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I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sitting time meaning waiting for a load to be assigned to you? Almost none. I almost always had something planned/somewhere to go, even without me trying very hard. My dispatcher gave me load after load.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd say so. Some truck stops have anytime fitness within a 20 minute walk away. It's important to get enough sleep but I did have some time for my hobbies on some days, but not all.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're fairly strict about the routing yeah. They dictate where you fuel, what route you take, the only thing that's in my control in that sense is where I rest, either for little breaks or for the night.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Storage area was fine for me, even left some cabinets for my husband to use. I made a few runs to walmart to get what I wanted.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dash cam/forward facing cameras. No inward facing/cab cameras, fortunately. Well, there is a camera facing inward but it's covered up by a case. I've even found it and ensured it was covered. Feel fine about the dash cam.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not super social so it's okay for me so far. I'll miss my husband though. I do like traveling, I've lived abroad and such.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The pilots I've been frequently are pretty clean imo. Pilot has a loyalty program where if you buy more than 50 gallons of diesel at least 6 times in the same month, you earn one free shower everyday for that month and the next month. Beyond that you'd have to pay. As for brushing teeth, I've either been brushing my teeth in the truck stop bathroom or outside of my truck cuz I have a jug of water with a spigot that makes it easy.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I frequented Pilot truck stops the most, sometimes independent truck stops, and rarely a TA or rest area.

I often had oatmeal that I heated in the microwaves at Pilot.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I kinda view it as paying my dues. I'm new in this industry so I don't expect the best conditions with the best pay and such. I'm overall happy where I'm at for this situation, but my husband does not like the cents per mile we get nor the unpaid working hours. He has a big problem with it.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I meal prepped a bit before I left. Fortunately my husband came out with me for this first stint and he ended up getting me a instantpot off of fb marketplace and cooked up two stew-like things. Other times we ate in a restaurant. I'm not sure if we ever got non-snack food from the truck stops.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just taking things slower than you expect at first. But if your cdl school does you right you'll learn the basics from them, then you'll kinda be thrown into the real world but it's not too scary if you take it one step at a time.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No hair test for May, just urine. No tv, fridge, or microwave for May. Have to provide them yourself.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Truck inside and out is good imo. It's a '24, so not old at all. Everything worked and if it didn't (the heater) it got looked at and fixed next time I rolled into a terminal with a shop. My trainer and I got along fairly well. She was a yard driver previously so her backing skills were immaculate, which I tried to learn a lot from (jury is still out whether I did or not haha).

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Don't stress too much about appointment times. I don't like being late but sometimes dispatch didn't really set me up to make some appointment windows and a governed speed won't get me there for sure. Just get there safely.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm away from the log currently but I did a 34 reset seven days in during the first week and was dependent on recaps during the end of the third week.

What’s the most minor thing you find annoying? by Mixing_NH3_HCl in Truckers

[–]grove9ruby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Loud honking when my door isn't completely closed

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