The Long Goodbye
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Awesome post!
I will certainly save your email sir as my goal is to drive for Walmart in the next 4 to 5 years!
A lot can change between now and then but that's the company I plan to be with by that time. I can share more of the story with you in email but I know they are a great one to drive for.
Take care of yourself and I look forward to picking your brain in the future as I advance in my truck driving career.
I'm just about 3 weeks from finishing school and getting my CDL at this point.
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.
You're a fantastic success story, Heavy C, and we've certainly appreciated having you all these years! You're at the top of your game, and you deserve all the credit for that, but I'm thrilled we were able to guide you in the beginning to get things rolling.
You can still reach me at brett@truckingtruth.com if you need to. That email will remain active indefinitely.
Take care of yourself and stay safe out there!
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Well here we are at the end. I honestly still can't believe Trucking Truth won't be around anymore.
My TT journey started almost 12 years ago at this point. It started from a simple Google search. I was looking for study guides to help me prepare for my permit test. After flipping through a few programs I landed on the High Road Training program. What a good send that the up being. After dedicating time with it I breezed through my CDL class and was clearly more prepared than anyone else in my class.
Once I got my CDL I joined the forums and started engaging with the trucking community. Obviously with more questions then helpful comments. It was still great to connect with others. I remember hitting my 1 year anniversary with my CDL and immediately going on my profile so I could change it from rookie to experience driver lol. Not really knowing how wrong I was.
I began trying to help and give my POV on certain subjects. Mostly in topics involving guys wanting to get local jobs. I did get a lot of push back for my views on day cab and local work. It didn't quite make sense to me back then but i did we my career kept going. I had to learn the hard way in many cases why local work isn't great for new drivers. However I still felt like I had a valuable and different perspective on the industry than most here at the time so I kept at it. Finally I faded away from the forum for a while for lots of different reasons. Of course I finally come back this year and it's coming to a close.
I want to thank Brett and the many others I've had a chance to connect with over the years. This is has been the most answering community for this industry and I'm not sure another can take its place.
Before this goes away though I want to provide people my email. In case anyone wants to reach out with questions about anything. Whether it's about driving for Walmart for other day cab positions like line haul or P&D or even something like paying for your own CDL through a local school. Or maintaining a family life in this industry. Whatever it is I'm more than willing to help if I can.
Here's my email: cbinette61408@gmail.com
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Day Cab:
A tractor which does not have a sleeper berth attached to it. Normally used for local routes where drivers go home every night.
P&D:
Pickup & Delivery
Local drivers that stay around their area, usually within 100 mile radius of a terminal, picking up and delivering loads.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers for instance will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.
Line Haul:
Linehaul drivers will normally run loads from terminal to terminal for LTL (Less than Truckload) companies.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning them to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated