Longest road test during orientation.Which Company?

That was a good question.

The longest road test was a rather simple downtown baltimore at the exxon facility where the motor carrier kept the van trailer trucks. They issued me a husband wife team to evaluate me with a old whipped 1992 International Eagle sleeper truck with 1.6 million miles on the clock. The transmission was a interesting journey into noises you never heard before in a semi truck and are not sure if those noises are conductive to a safe and non break down trip from A to B. They put me on 95 at the Tunnel off the Baltimore Travel Plaza after a backing in exercise to a spot that I picked... and northbound on 95. During rush hour to boot. But since it was all home to me and I was used to it there was no trouble. Made it to US 40 pulaski highway past where was the White Marsh Mall Town Site kept going a little bit more and came back south.

Thinking back on those days it's dry van hauling drums of Refinery processing minerals, among which is probably platinum. The dollar values of that load must be something else when expressed into the million plus dollars that the refinery in Baltimore wanted that stuff and Richmond Refinery wanted it too. Where do we load that stuff? Off a rail car and protected by a escort due to it's value. Not a word about anything else. And no wonder.

I thought that was a nice road trip. But my continual complaints about their transmission which was working well with no issues other than my 21 year old yapping this yapping that and whining over there and complain here and there like spoiled brat. No wonder I did not get the job. I should have kept mouth shut and suffered onto myself as Job would have suffered and endured with a whipped tractor like that one.

Another clue was dispatch. They had for me my first encounter with a computer dispatch system and satellite that told him where the truck is and dispatcher told me pointing to Baltimore to Richmond VA, expected trip time 4.45 minutes I think it was and I only got 15 minutes grace travel time assoicated with such a trip. Meaning no stops for meals no stops for rest etc. and barely enough to cover buying a pack of smokes or nature call.

I think I made noises that were complaints to my future dispatcher because up to that point in time, I was used to being told to take a box to Richmond and get a load of Ball Bearings tonight. Be back tomorrow by 4 PM sharp it has to go out on the ship for Europe then. Do not be late. LOL thinking back it would be loaded by 3PM, back into the Baltimore Container port by 10 tonight and I will have tomorrow free to play and fool around waiting for the next dispatch after 4 PM. Or better yet get ahead on payroll by runnign a next trip with a new box by sunrise tomorrow.

 

There is a video on u-tube of a Knight road test. It runs about 40 minutes. That's 40 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

 

cre, my tester had me driving for a good 30 mins then tested me on the 3 emergency triangle.. on how many ft they should be apart in case of a emergency with the truck

 

wht are some top truck companies to work for where their trucks are at least governed at 65 or higher, also the highest pay with just 1 yr experience

 

19 yrs and I'm still on my road test

 

You are not going to find that high speed stuff much anymore. You really don't want to highest pay either because you might learn as I did once there are no raises given to people with the highest. I once scored a .25 hire on at highest that year but two others scored at .23 and .24 in my class were given raises at the end of the first 9 months they now got .26 and .28 to my .25 I left the company to score a higher rate of pay but did not try to get the highest, that one started off at .27 and turned into .33 which I thought was good. I wanted that .30 off the bat. But remembered with what happened with previous outfit at .25 and no raises.

 

I understand they require you need to demonstrate the ability to handle steep mountain terrain with a loaded trailer and show you can both up and downshift going up and downhill. True?

 

I should keep it real simple and slow when I think about newbies tossed out onto lookout pass or big savage in winter with no mountain training... not a good combination.