Something All New Drivers Should Need to Know....

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  1. TROOPER to TRUCKER

    TROOPER to TRUCKER Anything Is Possible

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    First off I am fairly new myself but this is what I have learned

    !. Go to a trucks top and pick up all the free trucking mini magazines. Those are companies you don't want to work for. They have a million adds for a reasonn

    2. If you are going to your first company and they offer a dedicated route, stop and ask yourself why drivers with time in there haven't jumped on it. Stay Away

    All I can think of for now
     
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    realdesertkickin Heavy Load Member

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    LOL !! Keep us posted as you may think of something else!! LOL!!

    You shouldnt even be there!! You should be running for the DOJ or DOD...them top security gigs reserved for x cops and military, what the hay?
     
  3. icsheeple

    icsheeple Trailing the Herd

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    Here's one.

    Don't tailgate. Don't run against your governed speed. Don't slow pass, and certainly don't cut people off. Just hang out in that passing lane until that feller in the cruising lane has a safe following distance. And for gosh sakes if you see a hill up ahead, and your loaded heavy don't try and pass.

    If you sit down with a calculator and run the simple math of .5-1mph for the few minutes you have to slow down, it don't add up to much. You may at most miss out on $7 for the day.

    I guess that was more than one.
     
  4. 77smartin

    77smartin Road Train Member

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    The world is not your urinal.
     
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    realdesertkickin Heavy Load Member

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    Ive been thinking for quite a few minutes, and well...ya, it is our urinal, kinda, aint it? Literally and figuratively
     
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    ttyson Medium Load Member

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    But a gatorade bottle is,and they need to be emptied out too
     
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    Vilhiem Road Train Member

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    You're right...but you know...

    If you think about it... Every time you turn the tap on and drink it, you realize we are drinking dinosaur piss? :D

    One you missed Icsheeple, don't take your break at the fuel pumps. Fuel and pull up. If you gotta run inside for 10 minutes and it's not busy, then you're good once you've pulled up. But don't block the lanes...
     
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    EndHatred Medium Load Member

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    Always hope what goes around...comes around!



    ..
     
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    j_martell Light Load Member

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    ahahahahaha....that'll learn em......hahahaha
     
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  10. TROOPER to TRUCKER

    TROOPER to TRUCKER Anything Is Possible

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    ahh........use google before asking here!