Maybe I missed something during orientation. We waited all Thursday night and nothing happened. Friday morning, nothing. Finally I called into driver relations and found out that our qualcomm wasnt activated. They walked me through it and we were officially on the board. I was a nervous wreck. I wanted a load but at the same time was scared to get one.
It wasn't too much longer and we got our first qualcomm beep. I pounced on it and read the message. It was a load picking up about 20 miles away in Ohio going about 550 miles to Tennessee. I pushed the buttons hoping I was doing it right to accept the load and off we went. John and I discussed it and decided I would be the one to start out driving. I was terrified! I kept thinking, what in the world do we do when we get there?
I found the shipper, pulled in and saw a sign that pointed the direction to shipping and receiving. Okay, that makes sense, I'll go there. Drove back there, saw the docks, parked the truck off to the side. Me and John got our paperwork, and went into the shipping office together, since neither of us had a clue what to do when we got in there. Walked in, announced who we were with and that we were there to pick up a load. We were told to back into the dock, they were ready for us. We headed back out, relieved that they didn't seem to think we had no clue what we were doing and with John's direction, got the truck backed into a dock. We went in and watched them load the truck, then John secured the freight with load bars. The shipper handed us the Bill of Lading, which we had never seen before, but about 99% of the time you will get with every load. We went back outside, pulled the truck up, John closed and locked the doors, I figured out what messages to send into the carrier and off I went.
I was on cloud nine driving that night. I made it to Shepherdsville, Ky and decided to stop for a break. This was my first experience finding out that if you pull into a truck stop late at night, good luck finding a parking spot. Truck stop was full, but there was a closed gas station across the road from it that our truck would fit in, so I drove over there and parked and took a couple hours nap. All the stress and excitement had worn me down.
I woke up, finished the drive and made it to the consignee. Again, what do we do now? We looked for the shipping and receiving signs, found them, went into the office and we were informed that no one would be there for about 3 hours to unload us. We were directed to a spot that we could park and wait. We parked the truck, set our alarm clock and both of us went to sleep. The alarm went off, we got up and I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the time. I had gotten confused about the time because the consignee was on central time and we were operating on eastern time, so we were an hour later than I had planned to be.
We were so upset and scared to death that we were going to be terminated! We drove back over to the consignee's docks, checked in again, was told to back into the dock and got unloaded. No one mentioned anything about the time and we never heard anything from our carrier about it. What a relief and a lesson well learned! Just one of many to come I'm sure.
The following is a personal blog of mine and my husband's adventures as we leave the world of "regular jobs" and enter the world of expediting. Only one thing is for sure, there is never a dull moment out here on the road.
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Showing posts with label orientation. Show all posts
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Orientation Completed
We made it through! Yay for us! It really wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. Of course, all I had to prepare me for the experience was the orientation we went to at Conway. Wow, what a difference between the two.
At Conway, we were treated like second class citizens and they really played with your head. Always letting you know that you could be sent home at any minute and that they thought their company was so good and that if we got selected to be a part of their company we should really feel special. The whole experience left us traumatized and I'm not saying that lightly. I am dead serious.
This time around, it was so much better. Our son Stephen ended up driving us here and we had a blast on the drive there and in the motel we stayed at during the orientation. We had only planned on 2 days but it turned into 4 days due to the extra class we opted for to get our DOD stuff out of the way.
As we got to the motel we passed a truck going the opposite direction and I pointed it out to John and told him that I thought it looked like our truck. We continued up to the motel and parked the car and as we got out there was a lady next to us unloading luggage from her trunk. She looked familiar so I took a chance and asked her if she was Arlene, the owner of the truck we were going to drive. Turned out that it was her so we stood and talked for a bit and she explained that her friend that drove there with her had just taken the truck over to the truckstop to leave it in the parking lot because the motel wouldn't let them park it there. So it was our truck that we passed earlier.
We made plans with her to meet up the next day and go over paperwork and get the grand tour of the truck and because it was so cold and snowy outside we all headed our separate ways. We got checked into our room and warmed up then we all headed out to eat. We ended up going over to the truckstop and eating there and our son, who used to drive for Conway, showed us around the truckstop and pointed some things out that we would need to know. We were thankful because neither of us had a clue about so many things since we had no experience whatsoever with truck driving, truck stops or anything else related to the job.
