What can i expect

According to your location,

you can expect 86520.............

 

Hey Green, welcome to the forum. It will be far easier for you to start researching the threads here on the forum, than it will for everyone on here to tell you what to expect.

For one thing, we have all had our own experiences, and while there are a LOT of similarities, the way situations are handled, are as varied as the personalities of the people involved.

What you can expect though, is to work your arse off. Other than that, it will be exactly what YOU make of it.

Don't forget your KY Jelly!

 

What no KY oh man you like it rough

 

It's all sunshine and puppies .....

 

Once you've dealt with the idiots on one end not knowing what they are doing, so the people on the other end who wanted it yesterday are irate on the other, what you can expect in between is freedom, the ability to see a lot of the country, cool people and not so cool ones.

But there's a magic you'll find in between.

I think I best explain it here in my blog.

http://musingsthroughthewindshield.blogspot.com/2010/09/for-love-of-road.html

 

Expect to be staring at paperwork a lot and wondering. You'll be asking a lot of questions about routing and paperwork ..lol. Go slow in winter conditions. Expect to sweat a little in the dead of winter in a blizzard when you can't see beyond your hood. Expect a bunch of inconsiderate 4 wheelers who could care less about you. Expect to make about 4-5 cars back up so you can complete a right hand turn ..it's bound to happen soon so don't worry..just a heads up. But on a quiet starry night on a 'flat' interstate with little traffic it can be nice. Few and far between but that's life these days. Just watch out for the other lunatics and you should be ok. Expect to deliver at 3:00am sometimes. Expect your load to shift ! Expect and demand your paycheck is accurate..keep track of everything ! And on and on and on .....

 

Let me just expound on that a bit. Do NOT trust your company to always get your paycheck right. It flatly will not always happen. Most companies, it will be due to simple errors, but some of these outfits will screw you every chance they get, until you call them on it.

"Keep track of EVERYTHING", this means that you need to keep accurate records of everything you do, particularly in the matter of things you are supposed to get paid for. Some companies will pay your regular mileage, but "withhold drop pay, waiting pay, load/unload pay, etc. until they get paid by the customer." These are things you REALLY have to keep up on, as some of these companies will tell you "it will be on your next check," then conveniently "forget about it."

As an example, when I worked for Knight, my wife was on the phone with the payroll department EVERY week. I guess they can "legitimately" (more or less,) withhold that pay until they get paid. But if they are not reminded about it, a lot of times your "extras" get lost in the shuffle.

Keep track of everything that they owe you and make sure you get it!