Questions I can't find answers to...

Ill try to answer some of the questions to the best of my knowledge or what ive done but I know if im wrong somebody will correct me.

1. I worked for werner and I took my hometime in many places. When we send in our request they ask us where we wanna go when we want to be there and when where coming back. Just about all of the hometime breaks I took werent near a terminal and I would park my truck at the local walmart none of then had a problem with me leaving my truck there or would be a few places that would charge a few dollars to park my truck there or a few times I knew all the drop yards are and I would drop my trailer at a werner drop yard and bobtail .
2. I dont really know about that. I know with werner for every week you drive you can have a day off up to 5 days. I know a guy who drives for tmc and he said that he would drive the week but he would be hom friday or sat and leave back out on mon. They wouldnt alway get him home but thats what he expected to get when he start driving.
3. Im not sure if this is the correct answer but when I was in school I as just barley getting by and I would sleep in my car in walmart parking lots so I kept most of by belongings in my car.
4. Usually on down time I usually walk around if its safe but I read constently. But you probably could do some of the stuff you want on your 10 hr break or if your doing a 34 hr break or just if your waiting for freight or even just waiting for a shipper or reciever to load or unload you you can find things to do.
5. For my laptop I would keep it charged using a power inverter. I used the a little 1 I think its a 400 or 500 watt or you could try the ones walmart sell.
6. I dont really know much on tis question but from what I see on alot of apps some compaines want you to have driven within then past year.

Sorry bout all the writing I tend to talk alot but I hope that helped

 

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1. Many companies rarely get you into terminals . No , they aren't going to be a travel agent . You'll go where the loads are going . Do you think a carrier with several thousand drivers is going to dispatch trucks according to drivers' wishes ?
2 . You can work 70 hours in 8 days . When you use up the 70 you get 34 hours off wherever you are .
3 . If you don't have a home where are your personal belongings now ? Just leave them there .
4 .Again , after 70 hours you get 34 hours . Plus a 10 hour break after working 14 hours .
5 .You don't have a DC adapter to plug into a power outlet ? Invertors that plug into power outlets are sold at all fuel stops .
6 . It's real easy to leave but hard to enter or reenter .

 

The one's I can answer easiest are 1 and 5. I have a friend who works for one of the large carriers, any time he get's a run that is more than 3 days travel time, depending on the destination, he puts in a request for a day off at the destination city (while enroute) and then plays tourist for the day. For the last year while it's been slow, he spent a couple of days playing tourist in L.A., S.F., Austin, and a couple of other places. Other times, if he has the ability to do it, he'll adjust his driving time and stop somewhere for a few hours with family. He lives in Denver, has a cousin that lives in Fargo (military), another one that lives in DFW, and other family in other parts of the country. Generally, he'll plan his route out then call and give them a heads up that he is coming through and make plans to spend 4 or 5 hrs with them.

I use a small inverter for my laptop that I bought from BestBuy as part of a laptop travel kit. It plugs into a cig. lights and then the laptop plugs into that.

 

what kind of questions should i ask a recruiter before signing any paper work to train with them? other re than basic benefits?

 

You will have plenty of down time.. lol.. but it is not a tour of the US.. you will see a lot.....of interstate..lmao.. meet alot of different kind of folks.. some good some not so good... it is a job period.. unlike any other job.. I sing, talk to my self.. it can get boring.. your alone 90% of the time.. when ya stop .. to eat or get fuel.. you see and talk to other ppl.. if you have a regular route you will get to know some of the ppl even.. an they kinda become your adopted family.. it is not a job you can have really any kind of life.. but everyone sees it different.. I enjoy it.. so thats my view..

 

Hope this helps ya out some!!

JudiKay