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Big Damn Truck Edition
>Obtaining a CDL: How do?
Community College or a dedicating truck driving school. Do your research and don't get sucked into a "school" that's actually just a meat grinder for a shit company. Do not pay over $5000 for a course that lasts several months.
>How can I into avoidings shit companies?
Here are some decent/good companies:
http://pastebin.com/Sv0cyWyH
If you don't see the company you're looking at included on this list, lurk moar.
>I could totally go to school but I'd rather be a trucker.
If you think you'll love the lifestyle, maybe. You'd be better off getting a """""real""""" job. You can fall back on trucking at any time, but it is essentially a path of decent money for those that fail at everything else.
You can have good business sense and work ethic and make it big as an owner operator, but you would do even better at any other job.
Obligatory meme section
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>You will get fat.
>The only clothing you'll own are pajamas.
>The only reason you get paid well is because you work 70 hours per week.
>The longest relationship you'll get is 15 minutes with a lizard.
>Eating nothing is better than roller dogs.
>You have the most dangerous job in the nation.
>The D.O.T., Police, and Le'dash-uh in receiving hate you, and will harass you every chance they get.
>Other drivers hate you.
>Your job will be obsolete once self-driving trucks become available.
>Your loved ones miss you.
>If you don't change careers you will forever be considered a cuck and a homo. Especially if you cuckbox with another fag driver.
>lol 'murrica
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>>15315234
>>15348194
Probably doing better than you. You ok? Gonna need a tow?
>only having to back 3 deep
It's a good day.
>>15348380
Nah, im good now. Scared the shit outta me when it happened. Cops were cool as shit though. No ticket/fine.
>wb i70 in illinois
>cb on am/fm off
>nothing but static on cb
>left lane passing another truck
>check mirrors not clear to move over
>look back in front of me
>brake lights
>scream at my son asleep in passenger seat
HOLY SHIT DEVIN HOLD ON!
>scared the kid awake
>.5 seconds to make decision hit cars in front of me or pull left and hope for the best
>boss is now pissed because of almost 800 dollar winch out
>no damage no secondary accidents no injuries
Fuck this shit. Im in effingham and refusing to move another mile tonight.
>>15348423
You obviously weren't scanning far enough ahead.
>>15348423
Damn I thought you blew a steer this time. Unrelated but here's my giggles for today.
>Red Dodge Ram merges onto the interstate
>Dude hits 60 and holds steady
>70 limit zone, people get mad
>Dude slows, veers onto rumble strip
>Jerks back to lane, speeds up
>Keeps doing this, regularly drops to 50-55
>Hit a hill
>Dude does it again
>Signal left
>Chebby truck bro lets me over
>Get alongside Dodge, he's doing like 45-50
>Blast air horn
>Jerks to life and speeds up
>Dude looks at me like I just spit on him
>Shake my head and pass
Can't tell if he was drunk, tired, or texting, but it doesn't matter - dude was an idiot. Several miles later he merged left and passed me like I was parked. Bet he called Roehl with some bullshit story. Haven't heard from anyone yet though.
>>15348443
He's the guy that bitches and moans all the time how he didn't choose the trucker life, the trucker life chose him. What do you expect?
>>15348423
Yep that's a heart stopper. gotta stay vigilant for that shit
>be in laredo heading to Dallas
>light rain traffic continues at regular pace
>heavy rain traffic continues
>rain turns to snow I slow the fuck down traffic does not.
>watch pickup fishtail from hammer lane to slow boy ditch and eat dirt.
>have to slide into passing lane to avoid ensuing chaos
>tow jockey pulling out guy in median
>thinks low visibility and parking half way over the line is a brilliant idea.
Probably the only time I've used that horn outside of a pre trip. I passed within inches of him still trying to slow down. I pulled off at the next exit and said fuck this I'm done.
>>15348443
Did you read the whole thing?
left lane passing another truck
>check mirrors not clear to move over
>look back in front of me
>brake lights
Seems like it was a lapse of concentration while trying to be safe and make sure he didn't hit the truck he was passing.
>>15348478
Still applies as he didnt have a big enough gap.
It only takes 1 second to look itno mirrors and see.
>>15348497
Fair enough. I found out from the cops there was construction ahead and one lane was closed. There was just bo warning signs up.
>right lane closed ahead
>merge left
They said i wasnt the first and probably wont be the last. Its good though.
>>15348447
>blew a steer tire this time
Thankfuly no. The boss said
>90 days without calling about a blown tire on that truck.
Hey truckerfags I've been lurking in these threads for a while and I have a few questions. I asked my aunt (who used to drive) about some general things about trucking but I'd like to know some more about getting started. I don't have any money or a CDL and looking to do the company sponsored training deal (aware of the contract).
I turn 21 in August. Can I call some companies now, or should I wait?
If I get good news, will they cover lodging, meals and transportation?
