Profile For ID Mtn Gal

Back on August 29, 2022,I was involved in a non-fatal accident where a sport bike ran into my trucks passenger door/ fairing as a result of such, I was fired from the company I was employed by at the time. Ever since, every company I've ever applied for has responded the same: "our insurance will not let us hire you." Any suggestions as to what I could do to get back into the industry?

Okay....there's more to this story than what you are giving us.

For one, if the sports bike driver hit you, you should not have been fired and not able to get a job.

So, two, what were you doing when the bike driver hit you?

Did you or he get a ticket? If you got a ticket, what was the charge?

Tell us more about this incident and what you have been doing since Aug 2022 (2.5 yrs ago).

It's been a tough market for the past several years and it will be awhile before it corrects.

I take it that you went thru a private school and they weren't attached to a company that would hire and train you. So that will be even more tough to get hired. However, the big question is, what exactly are the non-moving violations and exactly how old are they? You may consider them unimportant, but to a company that's looking to hire a person, it is important and may be a deal breaker.

Laura

I once told a guy that my APU was required by law to stay on and power my ankle bracelet while I was on parole for manslaughter of trucker who accosted me with annoying questions. I got manslaughter cause the pharmacy mess up my psyvhe meds.

Shut him up real fast. He wasn't sure if I was telling the truth or not.

Oh my gosh, Kearsey!! That is just too funny! I wish I can think of things like that on the spur of the moment!

Laura

Thanks Kearsey,

Her daughter Jamie posted on FB on Weds and I talked with Tom for almost 3 hrs that night. It was hard to comprehend what he told me. What was harder is that I talked with Anne the day before she passed and she had just seen the doctor and was excited to look into going to driving school. Sorry I didn't post this when I found out, but am dealing with severe depression because I can't get a job and now not having Anne to talk with.

Laura

On top of those things you asked about, there is the bookkeeping side. You will be a 1099 driver, NOT a W-2. So your Worker's Comp is paid by you. Your Social Security is not 7.65% like regular workers, but double as you are now Boss and worker. You will need an accountant who knows the trucking rules and they aren't cheap. I do see in a post up above that you now know what we think about LO's. That's good.

Laura

I ran that route regularly after dropping my container at the Port of Oakland.

From Fresno it is shorter by 80 miles going south to Bakersfield getting on 58 to Barstow. There, pick up 15 to 70 in UT. Go across Utah and Colorado to the Denver area. Get on 76, which will take you up to Big Springs NE, on 80. Time-wise it is as long as the extra 80 mi going across Donner. It depends on if your company wants you do the shorter miles or the faster time.

It's a good time of the year to go the above route. I've done it in winter but I don't like chaining up. Also, as of September 1st, you are required to carry chains in Colorado and going over Donner. Six is the minimum you have to carry. Colorado will probably have overhead signs with the new areas that they are requiring chains on. Just pay attention and have them on your rack or the side box.

Have a safe trip

I was told I should start in propane, and then move into fuel. That it is harder to go from fright to hazmat because of a lack of hazmat experience? Should I attempt to start hazmat this way? Also, I am willing to work for minimum wage my first year, is this a good idea?

I thank the original poster for their bravery in even asking their question.

Howdy!

We never recommend going into tankers hauling any kind of liquid because you don't have the basics down and you throw that sloshing around into the mix, and it's an accident waiting to happen. I understand propane is a tanker on a chassis attached to the truck. I've seen plenty of them out there, but it's still liquid that moves a truck around.

It would be far better for you to do dry van or reefer, get your year or two experience and then look at doing propane or fuel. Most of those companies require 2 or more years experience driving.

I don't understand why you think you have to move out of the USA because of your RSO incident. My company laid off 3/4 of their employees back in May, including me, and at the end of May the last of the employees got let go and the doors were shut. I have been looking for local work because I really don't want to go back over the road again, 10 years was long enough.

What I am seeing on indeed.com, glassdoor.com and my Idaho unemployment website, Idahoworks.com, is that there are a lot of companies with regional or local jobs that will put this statement in their description of the job: "People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply".

Use our link to apply everywhere. If you get turned down by all of them, then go to the above websites and look there. Also look at Craigslist.com. As long as you have not reoffended, do as your parole officer says to do, you stand as good a chance as anyone out here.

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Good luck to you.

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Immobilizer

I've never seen anything like this.

Truck had to go into the shop in Albuquerque, while I was running containers at the time. I asked the Freightliner people where to drop my trailer and they told me down the street a little ways and so I bought a kingpin lock at the Love's and put it on. I expected to be repaired and back on the road in 6 or 7 business days. That didn't happen and then the company had me come to get another truck and I did not get back to that container for 4 weeks. I don't know if the company had somebody stop by ever so often to see if it was still sitting there or not. When I did get back I was shocked that it was still there with the kingpin lock on it.

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Laura

Why are you feeling that you are beating your head against the wall? What have you done to start getting your CDL?

Can't give encouragement when we don't know what you've done so far, what you've come up against and what your plans are. Your age isn't against you at all. What is against you is the economy that has tanked, too many drivers and not enough freight to go around.

When my company closed their doors in May....like over 1000+ other companies, I decided to look for local work rather than go back out over the road. I am 73 and I have talked to several companies, but they have had to let guys go. So, I can hold off until after election and then see what is happening before making a decision to go back over the road or get a job at a local grocery store or something. I'm not a workaholic, but do have to work to support my house payment.