Profile For Stevo Reno

WOW ! Just WOW ! I have wondered about her quite often, once she quit posting much. I too like OS talked to her many times, she'd call me or vice versus, many times. She was a very cool lady and funny, I figured she just got busy with LIFE doing other things. Last time we talked was days before I was flying out of the U.S.

A very sad day of news for sure, and I've missed our chats and will always miss those and never forget her spirit and what she did here helping out !! Rest in Peace dearest Annie, you will be missed definitely by many!

I drove for Legends for all of 4 months, before my retirement. I would still be there if not for my plans to retire early and leave the US lol.....I signed the same form I think back in Dec 2021....Orientation was only 3 days maybe because I had driven already elsewhere for 2 years prior.

I liked it there very much, I had a sort of "dedicated" run from Fontana/Rancho to Texas/ Oklahoma and made bank! I also loved how they paid all bonus's as well. Separately listed as "reimbursements" so NO taxes were taken for those. LIke at the time a $10,000 driver bonus over 2 years. Helped boost my checks when I got those , and I got the orientation pay was the very next days later.

After 1 month of driving there, I also got my $1,000 seated bonus addition.....

.....SAM

Well, you're Turkey Day has arrived !! Don't overeat lol eh gorge yourself if ya wanna.....Stay safe and healthy all the time....I do miss the turkey n fixin's but eh my 65th Bday is on the 1st, told my filipina to not go all out on anything, maybe just a cake, pork n fish Now I AM ancient hahaha. Remember as a kid thinking, that 45-50 was oldddd!

And to all a happy & safe holiday season, as this 2024 finally ends!

I've noticed lately, after eating me a nice big burger I go like 20+ hours before hunger returns.....Made me a 1/2 lb (guess) burger, with cheese n salsa on top like a steak, no bun/bread. 4:30 pm wasn't hungry again til after noon the next day ! Even though I've never been a breakfast eater anyway, I just eat when I'm hungry at no set time of day or night.

We also seem to buy lots of fresh fish too lo,l my Filipina likes her dried fish blehhh..... @ least the seafood is very cheap here too, compared to the U.S. lol

Yep, get legal council, seems after 2 years , NOW, they wanna get paid, by 1 or both ends.....Surprises me they didn't go after a case soon after the incident.

Wow I heard eggs were pricey in the US lol not here ! We pay $4.82 per a 30 Large egg flat, Beef be it ground or thin steaks etc is $8.50-9.50 per kilo = 2.2 lbs.....Just bought 4 more piglets last month, for our little "piggery" at her parents place. Pork here since it's a staple meat is cheap as well, around $1.50 a pound.

And our chickens are free, and roam free, until "feed time" might have 6 left running around, and Hen's usually have 8-12 chicks each. Lots of em running around and the roosters hahaha Country living

Greg S. No, I didn't say you WERE lazy lol, I said don't be IF chaining has to be done. For the most part you may never have to do that ! I drove in a lot of winter conditions, we only had to chain up once in my 3 years driving. We were up in Bishop, Cali after a big storm, CHP had everyone chain up before going over the mountain. We did (learned how right there) had NO training, once we got over the ridge, down to cleared roads, off the chains went. Never did again, because usually we shut down ahead of time, before getting to an area needing the chains.

I respectfully disagree on 2nd hand smoke myths. Sorry for your family loss, if that was the case. A study was done over 30 years ago by 2 German scientists. They showed it would take 20 years in a 20x20 room with a smoker to suffer ill effects of 2nd hand smoke.

My biological "father" died of smoking 3 packs a day of Pall Mall reds, plus being an alcoholic @ 57. Step dad smoked, but cholesterol clogged a main heart artery and he dropped dead @ 65. He smoked anything cheap since a kid. My mom smoked from 13-72, and quit cold turkey 1 day. Died in 2012 from ovarian cancer, not smoking. I've smoked 50 years now and have great lungs per last physical exam....

It's really, ALL about genetics, some die from it either way, and others don't. I've also wondered why, small dogs (mammals) don not die from 2nd hand smoke when living in a house full of smokers??? My parents dogs all lived 16-20 years, you'd think they'd die sooner since their lungs are so much smaller hmmmm

Anyway, all the best luck starting your new adventure, because that's what it can be lol

1) don't know.....