I could go to a community college and get my CDL there, but no money and you have to pay upfront to get the SWIDG (or something) grant. What do?
>>15348380
That's the second triple axle box trailer posted here. I don't recall seeing one in rl. They more common out west or what?
>>15348530
There is a company in michigan that uses these. Ive seen a few of them around lansing. Next time i see it ill see if i can get a pic of it.
>>15348530
>triple axle box trailer
Maybe they run
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>>15348423
>DEVIN
>>15348520
Either way tou will have to pay for your permit and license(20$permit 40$license) as well as food while at school. Just went to swift didnt pay for anything other than my food while there.
>>15348423
You got to take care of your wife's son.
>>15348517
So do most of your talks start with "tires are fine,but.."now?
What's the word on ELS? Got a buddy talking about signing on there as a Lease/Operator, says its 70% of load pay, $390-450/wk for the lease on a new KW T660 with a Cummins.
Is this something companies do in the US? See these all the time up north, think the term for them is rocky mountain doubles
>>15348984
That's a lot of doritos.
>>15348994
My dad drives for them. There's only about 12,000 lbs of freight on each 53' and they are loaded floor to ceiling, front to back
>>15348984
Yeah out west and on some turnpikes.
>>15349033
Because 3/4's of each bag is air
>>15348984
triples are illegal in some states, maybe most.
>>15348984
They do that on the FL Turnpike and toll roads. McLane runs a lot of those from upstate and there is this lot right off the Sawgrass (toll road) where they will drop them. I see lots of McD's trailers there too.
>>15348984
Rock mountain doubles use a pup trailer. I know that as a turnpike double.
>>15348942
Nobody heard of ELS even?
>>15349033
Must be a nightmare to keep controll>>15349053
Say what you will about this modern Sodom and Gomorrah but this city has the GOAT bridge in the U.S.
>>15349605
The Rock
>>15348380
Spot the May trailer. Where are you?
>>15349033
Is it true they have to plan their route carefully so as not to get too high in altitude and pop the bags?
Court tomorrow for ticket going 25 over and passing on right will judge be coo
>>15349876
Haha no I've never heard that. They run right over the Salmo Creston pass in BC, as well as through Jasper, Alberta(I believe) which are 2 of the highest mountain passes in Canada
>>15349493
>>15348942
>> :^)
I'm no truckerfag but I work at a very tricky dollar tree with no rear loading area and this awesome black chick driving a Werner truck swings this big ass 53' freightliner in one try when it takes most guys multiple tries. What a crazy profession.
>>15347824
>In the UK, the test is a couple of hours of driving.
A couple of HOURS? For just a regular 4-wheeler license? wow. My drivers license practical test took 15, 20 minutes tops. As best I can recall...
>90º backing out of parking space
>parallel park between two cones behind the building
>right turn from Dept of Licensing parking lot onto 30 MPH arterial with light traffic
>Left turn at signalized intersection into 25 mph residential neighborhood with no traffic.
>drive around the block
>Right turn at stop sign back onto arterial
>Left turn back into DoL parking lot, midblock from suicide lane
>"Ok son, you passed, take this paper inside and get your picture taken."
That was back in the mid 90's. I've never been retested, although I have to pay for a renewal every 5 years. My wife got her first license in Arizona, and that one is still valid - 40 year renewal interval in AZ.
>>15349906
Before you get to the judge you'll have a quick meeting with the prosecutor who will most likely offer reduced tickets and penalties. Any deal offered is probably as good as you're going to get because these people do this shit everyfuckingday and you're not going to beat them due to your inexperience with the game. Barring something like absolute proof that it couldn't have been you because you were somewhere else you will be found guilty.
>>15349876
Yes that's a thing. Cannot exceed like 5k feet. From whatever altitude its currently at I pull kettle chips alot and that's stamped on all the pages all the damned time.
>>15349876
It's also a thing you do with a load of syringes.
Probably anything that's sealed in a soft pack with air (or any gas) inside.
>Multi-stop load
>Trailer preloaded
>Don't scale because tandems are always preset and never overweight
>Get to first stop
>Open doors
>Only half the trailer is loaded
Looks like I'm going back to El Paso for the other half :^)
>>15351178
You are such a fuck up. I hope you become a grand wizard.
>>15350572
If the cop doesn't show for court, you get off as well
>>15351228
>Being this ass ravaged
Stay salty :^)
>>15351282
It's more like pity. I actually feel bad for how miserable your life is.
>>15350534
That's the reason why you see so much morons on your roads, since anyone with half a brain will so easily be allowed to drive.
In Europe, you have to endure 20 hours of being dragged through every trap your instructor can think of before you're even allowed to take the driving test (which can turn into quite a shitshow depending on how sadistic your examiner is).
Mine was half an hour late and in a good mood, so my test was piss easy.
