Comments By Pelican

Agreed. I can find a new job. Can't find a new life this side of heaven.

How to protect yourself should your truck + cargo be hijacked: get out of the truck and run.

Ask anyone at your company who thinks they're important, they will tell you your life & health is more valuable than any cargo. Your job description is to hold the steering wheel and deliver said cargo, not to protect it, beyond setting a padlock on the trailer doors and to act like a prudent person.

What state are you in? What was the conviction for? If it was driving related (DUI, Hit and Run, etc) going to be difficult.

Magnum Logistics in Fargo might take you. From what I have heard, very hard for a RSO to get a job in this industry. Something about crossing state lines, I don't know.

Unfortunately I’m a regristered sex offender. I was 20 years old got caught up. 30+ years after the fact it seems impossible to get a job truck driving behind this. I have read other peoples stories in similar situation and learning not to take it personal . I also have an assault on a police officer charge back in 2009, I didn’t hit him or anything but like when people see this charge they don’t want to hear your story. I was under the influence of drugs, been clean for four years now changed my life, relocated to a whole new state and am committed to my recovery and church. Truck driving school was challenging many didn’t take me because of my charge but AllState Career School did and I truly believe God open the doors to gain my commercial cdl class A in which I did. I been working at ShopRite for the lady 4 years and have proven to be a person they can trust and reliable. My pastor says some one will give me a chance he didn’t bring me this far to abandon me now can anyone please help. Oh fyi tge girl of my past brother is a police officer so that doesn’t help fyi.

Hi All,

I was looking at my company's Facebook page, and someone there inquired about if my company was SAP friendly. My company confirmed that we are indeed willing to work with truckers in a SAP program.

I know this forum gets a lot of posts like "can I drive SAP" etc so you can direct them to:

Magnum Logistics Fargo, ND

I've really enjoyed my time at Magnum, been a good company to me in my time here.

I'm not sure if this type of post is prohibited or not, I haven't included any details so I won't get a recruitment bonus or anything lol

Just wanted to spread the word!

Hey all,

I was walking through the parking lot and noticed two prime trucks that were custom. One was blue and had transformers logos on it.

The other was green and had African symbols and a map of Haiti on it.

Does Prime give some drivers custom trucks? Maybe after 1 million miles or something?

Yeah, I agree with you, Brett.

A common response I hear when talking about this is "Well, look what they did to YRC!"

But I think I heard that YRC was already on shaky ground. I don't know, it sucks all those drivers lost their jobs.

What keeps me away from UPS is I had a former driver for them tell me the only way to really drive for them is to start at the bottom, pushing boxes in the distribution center, doing that for so long, then getting a step van truck, doing that for so long, then waiting for a driver to retire so you could apply for their job.

I'm not too interested in pushing boxes in a warehouse or delivering to peoples doorsteps so I'll pass.

Good company to work for, though.

Dang. The issue was I was at 35,600 lbs on my tandems and that was with them all the way to the arrow.

My assumption was that was as far as I could go back so they ended up having to take a pallet off my truck so the weight wouldn't be so heavy on my tandems.

My buddy said I could have just slid them all the way back. Now I know.

Pelican, your trainer is confused or not very well educated in the details. I don't know where the arrow on your trailer is placed, but I'd be willing to wager that it marks where you're legal in California. There are a lot of states that don't care how far back your tandems are.

Most professional truckers educate themselves on the various rules applicable to them. You've started that process with this very good question. BK mentioned the Rand McNally motor carriers Atlas. You need one on your truck. It has answers to all your questions concerning tandem positions.

I very seldom go West of the Rockies, but I know the rules well for the many states I run. Use that section of the Atlas when you are trip planning. It has what you need.

If your trainer taught you to just plug in an address in the GPS and take off, you've got work to do to help you learn how to do this like a professional. I'm glad you posed the question. It shows you want to learn more. Keep up the good work.

I had a situation recently where I was overweight on my tandems.

Our trailers have a big arrow at the back that shows the maximum you can slide your tandems back to.

Trainer said you can only go as far as the middle of your hubseal on your real axle under that line, past that driving around is illegal.

I was talking to my buddy he said no, you could technically drive around with your tandems as far back as necessary, it just makes turning a lot harder.

So is there a limit to how far your tandems can be when driving down the roads or no?

I know some states have laws regarding this. I've always kept my tandems at or in front of the arrow.

Look up 363 Trumbull street Elizabeth NJ. You'll see a Bay & Bay barely squeezing under it in Google maps

I drove under a 13'4" bridge in Elizabeth, NJ.

Don't ask me how. I dunno either.

Some of the Northeastern states allow for winter snow pack in their bridge measurements. You'll find this common in that area. That bridge may actually be 14'-4" in the summer months. They give you a lesser height so you can still be confident you'll fit under when there's 12" of snow packed on the street.

Hopefully the snow plow will show up before it gets deeper than that!