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🎉Congratulations 🎉 That is quite impressive 👍 Good luck
Congratulations Solo!
If they allow you to drive once in awhile, best of both worlds.
Good luck!
So I accepted a severance package at the end of 2018 after 11+ years of Ops Mgmt work for VZW/VZ. Jan of '19 I started driving for TMC. Completed my contract and went local hauling milk for the past 2 years+. XPO reached out to me via LinkedIn about hauling doubles to Minneapolis each night (Linehaul) back in March of this year ($31.44/hr for all non-driving related work and .741cpm for all driving related...insane money, but long hours). The FoS at my XPO barn was promoted to manager after the manager that hired me at XPO accepted a promotion and had to move. My then Supervisor, now new Mgr offered me his old supervisor position...HR at XPO said I had to be there a year before I could leave the position and look for other opportunities. Well, enter a company out of MN, and they to reached out to me via Linkedin...and effective this coming Monday, I'll be an Ops Mgr for them managing about 30 drivers for one of their dedicated accounts. A fantastic piece to this is, my office will be roughly 1/2 mi from my home.
I'll continue to maintain my CDL and med card, but looking forward to a bit of the office life again w/ the option to work remotely if I want to.
So if you are looking at driving to help you bridge a gap and even open up other opportunities, then I'm here to tell you it's very possible.
It's been a wild ride!
Congrats from me, also !! Stop back in & update, as you can, good sir.
~ Anne ~
ps: Maybe I should put Tom's resume (of sorts) up on Linkedin ???
Congratulations!
Gorgeous family, Steve ! Love it ! (And I don't have to envy your pool anymore, haha!)
Congratulations Solo!
If they allow you to drive once in awhile, best of both worlds.
Good luck!
MY thoughts, exactly. G' you should look up Steve if you are still in Sarasota! I grew up in Bradenton, FL, a county away, with a pool like his, haha! Good times, for sure.
~ Anne ~
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.
Linehaul:
Linehaul drivers will normally run loads from terminal to terminal for LTL (Less than Truckload) companies.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning them to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
Too funny Anne… eating lunch at the Ugly Grouper in Anna Marie Island.
So I accepted a severance package at the end of 2018 after 11+ years of Ops Mgmt work for VZW/VZ. Jan of '19 I started driving for TMC. Completed my contract and went local hauling milk for the past 2 years+. XPO reached out to me via LinkedIn about hauling doubles to Minneapolis each night (Linehaul) back in March of this year ($31.44/hr for all non-driving related work and .741cpm for all driving related...insane money, but long hours). The FoS at my XPO barn was promoted to manager after the manager that hired me at XPO accepted a promotion and had to move. My then Supervisor, now new Mgr offered me his old supervisor position...HR at XPO said I had to be there a year before I could leave the position and look for other opportunities. Well, enter a company out of MN, and they to reached out to me via Linkedin...and effective this coming Monday, I'll be an Ops Mgr for them managing about 30 drivers for one of their dedicated accounts. A fantastic piece to this is, my office will be roughly 1/2 mi from my home.
I'll continue to maintain my CDL and med card, but looking forward to a bit of the office life again w/ the option to work remotely if I want to.
So if you are looking at driving to help you bridge a gap and even open up other opportunities, then I'm here to tell you it's very possible.
It's been a wild ride!
Congrats from me, also !! Stop back in & update, as you can, good sir.
~ Anne ~
ps: Maybe I should put Tom's resume (of sorts) up on Linkedin ???
Congratulations!
Gorgeous family, Steve ! Love it ! (And I don't have to envy your pool anymore, haha!)
Congratulations Solo!
If they allow you to drive once in awhile, best of both worlds.
Good luck!
MY thoughts, exactly. G' you should look up Steve if you are still in Sarasota! I grew up in Bradenton, FL, a county away, with a pool like his, haha! Good times, for sure.
~ Anne ~
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.
Linehaul:
Linehaul drivers will normally run loads from terminal to terminal for LTL (Less than Truckload) companies.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning them to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
Too funny Anne… eating lunch at the Ugly Grouper in Anna Marie Island.
So I accepted a severance package at the end of 2018 after 11+ years of Ops Mgmt work for VZW/VZ. Jan of '19 I started driving for TMC. Completed my contract and went local hauling milk for the past 2 years+. XPO reached out to me via LinkedIn about hauling doubles to Minneapolis each night (Linehaul) back in March of this year ($31.44/hr for all non-driving related work and .741cpm for all driving related...insane money, but long hours). The FoS at my XPO barn was promoted to manager after the manager that hired me at XPO accepted a promotion and had to move. My then Supervisor, now new Mgr offered me his old supervisor position...HR at XPO said I had to be there a year before I could leave the position and look for other opportunities. Well, enter a company out of MN, and they to reached out to me via Linkedin...and effective this coming Monday, I'll be an Ops Mgr for them managing about 30 drivers for one of their dedicated accounts. A fantastic piece to this is, my office will be roughly 1/2 mi from my home.
