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Will we be seeing a TT meet-n-greet photo of Todd and Rob T. soon?!? 😁

Here's a picture of it.

people who responded said they have window breakers and seat belt cutters for this kind of situation.

Like I said, I've never even thought about it. Have any of you actually planned for something like this?

My knife made by Statgear has a normal blade, a seatbelt cutter, a window punch and a flashlight. The seatbelt cutter doubles for breaking metal seals.

Stevo's place in Roland OK reminded me of another favorite spot, a Reynolds in Hazleton PA. Similar setup, i go in after hours, drop my trailer in a hole, go to their large mailbox, find my paperwork, hook my loaded trailer and you can spend your 10 there. Very rarely I've seen anyone else there, it feels really secluded, and the sky is full of stars.

For drop/hooks or live loads? I've been to the one in Cedar Falls (Waterloo) IA several times and feel it's not so efficient. It's laid out well but you can't be on the premise more than an hour before your appointment

Rob, I've only done drop and hooks at Targets so I haven't experienced the lives. I do go to the Cedar Falls one which is not my favorite because of that one hour early rule. Most if not all the others I go to can be dropped any time on that date. I usually stay about an hour away, with a 1100 appointment window start time, which means I'm starting my day later than I like, with that one.

My favorite is the SCJohnson in Bay City, MI. It's its own not-so-little compound, always very organized with where to drop my loaded and where to pick up my pre-loaded. Bonus if it's the end of my shift because the Love's in Bridgeport is usually a ghost town no matter what time it is.

Target DCs are always well organized too.

On the other end of this, I padlock my trailer when empty. This way I know nobody was in my trailer while I was asleep or away from the truck. It's especially helpful when the trailer I'm pulling has stubborn doors that don't want to easily close. Now I know the trailer is as I left it and don't have to fight the doors again before taking off.

I think it was last Thursday I stayed at the TA down the street from there. Awesome miles!

I’m currently spending my 34 at the flying J in Lake Station, IN, right next to old sketchy Gary. Where’s everyone else at this weekend?

Nice! The TA right next door or the one over in Gary? I used to stop at the one in Gary a lot years ago when I was working for Swift because it always had spots. I had no idea it was sketchy at the time 😂

Right by where you were. Zen Joker recommended it to me and he didn't steer me wrong. There's another TA directly across the street from it which seems odd to me! I stay at the Loves in lovely Gary quite a bit. We have a yard in Gary too but it's overran with trailers so I don't count on it for a spot usually.

Not selling my company but as a reference, Veriha paid 600/wk for 3 weeks of school, 750/wk for 4 weeks of road training, then started at 900/week guaranteed pay (if no chargeable lates/preventables) upon going solo.

You drive up there, they put you up in their motel, you drive yourself to class, and you cover all meals.

As of October 2022 when I went through.

David, any company that will take you on and meets most of your needs is a great place to start.

Florida Man leads an interesting life! 😁

In February they're having the Florida Man Games where anyone can try to be Florida Man for a day!