Posted: 3 years, 10 months ago
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Dedicated route is being downsized. Do I have to accept going back to national account where I make less money and home time or can I draw unemployment?
Do you have a contract? Some dedicated drivers do. If you don't have a contract and they offer you work but you turn the work down then you can't draw unemployment. And this is just my 2 cents but this might not be the time to turn paying work down.
Posted: 3 years, 10 months ago
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Hi truckers,
I am currently studying for my CDL permit, and I am having trouble differentiating between the Applied Leakage Test and the Static Leakage Test, with regards to the maximum air loss rate. Both tests require a fully-charged air system, before the engine is turned off. and take one minute. Is the only real difference that the static test is without any braking measures, allowing the air to escape on its own, while the applied test requires the driver to press and hold the service brake during the 1 minute test?
I keep missing the practice test questions, and it is frustrating because sometimes the correct answer is 2 psi/minute and sometimes it is 3psi/minute for a single vehicle. Is the "Brake Off or Brake On" the important wording in these questions?
Thanks in advance for your input,
Ryann
IIRC the 2 psi drop applies to single vehicles and the 3 psi drop applies to combination vehicles.
Posted: 3 years, 10 months ago
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First solo week. I did NOT anticipate the amount of stress!
DFW is not truck friendly so if you made it there in your first week you'll be fine.
Posted: 4 years, 2 months ago
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Training With Pam Transportation Started on 10/21/2019.
Things can change rather quickly Hobo. Here is Victor’s latest update:
Glad to see things are going well for him. However, the reason I ask was his stated confusion as to why PAM rescinded his job offer. I knew guys who had their offers pulled, 3 in CDL school, 1 had his pulled during his training phase and one actually had his pulled during orientation. They all knew why the offer was pulled although not all of them wished to disclose the reason. I was curious as to why the company pulled offers and I asked my FM when I had a face to face with him. I don't know Victor or his circumstances so I won't engage in conjecture here but I think it's important for people reading this in the future who may be considering PAM that they don't usually pull offers for no reason and they will tell you why the offer was pulled.
Posted: 4 years, 2 months ago
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Rookie who can’t stand otr training
Naj R, I don't know your situation and I guess you gotta do what you gotta do but just be aware these licenses can go stale so if you don't get another Group A job within a certain amount of time it may be very difficult to get one at all. The vast majority of people I went through school with and/or went to orientation with either quit or were fired before they had two months on the job and the people I've kept in touch with tell me that after 3 months out of a truck staleness becomes an issue and after 6 months just about everyone they talk to, even the mega-carriers, consider their license to be stale. This is a problem because someone with no experience isn't really an attractive potential hire for many companies so 3 months may sound like a long time to not be able to find a gig but it's really not, unless you're willing to go into training for OTR with an different carrier which puts you right back where you are now.
Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago
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Training With Pam Transportation Started on 10/21/2019.
Little update. Its 10:15am in Pennsylvania and I called yesterday around 3 their time. Im calling him now at 10:17am
Why did PAM pull the job offer?
Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago
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Finally got my CDL, deciding between 3 companies all drivers seem to hate. Please help :(
I wouldn't pay much attention to the online griping, there's a lot of negative things posted online about the company I drive for and almost none of it is true, not even close to true. Happy productive people don't generally spend their time online complaining.
Why would you like to stay local? What are you hoping to get out of the job? If you could make your own dream driving job what would it be like? You may be looking in the wrong places.
Posted: 4 years, 9 months ago
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I might donate to a go fund me to keep moochoo poochoo knee deep in milk-bones...but you're on your own on that $14.
Posted: 4 years, 9 months ago
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You've got nothing to worry about. I was sent for a test right after I came out of the bathroom. I couldn't fill the cup and I had to sit in the waiting room...being watched the whole time...drinking 16 ounce bottles of water for over an hour until I felt ready to go. I peed clear, no yellow at all, and I passed. I think you'll be fine.
Posted: 3 years, 10 months ago
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Backing does not just “click”
It's not hit or miss, you're doing something wrong. I've been there and I know what you're talking about...in fact I've been there recently :)
Here's the thing about backing, if you're actually going backwards and the back is still in doubt then you screwed up, the back is all about the set up. Watch the trailer angle and make sure the tractor doesn't need too much correction. Ideally a sight-side back should need nothing but some left on the wheel to put the trailer in the hole unless it's a 90 and even then you give it a little bit of right just to get the trailer turning.
The second mistake is the pull up. 15 minutes? You're pulling up wrong. Don't cut your steers one way or the other, keep them straight, that gives you options on both sides when when you're trying to correct to get in the hole. And take all the room you have.
Backing takes a lot of practice.