Need Some Advice Please

[Autumn0718]

I got my cdl back in may of 2006 got hired by C.R. England in june 2006. While working for them I got 3 incidents. First was a flat tire that I seen while doing a right hand turn, second was I hit a rail on the side of a dock while backing, and last but not least A ****ing rubber bumper on the dock fell half way down. So little to say I got fired for this bull**** and haven't been back out driving since 2007. I was told tthat I had to wait 3 years and then try again will my last incident will be 3 years old on the 13th so I am trying again. I just wanted some advice on what companies might hire me. Thanks

[Pack_Rat]

I got my cdl back in may of 2006 got hired by C.R. England in june 2006. While working for them I got 3 incidents. First was a flat tire that I seen while doing a right hand turn, second was I hit a rail on the side of a dock while backing, and last but not least A ****ing rubber bumper on the dock fell half way down. So little to say I got fired for this bull**** and haven't been back out driving since 2007. I was told that I had to wait 3 years and then try again will my last incident will be 3 years old on the 13th so I am trying again. I just wanted some advice on what companies might hire me. Thanks

SO lets get this correct.

#1 Is a flat tire

#2 Is Hitting a rail

#3 Is that a docks rubber bumper fell



Ok first of all a flat is not your fault. Unless you ignored it while doing your pretrip.

Second Hitting the rail would probably count as a incident.

Third a docks rubber bumper falling off. ROFLMAO That is not even close to your fault.

In my opinion. Your major holdup is that you have been out of a truck for almost 4years. You will probably have to do a refresher course. But I would just start calling around to carriers that you might want to work for and talk to them. And this time stay away from people like CR-ENGLAND!!!!!

[Roadhog]

I started to think this was another troll.

[repete]

Pack Rat's on the the mark !
#1With the flat did you rip out the side wall of the tire when makeing the right turn? if not B/S
#2Hitting that rail... thats not that big of a deal unless you ripped the door off your trl, did you?
#3 isn't worth mention

[Fredog]

wonder what the REAL story is

[Jackrabbit379]

I started to think this was another troll.

I thought the same thing, since we had that wino the other day, giving us that story about a DWI on his DAC.

It does seem unreal. Getting fired because he lost a rubber when he bumped a dock? Good grief.

[jiptwoo]

Has to be more to it then that, and if all is true then you gave up on yourself for no reason. You could have been hired quickly by another carrier, so something is'nt right. Now maybe you got into an argument with someone in saftey, or your dispatcher and they jacked you on your dac. Being jacked on your dac is hard to fight and they know it, because few drivers are going to hire a lawyer who is well briefed it d.o.t. regs to fight the carriers. Anyway the best to you, and don't give up this time.

[cdswans]

Your choice of adjectives suggests you have genuine remorse and you've accepted responsibility for your misfortunes. However, you don't say where you're from . . it's hard to offer placement assistance without a few geographic parameters . . but I'll give it a whirl . .

If you live in a big enough town or city, surely there's a taxi service that would like to hear from you and there's always pizza delivery to consider. Why complicate an otherwise promising driving career with those great big trailers and the other ****in' stuff?

[Autumn0718]

So yes it is all true so know any time a company runs my dac they see those incidents. I tried getting with any company after I got fired but no luck. I either had too many incidents or I didn't have 1 years experience. I have 11 months over the road but I have not been out with a company in 3 years. The first incident was the flat tire I got when I was out driving and pulled in the rest area to tell my cat about it. The second incident I was at my last drop and the dock area was a maze. They have rails going down the side of the dock. In the front of the dock they had a big trash can and on the other side of that they had a fenced in dog area. Too the left of all that they haed this huge snow pile so I had to work around all that and get in the dock just to unload 2 things. I was almost in the dock when the dot bumper hit their rail and it fail down. Not to mention the girl working at the dock jumped up into the trailer to get something off when i was backing in. My mvr is clean i don't have any dui's or tickets so that was not stopping me from getting a job. So I have been trying to get back out there with no luck but I have waited till the incidents are 3 years old and I'm trying again. I live in south bend, Indiana almost 20 mins away from the toll road. I just want to get with any company I can without have to pay a whole lot of money out to either go back to school or do a re fresher course. I didn't pay almost 6,000 not t be out there driving doing want I love to do. So any real help would be great thanks.

[repete]

As you now know your biggest problem is the lack of recent experience your going to have to just start knocking on doors and filling out app's. Send every major company an app on the Co website, don't waste you time on the generic app's that go to "hundreds of company's looking for drivers" also check on Craigslist ya never know. BOL

[cdswans]

So . . yes it is all true . . I didn't pay (any attention) almost 6,000 not t be out there driving doing want I love to do. So . . any real help would be great thanks.

