Ok boys I got my confirmation and will be heading for Syracuse O dark early monday morning for the big fun of orientation the the real adventure begins with training. finally get to go back to work, so the temp vacation has come to an end. See you all out there soon
its 10 bucks to join, half is for the window adapter. 1.85 an hour is the rate. I love it...heat and everything from wi-fi-to satellite tv etc.. first good nite of sleep in a long time. Only ##### is hope you dont have a refer trailer park next to you. home for 24 hours by chance. I got a laod going only a few towns away..YAY!
did you end up getting another truck and out of that small volvo? Im heading out tomorrow morning for Syarcuse finally after 3 months from the end of school. Hope your doin well and maybe we can meet up someday.
first week of training done 5 more to go. currently in loredo. swifts been a good company so far, no complaints except for the fact that i'd rather be home driving local.
well day one of orientation over and done with...road tested on a new prostar..yea id take one of those trucks. so far so good .liking what they have to offer and the facilities..and off we go
we tested on day cabs. while i was waiting for my mentor i took a close quaters class, used a volvo for that. the larger volvos they have are really nice.
Hello everyone, I have been BZ as usual...I am in Bordentown, NJ at an Idle-air cause it was the only place I could find to park. The good thing was that I hooked up my laptop to check the boatload of e-mails. Glad to see everyone getting on the road. The freight has been slow and I had a couple of mechanical problems with the truck. They replaced the parking valves on the dash...they were worn out; after that driving to a consignee in Tewksbury, Mass I lost the speedo and my cruise control. They had to replace the speedometer sensor on the tranny. Then today the fuel gauge was stuck on full...I took a ball-peen hammer and tapped on the sending unit on top of the tank and unstuck the dam thing. Last time I filled the pump ran so slow it topped the tank and must have stuck the float to the top of the tank? After its all said and done things are getting easier every day. My best advice is do carefull planning on your calls. Make sure you get all your directions to your shipper and consignee's before you start rolling. Pay close attention to your available time s you don't run up against the clock and try to remember to plan for a place to park for the night. Also before you walk inside to your shipper have all your purchase orders and pertinent info before going inside.....trailer and truck number etc... Well gotta get some sleep and start rolling tomorrow. Don't forget....drive fast and reckless...HA! take care Brent p.s. brink a ball-peen hammer, vise grips and some good work gloves. When you are moving tandems many times the release lever won't stay in position so you can use the vise grips to lock the bar in the open position; otherwise you'lll have to find someone to help you. The WD-40 helps also to lubricate the rails. You will have to move the tandems when you scale a load. It is required on al loads over 35,000 and when you do a "T-Call" (transfer call) You have to have a legal scale ticket...not to mention the weigh stations may not have a sense of humor. I ran into 5 weigh stations today...Phew!
ok sitting in the hotel another night waiting to hook up with mentor<trainer> sometime tomorrow and on with the adventures
in hamond sc for the night. still suck at backing the rig up, do ok once i get her rolling but i still get a little tense in heavy traffic or weather.
