Profile For David H.

Interstate means you have to have your medical card with you every time your in the rig. The company your with needs to know when your card expires intrastate means the same state your in. Over the road your going to have to deal with DOT inspections to deal with DOT pre trips. They will flag for anything that is wrong with your rig. You have to maintain a logbook hopefully you have an electronic one so they add up to 24 hours. With paper log everything has to be perfect. Have to double check your brakes, your driving time, 11 hour rule and a 14. No matter what you cannot be 11 hours driving without your 10 hour break. Some states like Vermont have very strict rules on where semis can travel. Other states and cities are worth avoiding all together because of traffic or construction if at all possible for your route plan. Keep in mind most companies will want you to be as efficient as possible. Another thing to factor is a lot of companies will give a fuel bonus if you meet the required fuel economy. Certain engines you may never get the fuel economy that they want. The max force engine great on economy lacks power and mountainess terrain of loads of 10 tons or more. Cummings engines will provide a good balance of power and economy. Detroit diesels have power but lack economy. Trucks with cat engines come in two categories awesome power, crap economy, or mediocre power in great economy. Another factor is heat many companies run retreads and they can literally fall apart while your driving in warmer weather event though they passed the pre-trip that morning. These are the biggest factors I think when you leave state lines.

my wife got kidney disease and though I had got my exam in time i could not find the exam until two months after I needed it to renew my cdl. I let it go. I want to get it back but I was thinking for just a class B what would it take rent a rig and written? I graduated C1 trucking school back in April 2012 and have my certificate. But I have not been I n a rig in almost 2 years because having to take care of my son. Just looking for the best route and the problem is I can't do OTR because my wife's health is on the rocks. So maybe a stupid question but is there jobs for people to just drive straight trucks to sponsor school? I think I could do well on a pre-trip inspection I could probably even pass the written s again as is. Thanks Dave