Posted: 8 years, 6 months ago
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Truck Fleets with automatics transmissions
I can tell you that where I work we have a mix of automatics and stick and I can use either one on a daily basis. About the only time I can get away with specifically asking for an automatic is when I have to take a full load into or out of San Francisco. Other then that you get what you can so it pays to be able to use both.
Posted: 8 years, 6 months ago
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I can tell you that I know several ladies I would rather see behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle then several men I know in the industry. I say it is about the ability to get the job done, not the gender.
Posted: 8 years, 6 months ago
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I could also add a raincoat to the cold weather gear. Growing up and living my life in Northern California and parts north .I can assure you that wet clothing, even the good stuff will suck the warmth right out of you.
Posted: 8 years, 6 months ago
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Big building behind the scale house at weigh stations
Having work driving bobtails in Ca. for several years I have been through inspections several times. I find that as long as you are not pulled into the first bay you can usually have about a 20 to 30 minute inspection. Bay one usually means you are going to get the full treatment or they spotted something wrong and you could be in for a long day.
Posted: 8 years, 8 months ago
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I just had an interview with a freight company here in Ca. and wanted to see if anyone had heard anything about them. They are Called Ryan's Express Freight out of Fremont Ca. and had a lot of the right answers and asked me the right questions. I just like to be diligent if they make me an offer. Any answers or places to get answers would be appreciated.
Posted: 8 years, 9 months ago
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I thought this might be a fun topic for everyone to mull over and reply to. Driving trivia, the thing that got me thinking was the fact that if you could drive a vehicle straight up from the earth it would take you an hour to leave the atmosphere at freeway speeds. Like I said, a little fun, who has something else?
Posted: 8 years, 9 months ago
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Found a neat tool called a FUBAR that is a pry bar a 2x4 tweaker and a hammer in one, Mostly it is used in demolition but I like it for the heavy parts you have to move on a truck.
Posted: 8 years, 9 months ago
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Trucking anhydrous ammonia - complete rookie driver
Or to put it in the simplest terms possible, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I think Barnum said that there is a sucker born every minute and people are out in the world are looking for them.
Posted: 8 years, 10 months ago
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You might be a trucker if......
You might be a trucker if you hate it when you can't se around the SUV in front of you because you are in your car
You get nervous when you go near a weigh station in your car.
Posted: 8 years, 5 months ago
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$500 REWARD ~ Tractor-Trailer stolen from TA/Petro in Carlisle, Pa.
This is one of the reasons where I currently work, the owners constantly remind is to gab the keys when we leave the truck/ We do a lot of work at the San Francisco airport so our trucks are well known so if one gets stolen, imagine what a nut job with a bomb could do at the airport. Not to mention if the truck has a full load of freight on it.