Maverick...

But u might want to see if they can give u a stick shift tractor.

Shifting is a valuable skill should you decide to leave them and go

with another carrier.

 

If your thinking about Flatbed two outfits you forgot to mention are TMC and Mcelroy... I hear alot of good things about mcelroy.. my school keep pressuring me to go there but i keep telling them that i'm only 21 and you have to be 24!!! but both have nice equipment and if i had a choice and i was 23 i probably would go with TMC!! I love petes!!!! lol but both of them is worth a try!!!

 

If I was new and had no experience I would put $500 down on a brand new Volvo 880 with ALL the options, borrow money to get my authority, insurance, and plates, and I would hit the road hauling hazmat freight for $7 a mile...cause I'm worth it... 8)

 

It's called the Lowest Common Denominator. As generations pass, teenagers seem to be more and more careless and irresponsible, but that's a parenting and mass media issue more than anything else. I am glad you are the exception, but since it's easier to lump you in with your lazy and careless peers, well, I hate it for you.

Back when I was in High School, 17 and 18 year old students made money at their part time jobs - driving school buses. Yes, that's right. If you were responsible the principal would allow you to go take the test and become a school bus driver, morning and afternoons. I was one of them. They canned the program back around 1991 and ever since you had to be over 21 to drive a bus, no more students driving school buses.

The kicker to this was the FACT, by the school districts own stats, the 17 and 18 year old bus drivers had ZERO minor or major incidents over the last 10 year stretch - a better safety record than the older drivers! The "adults" were constantly running into ditches, backing over mailboxes, the grown-ups racked up a whole list of preventables! No good reason for stopping students from driving other than district insurance requirements changed - and they paid for it.

 

what's tmc start at??? how is kllm??? is it worth it to gt my hazmat? I am going to get tanker and doubles triples endorsement along with airbrakes and combo obviously

 

Superior Carriers/Carry Transit if you can get hired by them and your school is approved by them.

 

None. Go local. OTR is for the birds. Daycabs are the coolest thing going.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I'd vote Roehl. My buddy jumped into trucking 2 months ago and went to maverick and is doing pretty well, clearing 1000/wk or more.

 

maverick is at the top of my list, so is crete, tmc and kllm seem like options too.

i have a couple "backups" pam usa and swift only if absolutely necessary, but my atttitude going to school is go there do well in school, be in the top of my class and i'll have the pick of the litter


Someone told me on this board or an another(i dont remember) In trucking one of the skills you need to have is a good attitude, and if you do it will get you a lot further than a bad one. I have my financial aid appointment for school tommorrow.

As for a road atlas, I got a 2008 motor carriers atlas from buy.com earlier this year for 6 bucks (the non laminated one) Should I go buy the 09 or are the changes in the 09 edition so minor that i shouldnt worry about it?

 

I would think that applies to any occupation you find yourself in..

You should get the wire bound, laminated motor carriers road atlas. You shouldn't need to buy a new one every single year, though. I still use my 03 atlas for planning road trips and such.

 

thanks jeff.

I think I'll use my 08 regular one for school when i get out i'll invest in the laminated one, by the time im out of school in october the 08 laminated ones should be dirt cheap by then i think i'll pick one up then.