Comments By Damon L.

My Unit had a driving mission and we're down a few 88M so asked me could I help them out since I just got my CDL. I was beyond hyped about getting a chance to get some experience. However they pushed the trip back until some Truck drivers because available. Apparently they didn't want to put me on the road because I'm not a 88M by MOS. I'm thinking well why did you send me to school. I'm trying to get any experience I can get before I retire and get with a Company.

This was a leaking Tanker apparently caught fire.

horrific crash

Stevens is at the top of my list as well. Stevens, schneider, or TMC

Hey Gary,

I'm with a trainer right now otr with Stevens transport and since I started school at Careers Wordwide in march I have had a great experience. The guys at the school are very knowledgeable and down to earth and helpful. Stevens seems to me to be a tight run outfit with plenty of miles for it's drivers and good equipment.

That about sums it up!

My motto for securement is "Overkill or be killed." So far so good.

If securing a load is anything like ratchet strapping it down I think I'll pass. I assume the equipment would be superb your dealing with though

Thank You! Yes I'll refer back thanks for the insight helps alot

Damon, no matter how much training you have you will not feel comfortable when you go solo. No one does, nor should you. You will have a long, long way to go from the time you go solo until you have strong driving skills and time management skills.

I spent two weeks on the road with a trainer after my schooling was complete before going solo. Some companies, like Prime, will have you with a trainer for months before you go solo. Honestly I don't feel the drivers from Prime are much better prepared when they go solo than I was. There's only so much you're going to learn with someone holding your hand and watching over you.

Learning to be disciplined, self-sufficient, and self-motivated are critical skills in this industry and you're not going to develop those traits during training. Learning to manage your time on the road by managing both your work life, and your personal life, are also skills you're not going to pick up while teaming with a trainer.

Even your driving and backing skills are going to take quite some time to develop, and most of that isn't going to happen while you're with a trainer. They take a lot of practice to develop. You're not going to learn very much through verbal instruction or by watching your trainer do it.

So most of your development will happen after you go solo.

I highly recommend studying the Logbook Rules and the Weight & Balance sections of our High Road Training Program so you understand the basics of how to load cargo, how to balance out a load across the axles, how to calculate the weight of fuel, and of course you'll learn the in's and out's of the logbook rules so you have a solid understanding of those critical areas. That will help quite a bit. Those are areas new drivers struggle with quite a bit.

I just got my CDL I'm 43 although I haven't started at any company yet. I plan to in the next year or so though

I work at a rest area and just wondering if truckers have any questions for rest area employees? I have a few about truckers, but I do not want to come off as offensive and may ask some later on. I am currently in the process of losing weight so I can pass my dot physical and hope to be trucking myself in a few years. I am 37 now. Is 40 too old to get started in this game?

I've been away from home quite a bit being in the military text messaging, phone calls, and video chat have done wonders in my life. It's so much technology out there now it's so easy to stay connected.

Hello everyone training is going well so far and it's the start of my 3rd week away from home. My question for you all is how do you deal with home sickness? The company I am training for said they get you home every 7-10 days and 14 at the most. But I had a week lomg orientation and didn't have a way home before leaving for training. I'm very very close with my mom and brother and being away for this long is alot more difficult then the driving itself. Any help would be appreciated

Right I normally like to formulate my own opinion but it seemed like they had more negative reviews then any other Company. They also said as a new driver you had to drive a straight truck for a year before you could drive a combination. I didn't get my Class A license to drive a straight truck so that pretty much ended my interest in the company.

I was thinking about applying to this company, They have OTR semi trucks & Class b trucks but I paused after reading some negative reviews like on ripoff report & other sites. Tempus Transport is fleet owner through panther. Panther provides the freight and tempus gives drivers trucks to move it. I know from this site not to trust all reviews.

Does anybody know anything about this company? I had no idea Straight trucks had sleeper berths.

I see some companies that look like they have awesome training programs for new drivers that pay less and I see some Companies that look like they pay a bit more with less training in the first month or so. My first time solo I would like to feel confident that I'm ready.