Profile For Ben Eggers (Kreaper)

I understand you would like as much space in your bunk as possible, the only reason I ask is I have one of those old on shoulder strap Army style canvas duffel bags and that is probably 30"+ tall (large enough that I can fit 1 weeks worth of clothes, Shoes, bathroom bag, sleeping bag and pillow inside) and I would prefer not to so buy a whole new bag if I can help it. so is the 24" recommendation a comfort thing or is it a "you're limited to a 24" duffel bag or you probably won't be getting on a truck"?

I'm gonna miss my wife,son, dog, Xbox. Cooking will probably get a lot easier for me, I think because you really can't buy meat that lasts longer than a hour without being cooked so Meal planning is gonna be a plus.

Buy a ****e ton of land out in Montana or Wyoming, build a House complete with Indoor heated swimming pool, do the same for my mom, make a college fund for my son, then work. Because that isn't gonna last me until I'm dead, and ya know taxes.

Whether it is right or wrong is not obvious because you can not see the entire load from the side. You can not tell what the securement on the front of the load is or the weight of the entire load. Looks like all the rolls may be touching but you can not tell that all of them are.

It looks like he has chains pulling towards each other at both ends of the load and the thing that is wrong is not necessarily that straps are being used but the fact that the straps are positioned on the top of the roll. If either end should become loose then the straps will slide off the top of the rolls.

Don't get hung up on the straps being outside the rub rails. You are going to have many loads where the only option is to run them outside the rails. Some rails are constructed so that the straps must be run outside the rails. People tend to get hung up on this all the time because they talked to a driver that heard from another driver that his friend got hassled by DOT about it. I tend to run mine inside the rub rails but on the load I moved yesterday, I had to run one strap outside the rail because the winch was positioned 1/2 way behind the stake pocket. I would rather go outside the rub rail than pull sideways on the strap against the stake pocket.

You can protect a strap from getting cut and they actually have a higher WLL than your 5/16" chain by at least 500 pounds.

As for the blocking, I can not tell if there is or is not by the photo.

If you look at this photo of concrete pipe that I hauled, you will see that not all of the pipe has a chain or strap through it.

Not gonna lie, I would be terrified driving my car within 100' of that load simply because my wife made me sit through all the "final destination" movies.

Now this may sound strange, but did they have you run in place at all for your physical? My buddy who has his CDL B said they changed it a couple years back where you had to do that.

As for protection, I'm not sure what I'll have. I've read in FL that pepper spray over 2 oz requires a conceal carry license. I had originally been thinking bear mace (which is like 8 oz), now I'm unsure.

This is true, and Bear mace would be considered a "Chemical weapon or device" under FL Statute 790.001. But you can carry a stun gun without a CCP as long as it's for SD.

No way am I lease operating, Brand New trucker goes Lease straight out of school, doesn't seem like the best plan for a 24 year old with no business experience.

Bringing food sounds pretty solid I never considered that, mainly because I figured it would be frowned upon.

Thanks I have $120 saved (Barely) and wanted to know where a good amount would be to tell my current jobs goodbye, looks like I'll be saving some more.

Are there any? I just re-went through the Company sponsored training reviews and looked at the feature charts and it said Prime had no Upfront costs, if this is not the case I would like to know how much I need to save at a minimum. (I realize $500-$1000 is a good Idea but I'm talking bare minimum, enough to get the admin costs and CDL paid and have some money for a loaf of bread and peanut butter and a bottle of water you can refill a couple times a day.)

I am down with the High Road, even when it makes my brain hurt from the repetition. I'm even slowly making my way through Bretts' Book.

I our simply out of habit I'm a member of a "Tactical" training forum and one of their rules is "Read more, post less" they have that rule because the questions that keep being brought up have been answered a million times in different threads. That and I try not to post unless I have a question or can answer a question.