Can now get the basic CDL temps. Have taken the intial three tests, Gen Knowledge, Air Brakes and Combo Vehicles. Have three more tests to take( doubles/triples , tankers and haz mat) to have the full ride of endorsements. Have also filled out the online backround check for hazmat/tanker endorsement. THAT cost $90. They take the fingerprints on friday.
A customer told me today about the oil found in N Dakota? Saying jobs are falling out of trees with trucking being a big one. Like they cant get enough drivers. Hmmmm.
i read about that not to long ago...
they were looking for people to work local...and pay was in the 60K range if memory serves.
Pay sounds GREAT for a new driver. But SHE doesnt live there and neither do her kids. Sooooooo, thats out.
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A customer told me today about the oil found in N Dakota? Saying jobs are falling out of trees with trucking being a big one. Like they cant get enough drivers. Hmmmm.
yeah but you gotta live in north dakota...which wouldn't be bad in the non-winter months but what's the average winter temps? -1000 degrees? no thanks
but all those people moving to N. Dakota are living in their cars since there is nowhere to live. Or maybe it's because they can't afford anything right away...they didn't really clarify that.
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
but all those people moving to N. Dakota are living in their cars since there is nowhere to live. Or maybe it's because they can't afford anything right away...they didn't really clarify that.
i could live in my truck for a few weeks...no problem....have the internet and plenty of tunes...all i need
but all those people moving to N. Dakota are living in their cars since there is nowhere to live. Or maybe it's because they can't afford anything right away...they didn't really clarify that.
there is absolutely NO infrastructure in place right now for this. The wont be able to build any housing til sprind thaw. I suppose trailer parks will spring up but damn, who wants to live in a trialer in that kind of winter?
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you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
I could take a job that was long haulo. GF wouldnt like it but.......
gotta figure you are gonna hit chicago if you are doing anything even regional. :?
This recruiter today wa ssaying how her company doesnt deliver INtown in major cities. Just on the outerbelt. Other companies take it from there. Good pay. REALLY good pay. A truck with my name on the door. Just need to ask our resident truckers their thoughts on flat beds.
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you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Ok, mostly straight line backing. Did stay in between the cones though. Feel pretty comfortable.
IF I get a prehire from them , I think I found my company. Smaller almost local just about an hour north of home. Running east of the mississippi hauling steel. "covered wagon" flat bed. Both tractor and trailer assigned to me. Home every weekend. Decent pay scale for new driver AND decent enough tuition reimbursement (2/3) for me.
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you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
don't do flatbed unless you like climbing, rolling and unrolling heavy ass tarps, sweaty or freezing your ass off, falling or getting blown off the load, and things like this. (haha gettin blown off the load)
i pulled dry van trailers, flatbed doubles, refer units, and tankers. (53 and 48 ft trailers) (flatbed doubles through the mountains is pretty gnarly...any truck driving through mountains is gnarly... ice and mountains very uncool)
flatbeds do give a guy exercise and that is important when ya sit on your ass 18 hrs a day. i hauled lumber on two flatbed trailers. well, one is shorter than the first trailer, the second trailer is called a pup trailer. people gotta build stuff so they use lumber. load it onto flatbeds and haul her away. at this job i came home every night which was great but so fucked up cause i worked all damn day anyway. at work before sun up and get home around sunset or later. ridiculous spells truck hours. it will get in your blood and you will be fucked. if i did not get 80 or more hrs every week i was not to pleased with things. this will be your new love/hate relationship, like a drug you hate doing but love doing. at least this was my experience at it. my body and mind can not take it anymore. i am excited for you. good luck, dude.
don't do flatbed unless you like climbing, rolling and unrolling heavy ass tarps, sweaty or freezing your ass off, falling or getting blown off the load, and things like this. (haha gettin blown off the load)
i pulled dry van trailers, flatbed doubles, refer units, and tankers. (53 and 48 ft trailers) (flatbed doubles through the mountains is pretty gnarly...any truck driving through mountains is gnarly... ice and mountains very uncool)
flatbeds do give a guy exercise and that is important when ya sit on your ass 18 hrs a day. i hauled lumber on two flatbed trailers. well, one is shorter than the first trailer, the second trailer is called a pup trailer. people gotta build stuff so they use lumber. load it onto flatbeds and haul her away. at this job i came home every night which was great but so fucked up cause i worked all damn day anyway. at work before sun up and get home around sunset or later. ridiculous spells truck hours. it will get in your blood and you will be fucked. if i did not get 80 or more hrs every week i was not to pleased with things. this will be your new love/hate relationship, like a drug you hate doing but love doing. at least this was my experience at it. my body and mind can not take it anymore. i am excited for you. good luck, dude.
