Location:
Joliet, IL
Driving Status:
Experienced Driver
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Running linehaul for Old Dominion Freight Line for 7 years.
Posted: 6 days, 12 hours ago
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All the runs we have after 11 pm are tonight are canceled, so I'm off Thursday and Friday. I am supposed to work my normal Saturday but it's slow and they do not think there will be any freight for us to run. If I don't run Saturday it will give me a nice 5 day weekend.
Posted: 2 weeks ago
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How does the extra board work? Are you basically "on call?" Do they just let you know about runs that come available on a daily basis, and you decide if you want to take it
It depends on the terminal some places you call in and they tell you what is available. You might be able to chose what you want or they may make you do a run if they need it.
For me, I have a scheduled start time so if there is anything extra left over from over night I'll get it. Unfortunately right now we are around 40 loads short a night, I'm hoping with people being on vacation next few weeks it will pick up.
Makes for a busy time when hauling groceries but it usually slows way down after the holidays
Put busy time was about a month or two ago and it wasnt very busy. We generally slow down this time of the year, stores have everything they need for the holidays and shipping slows down until next year.
Posted: 2 weeks, 1 day ago
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This has been such a fun week!
That's a nice week! Unfortunately I'm having the opposite experience right now.
the driver next to me started going on about how this job sucks and he didn't understand why he keeps doing it.
Might have been me, I've been kinda grumpy lately with the unknowns about my run and traffic I've been stuck in.
The only improvements I would make are having my wife on board and my truck having a full kitchen and bathroom/shower
Start casually suggesting they buy you one of the triple ARI legacy sleepers.
Posted: 2 weeks, 1 day ago
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Corporate took my run out behind the barn and put it out their misery. I was running down to Austin IN and meeting a driver from our Morristown TN terminal which is one of our largest. Morristown has about 580ish linehaul drivers we have 50 for reference. Despite their size they struggled finding freight to run upto me, so they'd cancel the meet and just run me to Indy from there they would relay the freight to Morristown.
They put me on the extra board for now until we bid again in January. Unfortunately, it's pretty slow so I was already off twice this week. But on the upside I did get to go to our Detroit terminal for the first time yesterday so that was fun.
Posted: 2 weeks, 2 days ago
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Wilson Logistics Training Questions
Greg random question, did you drive trucks in the military and or rent a 26 foot Penske or Uhaul truck to move recently?
Posted: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
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What companies will hire after 2 preventable accidents
What kind of preventables are we talking here? That will have a great bearing on who will hire you.
Posted: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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This guy certainly wouldn’t think so.
Looks like an average Central Transport trailer.
Posted: 2 months ago
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Parked next to this at a truck stop. Think he has a problem?
Posted: 2 months, 1 week ago
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Big Port Strike About To Begin
I expect a last minute deal as there usually is in these situations.
Posted: 4 days ago
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Drug test refusal 3rd week of cdl school
I'm a tad confused here, why did the doctor send you home without being able to produce a sample in only 20 minutes? I had the same problem with not being able to go enough when I went for my permit test. They put me in a room with water and given 3 hours.
It is made extremely clear if you leave without producing a sample it is considered a refusal which is the same as a failure.
I'm not sure I'm buying the doctor giving you 20 minutes and then telling you to leave and not worry about it.
Your face a extremely difficult to impossible road to fix this now. You have a drug refusal which is the same as a failure whilst in school, I don't see any company giving you a shot right now, especially with the current market.