>driving from test center to main road through the city center
>merging on an express road
>turn left on a roundabout
>parking on an empty lot
>turn right on the same fucking roundabout
>leave express road
>drive back to test center
>"Parisian" parking (that's when you should do a neat manoeuvre to parallel park but instead just drive into a spot forward and don't give a shit. We were late)
The girl taking the test right after me on the other hand got served the shittest possible route including residential areas with fucked up priority rules and parking on a school lot on the first day of school (so lots of pedestrian, other traffic, cyclists and shit all around). Most people will eventually make a mistake and get flunked in this situation.
>>15351291
Just because you don't enjoy my life doesn't mean I don't. I'm content with where I'm at right now, and when shit happens, I deal with it.
>>15351178
I take that back. They fucked up on the paper work and put down 41k lbs instead of the 14k lbs that was actually being delivered. Second stop only ordered 2 pallets.
>>15348530
I see them all the time here in the UK. Anything less than that is usually a tiny trailer.
>>15351178
>>Get to first stop
>>Open doors
>>Only half the trailer is loaded
>>15351572
>They fucked up on the paper work
What the fuck, whiney. We can't even blame you for that, much.
Did it not occur to you to check the inside of the trailer against the paperwork, though?
And for my third shitpost in a row, working with drivers fucking sucks.
> Go down to check loading bay
> Bins full
> One literally overflowing
> Nobody put binbags in them
> Go to empty them, huge swathes of paper towel loosely bound together with sticky labels fall out of the binbag I was emptying into
> Every fucking time
> Have to squat down and pick everything up by hand. Thank fuck for protective gloves.
> Hands stink of trash all day
> Cans of energy drink, some half empty, none even slightly crushed
> Paperwork that should be disposed of properly just abandoned
> No longer suitable for shredding due to being stuck to a banana skin
> Someone left a water bottle in a bay
> Can't reach it, leave it there, someone runs it over on the way out
Drivers are the grubbiest fuckers ever, I swear.
But now all three bins have fresh bags in, snugged up tight over the top. It's not even my job to do the ones on the bay, I was just sick of the smell.
> Get to end of day
> Someone drops a bottle of beer
> Have to go change it
> Last dolly going down to the bay
> HAY ANON CAN YOU GO CHANGE THIS ARMFUL OF CRAP I SPILLED BEER ON
> Go change it
> Stink of beer all the way home
> Hoping like crazy the police don't stop me and make me explain the smell of expensive beer
>>15348942
>leasing a truck
>inheriting problems so you can fix them for the next guy
Just get your own truck like an adult. The first year you have any truck is going to be plagued with breakdowns and repairs. Once you get everything buttoned up you should have learned the truck well enough for it to be smooth sailing until the inframe.
>>15349493
Nope. Never. 70% really sounds like shit compared to 80% at F2F or a 9% dispatch fee with a broker.
>>15349551
They don't call them wiggle wagons for nothing.
>>15351728
We aren't allowed to, trailers are usually preloaded and sealed on the yard. We just pick up and fuck off.
>>15351961
They don't let you check the trailer you're about to haul?
What the fuck.
>>15351986
Yeah, it's pretty absurd. We only ever see what the load looks like at our first or final stop.
>>15351924
I don't understand why they use an A-dolly and not a C-dolly. 2 pintle hitches is better than 1 imo
post stories of dumbass truckers, pls
>>15352770
inb4 WhineyQualcommlowclearances.png
>>15348713
Have you gotten on mentor truck yet?
>>15352843
I was thinking more of basketball american or white trash gubment haters
>>15352894
Nah still got orientation then as long as whiney has got his cert i should start with him in a few days
>>15352770
There was my fuck up yesterday
>>15348423
>>15352770
>>15348520
>get part time job to make it through cdl school
>here in GA we get $1600 in grants and college is only $1800....$180 out of my pocket somehow..
>I Wouldnt sign for a yr with a shit company just my opinion.
>Drug and Dot card is $80 out of pocket and youd have to pay for your transport to school and food but if your paying that now it isnt any extra.
> Ive paid maybe $280 so far and graduate within 3 weeks. I have a local job lined up for $170 a load with at leasst 6 loads a week.
> that doesnt pan out ill regional it because my record is spotless.
>>15348520
>I could go to a community college and get my CDL there, but no money and
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>>15353154
So I can just waltz into my bank and ask for money? I thought I need previous income to get a loan.
>You can apply for grants through the college and more than likely get them.
> depends on income and
gpa
>who doesn't have $200 saved anyway just saying?
>>15353169
Happens all the time. It's a safe bet for the bank since a good deal of trucking companies offer to take over payments or outright pay off CDL school debt.
>>15353256
Or just go to a company's school and dont worry about it
>>15353256
>>15353393
That's still an option but I literally have $4 in my bank account and no way I'd be able to get food and stuff while at company school.
