Soon To Be Beginning My OTR Solo Driving Career. Tips/advice Appreciated.

I'm sure this has come up several times, I do apologize. I'll be starting my career as a solo driver for Central Refrigerated. They are owned by Swift and seem like a great choice. I used to wrench on BMW's for quite some time, but the field has died down. My father was an OTR truck driver for CRST and loved it. He made great money, so I figured why not. He has never driven solo, so he said I should ask some people for tips. I guess my questions would be: are there any people currently driving for Central Refrigerated? Do you like it? Did you like it? What GPS should I get? Things to always have handy in the truck? Etc. I really believe I'm going to enjoy it. I'd just like to hear from you guys. Sorry if this has been posted quite a few times and is getting annoying.

Welcome Michael. We love helping people out that are new to the industry. That's what we do! So there are no annoying questions. Ask every question you can think of. We'll either answer it directly or point you to our information on the topic. Also, use the search box you'll find at the top of every page. It only searches this website and it does an awesome job of pulling up tons of information on any topic we cover.

I'm gonna start by pointing you toward our Truck Driver's Career Guide. Read it thoroughly from beginning to end and follow all of the links you come across. That will help you understand so much about getting your trucking career underway.

As far as the GPS goes, most people seem to be happy with the Rand Mcnally truck series. They also have a new tablet now that people are starting to talk about. There are several which vary according to screen size and features.

We also have some articles that cover items to bring on the road. Look through there for some good ideas.

Others will be around to give more specifics and share their experiences with GPS and items to bring.