Newbie looking for some advice

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by gene.martin88, Jul 26, 2013.

  1. quil57

    quil57 Light Load Member

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    yea thats the route im taking i just graduated a few weeeks ago and im gonnna go with schneider there dedicated route where i will have to finger print everything that comes off that truck i was gonna go with TMC but tarping in the snow not something i wanna look foward to
     
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  3. dca

    dca Road Train Member

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    But your'e gonna miss out on all the exercise and experience... at least you'll get you foot in the door whom ever you chose
     
  4. gene.martin88

    gene.martin88 Bobtail Member

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    Hey man the advice definitely isn't bad advice so ill take it!
     
  5. Chase05

    Chase05 Medium Load Member

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    Be really careful of what these recruiters tell you. You're 34 hour reset is your hometime, it won't be in the middle of the week. They can call that 2 days off.
     
  6. RickG

    RickG Road Train Member

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    I delivered to chemical plants that accepted deliveries 7 days a week. My wife has Wednesdays off and I often had my reset midweek .
     
  7. Chase05

    Chase05 Medium Load Member

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    What I meant is you won't have the weekend off with a reset in the middle of the week, lol. Most people want or assume they'll have weekends off.
     
  8. RickG

    RickG Road Train Member

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    You can't get 2 resets but with dedicated trailers most of my trips had me home every 3 days on the average.
     
  9. K-DUB1986

    K-DUB1986 Light Load Member

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    so swift is a pretty good company to start off with if you getting back into trucking again......so starting off how much will you see a wk and do the drivers that live in Orlando FL see good home time
     
  10. Chase05

    Chase05 Medium Load Member

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    Who told you Swift is a good company to start with? It's A company to start with...
     
  11. K-DUB1986

    K-DUB1986 Light Load Member

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    well it's a lot of A company to start with out here i'm not looking 4 long term into otr driving maybe 2yrs max
     
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