So . . what are you saying? You hit a few things, you ought to be forgiven and the transportation world should hold still while it adapts itself to you?

[freebirdrfd]

Can we say bulls**t????????????

[Kevin0915]

my advice...go to work at Hooters as a cook. much better bennies. =)

[Autumn0718]

If you are not going to give real advice then stop commenting I don't need your crap. Thanks

[Malaki86]

Guess you don't like when everybody doesn't sugarcoat your problem and actually tells you the truth?

[Windwalker]

So yes it is all true so know any time a company runs my dac they see those incidents. I tried getting with any company after I got fired but no luck.

First of all, just getting fired will make it very hard to get a job driving anywhere. Even before the current reduction in "driver shortage" situation, you did not want to have "fired" on your record. And, companies like CR England have a reputation, not only with the drivers, but also with other companies. Getting fired from one of "those" companies is even worse than from any other company.

I either had too many incidents or I didn't have 1 years experience. I have 11 months over the road but I have not been out with a company in 3 years.

With even one year off the road, they now want you to go through a retraining course. Much less 3 years. Virtually every company out there wants recent experience, within the last year.

The first incident was the flat tire I got when I was out driving and pulled in the rest area to tell my cat about it.

Getting a flat tire is not uncommon. Otherwise, there would not be so many successful tire shops around the country. But, telling your cat about it is not something that happens everyday. Are we talking about a four-legged... Covered with fur??? If I had a cat that could hold a two-way conversation, I'd make that public, and make all the money I could off of it. I mean, a talking cat... That there is a real money maker, that is...

The second incident I was at my last drop and the dock area was a maze. They have rails going down the side of the dock. In the front of the dock they had a big trash can and on the other side of that they had a fenced in dog area. Too the left of all that they haed this huge snow pile so I had to work around all that and get in the dock just to unload 2 things. I was almost in the dock when the dot bumper hit their rail and it fail down.

And, by any chance, was this backing in "blind-side"? When backing into an area like that, the word is "G O A L". Get Out And Look. Even if it's not blind-side, there is one corner of the back of the trailer that you can not see, no matter which side you are backing in from. There have been far more times than I care to count, that when backing in, I've gotten out and checked the clearance of the back of my trailer. If blind-side, I might only back up 3 feet, and when getting close, it may only be 1 foot before I got out and looked again.

Not to mention the girl working at the dock jumped up into the trailer to get something off when i was backing in.

Now, this one says YOU BOTH DESERVE TO GET FIRED!!! Her for getting into a moving trailer, and you for moving it while anyone is inside it. This one is worse than a flat tire or a talking cat. (one for each of you)

My mvr is clean i don't have any dui's or tickets so that was not stopping me from getting a job. So I have been trying to get back out there with no luck but I have waited till the incidents are 3 years old and I'm trying again. I live in south bend, Indiana almost 20 mins away from the toll road. I just want to get with any company I can without have to pay a whole lot of money out to either go back to school or do a re fresher course. I didn't pay almost 6,000 not t be out there driving doing want I love to do. So any real help would be great thanks.

Someone certainly did see you coming. For that kind of money, you could have paid 1500 to go through Fox Valley Tech in Appleton, WI, and paid for your room and board, with money left over.

By any chance, when you first get into a truck, do you sit there, holding the wheel, staring out the windshield for 20 some minutes, to get your "KARMA"??? Just a thought.

[Autumn0718]

Okay you idiots that don't know **** about me and the stuff that I am talking about kiss my I didn't say I was talking to a real cat that is what they call the second part of your training. Second I did get out and check and when I popped my brakes the trailier rolled back a inches and hit the stuipd railing that was already loose. As for the girl getting into my trailer she had no business getting in there until i was all the way in the dock whic I wasn't. I got fired because they have a point system and each of my incidents counted as 1 point and then I got a point for not enough experience So that is why I got fired not like it mattered. I know that I will have to take a refresher course and I am fine with that I just wanted to know if anybody knows of a company that offers that. But thanks for all of the crap and no help.

[chris1]

I wonder if attitude had any bearing on the decision.

[Jackrabbit379]

I wonder if attitude had any bearing on the decision.

In one of our 'safety' meetings we had a while back, they talked about attitude. Attitude plays a big part in drivers' safety. They say that you never want to get in a truck and drive with a poor attitude. Attitude effects your driving responsibilities, and reflects on how you drive.

[chris1]

When you "interview" post accident,ect many times you will "push" the driver to see how fast their attitude changes and if that may have been a factor.