New Student Trucker PAM/DriverSolution

Good for you man! Then go for it! I'll look forward to your progress as well as that of your book. I really think you're onto something here!

 

Hey, that's fast action there, Charlie. Congratulations! Study hard, have fun and keep posting!

 

I hope that you have a strong family that supports you, especially in moments that things go wrong, because you will have a couple every two months. When over the road with PAM my husband only sees me 3 or 4 days a month, it is really hard for both of us. I counldn't imagine doing it if we had small children. We are a young couple too (we just got married 4 months ago) so that might make things seem worse. Many people had told us that there were better options than PAM as a starting company. They are not good people and that is the truth. It doesn't matter how good and willing you are.

Btw, if you ever go to Atlanta, don't park in empty lots.... my husband did this last week and he got booted without warning on a lot that didn't have any signs of "No parking" and no businesses around, and was given a $500 fine by the property owner for illegal parking. When he called dispatch they told him "Oh yeah, this happen quite often in this area, we will send you a code for a check to pay the fine" Now they are deducting $50 of each paycheck every week and we are waiting on the driver's advocate... and still wondering, if this is a "recurrent, common, quite often" situation why no one from dispatch warned him about this? If they knew exactly where he was staying. For the record, my husband was there for six hours before he got booted at 1:50 AM. PAM doesnt care about their drivers, at all. :/

 

Atlanta is notorious for booting trucks, then holding them for ransom. There's one BP station that sells diesel fuel that's terrible. You can park at the fuel pumps while pumping fuel, but when you pull forward and stop, they boot your truck for illegal parking. Some Indian guy walks around with wheel boot under his coat so the driver won't see what he's up to until it's too late. One driver pulled in there to ask for directions and it cost his company $1500.00 before he could leave the place. The Indian guy told him, "You truck drivers aren't going to do anything but pay, you're a bunch of wimps." There's some drivers I know, that would be the worst thing you could say to them because they would explode like a bomb.

 

Your husband should immediately look for a new company to work for.

 

Sorry for your misfortune, but WTG on the tests! Keep on keepin' on!

 

Skydivedavec.

Are you still with Pam? Are you teaming? You making any money?