New Members - Introduce Yourself

[tinman789]

i'm jon mcclain. i'm out of raleigh, nc. i was looking to hire a driver and managed to find this site. still looking for a driver, but have made some good friends along the way. been driving for 20 yrs. finally bought myself a freightshaker and now i want to show a few other people that there is money to be made out here still if we could all just use our god given minds and, like they say, refuse the crappy freight. Lil. but seriously, well I'm serious about that too. but life is too short to live to work. so i want to enjoy it too. stop and smell a few flowers. I'm single, never been married, no kids, well i have 3 drum sets that I've always referred to as my kids and i have a car that takes all my money...so that must be close to a wife. at least as I'm told. . I'm looking to live, learn, and to grow. and bring as many people as i can along the way just like the ones who taught me did me. I'm a big goofball and i like to try to find fun in every situation.

[somber]

Hey all! I'm Shannon! I'm from southeast Louisiana and am the wife of a man who just left for training with swift...I know , I know 3 week wonder school but its one of the few that would accept him and offered the training so here we are. he's gone and I'm curious is this gonna be as hard as my minds making it out to be or is the money gonna be as good as people say it is anyhoo...this site has been very helpful and I think its great. I'm all of 24 years and quite wise or so I say anyway so if anyone has any advice I could use I'd appreciate it.

[driver62]

Hi! I'm John from Dayton, Oh. I'm 63 (soon to be 64) and retired from driving in 2003.
I'm divorced and have 3 kids (ages 36, 34 and 32).
I check in here and other forums to keep up with the trucking world. Every now and then I get the urge to go back OTR but I have a few beers and the feeling goes away. I still have my class A but did drop the HM. I still drive part time every now and then but mostly I am just enjoying retirement.

Everyone stay safe out there.

[xsgttom]

Hey, I just got back from a winter road trip three weeks ago, never had the experience before and I hope never again. 150 miles took 12 hours, one lake alone took over 2 hours to cross as you are limited to under 10 miles an hour. The road that isn't on the ice is just a trail that has been cut out of the bush and muskeg, no filling of bumps and potholes there I'll tell you. top speed never over 15 MPH, thank goodness the pay is by the hour after you leave the pavement.

Tom

[yoopr]

hey Tom-You running the Ice roads to the Mines/???
Let me know when to contact them for next year-Ran Iraq i can run NWT :P

[xsgttom]

No it was just one trip, 6 trucks, into an Indian reserve with a steel building for spring set up. We have a couple of companies that run into the NWT and the north of the different provinces up here with fuel and supplies but for us it was just a one time deal. I HOPE!!!
Tom

[yoopr]

Hey-I used to run Up to Hay River and i LOVED it--only thing about it which sucked was having to drive through Edmonton and Calgary on Hwy 2??(is that the Highway??)
Delivered a load to a farmer in Fahler(Totally French speaking town) and He had me back into his Barn--Told his wife to draw me a BATH and then Fed me--It was Totally awesome but sadly a very RARE occurence.
Edmonton and Calgary were growing SOOOOOO fast in the 80's that everytime you went through them it changed.

[choperbob]

I'm Bob Solberg. I'm living in upstate New York, been here around 12 years now. I build choppers for a hobby, just love showing them at shows. Have a daughter in Manhatten NY (25 yrs) and a son here (20). Widower. Looking to spend lots of time OTR. I found this site just by chance and I had to share with my class at CDL school. I lived most of my earlier years as a military brat in Europe and Asia. then I have been all over the USA as a hitchhiker , then later as a hobo. I also have riden a large part of our roads as a biker. Last few years I rode around 20,000 or 30,000 miles a year on old chopper. I figured shucks gosh darnit to who. I might as well get paid for doing what I love doing.

[onjay597]

Hi,my name is John. I live in Brocton,NY.I am Married
(35+ years),Have a son and 2 daughters and 5 grandchildren. I enjoy hunting,woodworking and working on old cars. I have been driving for 2 years.

[Snoozer]

Hey all, im Bill, 21 years old from Great Falls, MT. I have been watching the boards for a couple weeks now and have decided to make a career out of trucking and am getting ready to start at Sage next month! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who posts on here, I have learned alot, both positive and negative alike, on these boards alone which is a tremendous help! Hope to see some of you on the road in the future!

[countrygirl]

Well I'm not new here and as long as I have been here I never see this :sad:
So a little about me, My name is Anna and I am 35 and a single mother of a soon to be 17 yr old son, I live in the Southeastern part of Ohio, I have 5 Ferrets and 1 cat and the only sports I like to watch is Bull Riding if I ever turn the tv on. BUT I have to SUFFER through High School sports, and am hoping to get started in truck driving school soon.

