2 NON DOT RECORDABLE Preventable Incidents

I've never high hooked, nor have I ever hit anything. I know plenty of million mile drivers whom have never had an accident. So no, not all drivers have accidents.

Plenty of good advice here, but it's up to you whether you take the advice.

Show that you take responsibility for your actions with an employer by not not justifying and making excuses. Own the mistake and take steps to make sure it doesn't happen again in the future.

If not, if it's the poles fault, or the cliffs fault or some other excuse, you're not going to get hired, especially in today's market. There's too many other responsible, safe reliable drivers out there that will be happy to have your job.

You are asking for advice on starting with a new company.

The questions I asked can be used to determine the best advice that can be offered. If you don't want to be transparent about the conversations you had with your company when reporting the incidents, then you really don't want sincere, reliable advice. Any advice offered that doesn't come from knowing the whole situation can't be the most reliable advice.

Kenny you're right accidents do happen. Often times going slower and assessing the situation will prevent those from happening. If you had been watching your mirrors as you moved your trailer you would not have hit the pole. If the tires were indeed that close and you felt your life was in danger you wouldn't have hooked up to it. You claim you lowered the landing gear but it wasn't far enough. I'm not sure how that happens if you're paying attention to where it's at. Your actions ultimately led to these incidents. I've admitted on this forum the mistakes I've made so others can benefit from them. In my 5 years driving I've only had 1 incident that resulted in property damage. the damage was so minor it took them literally seconds to fix and didn't bill my company for it. I still reported it to my company as required. I'm still employed. Something just seems off because your carrier fired you for these 2 relatively minor instances. We've had members do far worse and get kept on with their company. We even have a member that ripped their tandems off pulling into the fuel island. We've had members with 5 preventable in 3 years keep their jobs.

What's done is done. Apply everywhere and be honest. When you talk to prospective employers make sure to tell them what you learned or could have done differently. To me, You're trying to shift the blame from yourself. I wouldn't hire a driver that has had preventables but doesn't show they learned from them. Good luck.