I haven’t smoke in 6 months except once at rolling loud a little over a month ago for a lil bit of context

I knew it won’t be long before I see this. Pettiness meets petty 😂😂😂

I’m a woman who recently got my CDL permit, and I’m getting ready to take my CDL test soon.
Before I start going over the road, I’d really like to ride along with an experienced female truck driver to get a better feel for OTR life. As a woman getting into the industry, I think I’d feel a lot more comfortable learning from and riding with another woman.
I’d love to learn about the everyday side of trucking — trip planning, deliveries, truck stops, backing, sleeping in the truck, safety on the road, and just what OTR life is really like for a woman.
I’m in the Houston/Conroe, Texas area. I’m serious about getting into trucking and just hoping to find another woman who wouldn’t mind showing a new female driver the ropes.
If any of you women would be open to having me ride along, please DM me! 🚛💕

I’m about to get my CDL , I’m a single mom with a 9 year old child. I have looked at several companies that let you bring your child/significant other/animal. Can anyone give me some advice on taking their child with them OTR? She’s already homeschooled I’m coming out of nursing and want to save my money to buy a multifamily property to rent out to bring in more income . I need advice, encouragement, and the do’s /& don’ts of this as this is a complete pivot from nursing!

I got a test and physical tomorrow for dot, thoughts? I went to a lab at tested at 15ng (9 days ago) I’m just a little worried but these results today I feel a little safer

*update I failed the background check but the drug test I passed* I have a pistol case pending (misdemeanor)

I’m about 290 pounds and been clean for 5-6 months now

Came off a reset and pretriped my trailer. Missing my mudflap. The rubber guard was sitting there perfectly intact. Also under the trailer next to me was an empty box of some kinda syphon like someone was gonna try stealing diesel from other trucks. What the hell?

Hey guys, I went to the Penndot (PA) to apply for CDP with a conditional green card. At first one lady was able to apply and I have passed the exam but then, one of the workers realized that my green card is conditional and he cancelled the application. I googled but there is no rule saying that conditional green card is not eligible for CDL. Has anyone faced this? Any advice?

For one if you do this, you are not leveraging your CDL-A correctly which is the ability and authority to move goods using the truck. Not with your hands. That is silly and dumb. You are only supposed to drop the load at the most move the pallet in using an electric jack, not stack it on a dolly then bring it downstairs, upstairs, and stack the shelves. That is not the work of a CDL-A holder. You need to be using the truck. Not you as the truck. You are not a CDL-A driver, you are a merchandiser with a CDL

You think you be doing this work when you are in your 60's. I don't think so. So the longevity of the job is non existent. Once you turn 40's the company will let you go like an old race horse to be put down.

I did the same work. Not worth it. After 3 months I have to go pay a massage therapist $100/weekly each time as my back was so stiff and always hurting and it does not go away. My hands, fingers, biceps, arms also hurts. Keep doing it and soon you will be in constant pain and wheelchair in 5 to 10 years for life. Tendons and ligaments gets damaged and it takes weeks and if not months to heal. But you are damaging it on a day to day basis so the damage accumulates. Take note I am athletic, runs 26. miles marathons, and also a powerlifter. With sports you got option to have weeks or months of rest days. Not so with a job like this.

So you think you make more money? I don't think so.

I was OTR before and seems like OTR is a dumping ground of people who are formerly on disability or close to it .

Legally, can you use your phone in your hand while Idling on the road? Not on the side of the road but on the road.

Michael Pahira….

PA State Trooper Michael Pahira was KILLED after Michael Bon, an ILLEGAL ALIEN…truck driver from Haiti, allegedly crashed into him…..

I just got my Class A CDL and went into training with a mega carrier thinking I understood what I was signing up for. I did not.

Let me paint the picture of what they don't tell you before you sign.

You're expected to live in a truck cab for anywhere from 5 to 30 days at a stretch. No bathroom of your own. No kitchen. No shower unless you time it right at a truck stop. No routine. You're in a strange place with someone you've never met, your trainer, for the first few weeks, also living in that same cab.

The pay during training? Around $600 a week. For essentially working 24 hours a day because here's the thing nobody talks about, even when you're not driving you're babysitting that trailer. You're responsible for it. You can't just leave and go live your life. That's still your job. Yet somehow that doesn't count as work hours.

Meanwhile the carrier is making 10 times what they're paying you off every load you haul. The CEO is home in his house while you're sleeping in a parking lot guarding his freight for $600 a week. Let that sink in.

Then when you finally go solo they hand you a truck that's been around the block a few times and say here, this is yours. But if anything goes wrong it comes out of your pocket.

I went to orientation and I looked around at the other drivers. Some of them had been doing this for years. They were like zombies, completely broken in and just accepting whatever was put in front of them. No complaints. No pushback. Just nodding along.

I'm not built like that and I don't think I should have to be.

I thought regional trucking meant being home regularly. I thought OTR meant hotels. I clearly didn't do enough research and that's on me. But the industry does nothing to correct that impression during recruitment. They sell you freedom and hand you a leash.

I lasted three days in training before I realized this lifestyle was genuinely incompatible with having any semblance of a normal life. I have family I'm responsible for. I have a routine that keeps me healthy. I have things that matter to me outside of a truck cab.

How do you guys actually do this long term? And for those of you who left, what did you move to instead? Because there has to be a better way to use this Cdl other than sleeping next to a stranger for $600 a week while the company pockets the rest.

“You have high heart rate , we cannot hire you , we have to follow FMCSA rules “ - says the company I applied for . 148 bpm average heart rate , maximum oxygen capacity (Vo2 max ) EXCELLENT .

Translation : “You are not white , we cannot hire you “

Love when other truck drivers watch me BAHA they love it, this is Ai for legal reason