[Funk Humor]

Greetings and standing ovations. Hello, I'm Terry (pauses for the addicts to reply in kind) and I too am a driver, thank you for having me and giving me this opportunity to confront my problems.
Actually i probably shouldn't call myself a driver just yet, i drove for CR England in 2003 for about eight months before I thought I fell in love and ran off to Indiana. Only to run back home two weeks later with a new understanding of horror.
I drove for US Xpress for about a week, at the end of which i felt like burning their truck to the ground and rebelling fellow drivers to take control of their headquarters and beat them with bats made from silly putty.
I worked off and on since then but never in a truck. Am currently in talks with CR England to go back to work for them starting next month (May). I miss England and the truck they had me in, I complained alot as a worm but am looking to reinvent myself anew. And carry some gloves this time.
I'm 26 years stupid and probably more smart ass than is smart to be. But i blame my mother for such things, all my other faults I blame on my father. See, I am young enough to get away with that psychological stuff, so you better believe I'm going to use it. Just kidding.
anyway, I'm a California kid, no wife no brats. but looking to change that soon.

[Maryetta]

I am on a "mission" that is to let the truckers know there is a non profit organization formed to represent the consumer affected by the smoking bans. It is FORCES, web site http://www.forces.org
We are an International organization, so it doesn't matter where you are at.

I am Secretary for the International Board of Directors and have a Chapter in West Virginia.

Please feel free to contact me.

Only by organization, like the NRA and AARP - can we have the political clout to stop what is happening.

I am happily married, have 3 children, 11 grandchildren - the last time I was behind the wheel (many, many years ago) I drove for "Mellow Yellow" in Oregon so he could get home for Thanksgiving. I am not, nor have I ever been a professional driver, but as a farm girl, I can drive most anything.

[Funk Humor]

Whats wrong with smoking bans?

[Maryetta]

Question: Why is there No Need for local government to regulate tobacco smoke?

Answer: OSHA already does.


0.5 milligrams (expressed as a decimal 0.0005g/cu. M.) is the OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL) of nicotine (secondhand smoke)

3.3 micrograms (expressed as a decimal 0.0000033g/cu. M) is the actual measured median level of nicotine (secondhand smoke) by St. Louis Park, MN Environmental Health Department (the first ever publicized air quality test results of bar / restaurant secondhand smoke in the nation)



Sutton, WV - Local Health Department bans of secondhand smoke, when the average tested concentration is 150 times below (safer than) OSHA permissible exposure limits, gives precedence that local Health Departments will have to come up with their own permissible exposure limits on thousands of workplace hazards.

An example, airborne chromium levels in stainless steel welding smoke need to be reset by local Health Departments since the OSHA permissible exposure limit is 1.0 milligram per cubic meter, if local Health Departments are going to override OSHA (pel) for chromium to the same standards of secondhand smoke they need to now regulate airborne chromium permissible exposure limits to 0.0067 milligrams per cu. meter.

And of course it doesn't stop there, there are thousands of regulated workplace substances which; to be consistent with the secondhand smoke level you've deemed hazardous; will all need to be reset to 150 times below the current OSHA permissible exposure limits.

In other words if smoking in buildings open to the public, or that have employees is banned by your local Health Department even though it has been measured to be 150 times safer than OSHA (pel), then the public should move for a regulation that all OSHA hazardous substances be regulated, in their local jurisdiction by their local Health Department, at levels 150 times below OSHA regulations for each & every substance on the Federal Standards List compiled by OSHA.

If not done in a consistent manner the courts will see through their arbitrary levels and deem their practice improper and unfair.

And businesses & individuals which suffered financial losses will be due compensation

[Funk Humor]

that wasnt really my question.. but kudos for answering something

[yoopr]

Smoking bans in Restaurants-bars-etc are Unconstitutional--These places fall under Private Property Rights and the Owner, according to the Constitution, can allow or not allow smoking--GOVERNMENT can't-It falls under a "Taking" which is against the 5th Amendment under private property rights.

[MACK]

The owner of the bar or restraunt should decided whether or not they want smoking in their place and if they do and you don't want to be around people who smoke go find somewher els to drink or eat.

My name is Douglas Bothern live in Bear Grass North Carolina hapilly maried with 3 kids also owner of Bothern Transportation.

[Funk Humor]

Good point, thanks for answering my question. I don't really care who smokes or where they do it, but if they blow smoke in my face im spitting a stream of coppenhagen on their shirt

[FRIEDTATER]

They call me Tater,just waveing a hand at ya'll from Gods Country !

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