Profile For Chris W.

Chris W.'s Info

  • Location:
    TN

  • Driving Status:
    Experienced Driver

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  • Joined Us:
    11 months, 2 weeks ago

Chris W.'s Bio

Hi I am Chris I became a trucker at 18, been working for UPS for a few years driven a Mack pinnacle at a older company, then a Mack anthem, then a Freightliner Cascadia, then pinnacle, back to a Cascadia.

Update in a anthem again

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Posted:  1 week, 5 days ago

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Getting Back Into Truck Driving

oh I didn't know that thanks for correcting me I appreciate it

Get to learn something new everyday

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....let me ask do you have a CDL that is still valid? If so you might want to try to get into a military trucking job and with your record they might be able to give enough discipline and guide you into a safer way of thinking. I don't know how all it works but when I was a rookie my experienced driver I rode with was a past military trucker and he trained a lot of careless and reckless drivers and made so pretty dang good truckers out of them.

Best wishes

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Just as the trucking world is getting picky on hiring drivers, even experienced drivers, the military is picky about who they take in. Her tickets will not allow her to go on active duty.

I have a grandson that had two tickets, one for speeding and one for an incomplete stop at a stop sign. The second one got dropped. The first one was paid for and even after 4 years, the military will not look at him. It was 12 miles over the posted speed limit.

Laura

Posted:  2 weeks ago

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Getting Back Into Truck Driving

A lot of truckers already got straight to the point but to recap you aren't taking responsibility for your actions, you even said speed limit 65 so was goin 75 like that's fine which it's not. Speeding isn't the most forgiving aspect of trucking, going fast in the rain on a curve road makes it your fault for the accident which you mentioned but you were still trying to blame the rain, even if that one major accident "wasn't your fault" unless you didn't look or they were going extremely fast and were far out you shouldn't have pulled out in front of the car wether you thought you could make it or not estimate there speed not just the room you need and the distance. Also that accident could have killed the person in that car why no sympathy and just you trying to say it's not your fault.

This doesn't seem like your in the right line of work but if you still want to try them let me ask do you have a CDL that is still valid? If so you might want to try to get into a military trucking job and with your record they might be able to give enough discipline and guide you into a safer way of thinking. I don't know how all it works but when I was a rookie my experienced driver I rode with was a past military trucker and he trained a lot of careless and reckless drivers and made so pretty dang good truckers out of them.

My primary recommendation is find another job warehouses, restaurant industries, or heck volunteer at a ER and see what your kind of driving does to someone then try again.

Best wishes

Posted:  3 weeks, 3 days ago

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New High Road Promotional Video

Amazing video

Posted:  3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Ol' Pete getting up there

Nebraska troopers call out Peterbilt driver for triple digit speed limit violation

This was insane! Yeah it's really cool to see a truck like this getting up at that speed BUT that is dangerous as hail. I didn't see if it was a 389 semi truck or dump truck but 101 in a 70. If traffic was to stop immediately there screwed. Imagine a semi or dump truck brakes locked 75 in your stopped vehicle. Being involved in a fatal crash is the worst thing that can ever happen on the road and I can only imagine how much worse it would be knowing it was your fault. 101 is way to fast to be going. My cascadia was governed to 68 and this anthem is governed 75. I still get past at night by 389 trucks 80-85 in the 80mph zones in Texas where I have been lastly but 101 in a commercial vehicle is insane to me. Can't happen. Maybe take it to a race track pay and take the rig on but not on the highways please.

Can't believe I saw this on the news.

Posted:  3 weeks, 4 days ago

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A year with a Class A, but no Class A experience

Really interesting scenerio and I am not a training driver or anything like that just a trucker for UPS so take what I say with a grain of salt.

I am a guess you probably need to start out with a company that offers training like CFI, Schneider, knight, swift if no other option jk and get some experience explain your case to them and they might let you ride with a experienced driver as a refresher. Then get that experience and move to a company you like. Also you mentioned tankers so you probably got a hazmat and Schneider has a lot of tankers running around maybe that's a option if you want to keep tankers and class A driving.

In the morning some of the actual experts will chime in and hopefully they can help more :) hope it works out Fred

Posted:  1 month ago

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Left and right turns

I got a little mixed up dyslexic and all. Happens I guess, I meant you may need to turn later then middle of intersection to make a left not earlier. As RealDeihl said hug the curbs just don't jump them when avoidable.

Let me start with good luck on that test Wednesday. I am going to guess you are referring to CDL permit test, correct?

To get to the questions at hand. So lefts you got more room so yeah turn about middle and your good. Keep in mind some trucks have different turning radius so some got to put more effort in turning or turn a bit early. Also about the right turns you don't typically have to make them wide when bobtailing but yes most the time you need them wide so the trailer doesn't hit something like a curb or pole unless your swift (just a joke). Again depends on truck some also like turning radius and if a long nose or round nose truck.

Hope this helped some not really great at explaining per say but I drive a lot at night and so I take my 30min like now and may be the only one awake on the forum currently. Might as well try helping out.

Posted:  1 month ago

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20 years experience, now can't find a job due to accident

I am so sorry this happened to you and hope that you get in somewhere soon. I am curious why it wasn't put on your DAC report but I guess that won't ever be known. I have been in a accident not to long ago that ended with loss of life and it was the hardest thing I have ever had to go through so I am so happy you didn't have to go through it too.

Posted:  1 month ago

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Left and right turns

Let me start with good luck on that test Wednesday. I am going to guess you are referring to CDL permit test, correct?

To get to the questions at hand. So lefts you got more room so yeah turn about middle and your good. Keep in mind some trucks have different turning radius so some got to put more effort in turning or turn a bit early. Also about the right turns you don't typically have to make them wide when bobtailing but yes most the time you need them wide so the trailer doesn't hit something like a curb or pole unless your swift (just a joke). Again depends on truck some also like turning radius and if a long nose or round nose truck.

Hope this helped some not really great at explaining per say but I drive a lot at night and so I take my 30min like now and may be the only one awake on the forum currently. Might as well try helping out.

Posted:  1 month ago

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I got it

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Posted:  1 month ago

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I got it

Well it's officially I am back in my type of truck.

Way better then a freightliner cascadia my apologizes freightliner lovers

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