Comments By ID Mtn Gal

You didn't say what company it was, but

Sorry, I hadn't looked at the title when I opened up this post....just how long ago it had been written.

Never heard of that company, but like I said in my previous post it doesn't matter. All companies that do the Lease Operation, do it for their benefit and not the benefit of the LO. As for you not getting detention, it depends on if the company you're picking up the load from or the receiver, if you get detention. I get detention sometimes with my company on the loads going from California to the Denver area. However, the meat loads I haul to the Port of Oakland, they do not pay detention and my company does not either...so it's not a given that you would get it. As for layover pay, I get it when I break down and sometimes when I have to wait more than 24 hours for a load, which is almost never. A couple guys I know were LO's and they didn't get layover pay because it is "their truck".

Laura

You didn't say what company it was, but it really doesn't matter because whether it's a school or a company that's been in business for many years, they are all the same with their setup of Lease Ops.

It's not a scam and it's all on you for not reading through all the paperwork and understanding it before you signed it. If you really think it was a scam, take all your paperwork that you signed and your receipts and have a lawyer look at it. I bet you will find that you were not scammed.

Pay off that $3,100 and go to a company and be a company driver. Don't ever be a LO! Very few people make it as a LO and as a company driver I make more money then 99% of the Lease Operators.

Laura

Ese papel es el permiso para realizar el examen. Tienes que tomar la clase de 160 horas antes de obtener su licencia. no puedes simplemente hacer el examen y obtener la licencia sin la clase.

¿Entiendes inglés? Es importante para leer los senales y comunicar con los clientes y la policia.

That's a loose translation, laura but the gist is right.

Thank you Banks. That makes sense and is a good answer.

Laura

hola mis hermano soy nuevo y tengo una pregunta fui a solicitar cdl se que tengo que examinarme pero el agente que me atendió me dio un papel y tengo una duda si fue que ella me dio en permiso para que cogiera el examen escrito oh el examen de manejo de una vez

Really??!! You don't ask a question in English, which is required to get your CDL in the U.S.?

Here's my translation from the translator I use:

Hi my brother I am new and I have a question I went to apply for CDL I know I have to take the exam but the agent who attended me gave me a piece of paper and I have a doubt if it was that she gave me permission to take the written test oh the driving test once and for all

I'm not sure what it is you are asking. Maybe one of the guys will be able to give you an answer.

What kind of work are you doing? How long have you been doing this kind of work?

That is real cool, Daniel B. Congratulations!!

I don't want to ask a guy at a truck stop to help out w/no means to pay for fuel/time,etc... nothing's free, every woman on here knows what's expected of me for any guy to help me. I don't want to do that, I'll sign a promissory note to reimburse for any time/expense for helping me out, if ANYONE is near Lordsburg NM before my scheduled DOT test 11/18/23, and have just 1hr to help, I'm learned on 10 speed at DACC Community College CDL school, which I graduated. Thank you for anyone taking the time to read this, have a good rest of your day.

-Laura D.

No, pray tell, what is that you THINK you have to do?? Most men out here are helpful and friendly and do not expect sex in return...unless you bring it up first.

The only way you can get help is to find an owner operator because all the companies I'm familiar with do not allow their trucks to be used in the way you are suggesting. I would get fired from my job if I let anybody in my truck to drive it. Several companies I have worked for do not allow passengers that have CDLs. The fact that you are trying to get your CDL puts you in the category that I would not be allowed to have you in my truck.

Your community college won't give you extra time for practice actual driving? How much are they charging you for extra time if they do?

Good luck on the 18th. Take some deep breaths before heading out and go slow....not too slow to impede traffic, but slow enough that you can judge your space and take what you need so you aren't hitting curves in your turns.

Laura

As the saying goes " go big or go home ! " Get a Class A or Go home. Also have endorsements to go with that A, Hazmat is a plus, tanker & doubles/triples. Without these you'll just be an OTR *****

How long have you been driving Mike J.? A couple of your posts make you sound like you have some experience, but most of your comments indicate that you are a blowhard and that to me is a youngster with not much experience but acting big.

Considering the forum automatically put stars for inappropriate words, I can only guess what you said. However, you denigrating OTR drivers is inappropriate. While having all the endorsements makes you more likely to be hired, none of them are mandatory and some of them aren't even necessary for certain types of work. I've never had and never wanted a hazmat endorsement. I have my doubles and triples, which I knew I would never use because that is not what I wanted to do. I do have my tanker but that never enticed me to drive them. However, having my tanker endorsement did allow me to haul totes of citric acid for cheese making and some other liquids for industrial cleaning. There is nothing wrong with being an OTR driver. It depends on what a person wants to do. I have no desire to drive local because in Idaho the pay is not near as good as running over the road.

What type of driving do you do?

You have no knowledge of the trucking business and you want to buy a truck and have a driver drive it for you? What you will get is somebody that has a not so favorable DAC record or a total newbie both of which will cost you more than you will ever know in insurance.

One reason I wouldn't drive for you is because you don't have knowledge of the trucking business.

The second reason I wouldn't drive for you is because you want to take the truck on my off time which would be a 34 hour reset or 4 weeks out with 4 days off. I don't want you in your/"my" truck because I would have to take my stuff out of there while you are running it and then putting it back in when I'm ready to go back out on the road.

Third, you could fold at any time and I could be out money for trips that had recently been run or stranded somewhere. Been there done that and it's a royal pain taking you to small claims court to get my money back. I've dealt with the Idaho State Labor board and they are no help.

I don't care how old you are, cuz you aren't as old as me or have my experience but I'm going to call you very foolish amongst other things that I've been thinking.

Laura, will you consider yourself “semi-retired” by going dry van? Slowing down a little bit?

Bruce,

I will have to talk with the company and see if I can run slower than I am now, especially with winter coming on. Fortunately, there is no chaining up. They use those socks that can only be run on snow and not on ice or wet pavement 😁

However, following PackRat's trips, I don't think it's likely to happen. With fast trucks I will now be getting the 700+ miles like I did with the last company. I've only gone over 700 miles once with this container company in the last 18 months.

Laura