Okay newbies... This is a recap of my week... can YOY handle it?

I think he made it through home a time or two. Pretty easy to make previous loads disappear when you go through the same areas.

 

Here's a fun day. Start in Winslow Az, head to Tolleson, swap trailers, one stop in Pueblo Co, empty in Colorado Springs. Head up to Ft Colins, swap trailers, then back to Aurora Co to swap again. Head out to Genessee to park.

 

You accomplished your goal better with these paragraphs. I am not a young'un and haven't been for quite sometime.

I am going into this with open eyes and an open mind. I may not have a million miles behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer, and I will admit some of my wording may have been somewhat arrogant, but just once I kind of like to see a seasoned trucker tell us about the good things.. I can't believe in your 38 years you haven't experience something good.

Maybe it was just because of my age, but I apologize that I saw your original post as one more "you have to pay your dues" post. I understand that!! Yes you are right there are those of the younger generation who think life should be handed to them on a platter.. I am not one of them. Never was!!

If I ever meet you on the road I'll be sure to shake your hand.

 

Wow. After my jaw bounces off the floor and I recover from the complete awe...

I would ask: "How did you do that?"
You might reply: "Do what?"
I might then say: "Get to where you are without EVER having been a student or newbie."

 

All that and money too??

 

this what i hate about this job, i get my load out ca, header too macon ga, now i worked my asset off getting it loaded took 5 stops up down the coast, yes it a reffer , hauling produce, so up down the coast i go , going too the coolers and one in a muddy feild, nowa bout half thru the run after ,like i said too get all legal and stuff, q=quil com goes off, repowering the load, these two young kids , but not really kids , but like 28 er so, now they been partying all night broke there truck ,driveshaft,and since mine delver late mon of next week i thought i had a easy take your time run and not hurry, now in a blink of of a eye i had too get there load there by yesterday and i had too run anthor 678 miles , yikes , let me tell ya i was ready ripp of someboby head , i did break the flairing over the cat walk with cheater bar i was so mad , just a small crack,but i blamed it on the glad hand , i dropped it due too icy conds , hint hint , fudge fudge, but i took it and ran with it and still got there 4 hours late , and it was all noted too and made mr dispacther sign it as i stood over him and took it right too saftey and load planners too, so i wouldnt get a late call, my first late load ever,so welcome too real world of trucking, this is trucking, its not a vac, this is extra hard work for all that money, there are no more weekends or holidays every day is the same unless sunday then you might get a break if there closed,btw i got over a million miles safe driveing award and i told him they could shove that were the dont shine and got my name up on the wall, big deal , no money ,no bounus whats the point,Everett.

 

1) I agree.

2) Sunrises. Sunsets. Scenery. The solitude. Steering and gearing. Seeing parts of the U.S. and Canada I hadn't seen and revisiting some I had seen. Pride in my professional competence and being a million-miler. I met some great people out there; heard lots of funny stuff on the CB; backed into ball-buster docks and loved it (the harder the dock, the more I liked it). I learned something about myself, my country and her history, and, yes, truckers every day. I'd spent a lot of time in college and I'd done other things (white collar and blue collar) for a living, but I wouldn't have missed trucking for the world. I was never more at home with my work.
And that's all just for starters.

 

So, because I had to get assistance to go to school, I am not as deserving as another who was lucky enough to land a job that covered bills and enough to save? Or I have had the world handed to me? If I misunderstand driver, by all means, correct me, preferrably in a polite manner as im not calling you out.

 

I have been driving 17 years and am the junior man on the board. I think our least experienced driver has 7 years. We question our job choice everyday. Here is a hint. Crying makes you feel better then you get on with the day. lol