Mbadriver....
I had a rollover in 11-07 and my company wanted me to stay with them. They even asked me to become O/O via lease purchase program.

Bentstrider.... I've spoken to System Ttransport. I am just waiting to get cleared of my injuries before going with them.

good luck.

pb

 

Not necessarily - a good friend of mine was literally blown off of I-90 outside of Bozeman a few weeks ago. 80 mph winds blew his truck (and about five others) right off the road.

 

Is this them?
http://www.trans-system.com/index.html

 

I've studied some CDL manuals over the past, few weeks.
I'm going to go ahead and get my doubles/triples endorsement tacked on shortly.
I feel if I want to fund any other career options, driving some powder truck might be the ticket.
Nothing wrong with going to school, but I don't particularly care for
student/hipsters living off of gov't aid, and Starbucks checks.
Neither do I want to join them!!

 

At Werner if you were blown over by wind ,and the weather was documetable they would not terminate you they would list the incident as non -preventable ...However because the truck is going to need a wrecker it is going to show on your DAC as DOT non-preventable where as most companies do not report non-dot non-preventable to DAC/USIS . And one could say that you were aware of the weather ,but in some places not driving b/c it's windy would mean avoiding those states for entire seasons .

 

Well, got the doubles/triples added, so here I go again.
As I said, once I'm back into it, 2 full years, then I'll officially put it behind me.
After that, I'll start plugging away at a BSN.

 

I dont think getting a doubles/triples endorsement is going to help very much. The way companies are going to look at it is, why let him pull doubles if he has a hard time pulling one trailer.

They handle a lot differently and are not as forgiving as a single tractor if you screw up.

 

Well, this was a fatigue-related matter.
So, I'm pretty deep in the hole as far as that one goes.
Anywho, plenty of owner-op's I've come across that may give me a chance.
Only thing I have to remember is get enough rest/sleep.
As true with any other career that has been fired towards me.
Asleep at the wheel=crash
Asleep while engineering a bridge component=collapse
Asleep while performing an operation=malpractice lawsuit.

Not trying to be funny, but I'm just stating that my weakness is over-commiting, and throwing everything else to the side.
Anywho, persistence is eventually going to pay off in on way or another.
And I'll be saving up my future, college funds, while those fratboys are flooding those late-night, college-loan commercial hotlines.

 

If you had your own truck and someone came to you and said, "Will you hire me? I had a rollover accident and fatigue related issues, but I have 14 months of experience" would you hire that person? Probably not, because if something happened, the owner is going to take a pretty big hit to his bottom line.

This probably isn't the right career for you if you think you're going to make big bucks or if you think you need to do it to prove something to yourself or to fix your ego.

Also, Company's that can't afford to lose drivers, or have an open position (like delivery drivers, or someone with a specific route that's been around awhile and knows ins and outs or can cut through office politics) will usually keep a driver even if he screws up big. In 2003 I hit the same car twice, but I kept my job because it's not easy finding someone who will hand unload a 53' ft trailer full of biohazardous waste.


I'm not trying to be a dick, just being realistic.

 

If you want to pull Reefer Try Henderson they may give you a try they have a regional plan out of CA or you can run OTR.