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Thanks Rob. Glad you benefitted from my exchange with Victor.

"Watch Your Wagon Driver"; a phrase one of my Academy instructors barked frequently. It has stuck with me, words to live by.

Best wishes for continued success.

That's awesome news Rob. You have a really tough gig but you're obviously doing an amazing job.

For anyone who doesn't know, we always recommend that new drivers get started running over the road or regional freight because it's a lot less intense than running local gigs like this straight out of school. Rob took a shot at it and fortunately it has worked out for him. We've known quite a few people who got in wrecks early in their career and got fired from their first job within a few weeks or a few months. So the path Rob chose was risky, but he's done well with it.

Rob, even though we don't recommend the path you've chosen I have to say one thing is for sure - if you're going to start out as a city driver by God make it Des Moines! I mean, that's not to say Des Moines is an easy city to navigate. There are easily hundreds of people living there and at least 10% of them have driven as fast as the posted speed limit at least once in the past 12 months.

I used to drive for a company based out of Des Moines. Went there quite a bit. It was the most relaxing city I've ever driven through.

Seriously, congrats on doing an awesome job and getting your career off to a strong start!

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if you're going to start out as a city driver by God make it Des Moines! I mean, that's not to say Des Moines is an easy city to navigate. There are easily hundreds of people living there and at least 10% of them have driven as fast as the posted speed limit at least once in the past 12 months.

I couldn't agree with you more, Des Moines is definitely not your typical "big city". For those who haven't been through here it's seriously maybe a 5 to 10 minute drive from "downtown" until you hit rural farmland. In the entire metro, if you can even call it that, there's only about 500,000 people. I've lived in Des Moines roughly 9 months and have only dealt with traffic a handful of times. By traffic I'm talking going less than 50 mph where I-35 and I-80 share the same stretch on the west/north side. Most of the time it was an accident but we were still moving around 30 or so. Even going through the heart of the city on I-235 I've dealt with stop and go traffic once..morning rush hour nasty wreck had only 1 of 4 lanes open. One other thing about working in Des Moines is the violence. I'm always very worried about a cow hiding in the cornfield and pulling a gun on me. Really, there is only 1 area i am a little weary of but thankfully we no longer deliver there. It wasn't uncommon to see new bullet holes in the side if the building on the east side.

I'd better stop talking about how nice it is before y'all decide to come crowd my streets!

That's classic Brett!!

I too love Rob's posts. A really good look at attitude and willingness winning the day; even as a newcomer to the business.

Keep up the great work Rob! 👍

Thanks Rob. Glad you benefitted from my exchange with Victor.

"Watch Your Wagon Driver"; a phrase one of my Academy instructors barked frequently. It has stuck with me, words to live by.

Best wishes for continued success.

I hope its ok G-Town but I use that quote for my students, especially when they are backin and turnin.

Thanks Rob. Glad you benefitted from my exchange with Victor.

"Watch Your Wagon Driver"; a phrase one of my Academy instructors barked frequently. It has stuck with me, words to live by.

Best wishes for continued success.

I hope its ok G-Town but I use that quote for my students, especially when they are backin and turnin.

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Keep up the great work Rob. Wish you continued success.

Drive Safe and God Speed