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    And Still More Things to Learn in Your First 90 Da

    Sooooo...we're sitting in the kajillionth nasty truckstop, ( I know, "kajillionth" is not a word, but it IS descriptive), and wondering where all you experienced drivers sit when you're waiting for a load offer or on layover for a Monday morning pickup? I've seen that some folks sit in the...
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    More Things to Learn in Your First 90 Days

    Now that we've been driving for all of 2 months :P we've gotten a taste of fuel prices and costs, load rates, DH miles, and such...so the question is this: How can we improve our bottom line by manipulating the factors under our control? We use a GPS program for routing. We have to pay for...
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    Things to learn in your first 90 days

    We're just at the end of our 2nd month and want to ask the veteran drivers among us for some insight into some of the things that can drive you crazy...For example: The QC: Dispatch drives us crazy with nonsense questions and messages: R u rolling? (Rec'd 30 minutes after a...
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    We're finally here!

    Hello, all, Perhaps you remember me, I posted sometime back in October seeking information regarding getting into expediting. My husband was in Afghanistan at the time, and we were looking for a way for him to come home, and for us to spend more time together. We got our CDL's about a month...
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    Team Truckin' Wanna-be's

    Hello All, I've been lurking for a couple of weeks, reading all over the forum. My husband, Wayne, has worked for 3 years for Halliburton, in Afghanistan, and wants to come home. I am a former Ambulatory Surgery Center Administrator/RN, and we have no children to be home for. We are very...
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