Profile For Jay68442

Like the title says, today is my 1 year anniversary with my current company and in trucking. I did drive for another company OTR for a few months before moving to my current so technically I’ve been driving for a little over a year. I have to say that I’m enjoying my new career. Drove a little over 100k miles and made $65k with this company so no complaints here. I’m home every night and I really couldn’t ask for more. No incidents either! Thank you trucking truth for your CDL training info and forum. Jason

I’m from NY and have driven my rig into Brooklyn and surrounding areas plenty of times.

Bridge heights are marked 1 foot below the real height unless the sign says “actual height”. So don’t poop yourseft if you see 12’ 6” but do be cautious.

Try to go get there before 6am if possible. At least you will only have traffic one way if you get there early.

Take your time! There are many right roads and people double parked so pay attention.

It’s not that big a deal. If you use your head, hold your ground and stay calm you be fine.

It sounds like it's time for you to move on. We all want to honor our commitments and stay with our first company for a year but sometimes the writing is on the wall. There are way better companies out there so don't settle for a bad one. I stayed with my first company for 3 months, it wasn't what I thought it would be so I moved on and I'm a 1000 times happier.

I have been using a garmin dzel 570 for about 6 months now and it has been 99% accurate. There were maybe 2 instances where it told me to make a turn and road was marked no trucks. Not a problem if you read the signs. In both cases the road in question was to narrow to make the turn so I didn't even consider them anyway.

Did you slide the tandems?

Not sure why people hate on Schneider, I worked for them and had no issues with them. I only moved on to make more money. They're are not the best paying but overall a good company.

I keep a flat head screwdriver with me. Small head and sharp, it's makes for a great weapon. Also have 12 years of hand to hand training. Your best weapon is awareness. Always scan your surroundings and never drop your gaurd when alone. Too many people walk around with their heads down and eyes on their phone.

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