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    Nervous newbie

    Good you are safe and imagine that The APU started lol. Of course it would now but at least it did now while taking a break so you two wouldn’t have to keep her running every 3 minutes. Stay warm you two and be safe going home them Pictures you sent look treacherous. Enjoy your home time.
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    Nervous newbie

    Thanks for that info. Looking forward to getting into WG/Tval but still thankful we are going the slower route and not jumping right into everything at once. Tomorrow we should be going into service and finally getting out there. Of course we are nervous, but ready. Josh if you are reading...
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    Nervous newbie

    Awesome, ok. Everyone I talked to said it was a good environment and everyone is friendly and that the headquarters is really nice. I will definitely will tell them you said hi if I see them. Hopefully we get the same people since you complimented them. So we will have to do a paper log, that’s...
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    Nervous newbie

    Hey Josh, we’re on our way to Ohio now going across the 80 in Pa. yeah when we go there our truck is there so I was going to go over everything and hopefully it’s loaded already with equipment but don’t know if it will be since it just got done over at FYDA Freightliner. Since we cant drive the...
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    Declined by Panther. Who can help us.

    Thank you. We are ready and excited for this opportunity and thank god every company is different so we can come above the bad and continue on with the good and the positive. I want to thank you personally for our conversations prior, I appreciate everything we’ve talked about. I’ll keep in touch.
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    Starting Hiring Process

    Thank you I appreciate the positive feedback. Very excited for this journey after that set back, that really put us in a very worried mood. Thinking most companies were the same but found out otherwise so it definitely brings out the positive in us and makes us want to work harder to prove...
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    Nervous newbie

    Hey josh. Yeah our owner has been good since day one and stuck by our side knowing everything in had and told us there was hope and kept us positive. He pushed and got us in as quickly as possible. He did tell us that FedEx was changing their system to pulling our own loads off the c-link but I...
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    Starting Hiring Process

    So quick update. After being denied by Panther our owner held on to us and had us apply Fed Ex and we were approved this past Thursday. We were notified today that we will be attending orientation on Wednesday. So we will be leaving tomorrow to drive up to FedEx headquarters and starting...
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    Declined by Panther. Who can help us.

    So quick update. After being denied by Panther our owner held on to us and had us apply Fed Ex and we were approved this past Thursday. We were notified today that we will be attending orientation on Wednesday. So we will be leaving tomorrow to drive up to FedEx headquarters and starting...
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    Nervous newbie

    So quick update. After being denied by Panther our owner held on to us and had us apply Fed Ex and we were approved this past Thursday. We were notified today that we will be attending orientation on Wednesday. So we will be leaving tomorrow to drive up to FedEx headquarters and starting...
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    Nervous newbie

    That’s awesome. You’ll love that week of pay guaranteed lol. Stay safe out there. Hope you and Emily are still enjoying the open road and the expediting life. Keep us updated.
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    Declined by Panther. Who can help us.

    That makes a lot of sense because like panther said they only go back I think it was 3 years for moving violations and 5 years for accidents etc. we did find out why we were declined. They told the owner and he advised us which he saw nothing wrong is willing to try to help us out. But what you...
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    Nervous newbie

    Well skipping winter would be nice all together not just from driving but taking a real vacation would be absolutely great right now lol. Relieve some stress. Glad you got out of a small problem, it’s not funny but I can imagine it happening. I guess bags of chains are good for multiple uses...
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    Declined by Panther. Who can help us.

    You’re absolutely right, we have been 100% honest and provided the information to them. I know lying in an app will get us no where although I wouldn’t do that anyways but I know some people try to skim past hoping they don’t find out.
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    Declined by Panther. Who can help us.

    I did talk to someone with Load One, really nice. Says they don’t bring on newbies although she would like to they can’t and need at least one year experience.
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