The next day was Sunday and we slept in. Arlene called and asked if we were ready to eat. We agreed to meet her at the other truckstop in the area. We found her and she bought us breakfast and went over the contract that we would have with her. The contract detailed how we would be paid as independent contractors. We would be getting 60% of the gross revenue to the truck in addition to 100% of the fuel surcharge since we would be responsible for buying fuel. She would be responsible for 100% of truck repairs and maintenance. We would get a 1099 at the end of the year and be responsible for our own taxes as nothing would be withheld from our pay. It's a pretty standard setup for expediters who are driving for owners.
After breakfast, we all drove over to the truck and she went over how to work different things, like the apu, the ceiling vent fan, which has a rain sensor to automatically close if it starts raining. She showed us where all the storage spaces were located, and how to raise the bed if we wanted to convert it into a dinette table. She gave us a lot of information and it's a lot to process but she said to feel free to call her anytime if we needed to ask questions. The truck is really very nice and well maintained and I think we are very lucky to be driving such a nice truck. Most people who start out doing this job with no experience usually start out driving a "starter truck" and then move to a nicer truck after they've proven themselves.
In addition to all that, she gave us some tips on how to handle different situations that might come up with dispatch and the loads they offer. Being new, we welcome all the help we can get.
After a couple of hours, she handed us the keys and wished us good luck and told us she was going to head back home. What an overwhelming feeling that was to suddenly be responsible for this truck that we had never driven and knew almost nothing about. And we were going to be driving it all over the country to places we have never been and dealing with shippers and freight and oh my...Panic mode set in. Thank goodness our son was there with us. He calmed us down and assured us that we could do it.
The next day was the first day of orientation. We had to be there at 7 AM. Stephen got up and drove us over there since we weren't authorized to drive the truck yet. Until we completed orientation and all paperwork was done, we couldn't legally drive the truck. We were both having flashbacks of our horror at Conway, but we tried to keep a positive attitude.
There were about 20 of us in class. Some of us would be driving straight trucks, some cargo vans, and some tractor trailers. The first day was a lot of paperwork that we had to fill out. Thanks to all the government regulations, there is a lot of information that you have to give to drive a truck. They want 10 years work history and it all has to be verified. We were prepared for it all since our boys had already been through this and we had done it all at Conway so we had our info in order. Others in class were not so prepared and had to make a lot of phone calls home to try and get all the info they needed.
We all had to pee in a cup, get our vision tested, blood pressure checked, and then a physical. They had a Dr. right there on site so that was convenient. We got photo id's made. Lunch was served and was delicious. We got several breaks throughout the day and on the classroom portion of the talks they were giving out valuable information so it was not boring like I expected it to be. We were given company policy and procedures so that we would know how to be legal out on the road and get paid properly.
The second day was more slide show presentations, question and answers, going over how to use a qualcomm, etc. Again, things we really needed to know. A lot of people there already knew all this stuff since they had driven before, but for us, it was all new. Everyone we dealt with was respectful and friendly.
We could have been done at the end of the second day but because we had elected to go for our DOD clearance to give us access to more and better paying loads, there was an additional class that we needed to do. We went back on Wednesday and it was an all day session. Then we were told we would need to come back on Thursday to fill out the application for clearance on the computer. We had no idea what we were getting into on that one. No application in my life has ever been as in depth as that one! We were there from 8 AM until a little after Noon completing that thing. No wonder so many people won't get their clearance. It really is a time consuming chore. I'm not sure how long it will take to find out if we get the clearance, the company said they will notify us when they find out.
The shop took our truck in on Wednesday and added the decals with the company logo's and dot numbers, so it's all legal for us to drive now. We drove it to class on Wednesday and Thursday. Of course it had to be snowing both days, but not too bad.
After we wrapped up on Thursday, we went back to the hotel, checked out and sent Stephen on his way to Indiana. We had such a wonderful visit with him during this time that we will always have special memories of this trip. He taught us how to get the truck scaled and how to get it washed. So many things that truck drivers take for granted but for newbies like us, we have to learn.
We drove the truck over to the local Walmart and set off on a major shopping spree. There is so much stuff you need to set your truck up for life on the road. We got everything we could think of right now, but I'm sure as time goes on we'll find more that we need to make life more enjoyable.
Now we are back at the truckstop and waiting on our first load. Oh My God!!!
