Recent content by brentwb2

you can actually see pictures of the inside of this vehicle at www.bentzusa.com. check it out...it is truly amazing!

Shouldn't be illegal. Truck driving schools do that every day. Look into it.

Z-man, i have the same background as you. When i graduated from college at 23, I went to a local trucking company to get my experience. After i met my wife, she developed an interest in trucking and we bought one. Fed Ex Custom Critical (FDCC) allowed me to train her and we had a great time...

Verizon Wireless has a PCMCIA card that works as WIFI but you can use it anywhere that you have a cell phone signal. My wife and i have it and it shows up on our bill as an extra cell phone. I think the program is called broadband access. The card costs $100 and it is $60 per month for...

I would look for a smaller local company who trains if I were you. That way, you can actually get to know people in the office and other drivers to ask questions when you have them. Not sure where you live, but there is one in Indiana that I would recommend. Whatever you do, STAY AWAY FROM...

Actually, I have found a new profession. I am now a full-time cop and part time driver. My only point is that there is no clear answer to the question. Would/did I risk it? The answer is no. Do I blame people who do carry guns out there? No. I have slept in some of the less than desirable...

Sounds like a bunch of opinions and second-hand information to me. And everybody knows a cop or is the friend of a friend of a cop who once said.... But I have yet to find anybody who can actually provide the federal code making it a felony to carry a gun in a truck. Not trying to be a jerk...

I'm sure that it depends on the state. I have a class A CDL and a concealed weapons permit, therefore, they do not cancel each other out. 2 years ago, I spoke to a Virginia DOT officer, who claimed that it was a federal offense to carry a gun in a truck. When asked if he could provide the...

Kind of along the same lines, but not quite...I have a guy driving for me who is deaf. I never thought it would work, but he has been a driver for years. He can't hear when you talk to him, but he can read lips pretty well. According to him, he is legal as long as he can hear sirens from...

I would recommend that you be tactical in your freight selections. Understand that there are dead areas, like MT and UT. There is nothing wrong with declining to take a load once in a while. At orientation, they try to tell you to take every load that is offered and like it. The problem with...

RE: Getting into this business? Questions and Ans If you need to bring home $4500 in cash every month as a new driver, owner and solo, no offense, but I think you are wasting your time, especially if you want to buy a truck. Unless you bought a brand new truck with a warranty, I believe that...

RE: CUSTOMS RE: Our Longest Run of ALL TIME Yes, my wife and I are no longer on the road. It is great to feel like we are a part of it (expediting) again. Keep the updates and pictures coming!!!

No offense to anybody here, but I wouldn't waste my time with a 'B' unit. You and your spouse can get a class B CDL easily enough and then go into a C or D unit. Drive for somebody else. That would be the easiest way to 'test the waters' of expediting and still make decent money. It is great...

Once I got to take an 'E' run of computer software from Plainfield, IN to Louisville,ky. It paid about $1.50 for all miles. When i got there and unloaded, they asked if I would reload with other software and take it a block (inside the same industrial park)and off-load in another dock. That...

I think that it is possible. My wife and I cleared that with an E unit last year, and now some friends of ours just went into a D unit and it looks like they may come close. I was amazed by the revenue they were pulling down on some of these runs!! Very comparable to some of our E runs. If I...