Comments By Jodi

Vent- I woke up this morning only to find I don't have a load to get home yet and I probabably wont get one till tonight so I get to sit for the day. Brag- passed my first full dot inspection yesterday at the scale house with no violations so I will get a bonus from my company and 2 good points on company safety score.

I have to ask the obvious question. If you know they are in this kind of problem why drive another mile and risk being stranded. I would find another company and get out of there truck while it's in your control.

I'm with Crete carrier and love it #1 safety first. They don't push me if I say its not safe to continue on even if it means late delivery they don't push me to keep going #2 excellent benefits package I hardly notice the deduction on my check it's so cheap and they are great benefits #3 I'm on the Walmart dedicated fleet and get lots of miles to the point they wear me out some weeks.

Congrats that's great. And in response to rick in Nebraska I was able to have hazmat test and background all done with only a permit the DMV just wouldn't put the endorsement on my permit but when I went into get cdl everything was done so hazmat was on cdl from day 1.

Maybe this has been asked already but what's on your radio through the day. Country,rock,jazz,audiobooks. What gets you down the road. Mines usually on willies roadhouse on xm radio with a little hair nation mixed in when I need a boost of energy

No old school it dry van but yes I have been here going on 2 hours but I think they are about done then off to Walmart D.C. Which is a hole nother head ache

Sitting in north platte ne at menards store waiting my turn to get unloaded

I don't understand you not driving. When I was in training I drove every mile unless I was just flat out of drive time and the delivery would be late if we stopped but I think that only happened once. I guess all companies do it different but you need all the drive time you can get to be ready to go solo. Does any body else know if this is common practice.

Adam b hang in there. I have only been solo about 8 months and I can relate to you. I had melt downs with my trainer. Thought about quitting a few times. I was a mess. I got through it. They say the first year is the hardest. I agree. Things are so much better now than they were my first few solo months. I wouldn't even stay at truck stops my first few months cause I didn't want to back in on my own. I always looked for rest areas and Walmarts. Now I have gained enough confidence in my skills that truck stops are no problem. Not claiming to be a pro just better than I was. A little trick I did when I was training was when dropping a trailer in a customers drop yard I would look for the hardest spot to put it in. Usually the drop yards don't have a lot of trucks in them and it's a good time to challenge yourself and practice your setup. At least it helped me. As far as shifting I still have days when me and my truck don't agree on things. Stay calm and focused and you will get through it.

Yes 24 inch and a DVD player for those times I can't pull in any good channels. At the end of a long day I like to watch a little tv while I eat dinner and unwind.