At Conway, we were treated like second class citizens and they really played with your head. Always letting you know that you could be sent home at any minute and that they thought their company was so good and that if we got selected to be a part of their company we should really feel special. The whole experience left us traumatized and I'm not saying that lightly. I am dead serious.
This time around, it was so much better. Our son Stephen ended up driving us here and we had a blast on the drive there and in the motel we stayed at during the orientation. We had only planned on 2 days but it turned into 4 days due to the extra class we opted for to get our DOD stuff out of the way.
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Stephen driving us to Orientation |
As we got to the motel we passed a truck going the opposite direction and I pointed it out to John and told him that I thought it looked like our truck. We continued up to the motel and parked the car and as we got out there was a lady next to us unloading luggage from her trunk. She looked familiar so I took a chance and asked her if she was Arlene, the owner of the truck we were going to drive. Turned out that it was her so we stood and talked for a bit and she explained that her friend that drove there with her had just taken the truck over to the truckstop to leave it in the parking lot because the motel wouldn't let them park it there. So it was our truck that we passed earlier.
We made plans with her to meet up the next day and go over paperwork and get the grand tour of the truck and because it was so cold and snowy outside we all headed our separate ways. We got checked into our room and warmed up then we all headed out to eat. We ended up going over to the truckstop and eating there and our son, who used to drive for Conway, showed us around the truckstop and pointed some things out that we would need to know. We were thankful because neither of us had a clue about so many things since we had no experience whatsoever with truck driving, truck stops or anything else related to the job.
The next day was Sunday and we slept in. Arlene called and asked if we were ready to eat. We agreed to meet her at the other truckstop in the area. We found her and she bought us breakfast and went over the contract that we would have with her. The contract detailed how we would be paid as independent contractors. We would be getting 60% of the gross revenue to the truck in addition to 100% of the fuel surcharge since we would be responsible for buying fuel. She would be responsible for 100% of truck repairs and maintenance. We would get a 1099 at the end of the year and be responsible for our own taxes as nothing would be withheld from our pay. It's a pretty standard setup for expediters who are driving for owners.
After breakfast, we all drove over to the truck and she went over how to work different things, like the apu, the ceiling vent fan, which has a rain sensor to automatically close if it starts raining. She showed us where all the storage spaces were located, and how to raise the bed if we wanted to convert it into a dinette table. She gave us a lot of information and it's a lot to process but she said to feel free to call her anytime if we needed to ask questions. The truck is really very nice and well maintained and I think we are very lucky to be driving such a nice truck. Most people who start out doing this job with no experience usually start out driving a "starter truck" and then move to a nicer truck after they've proven themselves.
In addition to all that, she gave us some tips on how to handle different situations that might come up with dispatch and the loads they offer. Being new, we welcome all the help we can get.
After a couple of hours, she handed us the keys and wished us good luck and told us she was going to head back home. What an overwhelming feeling that was to suddenly be responsible for this truck that we had never driven and knew almost nothing about. And we were going to be driving it all over the country to places we have never been and dealing with shippers and freight and oh my...Panic mode set in. Thank goodness our son was there with us. He calmed us down and assured us that we could do it.
The next day was the first day of orientation. We had to be there at 7 AM. Stephen got up and drove us over there since we weren't authorized to drive the truck yet. Until we completed orientation and all paperwork was done, we couldn't legally drive the truck. We were both having flashbacks of our horror at Conway, but we tried to keep a positive attitude.
There were about 20 of us in class. Some of us would be driving straight trucks, some cargo vans, and some tractor trailers. The first day was a lot of paperwork that we had to fill out. Thanks to all the government regulations, there is a lot of information that you have to give to drive a truck. They want 10 years work history and it all has to be verified. We were prepared for it all since our boys had already been through this and we had done it all at Conway so we had our info in order. Others in class were not so prepared and had to make a lot of phone calls home to try and get all the info they needed.
We all had to pee in a cup, get our vision tested, blood pressure checked, and then a physical. They had a Dr. right there on site so that was convenient. We got photo id's made. Lunch was served and was delicious. We got several breaks throughout the day and on the classroom portion of the talks they were giving out valuable information so it was not boring like I expected it to be. We were given company policy and procedures so that we would know how to be legal out on the road and get paid properly.
