Please Help me read a CSA

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by speedyk, Aug 27, 2018.

  1. speedyk

    speedyk Road Train Member

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    I've been wondering if I'm meant to be an O/O, been a 1099er for a long time, most of my career. i read about the control you guys have and it kills me to be where I am, experience-wise.

    I want to go.
     
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  3. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Buy a truck and come to Landstar. You'll be in clover.
     
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  4. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    Thank you for pointing that out. I have been having problems the last few days with my health. No excuse for being sloppy though.
     
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  5. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Luck in battle, friend.
     
  6. Oldironfan

    Oldironfan Road Train Member

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    Most of the tickets are from California that should say stop running there. They are probably a targeted company right now.
    And what is the link to get that info I've never saw that much info when I go to company snapshot on FMCSA site??
     
  7. TheyCallMeDave

    TheyCallMeDave Heavy Load Member

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    It's amazing how many companies literally don't giving a flying #### about putting POS equipment on the road. I've stopped by to talk with about 6 carriers that are hiring the last few days, and I walked on all of them after checking out their equipment. I love it when you talk to a company, and they make it sound like roses and rainbows, then you ask to see the equipment (talking local work here) and they take you out and show you a straight up POS that is nothing more than a DOT magnet. You can keep it, hoss. On to the next one. There's enough bs to deal with driving one of these trucks, without riding down the highway in a machine that screams "PLEASE, COME INSPECT ME!"
     
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  8. x1Heavy

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    Well, I hope you can get some rest tonight if at all possible. We all have good and bad days. When you have bad or difficult days, remember that good day recently to help tied you over. Im fixing to take what the doctor calls a drug holiday, no medicine except the arthritis one for 4 days this week. Im going to be a grumpy ####### by thursday and will work hard to not allow that mess to splash all over this place.
     
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  9. x1Heavy

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    I hope that you can open a small memory box, put this motivation and good feelings of anticipation into that box to store it into your mind easily accessed when the oil pan has exploded from your destroyed engine that has lost all of it's oil under your hazmat load on I-81 south of Syracuse. (Side note, many new Interstates were built out of what I recall as US Highways such as I-86)
     
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    WesternPlains Road Train Member

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    I’ve heard about that infamous weigh station in Ca. on I10. Near Palm Springs and San Berdu.
     
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  11. speedyk

    speedyk Road Train Member

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    I don't have any OTR exp, been working local. Reading your posts makes it sound easy, and it probably is for you. Other than dealing with snow.

    I go here... CSA Compliance, Safety, Accountability

    Then scroll down and search for the company. When you get to the page for that company, look on the right side for the button that says Complete SMS Profile.

    There's probably a better way, I just nose around like a bear until the treats pop out. :^)
     
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