3 Years In And Starting To Look At The Neighbors Green Grass.

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Anne A. (and sometimes To's Comment
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Thanks for touching base, Anne. Four weeks to the day that we had our last convo, I sent her a message (her preferred contact method as she informed me in the first contacts) asking if there was any kind of update on the zone position. Still waiting for a response. Friday AM will see a phone call - I suspect that there may have been a changing of the guard, or I was just ding-dong-ditched.

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In any event, still looking, but may wind up taking a different kind of driving job. Anyone that was ever in Basic Training knows the old "Which of you Privates has a driver's license with you?" Drill Sergeant trick. The ones that got all excited, thinking they were gonna get to drive the Post Commander's late teen aged daughters around post got their rude awakening "Good - then you, you, and you go drive those lawn mowers over to the parade field and mow it. Make sure you don't miss any places." while pointing to three ratty-arsed push mowers. I may start driving the grocery carts out of the building to the curbside pickup location... :)

I've GOTTA admit, Mr. Mudge ... I've never been in basic training for the military (or anything sadly, for that matter....) but I LAUGHED my buttsky off, at your parody/simile !!! And the 'ding dong ditched' ... HAHAHA!

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There's gotta be SOMETHING better than a WalMart greeter with your background, good sir! Maybe the right thing just hasn't happened into your 'wheelhouse' yet ... (?!?!)

I'm always an optimist; have to be.

Hoping this post will be a precedent (or antecedent?) to your Friday call !!!

~ Anne ~

ps: Have you ever looked into Cardinal ?!?!? (Better backup plan than a 'greeter,' haha!)

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.

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Anne A. (and sometimes To's Comment
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Back to the original topic/thread:

What's UP, @Noob Driver ?!?!? Did you just 'seed the lawn,' or ... buy sod, or ...

Find greener grass ?!?!?!

Hope all is well; we'd love to know!

~ Anne ~

ps: Apologies for the hijack; are you open to 'suggestions?'

Noob_Driver's Comment
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Back to the original topic/thread:

What's UP, @Noob Driver ?!?!? Did you just 'seed the lawn,' or ... buy sod, or ...

Find greener grass ?!?!?!

Hope all is well; we'd love to know!

~ Anne ~

ps: Apologies for the hijack; are you open to 'suggestions?'

Nothing yet, like I said originally I'm happy with Millis. But instead of standing at the fence looking over at the neighbors grass I'm more creeping at the upstairs window peeking through the blinds. Its gotta be a perfect situation, which I'm finding is very difficult to find. I would like something dedicated but I dont wanna do regional home weekly which seems to be all there is. I love my 3 weeks out 4 days off schedule and would like to keep that. Smith transport has a really cool fleet that's a dedicated walmart account that's three weeks out, one week off. But its PA, NJ, Ny and they weren't hiring in my area for that acct.

Regional:

Regional Route

Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.

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Well, Anne, DDD it is, and I'm not referring to the Holy Grail of 13 year old boys.

Called. Emailed. Texted.

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This is what THAT particular employment possibility EKG looks like. Giving up. Got employment completely out of the cab, but keeping the CDL until we move in about a year. There are a slew of bottle gas outfits in our new location that have told me that a three day driver would be GREAT, since most of what their business is check and fill of residential 1075 tanks. I'm keeping the med and HME, so finding work won't be difficult. The new home will be over an hour from where I am now, and the bottle gas places are all within about a 20 min drive from there. Patience will pay off.

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Anne A. (and sometimes To's Comment
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Well, Anne, DDD it is, and I'm not referring to the Holy Grail of 13 year old boys.

Called. Emailed. Texted.

/\__________________________________________________________

This is what THAT particular employment possibility EKG looks like. Giving up. Got employment completely out of the cab, but keeping the CDL until we move in about a year. There are a slew of bottle gas outfits in our new location that have told me that a three day driver would be GREAT, since most of what their business is check and fill of residential 1075 tanks. I'm keeping the med and HME, so finding work won't be difficult. The new home will be over an hour from where I am now, and the bottle gas places are all within about a 20 min drive from there. Patience will pay off.

I'm sorry. DDD is double dang drats, right now.

Might be your best bet, anyway..good sir, the propane gig(s.) Have you read the LTL chatter on TT?

There's a 'plan' that we all don't always 'see,' ... nor entertain, nor agree to.

Best wishes, Mr. Mudge. You know how to reach me!

Always, keeping you in thoughts & prayers,

~ Anne ~ (and the FAT GUY!)

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.

LTL:

Less Than Truckload

Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.

LTL carriers include:

  • FedEx Freight
  • Con-way
  • YRC Freight
  • UPS
  • Old Dominion
  • Estes
  • Yellow-Roadway
  • ABF Freight
  • R+L Carrier
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