I'll continue to maintain my CDL and med card, but looking forward to a bit of the office life again w/ the option to work remotely if I want to.
So if you are looking at driving to help you bridge a gap and even open up other opportunities, then I'm here to tell you it's very possible.
It's been a wild ride!
Congrats from me, also !! Stop back in & update, as you can, good sir.
~ Anne ~
ps: Maybe I should put Tom's resume (of sorts) up on Linkedin ???
Congratulations!
Gorgeous family, Steve ! Love it ! (And I don't have to envy your pool anymore, haha!)
Congratulations Solo!
If they allow you to drive once in awhile, best of both worlds.
Good luck!
MY thoughts, exactly. G' you should look up Steve if you are still in Sarasota! I grew up in Bradenton, FL, a county away, with a pool like his, haha! Good times, for sure.
~ Anne ~
My STOMPING GROUNDS, omg !!!!! I'm so JEALOUS!! (as my belly growls!) Take pix !!!
~ Anne ~
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.
Linehaul:
Linehaul drivers will normally run loads from terminal to terminal for LTL (Less than Truckload) companies.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning them to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
Well, sometimes good things do come to an end. After 40 years, the customer ended the contract with my company and while I could have stayed on as an Ops. Mgr, I would have had to move and that's not an option I wanted to exercise, so we parted ways and on good terms (my (now) former Regional Mgr has stopped by house a few times to catch up)). I'm in a pretty good place and have once again caught an itch to go back out OTR and currently going through the process of joining Blackhawk and their PODS account. I had always wished it was me in their trucks as they pass by with 3 pods and 6 straps while I was wrestling a lumber tarp into my headache rack. Guess now I get to experience that life.
Been a heck of a 4.5 year adventure in this commercial trucking world. It feels like it's been 10 years.
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.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
DAC:
Drive-A-Check Report
A truck drivers DAC report will contain detailed information about their job history of the last 10 years as a CDL driver (as required by the DOT).
It may also contain your criminal history, drug test results, DOT infractions and accident history. The program is strictly voluntary from a company standpoint, but most of the medium-to-large carriers will participate.
Most trucking companies use DAC reports as part of their hiring and background check process. It is extremely important that drivers verify that the information contained in it is correct, and have it fixed if it's not.
That sucks man but glad you got to enjoy it while you could. If you wouldn’t mind let us know how the Blackhawk job goes. I almost took that job last year but opted for a more standard flatbed job instead. I was worried they might not be very busy but I had absolutely nothing to go off of. Seems like it would be a great simple job!
That sucks man but glad you got to enjoy it while you could. If you wouldn’t mind let us know how the Blackhawk job goes. I almost took that job last year but opted for a more standard flatbed job instead. I was worried they might not be very busy but I had absolutely nothing to go off of. Seems like it would be a great simple job!
You are 100% correct in your concern. IMHO, if your budget/family depends on year around mileage, the pods accounts (regardless of carrier) are probably not the way to go until something gives me the confidence to relocate en masse, like they were in yester-year. I'm in a pretty good position fiscally that I could not work winters and be just fine, so even minimal miles while retaining benefits is still a net positive for me.
I will give updates similar to what I did when I first joined here and started my CDL journey with TMC back in 1/2019.
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.
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So I accepted a severance package at the end of 2018 after 11+ years of Ops Mgmt work for VZW/VZ. Jan of '19 I started driving for TMC. Completed my contract and went local hauling milk for the past 2 years+. XPO reached out to me via LinkedIn about hauling doubles to Minneapolis each night (Linehaul) back in March of this year ($31.44/hr for all non-driving related work and .741cpm for all driving related...insane money, but long hours). The FoS at my XPO barn was promoted to manager after the manager that hired me at XPO accepted a promotion and had to move. My then Supervisor, now new Mgr offered me his old supervisor position...HR at XPO said I had to be there a year before I could leave the position and look for other opportunities. Well, enter a company out of MN, and they to reached out to me via Linkedin...and effective this coming Monday, I'll be an Ops Mgr for them managing about 30 drivers for one of their dedicated accounts. A fantastic piece to this is, my office will be roughly 1/2 mi from my home.
I'll continue to maintain my CDL and med card, but looking forward to a bit of the office life again w/ the option to work remotely if I want to.
So if you are looking at driving to help you bridge a gap and even open up other opportunities, then I'm here to tell you it's very possible.
It's been a wild ride!
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Linehaul:
Linehaul drivers will normally run loads from terminal to terminal for LTL (Less than Truckload) companies.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning them to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.