Comments By Scott M

I enjoy following also. And agree with Papa- Excellent detail!

With my CLP, got stopped at the scale, had to slide the trailer axle to get legal, but no fines -could they have fined me? How much?

Can a student with a Permit (CLP) be ticketed by Law Enforcement?

2 different perspectives from 2 different people. Both are worthy opinions. Bottom line for me- “I’ll make my own decision on how to handle this.”

OLDSCHOOL:

“I had a regular run that I made great money off of but I always drove about 150 miles more than they would dispatch me on that run. It was a 1,500 mile load, and I would do it about three times a month. That's 10% of the miles lost!“

PACKRAT:

I do enough unpaid, free stuff for the company without giving up 25 miles each trip.

Sorry- Didn’t create link properly

Amazon to build incubator for startup trucking companies

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-to-build-incubator-for-startup-trucking-companies?fbclid=IwAR2qa2b_6O3xzOX7tKviTw2pWo8qnM3GDR4y3uo42wiC7rKqRIbapAFL66g

Errol- Thanks! Good stuff. I started my life as an Industrial Education teacher. I know that you also taught school. Am looking forward to reading more of your postings!

Thanks. Very helpful. I’m in a similar situation as you. I’m 67, have CDL, haven’t driven for 4 years, and will need a refresher. So your writing was spot-on for me.....Where did you end up? Solo? How much was pay during 240 hours?..... If you write more, I’m looking forward to doing some reading! Good luck and God bless.

Just heard a reason, on a Prime Facebook video, that they originally went to 50k miles- because of Covid, trucking slowed down, and this stretched out the training time.

Zach- Quitting your job? I was hoping you would make it. But you’ve described many issues. Such as Codriverissues- trying to put diesel in def tank, saying that he wanted to commit suicide, and instead of driving to next shipper, doing a 360 and going back to previous shipper. Thanks for sharing all this, very, very helpful. If possible I’d like to be a trainer. Maybe a different company as a solo? I love Prime Inc, Springfield Mo.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. FMCSA has an Hours-of-Service (HOS) online educational tool to help drivers and carriers understand and comply with the revised rules. Visit: https://eld.fmcsa.dot.gov/HOSRuleTool