Profile For ID Mtn Gal

If you’re comfortable with a male trainer and confident in handling the situation, it might be worth discussing that with him rather than omitting details.

Decent answer. However, she did not tell her husband, got a male trainer who was focused of getting her trained. She passed her training and has been in her own truck for more than 5 mths now.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! on the Million miles and the weight loss!!

Laura

We all want to do the best we can. However, in your first year it's inevitable that some accidents will happen. That's why we recommend that you go thru company training. They are more lenient with some smaller type incidents. The big thing is to acknowledge your responsibility in the incidents and you tell Safety what you learned.

Too many, like the lady above with 3 tow jobs for being stuck in the mud, shows she didn't learn. The comment that she has stories she could tell, tells me she is not taking responsibility for any of the 5 incidents she was involved in.

Laura

Your blood pressure cannot be over 140/90, so you will fail the physical. You will be told to go to your own doctor and have the high BP corrected first.

If you had your CDL already, it would be downgraded to a 1, 2 or 3 mth card. My top number was 150 and the bottom number was always less than 85. Took me two months trying a couple different meds to get that top number down into the high 130s. Changed my way of eating to Carnivore and it has stayed in the low 130's/76-80.

Hope it doesn't take you long to get that under control.

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