, unless you pee a bad test and you pass the driving test you are hired. None of this being pulled out on the third day because they finally go around to checking your background, job history or whatever and then you find out you don't have a job.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

Shut down last night at a rest area in Hebron, Ohio. As I am doing my post trip I see about 5 cop cars surrounding a parked truck about 50 yards from where I was parked. Then as I get back in the cab a life flight helicopter lands in the rest area parking lot about 20 yards from the truck. I don't know what happened to the driver but they air lifted him to a hospital. I have seen more accidents and crap like that this week. Two truck crashes today. A Cal Ark truck was jack knifed on I-71 just east of Cincinnati and as I was on my way to the consignee this evening in Lebanon, TN there was a truck in the woods off of I-40 east. It was in terrible shape. Be safe.