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Thanks for the advice/list.
I have a tempurpedic pillow ($95) that I've used for quite awhile. Small but very durable, dosent wear out.
The company I'm going to work for (Dot Foods) has Volvo tractors. Most have bunk bed sleepers so I will have a desk and a bunk or an extra bed if one of my kids rides along.
I've had a decent toiletry kit for a long time. I lived out of the camper of my pick-up in my (bicycle) racing days.
They told me for the 1st 6 months or so I'll be using any available tractor. After that I will be assigned a tractor so I can 'personalize' it (move my stuff in). Until then I have a bedrool and small suitcase with 4 days clothes, shower shoes, towel, etc., all ready to go.
I already have a logbook case so I'm set there. I currently have a Verizon pre-pay plan but I'm looking to possibly get an iPhone so I'd switch to AT&T. We've talked to them about a package deal as we already have Dish Network (owned by AT&T), AT&T DSL, and AT&T long-distance. So adding wireless with 4 phones should still lower our overall expense. Dot Foods requires me to have a cell phone so they give me $25/mo. for cell phone.
They supply my clothes (uniforms). Up to $100 for steel-toe boots (required). They reimburse all work-related expenses weekly. Submit receipts by Sat. and get $ back on Tue.
Most of their runs are to LA and back so I'm home nearly every other night. They also run up to WA and ID so those runs are 4-5 days.
I don't know if I posted this earlier but they guarrantee $50,000 my 1st year. If for some reason I don't make that, they'll cut a check for the difference. Most (solo) drivers that have been there 3 years are averaging $75-80,000/yr.
I'm in.
As for the ride-along,
we went to San Diego. made 3 deliveries. Two of them were 2 blocks from a warehouse I worked at in 1979 and 80. Then we headed to LA to swap our empty trailer for a full one and hauled it back to Modesto (home). If I was getting paid for that run (I was just observing) I would have made $450 in those 2 days (left Wed and got home Thur).
Looks like we just made it past that big-rig pile-up on I-5
truck crash story
We were in that tunnel just hours earlier.
I have a tempurpedic pillow ($95) that I've used for quite awhile. Small but very durable, dosent wear out.
The company I'm going to work for (Dot Foods) has Volvo tractors. Most have bunk bed sleepers so I will have a desk and a bunk or an extra bed if one of my kids rides along.
I've had a decent toiletry kit for a long time. I lived out of the camper of my pick-up in my (bicycle) racing days.
They told me for the 1st 6 months or so I'll be using any available tractor. After that I will be assigned a tractor so I can 'personalize' it (move my stuff in). Until then I have a bedrool and small suitcase with 4 days clothes, shower shoes, towel, etc., all ready to go.
I already have a logbook case so I'm set there. I currently have a Verizon pre-pay plan but I'm looking to possibly get an iPhone so I'd switch to AT&T. We've talked to them about a package deal as we already have Dish Network (owned by AT&T), AT&T DSL, and AT&T long-distance. So adding wireless with 4 phones should still lower our overall expense. Dot Foods requires me to have a cell phone so they give me $25/mo. for cell phone.
They supply my clothes (uniforms). Up to $100 for steel-toe boots (required). They reimburse all work-related expenses weekly. Submit receipts by Sat. and get $ back on Tue.
Most of their runs are to LA and back so I'm home nearly every other night. They also run up to WA and ID so those runs are 4-5 days.
I don't know if I posted this earlier but they guarrantee $50,000 my 1st year. If for some reason I don't make that, they'll cut a check for the difference. Most (solo) drivers that have been there 3 years are averaging $75-80,000/yr.
I'm in.
As for the ride-along,
we went to San Diego. made 3 deliveries. Two of them were 2 blocks from a warehouse I worked at in 1979 and 80. Then we headed to LA to swap our empty trailer for a full one and hauled it back to Modesto (home). If I was getting paid for that run (I was just observing) I would have made $450 in those 2 days (left Wed and got home Thur).
Looks like we just made it past that big-rig pile-up on I-5
truck crash story
We were in that tunnel just hours earlier.
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