Profile For Jakester

Laid my old man down last week , 96 year old military man, got new rig finally, dedicated as the Robert E, fair winds dad

Hey boys 3 hours mark chuestut at the do see do , why I do this damn makes it make sense, old country

Well have my first student and all is going well, been a while since a post, just really been hitting it hard, looking forward to this new chapter and really want to give back and pay it forward, I will be a good teacher and my guys will have confidence when they leave my truck, that is my ultimate goal

Yes, Anne. Some of those Acronyms you refrained from spelling out might be a little too naughty for some of our younger drivers🤣

You LOVE playing the 'age card' on me, RD ~!!! Y!?!?!? LoL...

Schneider: Since can’t have nuts eat instead Doritos every ride

We do it like this: SNI

So Naughty Inside ~!! (could substitue NASTY, too.. I guess, haha!)

GN peeps..

~ anne ~

FFE, frequently exceeds expectations

No sir I am not, I’m in Lincoln quite often, would be nice someday to meet the men and women who got me through that hell year

Lincoln, Nebraska terminal for repairs since Sunday night for me.

Are you familiar with the GPS tracker function on here, Jakester?

Thank you all for getting me to this point, virtual trainers, would not be here with out ya all, finally made it home and kids just want to sleep in the truck, funny ****

Why do you don’t expect a company to know a trailer needs service, how about a company pre trip on the trailers, I run linehaul and no reason a terminal loading a trailer can’t pre trip it, a lot of wasted time could disappear, hooking up the other day and 2 trailer seals blown, that’s not something that’s easily overlooked, just load it and let the driver deal with it, responsibility should start with the company

WE is good for experience not for making money.

I found it good for both.

Most of us experience troubles like you did, but we learn how to deal with the issues. We don't expect the company to know things like which trailers need service. That's clearly the driver's responsibility to report those things. So, your problem came from your fellow drivers who speak worse of the company than you do. You can't lay blame on the company when the drivers are not taking care of what's clearly their responsibility.

As far as hearing from the CEO, I've never experienced that anywhere, nor would I ever expect to. We have driver managers who communicate with us, and the less communication you need is generally an indication that you are doing really well.

Of course we are thrilled that you are happy with your new gig, but we also know you could have done better at Western Express. It's tough. I can empathize with that. Our first trucking job is just tough on us. We like to see people figure it out and develop themselves into drivers that know how to deal with the issues.

Dad in scohfield Barracks December 7 08:20 showering when His world changed

I'm bumping this thread back up to the top for Navypoppop's sake. I've been poking all around our site lately. There are so many pages here that we forget about some of the great stuff buried in here. Now, I've been hanging around here for a long time, and only a handful of you have been here long enough to remember our crusty old friend "Pappy." He was a unique individual and had a great sense of humor. He's gone now, but he's left a few great memories here. One of them is an article he wrote about his Paw Paw's experience at the Pearl Harbor attack.

Here is a link to it. I hope you'll read it. There's some great history in it and it's well done.

Paw Paw's Don't Need Medals

Hey rob, how goes everything? I personally would call line haul and ya I don’t think so

Shut down last night in Rawlings, was gusting pretty damn bad, nothing in that box in worth your life, it’s our responsibility to make the call and do what’s best, Last 3 trips has been the same, running Chicago to Portland turnarounds and 80 in wyoming is always crapshoot, anything over 40 I will not do elk, not worth it, get the 511 app and listen to the notifications, wdot puts up any news, trust it completely, they know what there talking about, well 640 today and finally in Omaha going to bed, be safe all....

Been awhile since I posted here, been doing allot of covid loads from New York to California and back. And holy moley I never knew how windy it could get out west! On I-80 in Wyoming there was a “extreme rollover risk” advisory and 75mph wind gusts. I ended up getting caught in it and I never had a scarier moment trucking so far. I drove in it a bit driving pretty slow with my hazards on. I don’t get how some of these truckers are just flying down the road doing 70 mph in such wind. I passed 3 other semis that were rolled over in a ditch and then I just parked it on a off ramp for it to calm down. Definitely the most stressful day of driving I think I’ve ever had.