Profile For James B.

You didn’t offend me sir you just told the truth & I respect that more than anything ! Sometimes the truth hurts but this was as good as honey in your mouth, I guess I have had it good all these years, sometimes you don’t know what you got until it’s gone. .. I chose to start driving a truck instead of going back to welding because it can be pretty hot at times and he’ll I thought I graduated from welding to inspecting which was easy street for me but when Covid came in it messed everything up for me and several of the Project Mgrs that I knew and worked with retired because they were going to play all these games wearing a mask/getting tested multiple times a week/getting vaccinated. .. they had plenty of money so they just retired. Anyway long story short, I know your waiting on the short story

Trucking may not be my go to trade lol

PS I definitely made a mistake I should’ve done better research my bad ! I started to get my cdl a few month b4 they passed the law about having so many hours of training, that’s why I joined Trucking Truth but I ended up backing out of it because of the liability and responsibilities. .. Trying to hold out thinking and/or hoping things would change in my industry as a welding Inspector ? When it didn’t I went ahead and decided to get my cdl, I knew the money wasn’t going to be near the same but I found out there was a lot that I didn’t know about all the expectations and free time that they expect you to volunteer lol, it’s a joke compared to what I’m used to ! So much so I think I’m just going to go back to welding pipe again. ..

I will say this I do have a new found respect for you fellas. .. My dad drove a truck all his life when he wasn’t working on them. ..

Peace out

Apparently Brett doesn’t answer his emails or he’s just not a punctual kind of guy or he picks and chooses. ..

One thing I’ve learned about the trucking business is I haven’t met to many friendly ppl since I’ve been involved . .. seems like a lot are butthurt or mad because I do agree this business ask a lot of you but doesn’t compensate you for your time or efforts ! Not to mention all the scalping going on plus there is way to much liability and responsibility for the money they want to pay you fellas. ..

At some point you guys are going to have to stand up to this industry if your ever going to gain any ground ! I feel for all of you fellas & I can see from just the very short time I’ve been involved in this business how ****y it can be and to be honest about it I don’t know much at all !

I know everyone is just trying to make a living and doing what needs to be done is hard & real and will effect a lot of ppl ! Just don’t lose site of who the enemy really is and try to extend some grace to the next individual !

Peace out !

Ok thnx

Hey would you have Brett contact me I tried to fill out the short application on TT and I have already done that but I have a class A cdl now and it won’t let me update it and says to get a hold of Brett thnx man !

Ok thnx man, have a great day and I appreciate your time and patience with me sir

God Bless !

I get it but all I can really do is tell you my experience in life and what I’m dealing with & where I came from and the difference ! Thnx for the advice it all seemed like sound advice, just to let you know I wasn’t trying to brag or offend anyone by bringing up the kind of money I was used to making and at the same time neither was I lying about it ! Just seems like your attitude changed when I brought up the money and if it did and if I offended you I would like to apologize and tell you that was not my intention whatsoever !

Hey thank you both for the replies, I’m on Driver Pulse where I have filled out the majority of all my applications because of how they will auto save & auto fill your applications using a confirmation text to access your information. So I have 10 years worth of work history documented, times I was unemployed everything but have still been turned down by 95% although there has been two or three companies trying to pay me very low wages like .37 cents per mile, I’m getting .50 right now and I feel that’s very low. .. SORRY I’m used to making $3500.00 a week welding & six to seven thousand a week inspecting, yeah you might say I’m not a happy camper being force fed these low wages

“THAT HUMBLE PIE!” has got a hold on me 😂

Hey thnx Old School you are right I am working for a very small company. I’m an old Pipe welder and Welding Inspector & Covid messed everything up for me & I just don’t want to weld any longer. ..

I have tried to get on with the larger companies the biggest thing is my work history in the last 3 years I haven’t worked much and that’s why I got my cdl so I could go back to work plus I’ve had a lot of jobs because I always worked out in the field where 100% of my jobs are temporary jobs and when that job was over we had to ding another one it’s just the nature of the business. ..

I have my Doubles & Triples / Tankers & Hazmat endorsements but no experience, I’ve been doing Reefer for about 5 weeks going to Phoenix, AZ and back to Dallas, TX

I have proof of everything I told you about what he has said and done

Do you have any advice about what I should say to him ?

Lol thnx for your input

Is this legal to do ? The owner of the company told me to do a PC so I could deliver my load the next morning. So I said ok & after I got to thinking about it I asked him if that was legal & he never did answer me. So I didn’t do the PC because if the owner of a company wants you to do something for his company and then you ask him a question about what he’s asking you to do and he won’t answer you it seems like something is wrong ? I’m new to the trucking business thnx ! Oh and he ended up taking money off my check for not making the appointment on time, considering that I got held up where I got loaded there was no way to make that appointment on time but he charged me because I didn’t do the PC.

Any advice would be helpful Thank you !