View Poll Results: How much driving experience do you have
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How much truck driving experience do you have
#31
04-18-2005, 12:30 AM
Bigfun wrote:
I haven't been driving long...and I hope that I'm not going to be driving long enough to be 'qualified' to be giving anyone advice on trucking. If you dont have something contructive to add.....why post...... Sounds a bit like "Just some guy that drives a truck".[/url][/list]
#32
04-18-2005, 02:47 AM
My husband has been driving now for 5 years. He drove local for a year out of that 5. If he ever goes back to local again he's in trouble
#33
04-18-2005, 03:42 AM
yoopr wrote:
Attitude
And 'Beaver' wrote:
If you dont have something contructive to add.....why post......
Sounds a bit like "Just some guy that drives a truck".[/url][/list] I AM just "some guy who drives a truck", I do it for the money, that's all. This is not to say that I'm not a good driver, because I am. I'm conscientious, normally more polite than most, I don't abuse the equipment or drive aggressively, I get my loads where they're going on time and in one piece. I make money for the owner I drive for. I lift the seat and never, ever 'forget' to flush at the Flying J, (unlike some 'drivers)I haven't even gained any weight from eating too many 'tornadoes' while out on the road, etc. etc. And finally, your response to my unconstructive post isn't 'constructive' either...why ask it?
#34
04-18-2005, 11:26 PM
Originally Posted by beaver
Bigfun wrote:
I haven't been driving long...and I hope that I'm not going to be driving long enough to be 'qualified' to be giving anyone advice on trucking. If you dont have something contructive to add.....why post...... Sounds a bit like "Just some guy that drives a truck".[/url][/list] Very good Bigfun! 8)
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#35
04-18-2005, 11:54 PM
22 years old, started around August 2004.
Skipped the CDL mill and jumped headfirst into it.
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#36
04-19-2005, 02:24 AM
Well I see we have a pretty good variety of people that post on here. Looks like the newbies are neck and neck with the Veterans. I added the guys with more than 5 years to the guys with more than 10 b/c 5 years of being on the road is a long time. I think one can gain a lot of experience if 5 years.
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#37
04-24-2005, 01:43 AM
Ok! I'm back, had to go drive the flatbed around the midwest for a week. I'll try to give a constructive response to the original question without the thick, gooey, sarcastic frosting on the ol' answer cake.
The correct answer is: It depends entirely on the question asked. Simple eh? There are things that a relative newcomer may know better than a grizzled, road-hardened, thirty-year veteran would. If your uncle Jake took you out and showed you the ropes back in 68', that's great, but you might not know diddley about what it's like to go to a commercial drivers school nowadays, like most seem to be doing. Ask the new guys these kinds of things. The older guys know all the 'little' things, the thousands of details that are unknown by new drivers (yet), that will be discovered sooner or later, perhaps the hard way.
#38
04-24-2005, 02:11 AM
Originally Posted by BanditsCousin
22 years old, started around August 2004.
Skipped the CDL mill and jumped headfirst into it. I am curious BanditsCousin. I didn't think any of these companies would hire you anymore without experience unless you attended some sort of drivers school. What's the scoop?? You mentioned that your Dad drove. I assume you picked up a thing or two from him. 8)
#39
04-24-2005, 02:17 AM
I got scooped up by a local Atlas Van Lines agent and the rest is history. They let me practice in one of their rigs and take the test in it. We're a small agency with only 4 trucks 8)
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#40
04-24-2005, 02:48 AM
I think that is the best way to learn to drive. I never went to driving school myself. I don't remember even hearing about them at the time. You don't learn to drive a truck by sitting in a class room. The only way to learn to drive is by doing. I think we would have much safer drivers if they had more real world driving experience. 8)
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