The second day was more slide show presentations, question and answers, going over how to use a qualcomm, etc. Again, things we really needed to know. A lot of people there already knew all this stuff since they had driven before, but for us, it was all new. Everyone we dealt with was respectful and friendly.
We could have been done at the end of the second day but because we had elected to go for our DOD clearance to give us access to more and better paying loads, there was an additional class that we needed to do. We went back on Wednesday and it was an all day session. Then we were told we would need to come back on Thursday to fill out the application for clearance on the computer. We had no idea what we were getting into on that one. No application in my life has ever been as in depth as that one! We were there from 8 AM until a little after Noon completing that thing. No wonder so many people won't get their clearance. It really is a time consuming chore. I'm not sure how long it will take to find out if we get the clearance, the company said they will notify us when they find out.
The shop took our truck in on Wednesday and added the decals with the company logo's and dot numbers, so it's all legal for us to drive now. We drove it to class on Wednesday and Thursday. Of course it had to be snowing both days, but not too bad.
After we wrapped up on Thursday, we went back to the hotel, checked out and sent Stephen on his way to Indiana. We had such a wonderful visit with him during this time that we will always have special memories of this trip. He taught us how to get the truck scaled and how to get it washed. So many things that truck drivers take for granted but for newbies like us, we have to learn.
We drove the truck over to the local Walmart and set off on a major shopping spree. There is so much stuff you need to set your truck up for life on the road. We got everything we could think of right now, but I'm sure as time goes on we'll find more that we need to make life more enjoyable.
Now we are back at the truckstop and waiting on our first load. Oh My God!!!
Friday, February 5, 2010
Last Day at Walmart
I thought this day would never get here! We are both so happy that our time at Walmart has come to an end and we are moving on to a more exciting career. We have been counting down the days. We both got unexpected surprise parties at work. It was very sweet of our co-workers to do that for us.
John's Department Manager put a party together for him and had a cake made. It had a semi tractor on top of it. My Department Manager, who has also become one of my best friends and the only thing that I will miss about working at Walmart, also put a party together for me. She had a cake made for me also and it had a full Walmart semi trailer on top. Very cute and very much appreciated!
It was the first time that a lot of my coworkers knew that I was leaving. I didn't tell too many people because I didn't want them to think that I was better than them by leaving, or whatever. Just really didn't want to cause any hard feelings. Everyone who talked to me in private said they wished us well and wished they could find a way out of Walmart. I feel a little bad talking bad about Walmart, but it truly is a lot of work for very little pay. The only way we survived working there was by having almost no bills and no kids at home to support.
We now have 10 days before our Orientation starts in Ohio. We're working on a plan of how we're getting ourselves and all of our stuff that we want to take with us there. Most likely our youngest son will drive us up there in his car and then he plans to drive on over to Indiana and spend some time with one of his cousins. All I know is that however we get to Ohio, it will definitely NOT be on a Greyhound Bus!!
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Trucks that were on top of our going away cakes |
It was the first time that a lot of my coworkers knew that I was leaving. I didn't tell too many people because I didn't want them to think that I was better than them by leaving, or whatever. Just really didn't want to cause any hard feelings. Everyone who talked to me in private said they wished us well and wished they could find a way out of Walmart. I feel a little bad talking bad about Walmart, but it truly is a lot of work for very little pay. The only way we survived working there was by having almost no bills and no kids at home to support.
We now have 10 days before our Orientation starts in Ohio. We're working on a plan of how we're getting ourselves and all of our stuff that we want to take with us there. Most likely our youngest son will drive us up there in his car and then he plans to drive on over to Indiana and spend some time with one of his cousins. All I know is that however we get to Ohio, it will definitely NOT be on a Greyhound Bus!!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Warmer Today
It's starting to warm back up here in "Sunny" Florida. Thank Goodness! My foot felt good enough today that I went back to work. I can't put any pressure on the front of it so it completely messes up how I'm walking. I did make it through the day though.
Got home and checked my email and had one from the lady we will be driving for. She gave us hotel information and we firmed up the date for orientation. Feb 15th!! Orientation will be two days from 7 AM to 6 PM.....I'm sure that will be somewhat of a drag to get through.
