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Originally Posted by BoyNextDoor
(Post 461574)
that is one thing I learned at TMC back when... work hard, and you'll be rewarded... I was the only 23 year old in the history of TMC to make it to 32% in 4 months... lol good old days.
I also bought my own truck the past week or two, lined up a gig in port newark, and start hauling hopefully this week. I hope we can catch up sometime, i remember you as a smart and polite guy who loes his starbucks... we had lunch if I remember correctly in orientation @ TMC... Anyways, good luck to you sir, and wish me luck as well.. Attila "The Hun" Nagy ;) I had my truck at orrientation, you needed to go to Wal-Mart to get a few items before you were going out with your trainer later that day. I do wish you luck. I don't have you phone number anymore. I changed my phone a couple of times and lost a lot of numbers I didn't save to my sim card. |
Originally Posted by terrylamar
(Post 461874)
I don't have you phone number anymore. I changed my phone a couple of times and lost a lot of numbers I didn't save to my sim card.
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any updates??
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Ahh, updates. I guess I have been remiss. I am still with Anderson, for some 9 months now. Still doing good. I listen to other drivers doing not so well. I can't explain it, I am doing well. I work hard and I seem to be doing better than most. I can't figure it out, is it me or is it them.
I moved up to Class 3, I can haul up to Class 2, if a Class 2 doesn't take the load. I have been offered only one class 3 load, but someone else grabbed it seconds before I did. With this economy I suspect I will be a Class 3 for a while. Competition is fierce for these loads, because they pay better and there is a shortage of the higher classified loads. So Class 1's are pulling my Class 3 loads. When my lease is up in March, I will sign on another lease with them. A new improved lease. At the end of my current lease I can purchase my '05, 387 Pete, Cat C-15 for $36K, or on the new lease put $5K down, make payments of $298.00 for 50 weeks with a $1K buyout for a total of a little less than $21K, a $15K savings. |
Originally Posted by terrylamar
(Post 471294)
Ahh, updates. I guess I have been remiss. I am still with Anderson, for some 9 months now. Still doing good. I listen to other drivers doing not so well. I can't explain it, I am doing well. I work hard and I seem to be doing better than most. I can't figure it out, is it me or is it them.
I moved up to Class 3, I can haul up to Class 2, if a Class 2 doesn't take the load. I have been offered only one class 3 load, but someone else grabbed it seconds before I did. With this economy I suspect I will be a Class 3 for a while. Competition is fierce for these loads, because they pay better and there is a shortage of the higher classified loads. So Class 1's are pulling my Class 3 loads. When my lease is up in March, I will sign on another lease with them. A new improved lease. At the end of my current lease I can purchase my '05, 387 Pete, Cat C-15 for $36K, or on the new lease put $5K down, make payments of $298.00 for 50 weeks with a $1K buyout for a total of a little less than $21K, a $15K savings. |
I do mind. It is a lot of work.
:) Give me a chance to look it up. |
The following are the Load Classification Guidlelines:
Overall Overall Class Weight Width Height Length Value Class 4 Legal - 55K Legal - 10' Legal 80' Up to $125,000 Class 3 56K - 60K 10'1" - 12' 13'9" 85' Up to $200,000 Class 2 61K - 65K 12'1" - 14' 14'3" 90' Up to $300,000 Class 1 66K - 70K 14'1" - 14'6" 14'4" Plus 95' Up to $400,000 Class 1A 71K Plus 14'7" - Plus 14'7" Plus 95' Plus $400,000 Plus Everyone starts at Class 4, unless they have verifiable experience and then an evaluation will be made on a case by case bases. It won't let me do it as a table, it jumbles it all together. Copied from a previous post I had made on a different forum. Drivers haul at least five loads in each classification before they are eligible for the next classification. You, then, fill out an applicaiton with your fleet manager. A decission will be made based on several critera. For Class 2 and above you will need to take a test. Moving from Class 4 to Class 3 could take as few as five loads, afterwards it will take longer. |
thanks terry...i sent you my email address...i wanna stay in touch with ya.
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Originally Posted by terrylamar
(Post 471294)
Ahh, updates. I guess I have been remiss. I am still with Anderson, for some 9 months now. Still doing good. I listen to other drivers doing not so well. I can't explain it, I am doing well. I work hard and I seem to be doing better than most. I can't figure it out, is it me or is it them.
I moved up to Class 3, I can haul up to Class 2, if a Class 2 doesn't take the load. I have been offered only one class 3 load, but someone else grabbed it seconds before I did. With this economy I suspect I will be a Class 3 for a while. Competition is fierce for these loads, because they pay better and there is a shortage of the higher classified loads. So Class 1's are pulling my Class 3 loads. When my lease is up in March, I will sign on another lease with them. A new improved lease. At the end of my current lease I can purchase my '05, 387 Pete, Cat C-15 for $36K, or on the new lease put $5K down, make payments of $298.00 for 50 weeks with a $1K buyout for a total of a little less than $21K, a $15K savings. Continued good luck to you young man! |
It is good to hear that you are doing well, Terry. Carriers will often push better loads on those with a better work ethic or those who can get the job done with the least fanfare. Some guys whine to their dispatchers about certain loads. Others just take things in stride and do what they must to get the job done. It sounds to me as though you are in the latter group. Keep up the good work.
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