>>15353393
>signing a contract to work for a shit company
Spoken like a true cpmcuck :^)
>>15353424
Get your shit together. Not having a decent work history is going to severely limit your employment options.
>>15353452
Alright. Thanks for the help guys.
So I was supposed to start driving for Paschall today right? Well last week it flooded here in WV and Paschall happened to call during all of it. I asked them to set my start date back a week (July 7th) and they said it was ok. Well today they called and made sure I hadn't drowned. Does that mean they care about me and will probably be a good started company?
>>15352911
As fun as it sounds your going to be on his truck forever running his little dedicated fleet...
>>15353546
That's not all he is going to be running.
>>15353536
It means they expect some return from you and one of them noticed the flooding and went
>hey,anon is from there isn't he?
>fuck better make sure we aren't saving a truck for a soggy body.
Can someone suggest a replacement for my roadpro 12v frying pan? It's starting to show its age. Amazon only seems to have the same roadpro or far to big wall plug pans.
Damn.
https://www.google.com/amp/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/railroad-employees-presumed-dead-fiery-train-crash-official
>>15354370
I just saw something about this on a news channel, apparently they found 2/3 missing train crew.
>>15354417
Yeah one guy saw it coming and jumped clear, suffered some injuries. The other 3 weren't so lucky. One of those three still isn't accounted for.
>>15353424
Go apply for the loan and tack on a little extra so you can pay for food and extras while you're in school, then just pay the addition of the loan off after your company has paid off the majority.
It might not be the greatest idea, but it's something if you want to get on your feet.
>>15350572
>>15351270
Both of these are not true unless you live in certain specific states.
>>15351986
Back in my retail management days, some of the companies I worked for only accepted sealed loads. The DC/shipper would put a tamper seal on the trailer door latch, we were supposed to reject any load with a broken seal.
It was supposed to keep truckers from stealing shit, but after working at the company for a few months it was painfully obvious that internal theft was rampant and most of it was happening within the DC.
>>15353536
>PTL
About a month ago a PTL driver's 8 year old tard spawn got out of the truck with his equally retarded English pitbull and proceeded to have a 45 minute conversation with me about the struggles of being a 3rd grader on the road while I was trying to tarp a load of shingles at a TA in Sawyer, MI. He thought California was on the toe he'd ridden between PA and IL. I wished him godspeed after he'd been eaten alive by mosquitos because he'd stood in a muddy puddle the whole time and sank about 6" due to his girth.
If you can figure out a captcha, I think you're over qualified.
>>15353546
>>15353584
There will be plenty of time to run cocks in ebay cosplay sitting at docks regardless.
>>15353782
Do you have an inverter? If so, what size? If not, get those shitty 12v lunchbox ovens they sell at every truckstop. Shit lasts forever.
>>15354971
>tfw pulling a van
>company gives me a ream of seals
>punch in seal number on computer
>put it on when I get to receiver
>"break the seal and back into dock ___"
>every
>fucking
>time
Still cracks me up that any time I run a flatbed load for XPO they ask me what my seal number is with my loaded call.
brehs...
>one week from going back to Springfield
>can finally walk again
>in my 4-wheeler
>day cab bro can't pull out into traffic
>traffic moving at like 5 mph no one will let him in
>turn my car so that it blocks both lanes
>wave day cab bro by
>everyone behind me mad as hell
>mfw trolled 4-wheelers today without my KW
>>15351572
You are such a fuck up. Did you not notice how the truck pulled so much easier?
>>15355610
Kek. If I ever drove a 4wheeler I'd do the same.
>>15355723
Tbh, new trucks retard power when they're loaded light. There's no way he could tell since I'm sure they don't have onboard scales on cpmcuck trucks because $150 is much too lavish an expense.
We Freightliner now.
10 months in the 2016 Volvo she's turned 200K and time to finish the lease with another driver, so I grabbed a 2017 Cascadia with 505HP and the DT12 automated manual. Not too bad, at least both drive axles are powered for this winter, gots the new Bridgestone M760 drives, slightly more rolling resistance than the M710, less aggressive tread.
>phone farmer for directions
>no answer
>wait an hour and phone again
>still no answer
all I need to do is pick this up and then I can go home...
>>15356528
>505HP
What a piece of shit.
My Honda gets way more with just a few simple mods
>>15357734
>505hp
>Honda
Pick only one
Would I look like a retard if I did laps around my truck as a form of exercise?
>>15357754
Pick both.
>>15357775
>Civic
>RWD
Probably an LS swap.
>A few simple mods.
>>15357800
>not knowing Lutz's kids civic.
I classify that as simple. Especially because they just built a chassis and set the body over it. All easy shit. Baby's first mod.
>>15357764
A little. But you'd look retarded as a morbidly obese trucker sitting at a truck stop talking shit on the CB about the kid trying to excercise too.