At work today, the store manager came up to me and let me know that she heard my husband and I will be leaving. She asked me a few details about what we would be doing. She couldn't get past the fact that we would be together 24/7 in the truck. Her comment was that we must have a far different relationship than she and her husband do because there's no way she would spend that much time with her husband...It's funny, I've been there for 11 months now and this is the first time she came to me and had a conversation with me. It took me leaving for her to come talk to me. She said she was sorry to see us leave but congratulated us on our new venture. Then informed me that she was going to work the snot out of me till I was gone. And she wonders why no one likes her?
Got home and checked my email and had one from the lady we will be driving for. She gave us hotel information and we firmed up the date for orientation. Feb 15th!! Orientation will be two days from 7 AM to 6 PM.....I'm sure that will be somewhat of a drag to get through.
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John enjoying a peaceful moment before our new journey |
At work today, the store manager came up to me and let me know that she heard my husband and I will be leaving. She asked me a few details about what we would be doing. She couldn't get past the fact that we would be together 24/7 in the truck. Her comment was that we must have a far different relationship than she and her husband do because there's no way she would spend that much time with her husband...It's funny, I've been there for 11 months now and this is the first time she came to me and had a conversation with me. It took me leaving for her to come talk to me. She said she was sorry to see us leave but congratulated us on our new venture. Then informed me that she was going to work the snot out of me till I was gone. And she wonders why no one likes her?
Monday, January 11, 2010
Freezing in Florida
It's funny that we moved to Florida in 2005 from Indiana because we were tired of the cold winters and now we are having a record setting winter here in Florida. Wait a minute, that's not really funny after all!
To make matters worse, I have been sick twice in the last month, was just getting over the second round and starting to feel good again and managed to jam my foot into the recliner and most likely broke my middle toe, although I am not going to bother going to the Dr. to have it checked out. I have taken off work for the last two days because it is so painful I can't put any weight on it. It's actually feeling a little better today so I guess I will have to haul myself back to work tomorrow.....not looking forward to it.
Really can't wait to start our new job next month. I am so nervous about getting started. Especially after the fiasco with Conway. I just want to get to orientation, get our truck, and make our first delivery. Then it will all seem real to me. I got an email from the lady whose truck we will be driving and she admitted that she is really nervous about handing the keys over to us. I wrote her back and told her I don't blame her and I don't know if I could do it myself. That's another thing that worries me. I hope she doesn't get cold feet and back out at the last minute. Especially after we have given our notice at work.
Oh well, if that happens, then we will just have to work something else out. We know now though that this is what we want to do, whether we drive for her, buy our own truck or find another owner to drive for. We will make it happen. We do eventually want to buy our own truck. We talked to a couple who are really pushing us to just do it now and not even bother driving for someone else. I'm just not that brave though.
Hopefully we will get our W2's soon. That's really all we are waiting on right now. I want to get our taxes done, as well as our son's and my parents. Somehow I ended up being the family tax preparer. It would be really great if we all get a nice tax refund. I'm sure my boys will since they are OTR truck drivers. With all the tax changes this year though, not sure yet how it will affect mine and my husband's returns. Keeping my fingers crossed on that one.
You know, calling in sick from work and sitting at home should be more exciting. Guess it would help if I could walk freely without pain. Then I could use this time to get things done around here, but then again, if I could walk without pain, I wouldn't have stayed at home.....what cha gonna do?
To make matters worse, I have been sick twice in the last month, was just getting over the second round and starting to feel good again and managed to jam my foot into the recliner and most likely broke my middle toe, although I am not going to bother going to the Dr. to have it checked out. I have taken off work for the last two days because it is so painful I can't put any weight on it. It's actually feeling a little better today so I guess I will have to haul myself back to work tomorrow.....not looking forward to it.
Really can't wait to start our new job next month. I am so nervous about getting started. Especially after the fiasco with Conway. I just want to get to orientation, get our truck, and make our first delivery. Then it will all seem real to me. I got an email from the lady whose truck we will be driving and she admitted that she is really nervous about handing the keys over to us. I wrote her back and told her I don't blame her and I don't know if I could do it myself. That's another thing that worries me. I hope she doesn't get cold feet and back out at the last minute. Especially after we have given our notice at work.
Oh well, if that happens, then we will just have to work something else out. We know now though that this is what we want to do, whether we drive for her, buy our own truck or find another owner to drive for. We will make it happen. We do eventually want to buy our own truck. We talked to a couple who are really pushing us to just do it now and not even bother driving for someone else. I'm just not that brave though.
