Rookie Company Driver In Training
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Do update us on how it goes. I'm especially curious! Good luck champ!
Congratulations Vykarius!
The same kind of tenacious attitude that you showed in sticking with this when you had some troubles at the start will see you through as you move forward in this job. There will be a few days/weeks when you are certain that you've made the wrong career choice, but hang in there and it will all begin to come together over time. Trust me, it just takes a little while to get the hang of this job. You are going to make some silly mistakes, but always try and learn from the things that happen. Take it slow and careful, the main objective of that first three or four months is that you don't hit anything.
The second objective is that you concentrate on the main objective - don't hit anything.
That's the best advice I can give to ya. 
Thanks to all!Congratulations Vykarius!
The same kind of tenacious attitude that you showed in sticking with this when you had some troubles at the start will see you through as you move forward in this job. There will be a few days/weeks when you are certain that you've made the wrong career choice, but hang in there and it will all begin to come together over time. Trust me, it just takes a little while to get the hang of this job. You are going to make some silly mistakes, but always try and learn from the things that happen. Take it slow and careful, the main objective of that first three or four months is that you don't hit anything.
The second objective is that you concentrate on the main objective - don't hit anything.
That's the best advice I can give to ya.
Woo-HOO!
-mountain girl
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I was officially hired as a new rookie company driver in training for Poppy State Express, Inc. yesterday. They are a division of Northern Refrigerated Transportation, Inc. headquartered in Turlock, California with a service are of California, Nevada and Arizona but infrequent loads to Oregon and on rare occasions Washington and Idaho. It is a reefer fleet of Peterbilts usually no older than 2009-ish. Everything seems to be moving like a whirlwind lately for me after failing the skills portion of my CDL exam 3 times before re-permitting and finally passing the CDL test on June 11th to now being hired with a company as of June 25th! I appreciate all of the words of encouragement and solid advice I have received here...very grateful for Trucking Truth! Question...this company doesn't pay cents per mile but rather 20-25% Gross value of the load and is LTL. They claim low end annual earning potential is 37K with median being about 49K and high end earners getting up to 70K...we'll see. It claims to be dispatched for 2-3 days home 1-2 times per week and most weekends off. We'll see about that lol.
~Michael E. King, Rookie Company Driver (in training) Poppy State Express, Inc.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.