>>15357734
>comparing a truck with high torque x low rpm with a car with no torque and high rpm
Ah, horsepower. The perfect unit for people who like to brag without understanding what the fuck they're talking about
>>15357836
I knew you were trolling as I was typing my last reply. This is all the (You)'s you're getting from me today.
>>15357857
I once saw a guy straight up pull a bench and weights out of his truck, set up on the pavement, and do a few sets right there. That's dedication.
>>15350534
more like an hour, hour and a half at most. Pro-tip, the shitter you are, the longer it takes as they try and give you as many chances as possible to prove you are safe.
>>15357873
>not just driving to the gym
Cpmcucks. When will they learn?
>>15357873
Was it a Swift driver? Because I've seen that shit too. He was the embodiment of /fit/
>>15357954
>tfw no personal conveyance in company trucks
>>15357895
Nope, it's a time slot with the instructor.
>>15357764
I once saw a guy run a few laps around his truck, do about 20 pushups and squat thrusts before jogging across the parking lot to the store. It almost motivated me to get off my ass
>PilotFlyingJ charges $7 for internet
>lets me come to 4chan
>blocks store.steampowered.com
what the fuck
>>15358098
>Getting blocked after paying for Flying J 'Premium' WiFi
When I got stuck in Mississippi this last weekend for a full break, I paid for the internet so I wouldn't have to worry about my phone hotspot data cap. Downloaded Diablo 3, World of Warcraft, and a few steam games overnight. Bout 70GB in two days.
>>15358123
This is the first one I've come across that blocks steam. I can understand blocking torrents but blocking steam is annoying.
>>15358089
Have you tried "Burn Your Fat with Me" ?
>>15358152
Oh no, it blocks porn as well
>>15355789
Really? Our 14' KW T680 will put you in the seat bobtail. I learned how to walk the dog in my training days and impressed my trainer she couldn't believe at only 30,000 miles I had mastered that.
>>15357734
10 of your 500hp Hondas might equal the torque of a DD15
>>15358295
>>15358152
>>15358123
>not having your own WiFi hotspot on your phone
A lot of our guys have them on our fleet I don't think I know a single person who actually pays the merchant truck stops for WiFi
>>15358409
Yeah I got one but I mainly use it if I play something online. I use truck stop wifi for big downloads or streaming, usually just pay with points.
>>15358409
This. >>15358500 If you read my post, you'd notice I talked about my hotspot and not wanting to eat into the use cap with game downloads.
Fellow cpm cuck I've got a question. Say your dispatched a load in say Dallas and an unload soon after also in Dallas. The trip comes up as 0 miles unloaded, 0 miles loaded. Does that mean you don't get paid?
>>15359847
You won't get paid and you'll like it
>>15359847
Depending on the company you may be able to talk your DM into some hourly pay
>>15359847
Ask your dispatcher about it. They might have something worked out already and just havent told you.
>>15358376
ISL's are capable of being governed to a max acceleration rate, I'm sure others are too.
Good morning Arkansas.
You otr cucks cant even make it off gwb without causing a pile up
>>15348650
>>15348822
> tfw your wife is a 10/10 high test goddess
pic related, it's her.
>>15354015
Get a load of this retard.
>>15363878
Nothing more than a bunch of butthurt faggots crying about ahit they wont do anything about.
>>15358006
It's called trip planning, buckaroo.
>>15358098
>buy annual package
>another truck puts their trailer in front of the transmitter
>every
>fucking
>night
>>15359847
Decent companies have shag pay. Anything under 100 miles total pays $100 or whatever. Eagle Express only pays zip to zip, so they can bounce their drivers around a city all day and never have to pay them.
>>15364565
Does the annual plan work at all locations? It's not exactly clear and the way it's worded makes it sound like it's tied to one spot.
I got time off for starting the 7th in Houston. Currently in Louisville KY. Get my first load to commiefornia in over a year, delivers on the 5th.
>th th thanks?
>>15364797
What's really good is when they get you home late like that and then stick to your Next Available date while acting like you're the one that's the problem.
What's so bad about driving bobtail?
>finish all my shit, drop relay trailer at drop yard, next stop is home for break
>walk around yard, no empty trailer
>get in touch with fleet manager and dispatch, they tell me to hang tight they'll find me something to drag home
>been sitting here 3 hours wasting my off day
Holy fuck I live an hour away, just let me leave faggots.
>>15364936
Do you have to take an empty home? Sorry I'm starting driving soon and don' t understand.
>>15364565
Gordo was supposed to have that. But Goodluck ever getting it. Now whenever they send me something I go "you know that's 100 dollarydoos to have me do that upfront,youknow."
They used to cancel the runs. Or as of late go "of course" and then not pay.
>>15364797
Last thing I send usually starts with "since you failed to get me back in time I will be available at ___." And then shutdown the rig.
>arrive at cons.
>Litterally a residential house turned buisness.
