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Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by CaliRaised, Dec 20, 2021.
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@Chinatown thank you for pointing me in several directions. Much appreciated.
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Pros:
- Good, long runs (reefer side)
- Nice equipment
- VERY experienced DMs (LOVED my DM Amy).
- Run out west and Northwest (what I preferred when I was OTR)
- Decent insurance
Cons:
- Pay is on the lower end
- Your pay is put on your Commdata card and then you have to move it to your bank. Not a big deal, just kind of a pain every week.
- Trucks are governed at 61 mph
- Their terminals and driver facilities look like what I envision a homeless shelter to look like (I avoided them like the plague).Boondock, Speed_Drums, dwells40 and 1 other person Thank this. -
The Smith System is a non-aggressive, defensive driving approach. It allows the truck to be operated with less mechanical wear on the engine. It is scientifically proven that setting a vehicle on cruise and driving with the flow of traffic (no continual acceleration and deceleration,) results in less time in the shop over a period of months and years compared to vehicles run at max speed with frequent acceleration and deceleration. May Trucking would probably be a good fit for me, but I don't know about that Comdata card pay. That really gives me pause at further considering them. Are there fees to transfer the money from the card to an account? -
Alright, on the matter of the Comdata card pay, I discovered from a Google search that it's easy to transfer money to one's account from the card. In fact, per information from Comdata, an automatic direct deposit can be set up so that as pay becomes available on the card, it automatically transfers to a bank account. As far as I could tell, there are no associated fees for these transfers. May Trucking is back on my seriously considering list.
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