Profile For Big Scott

Go with a company who will train you for free There are many. Start there, work there for at least one year, then if you're not happy go somewhere else. After that year, you should know how to handle your rig, know your logs/hours of Service, and be able to back into almost any spot or dock.

Best of luck.

Heartless is cherry picking loads from the other three. They also destroyed the family atmosphere of CFI. Most of the drivers that left were the more experienced drivers like myself.

When Heartless bought CFI they promised us that nothing would change, they lied. This is why I can no longer recommend CFI. Drivers there are still not making money.

I definitely like having a rear window, I can easily see the 5th wheel is at the right hight and watch it do it's thing.

So true. Our trucks and trailers stay married to each other usually. We have a trailer in the shop because the tandems broke and need to be welded. The other tractor is now in the shop with a long list of problems.

Our stuff gets beat to hell on the railroad yards.

Most people don't get railroad spikes in their tires, we do.

I had to pick up one of our tractors from the shop and swap it with the one that was attached to the trailer. Cranking the landing gear down was fun because the handle is wonky. By the way the trailer was loaded with 6800 gallons of diesel. My coworker disconnected the lines and I pulled the pin release. He pulled the old one out and I backed the new one in. I was backing slowly using my mirrors, then I remembered that I have a rear window, so I turned to look out that. Backing a day cab when you can look out the back is cool. Mission accomplished.

Woohoo!

I'm sorry you read all the outdated reviews. Several of those companies no longer exist. I would suggest you look at our training diaries for some current experiences. Also, you can put company names in the search bar at the top of the page and find tons of threads on those companies. As far as starting local, you may be able to get a dock to driver position at an LTL company. Check them all out for the local companies in your area.

Hopefully some others can give you some more ideas.

Good luck.

What was the test that you failed?

When they cut me off, I slow down and back off. The I shoot them with my disintegrating gun or missile launcher. Those buttons on your dash that don't do anything, just think of what they do with your imagination.

By the way, backing off also gives you room if they wreck.

She will be dearly missed.

Best of luck to you. I fuel and service freight train engines. What will you be doing with the railroad?

Do you only fuel for a certain company or how does your job work, i know this is a trucking forum but that might be interesting to read about since it is still a "driving" job.

I'm going to be a signal maintainer.

That's great.