Profile For Stevo Reno

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.

I'll be Watching from afar, BUT my ballot was still cast, AGAIN, for the better / ONLY candidate! hehehe.....I previously only voted back in '92, for Ross Perot....I figured back then if this Billionaire, can run the country like 1 of his multi billion $$ companies. he should be good for us then too !!

Then again, in 2016,2020,2024.............Time will tell soon enough, but my guess is, this should be a landslide towards the right !!

Yes, that sucks big time ! Been there, done that due to bad info from dispatch lol.....Had a few in my day driving, get to a reciever, only to find they were closed for the weekend. Even after asking more than once their hours of operation from our dispatch, assuring us they would be open lol NOT !!

After a couple times of this, I would find the recievers phone number (IF possible) and call em direct, even if dispatch told us NOT to call customers! Almost ALL of our paperwork never listed the customers contact info !! There was more than 1 way to skin a cat hahaha, NEVER had that happen again to us/me

That's what I thought, since Roadmasters, is OWNED by Werner, so they train for Werner jobs...Why jump to go with May after training? I almost went with RMs, even met with their head guy in the office, but my WIOA funding couldn't agree on the training fee.

I called RoadMasters because they said they offer lifetime placement... I called... The dude tells me he doesn't have anything. ZERO HELP

Of course they're not going to help, you trained and bailed out

And yes Nancy, with the current trucking industry it might be a very lonnnnng shot of you getting hired. Since there are 10's of 1000's of drivers, with years, and years of experience looking for new jobs. As a LOT of companies have closed up shop in the last 2 years, and freights in the proverbial toilet

So, since I've intro'd more beef into my diet, I'm seeing 1 significant improvement. I've suffered from constipation for years, at home sometimes, I'd drink Magnesium citrate, to flush out, it's not here in asia.

So the last month I've noticed a big change in it, where I am more "regular" lol...."Droppin' the kids at the pool" at least once, if not twice a day whewww relief.

We went food shopping while in the city, since I had to visit immigration for another 2 month extension. I added some beef breakfast steaks to my buying of ground round. Had to bar-b-que me a couple of em for dinner yummm (similar to carne asada) My honey even tasted it, and liked it (she don't like beef much, or the smell haha)

If you're taking meds for it, they WILL probably find it on a pre-employment drug test....The trucking industry is NOT 1 to with hold ANY back ground info about, they WILL find it regardless. Then, you're done, before you ever start