>signs everywhere saying no truck's over 6k
Paper rolls being unloaded by hand.
>Owner chatting with me
>explains they tried to buy the car wash to allow a straight exit but community has been fighting them for 25 years.
Fucking hell.
>burbank.on friday. Forth of July weekend.
I'm not leaving alive am i?
>>15364951
Yea, at least where I work. They absolutely do not want you bobtailing anywhere. If you aren't hauling a load you are hauling an empty trailer. Dropped your loaded trailer and can't find an empty on the lot? They'll send you somewhere else to get one. That goes for going home too. Even though I'll park an hour from the drop yard they want me pulling a trailer.
nothing pisses a car driver off more than when one of you fat ass slobs pulls out into a lane we're blowing by you in.
thus totally fucking up everything behind you.
revenge is when i pull over in front of you, slowly decelerate and take you assholes down to about 20mph on a hill.
then after your wormy ass has worn out your horn and high beams, i pull away and you have no choice but to sit there life the fat bloated pig that you are.
and knowing you're back there seething as you see me disappear off into the distance is so cash.
>>15365024
>Implying you've literally ever done this
>Implying you even have a car
This is all the (You) you're getting.
>>15364936
Because they don't want you to be without a trailer when you get your next load since there may not be one available. Also, nothing says you'll be going back there to start your next load. It may be likely but not guaranteed.
In the future just kinda sorta fail to mention these things to dispatch unless there's a problem. Easier to beg forgiveness than get permission and all that you know.
>>15364936
>come out of company shop
>my empty has disappeared
>dispatch says let us know when you have an empty
>how about tell me where to get one, fgt. Ain't none here
>ok hang tight
>hours
>aight go get this empty 70 miles away
>am I getting paid for this?
>you'll get deadhead from where you get the empty
>fukn hell
>arrive at random shipper
>they have no empties
>uh...ok hang tight
>hours
>ok go here for empty, 50 miles back the way I came from
>arrive
>get old shitty empty
>can haz load now?
>sure, pick up this t-called load from the same company shop you were at most of the day, it's been sitting there for three days.
>ALL OF MY HATE
>>15364972
>>signs everywhere saying no truck's over 6k
> Welp, looks like I can't make the delivery properly.
> Dump the rolls off on the closest access
> Drive off
>>15365299
God there are some shitty companies out there. Skyline didn't offer top tier pay, but they'd pay you for every damn mile you drove, loaded, empty, and bobtailing. I might go back if flatbed doesn't work for me, but definitely as an O/O.
A buddy of mine just called me
>hey, where you at?
Matthews mo, at the hook.
>stay there. Im on my way. Lets go to lamberts tonight
(Ask my son if he wants to wait)
Whynot.webm
Ok, we'll wait. But ill be out of hours when you get here. So no more miles for me today.
>thats fine. We can run tomorrow.
Cool, how long until you get here?
>3.5 hours. II'll meet you at the hook and we can drive the rest of the way together.
>>15365302
Apparently,deliveries are ok.I'm now sure how. But they are ok.
>imblying my lard butt is going to move 44k of paper out of a trailer by myself
>not using the excuse to go to yard and loose the empty due to "tire pressure" and thus be stuck till July 5th.
It's like you don't even cuck.
>>15365662
Also fucking props to the elderly Mexican gentleman. Who emptied the trailer in 30 minutes then held traffic for me to leave.
It took the fed ex guy longer than leave than the unloading
>this must be what pepsifag feels all the time.
>>15365709
For some reason I read that in the voice of Gary Oldman as Zorg in the 5th element.
>>15365299
>t-called load
wut's that?
>>15366583
Shit now I gotta re watch that..
>>15365709
>tfw I show up an hour later than most other drivers
>tfw my route is one of the furthest from the plant
>tfw I'm sitting at home on my couch at 3pm while other dudes are over working themselves and getting stressed out
I'm not the fastest, but I work smarter than a lot of these guys. It's funny watching them run around like crazy just to get all the stops done and then get salty when I still make it back before them.
I had a fun end to my day today. I think I managed to piss off some gas station owner, I'm glad it's not one of my regular deliveries because I'm sure this asshole will bitch and moan to the driver next week.
>Last stop on a Friday, always lots of shitty stops so 2pm and I'm ready to get the fuck home
>Run inside, tell them 49 cases and I gotta grab a check
>"Umm, let me call my boss"
>Boss wants me to come back in an hour, tell him no way in hell
>Says 15 minutes, which I know is going to be bullshit so I tell dude that 15min means 15min and I'm not getting paid to stand around
>"15min and I will be there!"
>I have been doing this long enough that I know when these guys are BSing and are going to waste my time
>Go outside, smoke a cig, leisurely load the stuff onto the handtrucks but and leave them right by the truck with the bays open
>15min...
