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My Experience as a Line Haul Driver

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by American-Trucker, Apr 14, 2012.

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  1. Apr 18, 2012 #81
    rodknocker

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    I guess the next question is going to be, "what does one need to do to become an expert on the subject?" I know union guys seem more knowledgeable on the subject. I think it might have a lot to do with the plenty reading time they get waiting for the telephone to ring.
     
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  3. Apr 18, 2012 #82
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  4. Apr 18, 2012 #83
    CenutryClass

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    oh boy!.........
     
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  5. Apr 18, 2012 #84
    thePUNISHER

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    Come on guys. A/T started this thread so he could post up his experiences as a line haul driver, not to debate on whether unions are good or bad. So lets leave the debate for a different thread and not clutter up this one with it.
     
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  7. Apr 18, 2012 #85
    CenutryClass

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    thanks punisher, you stole my thoughts exactly!!!
     
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  8. Apr 18, 2012 #86
    thePUNISHER

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    No prob! :thumbup:

    AT I hope your first day went well!
     
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  9. Apr 18, 2012 #87
    sammycat

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    Good luck on your first day!
     
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  10. Apr 18, 2012 #88
    American-Trucker

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    first day went great, Got there at 5:30pm met up with my trainer. Very good guy, been with the company 15 years. Anyway we started out by building a set for another driver since our load was on a 53' but they wanted me to be trained how to do it.

    It was allot easyer then i thought it would be, only takes a few min to put together.

    Then we found our trailer and left the terminal at 7pm and headed north to va. he drove 206 miles in 3 hrs 15 min to our meet point. There was a total of 6 of us that went there from charlotte. We waited a little bit for the relays to get there from Baltimore, we were the 2nd truck to get there so we got the 2nd relay.

    I did the swtich and drove the 206 miles back, took 3 hrs 30 min because i ran into rain so bad you couldnt see and we also made a 5 min pit stop at a pilot for a snack.

    Got back to the terminal at 4am. Dropped our trailer, then to get more practice i built the set for the guy that uses my trainers truck during the day and i no sooner parked the truck with the set and the other guy showed up. So he got like a 1 hour head start on his day. His run is a 616 mile round trip.


    Anyway then we did some paperwork then left at 6am.



    Going back at 5:45pm tonight to do it all over again.






    American Trucker
     
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  11. Apr 18, 2012 #89
    CenutryClass

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    My bad, thought you were going with con dash way. Didnt even know central used pups..All ive seen in the tristate were 53 footers..Yea i love hooking sets. Getting that dolly to the back box is fun eh? I love linehaul. Just wish I didnt drive so much..
     
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  12. Apr 18, 2012 #90
    ACH1130

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    Sounds like a good first night, I bet it feels awesome being able to sleep in your own bed after being an OTR driver. That's a nice run you got. My old linehaul run was 2 hours dock outbound, drive 40 miles to hub, work dock for 8 hours then go back.
     
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