Realistic Expected Avg. Hours Driving Per Day/week

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Sam N.'s Comment
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Well I just want to thank everyone here for their sincere and helpful words of advice/encouragement/wisdom. If I do make it into hauling I would love to meet up with you guys/gal somewhere across the fruited plain. These may not be the answers I 'wanted' to hear but they seem to be the TruckingTruth (no rhyming...) and that is really what I wanted to hear. It looks that my only options are going to be with a McElroy type situation.

I also saw this post: http://www.careersingear.com/job/353933323435352d34313031372d30?&utm_source=Ripple&utm_medium=PMC-CPL&utm_source=Ripple-ZipRecruiter&utm_medium=PMC-CostPerLead&utm_campaign=Ripple.

They seam to have weekend options - even daily. Now I do not want daily - but they are claiming to offer it - it is worth looking into to see if the weekend offer is for real.

Simply put I cant invest in a CDL w/o knowing that after all is said and done I can take my one day a week off. McElroy is now hiring - unfortunately I do not have my CDL as of today but if I can understand from McElroy that they have regular openings ie - I wont have to sit around for half a year after achieving CDL A until I get a job - I am gonna go for it.

If not, well plan b will just have to become more attractive.

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.

OWI:

Operating While Intoxicated
Mr M's Comment
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70 for me isn't enough. The only thing slowing me down is the truck the log book and weather

OWI:

Operating While Intoxicated
showtime's Comment
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WHile on Duty but not driving, what are you doing?

If you drive flatbed you will secure/unsecure the load during on duty time. #flatbedforlife
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