Should I relocate for better driving opportunities?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by aramil248, Jan 27, 2019.

  1. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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    Let me talk with her, I can help. Put her on here.
     
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  3. Flat Earth Trucker

    Flat Earth Trucker Road Train Member

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    No shortage of trucks around Poland Springs facilities. Perhaps you'd be interested in driving for one of those outfits. Or maybe even be a yard dog.

    Be sure to avoid that driver-hatin' Western Express, though. They even hate their mechanics, too. Yep. It's just a black and white hate factory.
     
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  4. Omega1

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    My advice...live where you are happy and comfortable. Then look for jobs. If Maine is your home and you like it, stay there and make it work. Take it from a guy who has lived all over the country, "The Grass is not always greener on the other side".
     
  5. Flat Earth Trucker

    Flat Earth Trucker Road Train Member

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    The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
     
  6. Omega1

    Omega1 Heavy Load Member

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    Yeah and we have all heard about the "cream rising to the top" but so does "pond scum". Just saying.
     
  7. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    Does it suck to work for Crete/Shaffer? I see them everywhere. You would think their drivers would be banking
     
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  8. Omega1

    Omega1 Heavy Load Member

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    Not sure about making bank, but the drivers I have talked to are generally satisfied.
     
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  9. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    Ok we can roll with that....they seem to stay busy. I saw a couple Crete trucks running around in Portland the other day. Of course that ain't deep into Maine though. I picked up a load at RC Moore and they were looking for drivers to run back and forth from PA to ME. Had an ad posted. I will say leaving Maine will broaden your options majorly.
     
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  10. aramil248

    aramil248 Road Train Member

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    Poland spring declined my last app I sent. R c Moore I tried to get into their local tanker months ago. I kind of failed to shift their 10sp kw. One thing I have learned I can shift a Freightliner kind of easy but anything else I have a problem with. I have no idea why. I have driven freightliner auto and 10sp, international 10sp, kw auto and 10sp.
     
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  11. Rideandrepair

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    Same here, We had moved south for a couple yrs. She got homesick. Moved back to Michigan. 32 yrs later, you know the rest.Lol. Gotta move when you’re young and flexible and resilient and.....
     
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