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05-25-2015, 01:26 PM | #1 |
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05-25-2015, 06:33 PM | #2 |
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You aren't going to make 100k a year in an OTR truck unless it's some kind of elite company.
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05-25-2015, 08:38 PM | #3 |
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Everyone just be happy you still have your CDL. I got mine pulled April 1st. I took a complete physical and everything was perfect, except being low on vitamin D. Blood pressure, eye sight, colesterol, etc... were all perfect.
They changed the rule this year concerning seizures. I haven't had one in fifteen years and take a small dose of meds to make sure I never do again. The old rule was: no seizures in the last year. Now it's: no seizures in the last year and off of seizure meds for five years (in my case). Why the hell would I stop taking my meds if I haven't had a seizure in 15 years??? Dumbasses! Yet, I know people who are on every blood pressure med know to man, obese and can barely make it up a flight of stairs and still have their CDL.
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05-25-2015, 08:44 PM | #4 | |
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Mine was from a bullriding injury 17 years ago. They don't even know if I still need meds, but I take them to be safe and to not worry anyone around me.
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05-25-2015, 08:52 PM | #7 |
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My company supports me 100%. This is a government change. My company already told me not to stop taking my meds and "Don't worry, you still have a job."
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05-25-2015, 08:55 PM | #8 |
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Wow, that's ****ing terrible. Usually Obamacare, for the bit of good it can do, has taken prior existing conditions and made companies shove that up their ass and not deny you service. It's been great in that regard. Seems different in this case though and I have no idea why?
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These new CDL standards are absolute horseshit. They're hitting us up right now hard and heavy on sleep apnea. It's ridiculous because most of us don't go long haul over the road - we're all local and sleep in our own beds every night/day. But if your BMI is over this, and your neck size is over that - BAM, instant at-risk employee for falling asleep while driving, and you need to have a sleep study done on you that insurance won't cover. It's straight up profiling and extortion, but it's the law. Congress didn't even read this damned bill when they passed it through. |
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05-25-2015, 09:01 PM | #12 |
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Right out of the gate flatbedding I'm told I should expect between about 50-60k. Not bad for a rookie driver. Though, you earn that extra money in flatbedding. I figure I need at least a year experience before other options that pay decent open up to me, so I might as well learn securement and make decent money while going through the growing pains. But I don't think it's something I could do for years and years. I have a fed ex terminal and YRC freight terminal about 11 and 25 miles from me respectively that I'll look into after 10-12 months.
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Just wrapping up my 3rd week on my own solo.
Overall, it's been good, but ROUGH. Flat bedding work doesn't **** around. But, getting better and getting acclimated to the physical work (after being an office fatty for the past 14 years). Lost 35lbsin about 8weeks. First week on my own was hard as hell, but already getting better/quicker and more efficient with my securment (which means more time freed up which means more money). Wife and I are getting used to the "routine" of a trucker. That might be the hardest part, but we knew it going into this. Each week gets a bit easier. A pic of my truck and a load of steel that was tarped in damn 90 degree humid heat in st.louis a week or so ago. My tarp jobs have gotten a lot better as well since this.
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