Done With School
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Very cool Mike! Congrats!!!
Good choice with TMC! I started with them earlier this year as my first company and it has been great. I made a log thread about My TMC Orientation and Training that may be useful to you. I also have a thread about My First Week Solo and about A Tricky Dock I had to back into. I wish you the best of luck, if you'd like I can give you my phone number and you can call or text me if you have more questions, or obviously you can ask them here but I don't have a chance to get online that much.
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
Thanks everyone, and thanks for posting your experience Steve. I talked with them today and have been accepted. So I'll be heading to Des Moines the 30th. Not looking forward to the cold, lol. Ready to get through training and into my own truck. I'm new to OTR , but have been driving off and on in the oil fields for years, so I know how to handle a truck, just gotta get the other stuff.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Congratulations Mike!
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Haven't been on here in a while and thought I'd give an update. I finished up my school yesterday. Top of my class. Passed all test for all endorsements (except passenger, didn't take it). Just waiting on background check for hazmat now. A personal victory is that I passed every test first time up, so no repeats. Yesterday, my instructor told me "there is nothing else I can teach you." I'm sure its not the truth, but It was a nice boost anyway, lol. I'm waiting on TMC Transportation to finish running all their checks on me, and hopefully I'll be heading there. If anyone has any experience with TMC, I'd love to hear about it, good or bad.
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.