Ready For My Next Adventure

Ok, it is time to update everyone on my progress toward Barr Nunn.

I pickup in the morning in Chicago a load that will get me back to the main Prime terminal in Springfield MO. When I get there I will be turning in my truck and flatbed equipment. I should be able to get all of this done by Saturday afternoon (I hope).

Then Barr Nunn is renting me a car so I can get from Springfield to their main terminal in Granger IA (just outside Des Moines) where I will attend a 2 day orientation, get assigned my truck and be back on the road by Wednesday (I hope).

As I go through orientation I will update when I can. So far they have been very good to work with as far as accommodating my getting everything done I needed to get done before going to them.

If anyone is interested, send me a PM and I will get you the name/number of the recruiter I have been working with.

Ernie

Good luck Ernie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck. They say it takes 21 days to form a habit. So in 21 days we will have you trapped in dry van and never let ya go and that's not because we have you tied up either though it does help alot.

But seriously I find dry van to my liking after running refer for 14 years. A lot less work and more drop and hook.

I pickup in the morning in Chicago a load that will get me back to the main Prime terminal in Springfield MO. When I get there I will be turning in my truck and flatbed equipment

Consider taking pictures of everything just to protect yourself. Whenever I would turn in a truck I would take pictures of the entire truck, inside and out, to show there was no damage when it was turned in. I would also take pictures of any equipment I had to return to show that I had turned it in. Finally, I would take pictures of the truck itself from an angle that shows it being parked on company property so they can't say you abandoned it on the road.

And naturally you're going to want signed copies of paperwork verifying everything also.

One company I worked for tried to claim I abandoned their truck. Baloney. I never abandoned a truck in my life. I always turned them in to the company terminal without any damage. Luckily I had those pictures because that company went out of business a few months after I quit. Without those pictures there was no way for companies to verify that what he put on my DAC was false.

Another time there was confusion over where I turned in my truck. I turned it into my home terminal which was a satellite terminal, not a main terminal. Somehow the proper paperwork wasn't done and once again my DAC showed I abandoned a truck. Fortunately I was able to get that straightened out and they took that off my DAC report. But the companies I applied to were also extremely happy to see I had physical proof that what I was saying was true because they had already seen the DAC report before it was cleared up.

In trucking you always have to keep your head on a swivel. When you're driving you're always in danger of someone else doing something stupid to ruin the good thing you have going. When you're not driving you're always in danger of someone else doing something stupid to ruin the good thing you have going.

Brett, you are so right about someone else doing something stupid to ruin a perfectly good day.

Had never though about taking pictures, but a very good idea just in case.

I will be to Prime's main Springfield terminal in the morning. Hope to get all the things I need to get done tomorrow so I can get my rental car (paid for by Barr Nunn) Sunday morning & drive to the main headquarters in Granger IA for Monday morning orientation.

As my orientation with Barr Nunn goes, I will try to give updates so there will be something for others to look back on should anyone be interested in Barr Nunn.

Ernie

Good luck. They say it takes 21 days to form a habit. So in 21 days we will have you trapped in dry van and never let ya go and that's not because we have you tied up either though it does help alot.

But seriously I find dry van to my liking after running refer for 14 years. A lot less work and more drop and hook.

Thanks Guy, just what I needed, a smarta$$. All kidding aside, I have heard dry van is much better than reefer.

Ernie

Good luck. They say it takes 21 days to form a habit. So in 21 days we will have you trapped in dry van and never let ya go and that's not because we have you tied up either though it does help alot.

But seriously I find dry van to my liking after running refer for 14 years. A lot less work and more drop and hook.

Thanks Guy, just what I needed, a smarta$$. All kidding aside, I have heard dry van is much better than reefer.

Ernie

Dry van...refer....flat bedding.....bed bugger....hopper bottom.....drop deck(flat bedder wanna bes).....

They all have their own fan base. I just happen to like dry van the most but that's only because i have a good gig right now running teams with my brother and making more than should be legal for a job i love so much.

I pickup in the morning in Chicago a load that will get me back to the main Prime terminal in Springfield MO. When I get there I will be turning in my truck and flatbed equipment

Consider taking pictures of everything just to protect yourself. Whenever I would turn in a truck I would take pictures of the entire truck, inside and out, to show there was no damage when it was turned in. I would also take pictures of any equipment I had to return to show that I had turned it in. Finally, I would take pictures of the truck itself from an angle that shows it being parked on company property so they can't say you abandoned it on the road.

And naturally you're going to want signed copies of paperwork verifying everything also.

One company I worked for tried to claim I abandoned their truck. Baloney. I never abandoned a truck in my life. I always turned them in to the company terminal without any damage. Luckily I had those pictures because that company went out of business a few months after I quit. Without those pictures there was no way for companies to verify that what he put on my DAC was false.

Another time there was confusion over where I turned in my truck. I turned it into my home terminal which was a satellite terminal, not a main terminal. Somehow the proper paperwork wasn't done and once again my DAC showed I abandoned a truck. Fortunately I was able to get that straightened out and they took that off my DAC report. But the companies I applied to were also extremely happy to see I had physical proof that what I was saying was true because they had already seen the DAC report before it was cleared up.

In trucking you always have to keep your head on a swivel. When you're driving you're always in danger of someone else doing something stupid to ruin the good thing you have going. When you're not driving you're always in danger of someone else doing something stupid to ruin the good thing you have going.

Good advice, I will remember that.....

Ok, got everything turned in today. Turn in inspection done.

So now tomorrow I head to Granger IA (just NW of Des Moines) for Monday morning orientation with Barr Nunn. Will start a new thread about their orientation as I go (if I have time).

Ernie