Profile For ID Mtn Gal

Are practitioners at Kaiser allowed by DOT to do physicals? They changed the requirements a few years back and now practitioners have to be approved and listed with DOT.

Laura

Back when I drove long haul with a Chauffeur's License from 1988-1993, we did NOT call the DOT with our travel plans when entering each State. Not sure when that ever started. I came back driving long haul in Sept 2014 and it wasn't a thing then either. I didn't read all of Brett's book, so not sure what he said about that. No, you don't call DOT with your routing.

As for using a GPS, you can get one for truck drivers at truck stops. You can use Google maps. However, you have to realize that you best buy a Rand McNally map book at a truck stop. The book is current on the Low bridges, Permanent Weigh Stations and Restricted Routes as well as other info pertaining to trucking. Using a GPS for trucking has it's issues, along with Google maps. Drivers that do use them, have gotten themselves into very tricky situations. Google maps is good at looking at the satellite view of the shipper or receiver you are going to. You are correct, Google maps is for 4-wheelers. Even Trucker Path does not have accurate trucking routes.

Welcome to the forum and good luck with school.

Search for companies that do company sponsored training programs. It'll be alright, you didn't do anything that bad, that's what the learning process us all about. They should expect you do make a few mistakes, you're new. Sounds like they did you a favor...sounds like they suck.

As was stated above, they may be a small company. Small companies HAVE to keep their incidents down or they cannot afford their insurance. Did they do him a favor by letting him go? Maybe, so he can try to get on with a training company. Do they suck? Absolutely not. It's not their fault that he went the route that we advise against.....private school that only gets your CDL and no job and then take the first one that comes along. He should be fine with Hogan.

You? You have a lot to learn out here and realizing that most companies have standards for hiring and keeping a person is one of them.

Stevo,

Anne and I talked on 16 Nov by Messenger and then she got her phone to work and we chatted for an hour. Her doctor said her rotator cuff would pass a physical and she was so excited. She was going to go take her CDL test soon. Unfortunately she passed away the next day. I kept sending messages by Messenger and text, but it wasn't strange to not hear from her due to her phone and internet issues. A month later, I found out by her daughter Jaime posting on FB. So I called Tom and talked with him for several hours. I miss talking with her.

Laura

How is this account? Are they tight backing docks? Do you deliver to stores or Distribution Center?

Floor and Decor is the account? Never heard of them, so I looked them up. Now I know why....they have 243 stores in 38 States and none in Idaho, Wyoming, ND, SD, MT and only one in NE. I've lived in WY, MT, ND and now ID for the past 45 years!

If I had to hazard a guess, you would be delivering to individual stores.

Laura

If you are that disabled, have you looked into disability payments? If you have worked any appreciable amount in the past, you would qualify for SSDI. If you haven't, then the state would pay you under the SSI program.

If you need help shopping, going to doctors appointments and even help with household cleaning, you should be able to get help from different agencies. I have 10 years OTR when my company went bankrupt last May and let 80+ drivers go. That's the second company that has stranded me from my home base. So I've decided that I will do local. Out of over 30 applications for local driving, I have had two responses and they were both not willing to take me on. So I've applied to grocery stores, Farm and ranch stores, offices that need just minimal computer work and never have heard from them. I finally got a job last week with the company that does in home health care. I have a client that is in her 50s with various health issues. Medicaid is paying my company who is paying me to go over there for 3 to 4 hours a day, 5 days a week to help. If she is having a good day, I encourage her to do dishes or sweep her kitchen and bathroom. She's had several bad days, so I do those tasks along with laundry if she needs it done and vacuuming. I don't do heavy cleaning but if she wanted me to wash windows I would do them. She is allowed 1.75 hours to go shopping and I would take her to Walmart. She does have a husband but he works 6 days a week 12 hours a day. He is off Mondays so he does go and pick up her medicines. You need to look into something like that. As others have stated, your expectations are way out of line for a beginner with no experience.

Sorry for late reply, thx for the information.

Yeah I`m thinking the same way that I will be doing this for long term period and I do not want to choose wrong path regarding this division.

I`ve heard that hauling gas is quite promisable as well as the income and I just realised that hauling milk is pretty heavy job. Do you think hauling gas is easier compared with milk? (including any other things outside hauling)? Thank you

You are putting the cart before the horse. You need to figure out where you are going to live, get your CDL and get 1 yr of experience over the road. That's all BEFORE thinking of driving a tanker with fuel/gas. Once you have your CDL, you can see if hauling milk is available where you are at and if they will take a trainee with a freshly minted CDL.

Like I said in my other reply, Idaho is 3d in the States with the number of dairies and cows. It's hard work and a couple companies are now taking new drivers without experience because of the lack of experienced drivers. Other States have dairies, but not as many cows, so less drivers to haul milk. It may be harder to get a job in those places.

Get your experience OTR. Many companies do not consider local driving or Class B as experience. Driving jobs are still in the companies favor.

Last but not least, currently I also have a family ( my wife and a child ) and I think being local intermodal truck driver will be the best choice so far for me. My question is, is there any kind of local truck driver (gas, dairy, hazmat hauler, etc) which provide good or even better income than intermodal in arizona phoenix? Appreciate it!

I think you would be better off down in Phoenix AZ getting your CDL including your HazMat. However, don't expect to haul gas or fuel until you have at least one year experience and many companies want 2years.

As for milk, Idaho is 3d in the Nation for dairies. Not enough drivers, so several of the companies are now advertising for new drivers and they will teach you after you are done with school. It is hard work even for younger drivers when you have to chain up in mud to get out of the milk transfer yard and climbing up the ladder hauling a 30 lb empty hose to wash out the tank. I had put in for yard jockey and got an interview. Turns out that they wanted me to haul milk. $25/hr for daytime and $26.50 for nights. I can climb the ladder....but not hauling a 30 lb hose! Then wash out the trailer??!! Not at 73!! So, looking for any kind of work now. If I can't get something in the couple months, then it's back over the road again.

Go to a company school and good luck!

Last but not least, currently I also have a family ( my wife and a child ) and I think being local intermodal truck driver will be the best choice so far for me. My question is, is there any kind of local truck driver (gas, dairy, hazmat hauler, etc) which provide good or even better income than intermodal in arizona phoenix? Appreciate it!

I think you would be better off down in Phoenix AZ getting your CDL including your HazMat. However, don't expect to haul gas or fuel until you have at least one year experience and many companies want 2years.

As for milk, Idaho is 3d in the Nation for dairies. Not enough drivers, so several of the companies are now advertising for new drivers and they will teach you after you are done with school. It is hard work even for younger drivers when you have to chain up in mud to get out of the milk transfer yard and climbing up the ladder hauling a 30 lb empty hose to wash out the tank. I had put in for yard jockey and got an interview. Turns out that they wanted me to haul milk. $25/hr for daytime and $26.50 for nights. I can climb the ladder....but not hauling a 30 lb hose! Then wash out the trailer??!! Not at 73!! So, looking for any kind of work now. If I can't get something in the couple months, then it's back over the road again.

Go to a company school and good luck!

If you’re comfortable with a male trainer and confident in handling the situation, it might be worth discussing that with him rather than omitting details.

Decent answer. However, she did not tell her husband, got a male trainer who was focused of getting her trained. She passed her training and has been in her own truck for more than 5 mths now.