2) NO you can't be picky right out the gate. A LOT of truckers smoke, period! It probably would take longer to be paired with a non smoker. I smoke, and had my first 2 co drivers that didn't. The trick is only the smoker cracks open HIS window, so it sucks the smoke out of the cab. I HATE stinky smoked in smelling cars or trucks, mine never have stunk! As a pig? eh luck of the draw.

3)How are you gunna know right away if he is or isn't training you right? lol.....Go with the flow, and worry about that later if you feel that way. You can "request" a new trainer, but who knows it that will work out...

4) No you can't ask for special "stuff" lol you get what they pay for, and those onspot chains probably won't happen. Don't be lazy, IF you ever need to chain up, it's not THAT hard to do.

5)Sure lot's do that , I did it for the most part.......6) it's do-able 5 years, depending how much you actually "save" maybe 300k is a long shot, that'd be 60k a year. Depends on your annual income too, it's gunna take you probably 2 years to know enough to make very good money.....Last job I had, 4 months solo, I pocketed, and saved 20k+ in Jan-March 2022, for my early retirement.

7) Never had that problem...........8) That don't get you raises, those are usually on some form of a schedule. All companies vary greatly. Taking every load you get, is what you should do. BUT, you have to have, and keep a great attitude with those, you work for. Being a P.I.T.A.,a whiner, complainer won't get you very far, but sitting alot lol. Having a Go getter attitude, and doing it safely, and on time, keeps you rolling...Your manager ain't your baby sitter out there, and you're not their only driver they manage daily.

9) Everything depends on your positive attitude, and getting things done as needed. You wanna be the "Go To" driver as best you can be. And the freight market needs to improve greatly soon, since it's been in the crapper a couple years now....

Don't worry about things you haven't even experienced yet. Focus on the task at hand 1st, LEARN to drive, DON"T wizz & moan over training time, it goes by FASTER than you think. Take 1 day at a time, and learn something everyday....

I've always been the type to, speak my mind, say what I think of something as I think it, bluntly, no filters not worrying about if I pizz em off or offend. Both, to strangers, or my family/friends....I've shocked a few in my day to see them with their mouths hanging wide open in shock hahaha

I bought the t-shirt saying "He is NOT my President" of JB. in July of 2021, for my best buds birthday, we went to Laughlin, Nev. to stay 3 days and gamble etc. On the 3rd day that t-shirt was all I had left clean to wear. So we meet up to go down to eat etc, his wife tells me "damn you might get some h3ll from people, wearing that!".....I said HA, I dare someone to gimme shyt bout it ! lol Well, was just the opposite, every one, even an old lady or 2 gave me thumbs up, and agreed. and a few fist bumps. Not like I was worried of the opposite effect.... I not in this world to please or be liked by strangers in the night.

I'd also had bought a black face mask when we had to wear em, say "F Biden".... I was at a delivery, and was told I needed a mask to be in line at the receiving window, ooops forgot in my truck, went to get it. Now the line of drivers, 6 or 8, was 2 black guys too, I chose the F Biden mask, as it was fastest to grab. I thought, "Just let someone, anyone, say shyt about it!! " Well, got a dirty look or 2, but no one said a damn thing hahaha.

Funny story, living in Arizona, in the '90's I had a gf and our 3 kids go to store buy food. As we walk thru veggie section, 3 older mexican guys are speaking in spanish, as my gf walks past em (ahead of me by 15+ feet) about her little butt in her tights. And I do speak & understand spanish.

I had a ponytail past my butt back then, as I came to them, I told em in spanish "ya like that huh, why don'tcha look at your own wives fat azzes over there!" With a shocked look on thier faces, looking at me mouths hanging open, they didn't expect a surfer type, longhair dude, to speak their lingo!! A Deer in Headlights moment! (My ex wife was hispanic and she spoke NO spanish)

Besides, this topic has everything to do with the trucking industry! Look how bad freights gotten since Biden took over. Everything relates back to the money, and the effects of high inflation. How many trucking companies have closed up in the last 4 years?? Probably more than we can count.