Can You Request Make Of Truck As A Company Driver?

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Logan M.'s Comment
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Just curious I'm with prime and finished training going for my upgrade. I'll be taking a lightweight truck and I've seen freightliner and internationals, do any of you know if I could request an international? Or is it luck of the draw as far as that goes? Thanks in advance
Brett Aquila's Comment
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It's almost certainly going to be luck of the draw but it never hurts to ask!

Brett Aquila's Comment
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It's almost certainly going to be luck of the draw but it never hurts to ask!

Logan M.'s Comment
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It's almost certainly going to be luck of the draw but it never hurts to ask!

I'm really just excited to get out on my own and get rolling so I'm not too picky lol but I do have a preference haha. We will see how it goes. It's funny it's hard to believe I'm finally done training it feels like forever on the other hand, am I sure I'm ready lol. Good times
Trucktographer's Comment
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I didn't request the make, but I did ask for a team truck immediately after upgrading. Even though I was going solo, my future teammate was getting his CDL soon, and I wanted to just get a good truck for us right from the start. So they got me a brand new KW T680. So like Brett says, it doesn't hurt to ask.

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.
Ernie S. (AKA Old Salty D's Comment
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Just curious I'm with prime and finished training going for my upgrade. I'll be taking a lightweight truck and I've seen freightliner and internationals, do any of you know if I could request an international? Or is it luck of the draw as far as that goes? Thanks in advance

It all depends on what is available at the time you go to the office to pickup your keys. When you get your turn, you can always ask what is available. If there is a choice, they will let you know.

Ernie
Logan M.'s Comment
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Will do I figured no harm in asking it's not like I'm gonna walk away from my own truck because it's not the make I'd pick lol
Jay R. R2-Detour 's Comment
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Celadon let me decide whether I wanted automated transmission or 13 speed. Auto was a Freightliner 13sp was a Pete. I went with the Freightliner because I'd never driven a 13. I kind of got to choose.

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.
Daniel's Comment
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It's funny it's hard to believe I'm finally done training it feels like forever on the other hand, am I sure I'm ready lol. Good times

Training feels like an eternity of hell.

Driving feels like a few moments of bliss! Time seriously flies by when you're having fun!! Except for those days (far & wide in between) where you run into dispatch/shipper/consignee/paperwork issues. ;)

Consignee:

The customer the freight is being delivered to. Also referred to as "the receiver". The shipper is the customer that is shipping the goods, the consignee is the customer receiving the goods.

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.

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
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