We will be doing the family vacation in Toronto this year with a stop at the Falls either going to or coming home. I haven't been to Toronto since I was a teen. I remember it being beautiful. Montreal is really nice too. If you ever get a chance visit there.

 

i haven't had a run into canada since the beginning of winter. now that the snow is starting to go away, i'd like to see its countryside all green once again. like stated in a topic from a while back, i also have old warcrack guildies who live in the toronto area. i was on a layover that was about 4 1/2 days. yeah, i wasn't making any money, but that was the most awesome layover ever! i didn't mind one bit. 8)

 

I still can't figure out what to cover that evertruckerr isn't covering in his week to week thread.

Besides pay and training time, rider policy was the other big factor in who I chose. I've got the paperwork for the ex wife to sign. Whether she signs remains to be seen. Kid will be seven by the time we hit the road.

Today I'm backtracking almost exactly the route from the other day. Back to NC. I'm in Centreville, OH at the Pilot. Funny, I stopped here the other day to take a good look at my map before heading to Findlay. Ran out of hours here, which is exactly what I had planned when I took the load.

 

I'm sitting here in Mc Donough, GA at the Waffle house and will be delivering to the Home Depot DC with my load of ceramic mexican pots from Laredo. When they were offloading the mexican trailer and loading onto mine, seven of the pallets were broken already... I can't wait to get empty and have a bunch of refused pallets of freight to deal with... yay :roll:

 

well, IMHO evertruckerr is writing a very nice blog on how an experienced driver can work the Crete "system" and make a very nice $$$ living- doing it-
however, is he achieving this success-- by skill-? experience-? dumb luck?

can a newbie( sorry- don't mean any offense) achieve comprobable results? anyway, it's always nice to hear the "captain's logs"--stardate XXXXX-- part of what's nice about this forum is being able to compare notes-- experiences-- and give Q&A. Your experiences will be completely original and different from his...certainly your MILES might be better/worse. And coming from YOU-- other "newbie" drivers might get a better feeling of what THEY can expect--and achieve. It's not really a competition-- even though many drivers "think" in terms of that-- and are never happy unless they are "top dog", but you should allow anything to "pressure" you to perform... you'll find your own "comfort zone"-- we're just here for support- and encouragement--- bad advice & all.

 

Hope you got pictures and CYA? yeah, that really stinks having refused freight--- you can tell a lot about a company on how they ....have YOU handle that problem.

I remember long ago, a refused load of Hickama? ( mexican potatos) that was refused-- the company wanted me to stop at every farmer's market and try to sell the crap-- of course --they wanted the money! and nothing for my time--- it ended up in a dumpster.

 

I've been around the internet long enough to know that 'newbie' isn't necessarily a pejorative.

Right now, sitting around to make sure that I don't arrive at consignee too early.

 

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! :rock:

 

thanks! but what anniversery?

Work anniversery is May 4th or 5th.......