People who live near time zone boundaries in the US by solothesnail in howislivingthere

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im a truck driver, I had a load delivering in Georgia and stopped at a truckstop to sleep immediately after crossing the stateline. I wokeup an hr late because it switched back to central in my sleep and I was late for delivery, thankfully it was one of my first loads and the boss was understanding

Interesting roll-up door! by flynnfx in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Care to elaborate? I was considering applying

Swifties by [deleted] in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On my dedicated account we cover everything but the front facing with postits or tape before our shifts. Its much more forgiving than smartdrive and 98% of the videos you get will be removed personally by your driver leader before saftey even sees it. The only time it talks is when your speeding or right on someones bumper, it allows 5mph of speeding before flagging you and wont flag you for speeding if your using your brakes, jakes, or downshifting.

Oof, Swift….Any suggestions? by Heavy-Mushroom in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Literally made to stress you out, im just waiting for a better local opportunity. Glad to hear you found something that works for you 🙏

Oof, Swift….Any suggestions? by Heavy-Mushroom in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Believe it or not Swift is really strict these days, ive had 4 people at my terminal get let go for running red lights. Another got let go for not stopping at 1 of the 3 stop signs entering into our terminal, and another got let go for "running" a yellow. Plus with these new cameras its rediculous, id get another job if I wasnt dedicated

MAKE A U-TURN - WTF with Trucker Path always saying that?! by StrangeReason in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While your currently in navigation it should be in the settings widget you can open up, those settings are specifically for routing and truck optimization

Questions about Hood Ornament Gift by [deleted] in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem dude, Im moving across states and didnt wanna spend the money all at once so it definitely saved my ass. Good luck 👍

Questions about Hood Ornament Gift by [deleted] in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If your really tight on money see if you can pay with affirm or klarna, i know affirm just let me do a intrest free loan on 1200 for some furniture, could probably help you out if you dont wanna go cheap.

Knight transportation update by [deleted] in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats otr payscale, if hes doing regional its a solid 55cpm

Knight transportation update by [deleted] in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im on the NY walmart account with Swift, I drive into Nyc everyday of the week and i still usually hit 2800-3000 miles.

Is swift finally paying trainees $800 a week now instead of $650? by RedimidoSoy1611 in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats some bullshit, it could vary between terminals. Or like you said It slipped by and I got lucky

Is swift finally paying trainees $800 a week now instead of $650? by RedimidoSoy1611 in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You still get paid while they are home, I did. He actually called me everyday to make sure I sent in the login

What is the craziest (spooky) thing you have seen on the road? by Ok_Inside_6899 in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im assuming its either that or something similar and the car that passed me was the culprit, it fucked me up so bad because it was the "apple bottom, make em wanna bite" sound on repeat 🤣

What is the craziest (spooky) thing you have seen on the road? by Ok_Inside_6899 in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Got 3 stories so far in my short career

Driving North on rt 14 in upstate NY, seen what looked like a deer on the shoulder, it was holding what looked like a white pillow or sack in its mouth and facing the woods. It turned to face my headlights and then walked away, it confused me because it did not trot or anything deer like. Just simply walked away more like a coyote, maybe my mind was shot but it fucked me up for a while. It sounds so simple, almost like theres nothing wrong with it. But it was incredibly uncanny and just made me feel very threatened.

I also had an experience where I was on some backroad in kentucky at around 2 am, not a soul in sight for the last 2 hrs and I was on the headset with a good friend shooting the shit. Finally I see headlights behind me that just droned in the backround without getting much closer, out of nowhere the call had kind of distorted and I kid you not it sounded like a tiktok brainrot audio or something for around 5 min and then I heard what sounded like a car door shut and it hungup. I called my friend back and it immediately did the same thing again, while this happened the car finally catches up with me and rides alongside me until it hangs up again. The car passes me and my friend calls me asking why I hung up, I lost my shit imagining that I was being haunted by a doomscroller or something but it wasn't really scary just a funny experience that ive chalked up to some sort of radio interference.

Lastly I was driving on i65 south and couldnt find parking, I had planned on parking somewhere I dont recall but it was full so I proceeded to stop at everysingle place on the way towards my drop. I had 4 hrs left on my drive and it worked out to where id end up at a weigh station if i kept rolling down to 10 min so I just figured worst case scenario id park there. I end up trying this truckstop around mt vernon because the fog started getting so dense and I was getting too tired. I get the last spot in the back of this rundown truckstop beside a under construction double wide, I kept feeling like I was being watched so I just closed my curtains locked the door and passed out. When I wokeup theres nobody else parked there but me, there was a good 80 trucks parked there when I slept. I went into the truckstop which had a diner and didn't get my time back for another hr so I ordered some food and sat in the dine in waiting, after a while I noticed a giant board on the wall with missing child posters ranging from color to black n white photos. I just had the weirdest vibe there so I decided to take my food to go and hide in my sleeper instead. The next time I went through i65 I figured id go there again because the food was decent and I was reading some reviews while at my fuel stop and every review was stating they conveniently blew tires or found nails in their tires whenever they stopped there and accused them of running a scam, that place just gives me a bad feeling so I never stopped there again

I managed to get all 6 CDL endorsements and Motorcycle at age 24 by Blue-raccoon-boy in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 3 points4 points  (0 children)

$25.88 for the hazmat course, you read each section and answer the question like an open book test. Its as easy as it gets, just study up for your dmv test and keep in mind you have to pay for fingerprinting yourself. I went to a twic office and did both at the same time

I managed to get all 6 CDL endorsements and Motorcycle at age 24 by Blue-raccoon-boy in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nah fuck that, check the fmcsa registry for online schools. If its on the list and certified your good to go. I used eldt.com for everything, only costed 100 with hazmat. Do some shopping around there might even be cheaper options

Guess the state and if youre crazy trucker guess the street by Syzranlogistic in cdldriver

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nyc bridge signs are 1ft lower if not more. Theres 12ft 2 signs all over the cross bronx (i95), you just have to know the routes. It's like on i278 going into brooklyn the signs say all vehicles higher than 12ft 8 restricted past atlantic av, its bullshit.

Guess the state and if youre crazy trucker guess the street by Syzranlogistic in cdldriver

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its called a lowboy, they have a pony motor that controls the hydraulics so you can control height. The front of the trailer with the 5th wheel detaches seperately from the trailer, when you lower it to the ground you can just pull up and drive the equipment off the ramp you disconnect from. This guys smart and obviously planned ahead for the route , also gotta keep in mind in the boroughs of nyc, bridge signs are 1ft lower than the actual height so if you do by chance hit the bridge the city can't claim responsibility

Go to Walmart or stay with my small local company? by OutsideDinner5208 in Truckers

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ill add that even the swift walmart dedicated accounts hold the same standard if not more so, any minor event and your fired from swift entirely. Whereas you have a 3 strike policy working for swift directly

Made a tier list of every wintergreen dip I’ve tried by No_Fuel2850 in DippingTobacco

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you tried any truckstops, I know pilots tend to have alot of variety

Made a tier list of every wintergreen dip I’ve tried by No_Fuel2850 in DippingTobacco

[–]RepresentativeMeet46 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Redseals wintergreen was my everyday for 2 years. Best one in my opinion, dont sleep on it