Comments By Sasquatch

I just got accepted to CFI on Friday. So you are responsible for your hotel and transportation expenses up front while your at CFI training?

So the 1885 is your gross for the pay period? And just curious as how one can accumulate $1000 in reimbursements?

First, I want to say thank you to Trucking Truth for keeping hooked on the life and adventure of an OTR driver ,and feeding my hunger as I lurked around reading different stories. And I want to thank Big Scott for his diary which makes me so comfortable with my choice of CFI. I am so excited and yet so nervous and full of fear and trepidation. I have always had a fascination with big rigs, and have always wanted to drive. So, when I got the news that CFI has accepted me, I was and am still excited to get going. But, I am full of nerves, and fear. I don't want to fail, I hate failure. I hate the unknown, but I don't allow anything to stop me or defeat me. The I am nervous because it will be the first time I will be away from my family for extended periods of time. My boys are excited for me to drive a big truck. But they don't quite understand that I will be gone for a while. But, in the end I am excited to get out there, earn my stripes, run miles till I can't run no more, and enjoy the ride.

I don't know where you're from, but the company I'm going to guarantees a minimum of $ 900 / week for those home every weekend and $1100/week for those going home every other weekend. In other words, if you don't gross at least that they'll make up the difference but you can make more. They've recently changed this guarantee to the term of your employment with them.. it was just the first 3 months solo.

My personal offer was 47 cpm for short haul (their niche) and 36 cpm for longer runs to start.

Where are you headed if I may ask?

I am supposed to start my company sponsored training at Roehl Transport in a few weeks, but I am apprehensive only because i currently have a pretty good job right now making a little over $15 an hour right now. Should I be apprehensive or should I jump in head first?