Comments By Craig L.

What did you do before you were a truck driver?

I spent the better part of my adult life running a flooring company. Sales, installation, and service.

What made you want to get out of flooring?

Thanks for the link. My last company I made great money although I thought I worked a lot and worked hard. I got a lay off and switched to a company where I will do over 50k a year. Office environment off Sundays occasional Saturdays and all holidays off 20 days of time off a year & in my own bed every night. Seeing your pay and you had to do to earn it Scott has me 2nd guessing if this is the right career move. Nothing against you as you probably love driving and are making good money doing however it opens my eyes that would be a bit of a harder lifestyle for about the same pay if not less.

If I'm sick and don't want to work tell my boss and go home and sleep it off. Same thing if I don't want to go in. Have a nice comfortable bed and all my snacks right at home in privacy. I am just thinking if this happens OTR trucking what is experience like if you need a sick day or so or are feeling 100%.....

Got to dump or leak in the middle or the night, no comfortable couch or TV to watch your shows in privacy of home. It is starting to weigh on me if I am making a good decision.

Great info!! Good to see real numbers and great job posting. 125k miles for the year and you made like 58k. Makes me wonder what would've happen if you were getting paid 10 cents more per miles. Either way my job pays around this year now with no Sundays and all holidays off in an a/c office so it makes me wonder if me getting into trucking is worth it. Thanks for the insight.

So I'm looking if anyone can maybe give a round about of pay from some of the well known carriers for a new driver. By the mile & weekly would work. Trying to see if any company would be better than the other for starting a career.

I personally do not use a truck GPS. Because even they will give you bad directions. Talk to the CRST driver that drove down the Atlantic City boardwalk.

I use my Atlas and Apple maps. But the most important things I use: my eyes and my brain. Apple maps is mainly for traffic alerts. I plan my route out using my Atlas, then I follow what my eyes tell me.

As far as axle weights go. Remember, slide your trailer tandems TOWARDS the problem. If you drives are overweight, slide your trailer tandems forward. If your trailer tandems are overweight, slide your trailer tandems rearward.

When it comes to sliding your 5th wheel, you move it AWAY from the problem.

Good info here but can you explain how fix the weight problem in a bit more detail. If this ever comes up I wanted to be prepared to handle it.

The companies should be buying the mattresses. It's a job necessity.

What company is THIS???

Turtle, I am at Prime right now got held up by sleep test before i could get my med card because I had a negative test in past. I finished it all today and will get my permit tomorrow. Because of my blood pressure I started working out 4 to 6 months ago before coming lost 60 pounds before i got here and 10 to 15 more here, been working out at milinium gym twice a day. Now that i am in best shape in 30 years i am want to change my mind from reffer and go flatbed. That,s where my heart is just wanted to get in shape. I have one question, during your PSD and TT do you get a lot of training on load securment. When to use proper tools and or makeshift supports. Any information would be helpful because I know every load will be different.

By the way nice job on your weight loss! Any loose skin loosing that much weight?

What did you do before you were a truck driver?

Rainy, are they still removing the seat in the lightweight trucks, or is that a request?

Yes, you can request the seat be removed if it hasnt been already. It seems most already have been, but there are some here and there.

Just a dumb question, but why would they take a seat out?

Because these compact trucks have smaller than usual sleeper sections. Removing the passenger seat, allows you to put more stuff in that space. Most folks put a fridge there.

Rick

Rick you seem to be in the same area as me. What company do you work for? By the way what happened to OP? He get banned?