Comments By Leo S.

Hi guys, so it seems like bad things Old School was talking about started happening. Last Saturday I was delivering and I was around and hour and a half away from the destination when my ELD time was up. My boss told me to stop, go off duty, switch it to personal use and make a delivery. Once I was empty and finally pulled in to the closest rest area, I looked at my ELD and saw that I've been working for 19 hours total that day. Right now, at this moment, basically, exactly the same thing is happening again. My ELD time is up and I’m around an hour and a half away from delivery place, and he says I have to do that. So, my questions are:

1. How bad is what we’re doing in terms of.. Well, everything? 2. Should I quit and get back to Uber in Vegas, or, is there any chance some trucking company can hire me without 1 year of experience to drive solo for them? Cause obviously, I can’t work like that anymore. It seems crazy and dangerous to me.

Thanks

Thank you guys, it seems like Roehl offers EXACTLY what I want in the future (7/7, 14/7), I will give them a call once I have 6 months of experience, and if that's not enough, will stay with my company for 6 months more and then try again.

Old School, I knew this guy before (my boss, I mean), and he knew that I'm a good driver, non-drinker, not drug, casino or anything else addicted so he asked me if I want to jump into one of his semi trucks, I was in a financial struggle because of COVID, so I said yes. He gave me a book and asked me to prepare for a written test, which I passed and then he sent me to a private driving school in Springfield. This is how I obtained my license. As I said, I was experiencing severe financial issues, so I couldn't accept what bigger companies like Swift, Prime etc offered - my CDL cost me around $1500 after all - compare it to $6000 in companies like mentioned above plus here I have no 1 year contract plus the start pay was much bigger.

Hi there, this is my first posting here. I'm a rookie OTR driver with just a few months of experience (Class A, dry van, automatic). I really enjoy this job, but first, I have a family to look after so I need much more home time than just 1 day per week (I work 6 weeks and then I'm 6 days home) and second, I hate my boss, he's very rude and aggressive. It's a very small company (they have just 4 trucks) in MO and I would like to leave it in the near future. So, I'm wondering if:

1. Schedules like 5 weeks out, 2 weeks home / 4 weeks out, 10 days home or similar are possible at all? If yes, what companies should I look into?

2. Would you recommend to get a 1 year of experience in my company first? Or would, let's say, 6 months be enough? I heard it might be challenging to get a job in a good company (especially with requests like mine) with less than 1 year of experience. Is it true?

Thanks!