Profile For Clay H.

So a friend of mine was recently telling me his dispatcher was threatening him with a service failure when he called to inform him he was fatigued and about to shut down to get some rest. I told him to tell his dispatcher to get bent and call human resources which is what i would do if i was ever threatened to push through a unsafe situation. My question to y'all is do service failures show up on your DAC? I've never had one because when hauling pods you schedule your own ETA's and i usually wait till im within an hour away to call and setup a time. Just curious because it seems like a lot of dispatchers like to threaten drivers with service failures.

So in my struggle to find a company that fits my needs I've been thinking about just buying a truck and leasing onto schneider. I have basically been living in my company truck for the last year and have managed to save a little more than 30k, i was looking at my options and think im gonna go with lone mountain truck sales. I called on a 2016 volvo they have, they said its got 95,000 miles on it and its still under warranty for 4 years. I plan on putting $12,000 down which will bring my monthly payment down to around $1150 for 40 months. I've heard so many bad things about alot of these lease to own companies, and all the ones i checked out (such as prime) want $850+ a week for some beat up pos with half a million miles on it. figured i might as well finance my own truck so i can take it with me if i decide i dont like whatever company im running for. Anyways have any of you got your truck through lone mountain? What do you think of them in hindsight?

I think tmc hires out of Michigan and we possibly do, pets might be out of the question there though. Most carriers that will hire out of Michigan most likely will run NE. Pods and normal flatbed loads will be different but you kinda have the concept down. I may need to call CRE if you can do 1500 regularly lol. I do like to go home though so maybe not.

Oh and I hit those baby calfs withe the air horn occasionally

I don't get 1500 regularly but i do usually get over $1000 in the last 6 months my smallest weekly check was $950 and highest was $1550. In all honesty they pay lower than most, but if you can get on one of their dedicated accounts such as Wal-Mart, coke, or PODS you basically never wait on a load and drive 3000+miles every week. They also have a few local accounts depending on where you live that pay by a weekly salary. A friend of mine moved over to their kansas city intermodal account and makes good money for a local driver. They pay him $900 a week and he works 10 hours a day mon-fri. If i ever decide to go home and try to get a local job i might try with them again.

Anyone drive for Crete? How do you like it over there? They hired me and want me to head to orientation asap but i told them I'm gonna wait and "shop around" a little more. Also they said they'd start me out at .49 cents a mile hauling a dry van which worries me because that seems pretty high which makes me think ill be sitting alot and getting low miles.

I don't have any experience driving truck yet but I do with dogs and from what I've read and am told flatbed is a lot of work. That seems to me to equate to time. The added labor of tarping AND quality time spent with your companion outside of the truck I would think would be a lot of resposibili. Just a thought.

I thought about that to, the with a flatbed you have to stove every so often to check your straps and tighteb them and that but the thing that would be nice, at least if i could get on another pods account is that theres no time limit so i don't have to rush. With pods you schedule your own eta and you dont call it in until 24 hours prior to your arrival. I dont know if its all flatbed is like that though but i know refer is not. Also i was thinking about getting an older dog from the pound, the pounds by me are filled with older dogs and most people want a younger dog so i dont think excercise and all that will be that big of a concern. I was thinking of something along the lines of a rat terrier or Chihuahua or maybe some kind of spaniel, but defiantly one thats 5+ years old so it will be a little more relaxed.

Dump the air to lower your fifth wheel and lock your inter axel and you might be able to get out if your stuck in snow. A driver thats been out here way to long showed me that one a few days ago.

Buy a book at any loves/ta/petro/pilot/flying j called "pocket truckstop guide" i have the 26th edition and it lists every truckstop rest area abd truck parking location for every state. It includes every stop on every interstate and major hwy and lists each stop by city and exit number/mile marker. The only downside is at the Iowa 80 where i bought mine it cost $1.50 Haha it also says on the cover "over 3 million sold" so it must be good.

No it doesn't, all the bus related questions are on the test for the passengers endorsement, at least thats how it is in Michigan. Most buses are class B vehicles to.

So im looking for a good company to work for, i currently have 1 year experience driving at C.R England. I spent 8 months hauling a reefer, and the last 4 hauling a flatbed. Believe it or not i actually would stay at England because even though im only getting 37cpm with the miles their feeding me and their new bonus program I've been getting $900-$1500 a week. The reason i want to leave is because i want to be able to have a dog because I've been so damn lonely out here, lately I've been so bored im starting to honk at cows and other critters seen next to the interstate. Does anyone know of any companies that hire out of Michigan, allow dogs and stay out of the north east? I was looking at Super service because i noticed on their website for the Midwest regional fleet it says they never go east of Ohio, but was wondering if anyone has any other suggestions. Also I'd prefer a flat bed job but that really doesn't matter because i have no idea how to tarp or chain, all i haul are PODS so all i have to do is throw straps and tighten them up. Hometime is not an issue with me I'd rather be out 2 months at a time and get 3 or 4 days off than be home every week but i need a company that has a terminal within 50 miles of Detroit or lets you take the truck home on hometime. By the way if anyone new out there has any questions about cr england let me know and if anyone currently working at cr england wants to get on the pods fleet message me and ill give you the account managers number and put in a good word for you.