New Life...
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Glad you are going for what you want!!! I hate it when someone tells me that I can't or shouldn't do something. Kind of makes you want to do it and do it with excellence. I wish I could have figured the same thing out at 39 instead of 52.
Enjoy your new life with your head up.
Don't ask for anyone's blessing. I'm 53 and doing this for me, because I know I will enjoy it immensely. My 3rd and final career until retirement. . Did my time in office administration, 20 years in Healthcare. . Now onto something new :-)
Now if I can just get parallel parking mastered and get a few small chinks worked out on my double clutching , I'll be good to go test with DOT in the first week of December. Yes, the Kentucky State Police no longer do our testing here.. Vehicle Enforcement does lol.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Double Clutch:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.
Double Clutching:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
Keep your head up and don't let them bring you down! Not a lot of people understand why we choose to do this, and they don't realize it's something that makes us happy or will make us happy. Don't let the lack of support bring you down. Once you get out there and are doing it, they may be a bit more supportive. Safe travels!
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
Don't ask for anyone's blessing. I'm 53 and doing this for me, because I know I will enjoy it immensely. My 3rd and final career until retirement. . Did my time in office administration, 20 years in Healthcare. . Now onto something new :-)
Now if I can just get parallel parking mastered and get a few small chinks worked out on my double clutching , I'll be good to go test with DOT in the first week of December. Yes, the Kentucky State Police no longer do our testing here.. Vehicle Enforcement does lol.
Lynette -- I logged on to find out if I was the only lady over 50 with NO trucking experience to start a new career ... and found your post. I am just now studying for my permit, the more I learn, the more interested and exciting I get about the possibilities.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Double Clutch:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.
Double Clutching:
To engage and then disengage the clutch twice for every gear change.
When double clutching you will push in the clutch, take the gearshift out of gear, release the clutch, press the clutch in again, shift the gearshift into the next gear, then release the clutch.
This is done on standard transmissions which do not have synchronizers in them, like those found in almost all Class A trucks.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
Hello Trucking Ladies, I have been a school bus driver (Class B) for the past five years. It is a great job and I love it, but it does not offer the financial independence I want. Few jobs do these days. In that five years I attended my local community college and earned an Associates degree which I am very proud of. I find it very refreshing to see many women making career changes later in life. I have raised my two children and now want to do things I have never been able to do before like travel cross country, make a highly respectable income, and be able to build financial security for the future. Good luck to all you ladies going forward, and for blazing a path I soon will follow.
I too am a newbie just starting out.. I have been a school bus driving for the past year and want to move on to bigger and better things... Tired of dealing with bratty kids and low pay.. So I am going to school March 7th and am going to team up with a buddy so we can support each other and learn together... Can't wait for the possibilities out there and more financial freedom until my retirement in 7 years...
Way to go lady!! This is my last career also until retirement! Happy and safe trucking and hope to meet up with you some day!
I, too, am beginning over, but this will be my first ' career' per se. Since moving to NV, all I've managed to do is warehouse, and I'm fed up with getting laid off. I saw an ad on Craigslist, started researching, and now I'm scheduled to begin truck driving school in a little over a week. Had to move some mountains to get this far, but I suspect those mountains will come back at me soon enough lol... Onward and upward!! Looking forward to meeting y'all on the road some day!! Phoenix
HOS:
Hours Of Service
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I am recently a single mom and decided that for the first time ever I was going to go and Do something for me. So I decided to go back to school and learn to drive truck and learn some heavy machinery too. Boy...I did not expect the huge lack of support! Silly me expected friends and family to back me. I have ONE person who has been by my side since I decided to do this.
I have so much to prove to myself and I just want to give encouragement to you ladies who are doing the same. Screw the haters, do this for yourself! It's going to be hard enough without having a bunch of jerks yipping in your ear. Study hard, push yourself and get things done.
I'm 39... Life is just beginning!
Bernie KW Canada