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And the fun begins! Had kind of a irritating day yesterday when we picked up, but that was our own fault. We got ourselves into a bad situation. We ended up in a place that a truck was not meant to be in. Once I realized something wasn't right and we shouldn't have been there, there wasn't...

Thank you and happy birthday!! Heading to Laredo Texas. Prolly be stuck there for awhile but the load pays good and at least it will be warm.

No where at the moment. After that whole freightliner ordeal it's like things came to a complete halt. Got a handful of load offers. Declined the ones going towards New York area and didn't get the ones going to nc, sc, and Georgia. I was worried about the weather though and unable to find a...

Anyone know how the roads are in the east after the snow storm? Ultimately I'd love a quick reference map of some kind to see road conditions at a glance. Does something like that exist?

EDIT:: nvm. I think you'd be at the thermoking with the tiny ass waiting room. Sucks if that's the case

Just for general inspections or because something went wrong. Are you at the thermoking down the street from bolt in Indiana? Has stair leading up to the waiting room?

Freightliner has had the truck since 2:00pm. It is now 9pm, the only thing that has been accomplished is they replaced the batteries...

Hmm. Haven't heard of that option before. I'll have to look into it. Their hold line kicks you off shortly after an hour. Had to call back and chose a different option and whoever answered took care of us. We'll be late for delivery and pickup for the other load but we should still make it

Edit:: 1hr on hold and counting..

That's a ways off if at all. :) I swear, when you have to call in your departure it can be 3 minutes.. or the 20 we've been waiting on hold... could have been well on our way by now.

Agreed. Loves just happened to be where we were. Can't say I've had any good experiences at freightliner though. 3hrs to replace the shroud on our mirrior. Hopefully this time around will be better. Been a busy day. Dropped a load in Kentucky, picking up another now in Ohio headed to nc. Then...

You can stay at FedEx and they don't mind a dog. Someone had one in their truck when we were in class.

I was the same way and sometimes still get that way. It seems that once you get over one set of challenges, another one pops up. As far as our truck goes.. by the time it's all said and done we'll have a new truck! Orientation was like the first day of school. Lol. Especially when they ask a...

Ok, my frustrated has died down some. We got some help about 9am. The loves guy came out and gave us a jump and the truck started right up. However, by that time our load was dispatched out to another truck. Since I know someone is going to ask, we are not being charged for the deadhead miles we...

I am so very, very irritated right now. We get into Indiana yesterday and had windchill warnings all day into this morning. Now, we were told any time the truck detects a temp under -5 it will stay idling. This is not the case. It would not stay running after its 3 min idle time (clean idle...

Nvm. Just found your thread and see that your going for white glove. I believe they will do your inspection right before class starts. I remember them asking who all brought their trucks and went out with them one by one. We didn't have our truck at the time so we were not included in this...

It sounds like your situation is going to be different than ours. We were only there for two days and it was orientation rather than training. Where are you picking your truck up from? And by inspenction do you mean pre trip? If so, you should do one before you accept the vehicle. Do you guys...

Completely agree. Right now, I have no ambition to own my own truck. My plans are exactly as you said. To become good at the job, and get a good understanding of what works and what doesn't, what chances we can afford to take, and what we cannot. My only issues with the job is the inconsistency...

Not sure if I understand properly or if my lack of experiance can answer anything. My specific situation, I know what each load pays, I know what expeditors is getting paid for fuel, and I know how much they make off each load compared to what I'm walking away with. After a year or so (prolly...

Yep. As long as FedEx offers the load to us over the c link we get paid for it. If we took it all on our own from the load board we wouldn't get paid for anything over 100 miles