JJ's Place

In Sumner Wa getting unloaded and then heading to Everett Wa for our first pick-up, PU 2 Seattle Wa, PU 3 Kent Wa, Pu 4 Kent Wa and the last pick-up in Sunnyside Wa, gonna be a big day tomorrow and its sposed to be delivered 0800 on Friday Morning!!

 

Kinda DOE and where you want to live. If you stay in the states they ask you to work 3 weeks on 3weeks off due to flight time to Anchorage, AK and back. If you move to Alaska they ask you to work 2 on/2off. You can stay extra and during the summer they may ask you due to the tight timeline.

Starting out if you make 18 to 22 per hour your looking at 1200 to 1800 per week. If your experienced enough you could start around 1500 to 2200 per week. 6 weeks is the most the big companies will let you stay due to safety (safety really BIG thing) but an ok year could be worth 25000 take home with 30 weeks off up to 80000 with the 20 weeks off. You do have to buy your ticket to Anchorage

 

Well it offical, not only am I now an Idahion (class D) but I on my way to walking in my dads shoes. I passed the 2 wheeler written, the class A written with the Air Brakes restriction removed, barely (no its not an endorsment) and dbl/tpl endorsment. Calling the recruiter tomorrow to get in training. Yahoo

 

Have not managed to make it on here for a few days.
I am sitting in the middle of nowhere in KY at the moment. Ended up running nights the past few days.
The ice and snow here last night sucked. I was dead head from Wytheville VA to here (Lebanon KY).
Shut it down for 3 hours so that they could put down some salt.

Now I am loaded up and headed to farmville NC.
They had only wanted to pay 540 miles on this, but I got it changed to 650. And they now know that I probably will not be there till tomorrow evening.
Hopefully I do not have any issues tonight.
Does not look too bad, accept the stretch thru the pass on I-40 may get nasty.

 

Called the recrutier and I am set up to go to Lewiston, ID and start training on Jan 17th. Hoping to get enough with tax returns to pay off the school bill and start looking for a decent company at the 6 month mark all depending on how Swift treats there drivers. Only time will tell

 

Good Luck!!

Like I used to say to the newbs at Central you can deal with any BS for a year and then move on.

Finished our Marathon day of Pick-ups for 1/4 of a trailer or less lol, have about 8000 lbs in the back Hope we don't hit any wind going back to ID, dropping this load in the yard and have a Saturday app in Cali on Saturday morning, so Busy Busy Busy

 

went to court on my ticket for going to slow in s.c. yesterday and the good ole boy judge found me guilty of going to slow while approaching my left hand turn. reduced the fine to 100 instead of 155 but i will never spend another dime in south carolina i will fuel in either ga or nc and ill load up on smokes and cokes before i go thru SOUTH CAROLINA SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

how fast are you supposed to slow down to make a left hand turn?