Comments By Brett N.

I am going through your CDL Training (Thanks for that by the way. Feel like I'm getting a great headstart before even going to actual training.)and just went over the part about checking your tires during hot weather driving as high temperatures increase air pressure. I currently work at a Honda Dealership and they fill all the tires with Nitrogen. The claim is that it provides more stable tire pressure in hot or cold weather conditions. Is this something companies are starting to do with their trucks and if so, does it seem to actually make a difference? Thanks.

Thank you both for your encouraging words! Makes me feel a lot more at ease with our decision after hearing both of you saying good things about Central. Of course I've read many horror stories in just a couple short weeks about shipping and receiving nightmares. I also understand you have to wash out the reefer vans quite a bit? Never considered that. A lot of things that can put a damper on the miles. I'll be continuing to read your stuff as often as possible and thank you again for your input!

Thanks Starcar. I just read your post about teaming with TSB and what it was like. Very entertaining! lol My wife and I have been married for 21 years now so although I know living together in such a confined area will definitely bring many new challenges, I think we are as prepared as we can be. We both know it's going to be difficult at times but the excitement of just getting out there and doing it really has us motivated to make it work. This sight really stresses the importance of sticking with your first company for a year and going with the flow and just taking what you can get without causing a stink. My personality is taylor made for this and my wife...well she's a redhead too so I may be doing the communicating with our dispatcher much of the time! lol We were both in the Army and actually met in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm so I know she's got it in her to make this work too. Anyway, I have asked this a couple of times but haven't really got a reply yet; What's a rough estimate of what a husband wife team can expect to get for mileage. I know there are a lot of variables but I guess I just want to make sure my expectations are reasonable. We are going to Central Refrigerated because the will cover our CDL with no up front cost and we will only be apart for about 28 days while we each do our over the road training with an experienced driver. Our two boys are 19 and 20 now so we are basically putting our stuff in storage and just living out of the truck. Except for wanting to take some "hometime" near family every now and then we really have no constraints. Send us wherever you want and we'll go kind of thing. Anyway, I was thinking 4500-6500 miles per week was reasonable to expect. (Hoping to be closer to the high end most of the time of course) Does this sound right? Thanks

I know everyone's comfort lever is different but I think Starcar makes a great point. I have no practical knowledge to give because my wife and I don't start school for another month yet but we talk excitedly about the upcoming months all the time. We want to get started driving in our own (well company truck, but the one assigned to us) truck and making some money ASAP. We are going with Central Refrigerated and we know we'll be apart with seperate trainers for a month. Of course she would prefer a female trainer but she's not going to wait around if there isn't one available. We've talked about how it will be an advantage to have training from two different drivers that we can pull from once we are together. We'll take all the advice we can get! lol Anyway, love this forum and this entire sight. Thanks Brett (great name too!)and all the rest of you that take the time to help us new and soon to be new drivers! And best of luck to you too kayakngal.