New Maverick Driver

Hello everyone! I just wanted to let you Maverick drivers know that you are getting a new member to the family. I put my application in on May 7th and it took them till today to get everything approved! I think it was worth the wait though. Maverick seems to have one of the better paying jobs in the industry.

Well here is a little bit of information about me. After I got out of the army, I went to work driving a skateboard for Falcon Transport. 3 months later I left them and went to work for the railroad. CSX decided to lay me off after a year with them so I went to work for a company called Gap Entech (Not the clothing store). Well I got divorced while working for Gap so I decided to move back home to North Carolina in April. I looked for a job for a month and then decided to go back on the road. The trucks I drove at Gap were all straight trucks except for the roll off truck. It had a pintle hook trailer with air brakes. It was almost as long as a semi but it tracked a whole lot different though. It has been almost 3 years since I have driven a tractor trailer so I'm a little nervous but I'm confident I'll do well. The recruiter Paul, asked if it was going to bother me having to go through the student training and I kinda chuckled and said no. I need to get refreshed on flatbedding again. I also found out that they increased the pay today too.

I want to give a special thanks to JimTheHut! I have read your adventures and you have inspired me to share my experiences too. It was very helpful to read your stories and you have got me excited about going back to trucking. THANKS!

Well I'll quite boring everyone and close this. Please leave me your advice.

 

I found out today that I will be going to NLR on the 30th. I was hoping to go this Sunday, but Paul said that they hired too many people for the number of slots available. Oh well I guess I can wait another week. Kinda makes me wonder though....If they continue to hire like crazy will that cut everyone's mileage down or does that mean that they are getting more freight?