Comments on: The First Two Weeks On the Road With My Trainer http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/sprice/2009/03/the-first-two-weeks-on-the-road-with-my-trainer Helping Those Who Are Considering A Career In The Truck Driving Industry Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Rhonda http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/sprice/2009/03/the-first-two-weeks-on-the-road-with-my-trainer/comment-page-1#comment-745 Rhonda Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:12:14 +0000 http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=907#comment-745 I liked this blog. I never ever used the comdata card like you are telling about so I am not familar with its use for that purpose. Be sure to get all the truck stop driver payback cards as they will come in very handy for you. It is a pain to have several from the ones who offer it, but it is worth it to have 1 cent per each gallon of fuel purchased put on the cards so you can then get your FREE DRINK/FOOD when you get enough on your account. Does not take long to get enough on there to get a meal. I used a card one night to get a $12 steak dinner which cost me about 50 cents out of my pocket. And just think of the fun you can have with that when someone asks you "wonder if the steak dinner is expensive here?" You can then say that it costs 50 cents! I had a lot of fun with that when I did it. The pay is not the best but you have to start somewhere and you do need to remember that you are getting paid a set amount each week during training. As long as the $ come in, that is what counts. You have to look at the bigger picture which will then make it all worthwhile. So many drivers only see NOW and do not look ahead. I would rather get 29 cents a mile and keep that truck moving verses getting paid 38 cents a mile and do lots of sitting and get 1800 miles a week in. This is not worth the pay and you are gone from home for doing nothing and getting paid nothing while sitting. I would like you to tell us more on the electronic logs as many of us do/did not have that and it is something that is being asked about all the time. In time, other carriers will be going to that by choice or by government rules. I liked this blog. I never ever used the comdata card like you are telling about so I am not familar with its use for that purpose. Be sure to get all the truck stop driver payback cards as they will come in very handy for you. It is a pain to have several from the ones who offer it, but it is worth it to have 1 cent per each gallon of fuel purchased put on the cards so you can then get your FREE DRINK/FOOD when you get enough on your account. Does not take long to get enough on there to get a meal.

I used a card one night to get a $12 steak dinner which cost me about 50 cents out of my pocket. And just think of the fun you can have with that when someone asks you “wonder if the steak dinner is expensive here?” You can then say that it costs 50 cents! I had a lot of fun with that when I did it.

The pay is not the best but you have to start somewhere and you do need to remember that you are getting paid a set amount each week during training. As long as the $ come in, that is what counts. You have to look at the bigger picture which will then make it all worthwhile. So many drivers only see NOW and do not look ahead. I would rather get 29 cents a mile and keep that truck moving verses getting paid 38 cents a mile and do lots of sitting and get 1800 miles a week in. This is not worth the pay and you are gone from home for doing nothing and getting paid nothing while sitting.

I would like you to tell us more on the electronic logs as many of us do/did not have that and it is something that is being asked about all the time. In time, other carriers will be going to that by choice or by government rules.

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