My new, final resting place

Truck assigned, DM identified, now awaiting First Load.

Oh. My final road test was done in a 2015 Freightliner Cascadia hooked to a dry van with 46,000 pounds in the box and less than 110,000 miles on the odometer. Fortunately for me, the trainer doing the test wasn't going to fail me once he learned I'd never driven one before. It is very, very different, but I could get used to it very, very quickly!

Alas, mine is not an auto. Yet...

 

Great advice. Thanks for the support and encouragement. I decided to start this FB business now, before the snow flies and ice forms. Hopefully, by the time that happens later this year, my confidence and competence will have increased.

PS. I've never really been one for the "feel" words, preferring the "think" word. My brain logic is sound; my heart sensations, maybe not so much.

 

I am so looking forward to hearing from more experienced drivers. The training program here is focused on new CDL holders and not so much on securement. Getting my work evaluated is critical to my future success.

 

Oxford, NC heading for Aberdeen, MD. I hope this is taking me home...this truck is nice, but I need my tunes and my foam mattress topper. This bad boy is old and hard.

The good thing about this shipper is there are about 200 flatbed trucks here, so we aren't out on the road terrorizing the normal people!

 

Virginia rest area and I am totally whipped after having double-tapped a load of shingles going to Maryland tomorrow. Lose weight? Oh, I'm going to lose weight.