Profile For Denny W

You will be ok Mountain Girl, we always have big hurdles in life to jump and many ups and downs, but with faith we'll prevail.

I'm originally from Carthage, graduated from school there, and hired in at Tatum on 1-27-86. I used to hang around Nac back in the early eighties. Had friends going to school at SFA. I live in Sulphur Springs now, and work in the Thermo mine just outside of town. I transfered up here in june of '95. It's good to hear from a fellow East Texan, thanks for the line, look forward to talking to you again.

Thanks everyone for all the encouragement. My brother said I was a good catch for the trucking companies. I think flatbed hauling would be my first choice. I have a one ton Ford dually, and a 36 ft. dovetail trailer, that I haul tractors and round bales of hay on; I have a small farm with cows. I believe this gives me a smaller feel for what a bigger rig would be like. I currently operate big Hitachi stripping shovels and Cat D9 and D10 bulldozers. I have operated big Euclid coal hauling trucks with belly dump trailers. I've also operated Euclid and Cat 90 ton endumps. I believe over-the-road trucking would fit me well.

Thanks!

I'm looking at truck driving as a new career. The EPA has placed unreachable emissions standards on the power plant that my mine site supplys fuel to. The mine where I work will close in December 2015. I'm 53 years old, no DWI's, no troubles ever with the law, long work history, and no moving violations in over 20 years. I do not have a CDL endorcement, and no over the road experience. I have been looking at the company training programs and believe this would be a good option for me. My older brother is long time driver for Conaco-Phillips, with a Hazmat endorcement. He's made a real good living and enjoys the job. I have always been interested in trucking, but got into operating heavy equipment in the East Texas coal mines in 1986. I have been getting advice from my brother and would like to ask you all questions from time to time as I get closer to making this move. Thanks alot, Denny Weir