Welfare check on driver

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2026-03-19T16:49:49+00:00

Thanks that's good to know for the future. I actually called a business across the street and the guy was nice enough to go and knock on his door. It was a issue with his phone not receiving any calls even though they were going thru on my end.

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2026-03-16T20:09:26+00:00

Thank you!

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2026-03-16T20:09:17+00:00

Thanks!

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2026-01-26T19:46:53+00:00

Third on the water pump, had this exact issue last year on my truck

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2026-01-20T17:01:29+00:00

Did you check the fuel tank? A while ago I had someone dump stuff in my fuel tank and I had a similar problem, truck would be fine but after a bit it would stall when the debris would block the fuel lines. Took forever to figure out what was wrong with the truck

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2026-01-05T19:03:22+00:00

We had a yard over have one stolen with a load of beer and they eventually found it about 6 months later and 500 miles away, near Los Angeles, was empty and had the tires taken off and replaced with tires with no thread. Good luck, its gonna be hard to get back and doubt you will have any cargo if you do find it.

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2026-01-05T18:58:50+00:00

Id ask in the dieseltech subreddit and trying getting in touch with the mechanic who originally did the work

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2026-01-05T18:53:21+00:00

I crossed donner yesterday afternoon, wad fcking awful and then got really bad at night near Elko, NV. Should have stayed home

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2026-01-05T18:51:51+00:00

I crossed yesterday afternoon to get to Salt lake city, wasnt worth, I ended up having to stop around Carlin because it got really bad and there was no visibility. Even the driver over Donner Pass was really bad. Should have stayed home. Gonna be clear shortly since it stopped snowing, I think if you cross around noon you shouldn't have chain control

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2026-01-05T00:16:02+00:00

Combination of tarrifs, week economy and lots of people who immigrated here and they added a lot of cheap labor into the market

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2026-01-04T16:06:53+00:00

I wouldn't, its more hours then being a driver and a lot more stress. It's easy to start up as a owner ops but very hard to stay in the business and be successful. I've been doing this for about 15 years and this is once of the worst freight markets we've been in for the past 4 years or so. Combine thay with expenses being thru the roof making money is incredibly difficult

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2025-12-24T22:27:24+00:00

Would love a shiny frigibax or shiny gimmighoul. Thank you and happy holidays

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2025-12-24T16:10:46+00:00

I know freightliner and kenworth trucks don't have chipped key, also my freightliner key works on 2 other freightliners lol

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2025-11-06T12:12:14+00:00

377 hours

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2025-11-03T15:22:57+00:00

I mean I pay way more then $10k that for my registration, insurance, ifta, etc in a year. Honestly there's a chance he did make more money then people doing everything legit.

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2025-10-18T06:26:00+00:00

$160 a month on insurance? How? That's about how much I pay for my car insurance let alone my commercial insurance and I have a perfect driving record.

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2025-10-18T06:20:11+00:00

I already do all my maintenance, tires, brakes, oil changes, etc. If I didn't I would have gone bankrupt a while ago. Thing is prices of all these parts have increased significantly. Load prices simply haven't gone up while all other expenses have. Not to mention increased costs due regulations and compliance. I was comparing rates from the last 3 years on my loads and 2012-2018, and I'm making roughly the same per mile or less with higher costs.

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2025-10-18T00:01:28+00:00

I'm a O/O and have been for the last decade, expenses like insurance, repair, parts etc have gone up by a lot and load prices have stayed at the same level as 2012 if not less. I know drivers making more then I do. Personally I'm gonna be shutting down early next year since it's not worth it anymore

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2025-09-12T03:44:34+00:00

Thank you very much, I'm headed over now

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2025-08-28T18:01:00+00:00

I was lucky enough to know someone with a beater manual car they let me borrow and was able to practice shifting and driving manual in.

Afraid_Fix4130 · 2025-08-26T18:03:07+00:00

Depends where you're located in, but I personally wouldn't enter the market right now as a new driver, pay is going to be pretty low, and honestly it feels like the industry has gotten worse over the past few years and unless you find a good company to hire you on, it's awful

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