>tell dude to call back bossman and tell him it will come back Monday
>He is furious because I'm not his employee and he doesn't have complete control over me
>Tells me 5min, tell him I'll be here for 5min more
>walk outside, light up a cig, slowly throw the stuff back on the truck
>been there 30min, longer than it would've taken to make the delivery if they had a check
>tell my boss we got one of these "5 minutes!" situations and I'm gone
>drive away hoping I seriously interrupted this guy's afternoon and wasted his time driving over with a check
>delete the invoice so he won't even get his delivery Monday
I wish I could've hidden the truck and been there to see him all pissed when he got there.
So is freight super slow for anyone else right now? I'm still having an ok week miles wise since my company keeps paying me to deadhead 250-550 miles to pick up loads, but I keep ending up at a terminal for a day waiting and listening to other drivers bitch about no loads in between.
>>15364565
>zip to zip
That's fucked up. Too bad there are so many retards getting their CDLs and being happy with their $31k/yr for living in the fucking truck. Otherwise I would say we just union this bitch up and try ro get rid of shit like that.
It would never happen. There are a million Haitians down here that are willing to work for next to nothing and the companies are fine with it because their mistakes are still costing less than using a realistic pay scale.
>>15366670
Freight sux right now at Shaffer.
>tfw 1900 mile 4 day load
>tfw excited about 475 miles per day
>tfw had to way 30 hours from last load to pick it up
>tfw excited about 380 miles per day
>>15366762
>>15366670
Canada-fag here and I generally average between 5k-6k kms a week. (Depending how hard we choose to run). Regional so home every other day and on weekends.
At 50cpm it doesn't hurt as much but deff been a drop since last year.
>>15366705
Ah, American labour laws...
>>15364762
Yep, Pilot/Flying J, and Petro/TA both gave plans that apply to most locations. Some franchises don't participate, but they're rare.
>>15366670
This was the busiest week for dry van and reefer for the next 3 months. If you aren't getting shit you're boned.
>>15366806
>kms
>cpm
Lolwut.
>>15366913
>labour
It's not necessarily the labor laws, it's kinda the whole economy. A 4-year degree doesn't mean that much anymore and the middle class can't afford $150k for those degrees. Middle-management not being worth the effort involved, diminishing hours and overtime available at hourly jobs, and a median income around $40k not being enough to support a family is getting all these people thinking that a CDL is the way out. It is bringing a bunch of worthless people into the industry and the people who are actually good at it aren't getting payed what they are worth since they can keep paying to train these fuckups instead of promoting and paying the people who hang around long term and do well at their job. It's the same in so many industries. Hard work and years if service to a company doesn't get promotions and raises like it used to.
>>15366955
The workforce will have to be absolutely garbage before rules change enough to get rid of the bad ones and by then all the good driver's will have fucked right off.
Found a weird ass... pipe hauler (?) In the DBT OP
>landing gear
>in front of... landing gear?
>nothing to hold up the front of the trailer
Wat.
>>15367001
Sadly I don't see it changing for the better in any industry in the near future.
>>15367029
Looks like there is a trailer tongue or something right under that tarp but it is bretty thin fampai.
>>15367069
20weeks cdl schoolfag here, teach me how not to be garbage pepsifag sempai
>>15367083
Are you any good at driving a car? Most of it is just being aware of your surroundings and being able to make decisions quickly. That is why women are so often terrible drivers.
Aside from that, it is just practice a complex balance of extreme caution at some times and giving zero fucks at others.
>>15367069
>trailer tongue
There's a full deck under there, but look at where the 5th wheel is in relation to the deck in relation to the pivot.
>drop trailer
>what happen
Must be some kind of turd world rigid articulated trailer.
o I'm hanging out in a postage stamp sized Pilot that's right outside a Kroger DC and watching the rodeo here at 10pm. Place fits about 60 trucks but only about 15 spots are not going to leave you trapped in the morning. And good luck trying to use or leave the fuel island after midnight.
Navajo's been orbiting the lot for at least an hour looking for a spot and he's gotten fucked out of spots at least three times by being out of position when one does open up and other drivers beat him to them.
Spent about 20 minutes watching Perdue block traffic while trying to hit an impossible spot because KLLM parked at the end of a row of that isn't actually a row and is too close for anybody to be able to hit it.
Looks like Navajo found a hole but it's across from the scale and there are literally four trucks outboard of the scale, blocking everybody in that area. He's got that truck so bent, way past 90, I'll be amazed he doesn't take off somebody's hood or mirror.
>>15367115
I'm confused looking at it more, I want to see exactly what is after that red tarped part.
>>15367115
Tfag >>15367265
I'm curious now.
>>15367029
Kind of looks like the lumber hauling trailers I've seen on youtube and in the video game Spintires.
Here's a (crappy) video on youtube. If that's what it is the trailer itself is connected to the truck with a pintle hook and the truck also has a kind of fifth wheel type device to share the load. It's weird.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TantBpfRczA
>>15367297
Idk. That video just looks like a regular boom truck with a telescopic lumber trailer. They're pretty cool because they just fold up and bobtail home.
