Profile For FR8 M4N
FR8 M4N's Info
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3 years ago
FR8 M4N's Bio
Married my high school sweetheart and have 8 children, currently 3 at home. Wife and I became Catholic in 1990 and now attend Traditional Latin Mass.
Retired from Abbott Nutrition after 22 yrs. most time spent in the energy center where we provided high pressure steam (up to ~460#), variety of cooling waters, HVAC, soft water, compressed air (~90#) and nitrogen. We did maintenance to our equipment, boilers, air compressors, chillers, cooling towers, water softeners, and whatever else.
Drove 20-25 yard garbage trucks, hence my rumble.com/trshm4n channel, starting April of '22 to Oct of '22.
Went to a sponsored school with Keller Trucking located in Defiance, OH. Keller has been great every step of the way; awesome company. They've been on the "Best Fleet to Work For" list for 7 years! Now they have "Hall of Fame" status. Be sure to tell them John Steele, (the driver), referred you!
Recently changed my personal truck plate to reflect the new career, hence the nickname.
If you're interested in beginning a new career, continue to look around Trucking Truth! There is a ton of education materials here and a ton of posts with excellent advice. A very mature site with professional drivers with many years of driving and trucking business experience. Go to the menu for a list of categories to get you started. Any questions, jump in and post; many new drivers here, too, that can benefit from the question.
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Comments By FR8 M4N
Posted: 5 days, 23 hours ago
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Dang, the flat tire is inevitable, but the 5 hour wait is what gets ya. Glad it wasn't worse or longer of a wait.
Posted: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Sorry to hear about that, Ryan. Prayers for your quick recovery and for what you may do in the future.
Posted: 4 months, 1 week ago
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ATTN Newbies: What is Your Biggest Fear of Trucking?
I'm a bit experienced now, but parking, especially finding parking, was quite stressful. I've learned to better plan for parking earlier, rather than later when lots will be filling up or full, has helped a great deal. Sometimes the schedule may not allow or other bumps in the road get in the way and disrupt getting to park earlier, but definitely not as stressful as in the beginning.
Posted: 7 months ago
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Super fantastic! Excellent accomplishments, Kearsy!
Posted: 7 months, 1 week ago
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New to site, new to trucking, and new beginning (Lord willing)
Welcome! There is a section here with diaries of people having journaled their experiences you may find helpful. Good luck with the journey!
Posted: 7 months, 1 week ago
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Funny, my bolt cutter broke a bolt before the bolt seal. Lucky there was a mechanic sitting idly and I asked if he could fix the bolt cutter. He was able to install a new bolt. But it's not a hardened bolt so it might not last.
I was going to see if Love's has a bigger bolt cutter than the one I have and use my points to get it.
Posted: 7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Is Everyone safe? Winter Mess!
Burrrr... -12°f East of Shalersville, Ohio at the Portage Service Plaza on I-80 this morning. The little heater barely keeping up, haha. Sure like my sleeping bag.
Posted: 8 months ago
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Good luck with everything, PJ. I get the sense you'll do an excellent job with growing the business, though.
Posted: 8 months ago
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Not the end to 2024 and start to 2025 I wanted
Ouch! Hope it heals quickly. Hand pain sure can be especially bad. And hope it works out well with your next truck.
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Posted: 5 days, 22 hours ago
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Which truck makes have the best sound insulation?
Hmm, I don't know enough to comment on that since I've only been to two types of trucks. And during training in one of those, I wasn't paying attention to that sound dampening at all. With the 2024 Volvo sleeper I'm in now, I've often thought it could be much better, but without being able to really compare one model to another, I don't know if what I have is really good or not.