with the company I have my eye on , the haul steel and thats it.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Ok, up shift through to 7th gear to 50 mph, down shift to 3rd gear to 15 mph. repeat. for 50 miles. Mustnt forget , this REQUIRES double clutching. As tiresome and tedious as this may seem, I think I'm going to like this big rig driving thing.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
don't do flatbed unless you like climbing, rolling and unrolling heavy ass tarps, sweaty or freezing your ass off, falling or getting blown off the load, and things like this. (haha gettin blown off the load)
i pulled dry van trailers, flatbed doubles, refer units, and tankers. (53 and 48 ft trailers) (flatbed doubles through the mountains is pretty gnarly...any truck driving through mountains is gnarly... ice and mountains very uncool)
flatbeds do give a guy exercise and that is important when ya sit on your ass 18 hrs a day. i hauled lumber on two flatbed trailers. well, one is shorter than the first trailer, the second trailer is called a pup trailer. people gotta build stuff so they use lumber. load it onto flatbeds and haul her away. at this job i came home every night which was great but so fucked up cause i worked all damn day anyway. at work before sun up and get home around sunset or later. ridiculous spells truck hours. it will get in your blood and you will be fucked. if i did not get 80 or more hrs every week i was not to pleased with things. this will be your new love/hate relationship, like a drug you hate doing but love doing. at least this was my experience at it. my body and mind can not take it anymore. i am excited for you. good luck, dude.
I've heard horror stories about guys who haul cars as well.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
NBC Nightly News had something on the North Dakota job market this week _ I think it was just last night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF3z-j8o39I
- Christopher McCandless
i could live in my truck for a few weeks...no problem....have the internet and plenty of tunes...all i need
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
interesting...could work there for a few years and save like a mutherfucker :think:
no kidding....
want to invest in a bar?
Complete.
Just some light reading on "on duty time" for tonight plus some reading on pretrip inspection if I choose to. I should choose to!!
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you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
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Fill them out correctly or pay a hefty fine when not if you get caught.
Get to fill them out for each day at school.
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you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
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another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
I'm glad I'm on teh west coast
- Christopher McCandless
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
gotta figure you are gonna hit chicago if you are doing anything even regional. :?
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you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Day 5.
Straight line backing.
Ok, mostly straight line backing. Did stay in between the cones though. Feel pretty comfortable.
IF I get a prehire from them , I think I found my company. Smaller almost local just about an hour north of home. Running east of the mississippi hauling steel. "covered wagon" flat bed. Both tractor and trailer assigned to me. Home every weekend. Decent pay scale for new driver AND decent enough tuition reimbursement (2/3) for me.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
thanks for keeping the roads safe out here.
i pulled dry van trailers, flatbed doubles, refer units, and tankers. (53 and 48 ft trailers) (flatbed doubles through the mountains is pretty gnarly...any truck driving through mountains is gnarly... ice and mountains very uncool)
flatbeds do give a guy exercise and that is important when ya sit on your ass 18 hrs a day. i hauled lumber on two flatbed trailers. well, one is shorter than the first trailer, the second trailer is called a pup trailer. people gotta build stuff so they use lumber. load it onto flatbeds and haul her away. at this job i came home every night which was great but so fucked up cause i worked all damn day anyway. at work before sun up and get home around sunset or later. ridiculous spells truck hours. it will get in your blood and you will be fucked. if i did not get 80 or more hrs every week i was not to pleased with things. this will be your new love/hate relationship, like a drug you hate doing but love doing. at least this was my experience at it. my body and mind can not take it anymore. i am excited for you. good luck, dude.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
heres a link.
http://valleytransportation.net/
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you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
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another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
I've heard horror stories about guys who haul cars as well.
I CAN~!!!!!!!
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
Absolutely not!
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
just don't be dipping your cookie in milk while you are turning.