Scary side of trucking

Thank you, you told me the same thing a long time ago when I was too nervous the night before to sleep because I had orientation in the morning for Schneider Bulk, always respected you; I wouldn’t count this guy out yet, did my fair share of complaining before I found my way and he simply hasn’t found his yet

 

Don't believe everything you hear.

 

Oh yeah most definitely after reading his post, hell after each answered question by a recruiter I’d check to make sure my wallet is still in my pocket several hundred miles apart

 

Recruiters are there to get your butt in the seat do some more research

 

Dodge RAM is my favorite truck. The RAMs I looked at, I didn't want to spend that much.

 

Vomit. That nose is an insult to industrial design and cartoons everywhere.

 

I appreciate this. I'm 39, and feel that a lot of the bs rules and regs present now are a result of "the good old days." You can even apply that to fuel efficiency.

I'm pretty sure that - like a lot of industries - all of the negative talk is from older folks that would not be competitive in today's market.

Reds, 2 hours sleep, some Vitamin C and change for a payphone isn't old-school, tough, or even cool. It's not competitive. Hell, it's not something you want in a 150K piece of machinery with a 2 million liability policy.

Combine that with a much cheaper dollar and a flood of cheap immigrant labor and all I hear is something about as relevant as a Brontosaurus crying about being on the sidelines.

 

Yep, you've got it all figured out dontcha super trucker.

 

The thing that bothers me about this is that trucking isn't a skilled trade, yet it's flooded with immigrants.

I thought immigrant work visas were for hard-to-find, technical professionals.

Point is, how many Americans do you see in rollovers vs guys who've been here 3 months and can't read road signs?

We're not all the same.

I like your idea of a 3 year apprenticeship for foreigners, paid for by them or their government, resulting in skilled hazmat teams, or something. But your generation invited a flood of low-IQ immigrants in, and your solution would punish the people who actually have to deal with your diverse utopia.