Hopefully we will get our W2's soon. That's really all we are waiting on right now. I want to get our taxes done, as well as our son's and my parents. Somehow I ended up being the family tax preparer. It would be really great if we all get a nice tax refund. I'm sure my boys will since they are OTR truck drivers. With all the tax changes this year though, not sure yet how it will affect mine and my husband's returns. Keeping my fingers crossed on that one.
You know, calling in sick from work and sitting at home should be more exciting. Guess it would help if I could walk freely without pain. Then I could use this time to get things done around here, but then again, if I could walk without pain, I wouldn't have stayed at home.....what cha gonna do?
Sunday, January 10, 2010
My first Post....
Wow, am I ever behind the times. I have followed other peoples blogs for quite some time but never felt the urge to have my own. Until recently. It looks like my husband and I are finally going to get to do something that we have been wanting to do for quite some time and I want to keep it documented so that I can look back on it and see if it was anything like we expected as well as keep track of our travels.
If all goes well, next month (Feb 2010) we will start our new career with expediting. Expediting is a form of OTR truck driving with a twist. Our truck will be a straight truck with a 20' box for freight. It will have a daycab with a 96" sleeper with most of the comforts of home. No shower or toilet, however, there are trucks out there that do provide those. Just not our truck. At least not the one we will start out with.
Since this is my first post and just in case someone out there in the world may happen upon this blog and take an interest, I suppose I should give a little background on us. We have been married for 27 years, have 2 sons in their 20's who live out on their own. We are both in our 40's with no real ties at home. We were born and raised in Indiana and lived there until 2005. We moved to Florida because we were sick of the cold winters. We both got very lucky and found jobs here in Florida that actually paid more than the ones we had in Indiana. However, then along came the economic recession and by by went the jobs. After not working for a year, we decided to go to truck driving school and get our Class A Cdl's. We went to a very good school at Mid Florida Tech, a community college which is part of Orange County Public Schools in Orlando. I very highly recommend this school for cdl training. We graduated and got our cdl's in Feb of 2009, all ready to go off on our new adventures only to find out that the recession had worsened and now driving jobs were even hard to come by.
We had applied to Conway Truckload and and were accepted by them. We went to their orientation in Feb of 2009 in Joplin, Mo. We made the mistake of thinking that we were hired. After all, they had done all of our paperwork and brought us out there, right? No. They take you there and put you through their testing and then select who they want to keep and who gets sent home. Needless to say, in our group, we got sent home and the drivers who already had experience got to stay. What a nightmare that was!! We had to take a Greyhound Bus home from Joplin, Mo to Orlando, Fl. First time either of us had been on a greyhound. Not planning to do that again!!
Anyway, got home and called every trucking company we could think of, and there were none that were hiring student drivers at that point. We were very discouraged and had no idea what we were going to do to survive. Luckily for us, one of our friends is a manager at Walmart and she helped us get jobs there. All I will say on that subject is that it kept us from starving.
We were so traumatized from the way we were treated at Conway that we didn't even think of driving anymore after we started at Walmart. At that point we were just so thankful to even have a job. However, as anyone who has ever worked at Walmart would probably tell you, it is not easy nor enjoyable, nor profitable working there. After about 7 months there, I started researching driving jobs again and somehow managed to stumble upon information about expediting. I mentioned it to my husband to see what his reaction was, and basically he said, Hell Yeah! When can we start?
I am the type of person who has to thoroughly research something before I am willing to get involved in it. So I began scouring the internet and learning all I could. I posted some questions on an expediting forum and received a private message from a lady who offered us an opportunity to take over driving her truck. Very sadly, her husband passed away from a heart attack and she will not drive it without him. She had read my posts on the forum and said that we reminded her of her and her husband. We began communicating by email and I let her know that we wouldn't be ready to start driving until after the first of the New Year and she said that was fine.
We had to go ahead and get our Hazmat Endorsements and our Passports, which we finally received in the mail yesterday. We will also be working on getting a clearance from the Dept of Defense for government shipments. Those actually pay better than regular loads.
We gave our notice at work yesterday and let them know that Feb 5th would be our last day there. That was an awesome feeling (and scary). It's really hard to give up a job in this economy. Even though the job sucks, but sometimes, you have to have faith and just do it or your fear will never allow you to live your dreams!
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This is the truck we will start out driving. 2006 Sterling |
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