Comments By Nick

Actually they will write the ticket,to the truck owner. Your company will pay the ticket,and charge you back. Refuse to pay ticket,and your fuel card will be turned off,and you wont be moving any freight. A load shifted on me,I was 5K over on tandems.,ticket cost $1150,Company made me sign an agreement for $50 weekly,until paid. Ticket was not my fault,partner was a poor driver,load was 3000 mile trip,and we scaled a dozen times,during the journey. I just started driving my shift,when I was issued the ticket.

Huh... Never scaled my loads more than once. Dozens of times..... That adds up at 10$ a pop, sometimes more. I always have load locks never had a load shift on me that I'm aware of. Something else I guess I need to start checking 😐

I'm already driving but I've been there. Decent hotel they put you in, Werner owns it. Sapp bros right down the street. The simulator they got in Omaha looked pretty cool. Good luck !

Amen

Just my opinion, I think once you learn it's always in the back of your head. Might have to grind and miss a few gears but it'll come back. I trained in manual, drove automatic for 5 months. Switched to Werner had to do my safety evaluation in a ten speed which I'd never driven before and did alright. Now back in an automatic lol.

Nick I know what your saying.. This morning I was driving around Iowa city and this dude got butthurt that I pulled in front of him and honked and flipped me off but he got the best of me cuz I laid into my air horn just for sh*ts and gigs... Lol its so stressful out here you have to find a way to release some of it or its going to eat you up...

I hear ya and I think you handled that situation well at least you didn't take it further cause I'm sure he would have lol. I've been lucky as far as confrontation goes although if I had a cb I'm sure I wouldn't be able to say that hahaha

I'm going to read through those while I'm getting loaded. 😁

Trucking has taught me this, and I believe it applies to life in general. First few months I'd get all mad and stressed at every little thing. Problems with my backing, problems at the shipper, heck even traffic and those crazy four wheeled things that make "here's your sign decisions" all the time. I finally made it a point to find something funny about things like this, while sometimes difficult it has kept me from stressing my life away. It's easy to be angry or upset and I was that guy that you seen and wondered who did what to his corn flakes. If I would have continued to be I definitely wouldn't be driving anymore. Just thought id share 😁

Werner allows pets, I've seen a driver at the terminal with a baby pit, now if he had it authorized or not idk.

Spoke to Megan this morning from the training school in Missouri, Werner us apparently 'very interested' but havent approved the financing for sponsor me yet. It isnt even noon yet! Still it'll be hard for them to beat the record of my current job hiring me 4 hours after my application!

Apparently if I get hired I'll ship out on the 9th, it seems so fast, I mostly was dipping my toes in to see if they woukd even give me the time of day lol. Maybe I can ask for them to push it back another two weeks? Guess I'll find out. Hopefully Werner is an okay company to start out with. Honestly as long as they pay more than .20cpm and let me bring my husband with me, I'm not too worried about the little details.

I am both ready and not ready at the same time. Hopefully going this far into the process won't damage my prospects with them if I decide I need another month or two.

I started with Cr England drove with them for six months then switched to Werner. I was able to have a passenger day one with prior experience. Not sure how the process works starting with them in sure you'll have to go with a trainer for a bit. As far as the pay goes it depends what account but surely should be more than 20cpm. I think Werner is pretty good so far, keep me moving and any issues with equipment have been handled quickly. Good luck to you!

Thanks Nick - that's good to hear. I'm not afraid of running hard - the only anxiety is about who I'll be in a truck with for training and the CAT time.

Also I spoke with the recruiter again today, and either he mis-spoke when we first talked or I wrote it down wrong... it's not 2 weeks of training/orientation before the OTR training starts, it's 2 days. So I'm reporting in on Saturday and should be on the road toward the beginning of the week.

My trainer was awesome still talk to him frequently. My partner was also cool. And your not stuck with the person, if there are differences you can't get past or safety issues you can get a new trainer or partner. Youll do just fine man.