Comments By BillTheSlink

Thanks Doc. I really am glad you posted since I am type II and needed that info as I was under some false impressions and thought I would be OK. I have a doctor's appointment next week and am going to ask for a referral to an endocrinologist. I am sorta sick of playing around with my PCP. She hasn't tested my A1C in well over a year and a half. I am also bookmarking this post.

Another one is DISH Texas.

I think that might be the town that got free telecommunications service for changing their name to that. I seem to remember something about that.

When I grow up I want to be just like Old School.

Seriously, Old School's attitude is great. The sad fact is those two drivers who refused the loads are likely to be on YouTube soon moaning how Knight is some gowd awful company and scaring people looking for a career in trucking with a good company.

Reminds me of a question put to us in philosophy class in university:

We have a wooden ship called "The Queen of the Seas." Every week two pieces of wood are removed and replaced until five years later every piece has been removed and replaced. Is this ship still the ship called "The Queen of the Seas?" Now, what if another ship was constructed out of all the wood that was removed from "The Queen of the Seas." Is this new ship "The Queen of the Seas" or is it a new ship entirely?

Brett:

I hope you didn't think I was leading the guy down the path of, "The grass is greener in other pastures." As the first sentence of my post said, "I am not trying to push you out the door..." I was merely trying to point out information which is here on TT. I did go back and check and the company I was thinking of was Roehl. They do send you out with a trainer, but you are not dispatched as a team. I had a serious concern when the OP said there was no way he could sleep while his trainer was driving. As we all know a drowsy driver is a dangerous driver, whether it be a big rig or a car. If you guys say he'll get used to it, then I believe you.

What company are you with? What is in your contract? Did you not know you were signing on with a company that ran teams?

He may very well have known they ran teams in training but never having experience trying to sleep with the wheels rolling he would have no idea what to expect. I can see where he's coming from. I can't sleep in a car unless I am so tired I pass out.

I don't mean to push you out the door of where you are at, but if push comes to shove look up Roehl and Schinder in the reviews here. One of them doesn't dispatch the trainer trainee as a team, and I think it's Roehl, but it's one of the two. Everyone here says one year at one job, but if you truly can't sleep that's a safety issue. Be aware though Roehl doesn't hire for all 48 states.

I haven't traveled much in my life: Rabbit Hash, KY Isis, OH-Just a wide place in the road AIDS Run, OH---Another wide spot in the road. Ground Hog (woodchuck) hunting is great there, even better than any part of PA.

I am convinced Swift gets so much bad press simply because they're so big and have so many people who either work for them or have tried to be trained by them. Do a Gogle on truck driving schools and there's an add for them the first thing in the list. That's how big they are. Increase the numbers of apples in the bunch and you're going to get more and more bad apples. You will hardly ever hear success stories on YouTube because the ones who are successful don't sit around gripping because they're too busy working. To give an example there was a lady who went to Roehl and after a couple of post singing their praises she was singing the blues on how it was the worst. Then she went to Prime and it was great for about a month. Whats her job now? She is trying to make a living off YouTube content advertising work at home jobs. Well, good luck with that. If those jobs were so great why doesn't she take one and do the YouTube thing on the side? Simple, she doesn't want to work which it seems is more and more common these days.

I am NOT saying that's anyone here. But that is how the Internet grapevine works.

Funny Rick and I were discussing this very thing today on the phone. I agree COMPLETELY with not4hires statement. It is just bad business to lease equipment from the same people that control your paycheck!! Kinda like renting to own your home. What sense does it make to be making payments on something that is not in your name?

Just my 2 cents worth.

People rent to own their house for only one reason that is even remotely logical---their credit is so poor they can't get a loan. My rather goofy aunt went bonkers over this idea about 30 years ago and she had stellar credit She got burned too.