Newbie to Everything
- Thread starter Masood
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Welcome. Tell us about yourself.
What you know, what you've done, and what you expect.
What you know, what you've done, and what you expect.
I have worked in a Dr. Office for the past three and before that I was a car salesman.
I just wanted to see more of the states and possibly earn a living at the same time.
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You must consider trucking a career and not a vacation. If all you want is to "see the states and possibly earn a living", you are destined to fail.
And the only thing you see the most is night time.
What's funny?
The post right above the "Haha." Expediters spend most of our driving time at night.
The old joke is, "Become and expediter and see America.... at night!"
Haha
The old joke is, "Become and expediter and see America.... at night!"
Haha
ajakapari
Expert Expediter
Scargo
New Recruit
My advice as a fellow newb. Don't get too comfortable with how you have your bunk area setup...you wont get to use it, and inevitably, you'll be using it for a 3rd pallet. -- broker says its 2 pallets, expect 3...if they say "it only weighs 2800#" its 3500#
All your stuff in the cab will fall, get knocked over, roll under your seat...etc until you figure it all out...took me 2 weeks to find a place for all my things to not become airborne at random.
Make sure you never pay for a shower -- guilt the Pilot/J clerk into a free one, and a pro driver rewards card so you can get more free showers @ Pilot/Flying J when you fuel there. Never Fuel @ Pilot/Flying J -- too spencive. lol...
Don't over purchase fuel -- wait till you have a load, or are unable to pass up the price -- sux if the last thing on your settlement is a buncha fuel you gotta wait a week to get paid for.
Also, you will pee on yourself a little -- work on your bladder strength
All your stuff in the cab will fall, get knocked over, roll under your seat...etc until you figure it all out...took me 2 weeks to find a place for all my things to not become airborne at random.
Make sure you never pay for a shower -- guilt the Pilot/J clerk into a free one, and a pro driver rewards card so you can get more free showers @ Pilot/Flying J when you fuel there. Never Fuel @ Pilot/Flying J -- too spencive. lol...
Don't over purchase fuel -- wait till you have a load, or are unable to pass up the price -- sux if the last thing on your settlement is a buncha fuel you gotta wait a week to get paid for.
Also, you will pee on yourself a little -- work on your bladder strength
By my map..2250 miles....in 37 hours...
Point a to b was actually 2300 miles exact.
Less just say I need to sleep.
That's just insane and not safe. It's just like that driver in the video doing unsafe maneuvers in that big truck. Think about it for a minute.
He must have found a high class carrier.
Confused here
"High class carrier" what do u mean?