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It has been some time since I have posted anything and I apologize for my absence. I now face a dilemma. Back in August, I got an opportunity to go into business for myself. I was doing OK until winter hit. Just as I was coming out of the winter slump, which I expected, this virus hit and I am not sure I can survive it. It appears that I may need to get a job so truck driving here I come. It will be about 3 to 4 weeks before I am able to leave home. What obstacles do i face due to the pandemic in the next few months?

Just finished both of the books. They were great stories and I enjoyed them very much. Newborn Nazi was very good. Waiting on another book. lol Thanks Rainy for the stories.

I posted this pic in a thread old school started and out of respect for him and not hijacking his thread I thought I would show it here. This picture shows an electrical house that will run the plant I'm on. It weighs about 200,000 lbs. It was built in Washington and trucked to Phoenix. The combination is as follows. Kenworth day cab, flatbed trailer 16' wide with 10 sets of tandems, that's 80 tires just on the trailer. It also had another tractor, KW also, with a push bar. The push truck had counterweights over the drives.

The route was 1400 miles and total length was about 210' with push truck. It truly was a sight. Wish I had gotten a better picture, but this plant does have a strict camera policy.

Wow! That would be a great picture to see.

What’s an E-House?

They just brought an E House in on the jobsite I'm at. It weighed 190,000lbs. Had a tractor pulling and a second tractor tied to the back of the trailer pushing. Second tractor had a bunch if counter weights over his drives. I failed to get a pic of it.

Thanks for your reply. I assumed there needed to be some creativity involved. I believe I have also read where one could move his or her load a certain distance or under a certain mph and not have to log in. My goal is to master the HOS and attain the level of performance and professionalism of yourself and the many other regular contributors/moderators on here.

I have gone through the high road training program and am now going back through the HOS module. I read in one of your posts where you slept at a receiver and another driver did not. You were first in line to unload and were able to unload off the clock while he had to burn several hours of clock time waiting on you to unload. I am going into flatbed and have a lot of experience around flatbeds being in the construction industry, so my question is: how were you able to unstrap and move into an unload position without going on the clock? As I study the HOS module I may answer my own question. There have been many times when I would show up on site and drivers were already there waiting. Most of the time I have move them a few hundred yards to where I needed them to unload and unstrap the load. Just wondering how this is handled. I direct this to OS but anybody having information is obviously welcome to answer.

Good words from Brett and Old School. Truly wise men. As far as choosing a company there are as many variables as there are trucking companies. Look at what's important to you then choose accordingly. Is it pay, home time, type of freight, benefits, certain freight lanes. As earlier mentioned you may have to take a refresher it whole new driving course. If so maybe look into company sponsored schools.

These are the things to look for in a company.

So CWC, what Harley did you get? Enquiring minds want to know. Lol

Most companies, or at least the ones I have talked with, only go back 5 years. I have two that are almost 12 years old and it has not been a problem.