>>15366927
We legit convert our kms to miles to calculate how much we get paid lol
Most of our work is cross border deliveries and we're told to fuel up as much as possible in US. (If you don't, it's not bad. Just....expect dispatch to talk to you about it before your next trip)
>>Canadian paid loads pay for office and dispatch + leased trucks
>>USD loads pay for fuel and drivers etc
I guess having a Canadian bank account and US bank account for the company helps weather a few minor economic disruptions
>>15367110
I have enough common sense not to do anything retarded outright as well as keeping distance from both fourwheelers and up as well as nice and proper signaling which seems to be a dying art these days.
I don't have the audacity to call myself a perfect driver having only gotten my class C license 9mos ago with 6mos supervised driving exp before(i'm 25 a late bloomer i know) but any fuckups i do i recognize immediately and nip it in the bud asap. Also, i'm a blank slate as far as my instructor described me for my driving record/knowledge of stickshift so with my cdl being on the chopping block even out of a semi i want to be a non shit head driver as much as i can.
>>15363859
Damn that's a huge bitch.
I'd let her sit on my face.
>>15367029
are you CTA?
>>15368162
Chicago Transit Authority? No.
>>15363859
This is high test.
>Pic related
>>15367029
looks like an "a" trailer from a b double.
Looks like the thin yellow one are the landing gear and the thing behind is who knows what.
>>15368198
Cum Tribute Anon
>>15363859
I bet her pussy smells like stale piss and cheese.
>>15363859
trucker standards
>>15363859
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3349932/Obese-woman-husband-called-fat-girl-loses-NINE-STONE-ditching-junk-food-diet.html
Saw these self driving freightliners all over the I-84 in Oregon. Snagged this picture while I was leaving Jubitz. I want one so I can crank my weiner to hot anime babes while driving.
And yesterday dropped off some insulation at a Facebook datacenter in Oregon. Lots of signs everywhere saying no photography, woops!
>>15366705
It's one of the reasons this country has gone to shit. The bottom line keeps dropping lower to satisfy investors while absolutely decimating the middle class in the process. I talked to someone I used to work at Lowe's with and she told me the new managers are now getting paid about $20k less a year than previous ones.
I feel bad for my friend who majored in Anthropology, he's absolutely fucked.
>>15366955
>the middle class can't afford $150k for those degrees
It doesn't have to cost that much if people are smart about it. In-state colleges, financial aid, etc. can really take that edge off. I got sick of being used and abused for starvation wages with a high school diploma, so I'm grinding my way through college now and I have literally zero tuition. Of course it helps that I'm in my 30's and don't have to report my parents' income on my FAFSA.
When I was fresh out of high school, it was another story. A bunch of my friends had parents who never learned to manage their own finances; 2-income families with over 100k/year coming in, but still living paycheck to paycheck with no savings. Their FAFSA's came back with estimated family contributions of 25k/year and their parents all said "lol nope, we have a lifestyle to maintain," while the financial aid offices all said "Your EFC is enough to cover the full cost of attendance, so we have no aid for you, but here are the names of some private student loan companies with loanshark-like interest rates in case the Stafford loan's 14k maximum doesn't cut it."
And then of course because they inherited their parents' lack of financial management, they all ended up with 100k of extra debt at 9% APR by the time they graduated.
>>15366955
Your country is fucked. You could have gotten the economy out of the shitter, but chose to double down on the bad credit and consumerism and exploitation of the workers.
America needs to realise that slavery is not viable.
Hey Gordo where you in sf yesterday?
>>15369741
I was pulling a heartlung trailer in burbank yesterday. Did you get the truck number? I might know em. There's very few gordo's with gordo logos left.
>>15356528
My company recently switched over to automated manuals. It feels incredibly strange not having to downshift or use any form of progressive driving.
>>15369764
That looks like fontana, though I can't place the street.
>>15370705
Mira loma.harvest st
>>15370815
Ah. Love that whole area. Restaurants with truck parking, street parking, trailer wash and cheap clean meth.
>>15368685
i went to a mediocre college and graduated with an engineering degree with a nearly 3.9 GPA. due to my parent's low income FAFSA covered everything, but after graduating i wasn't able to find any job. in fact, a lot of my peers that weren't women or black had difficulty finding jobs and those that did find jobs mostly had to resort to accepting 40k/year positions out of desperation. average national starting pay for engineers is 60k/year and i live in a high cost of living city.
i'm now in my 4th year of a phd program making about 25k/year. graduate school sucks dick, and unlike medical doctorates you aren't guaranteed a decent paying job, or any job at all. due to that i contemplated dropping out and applied to a few positions last year. the only offer i got was for a field engineer position (i'm in an experimental lab and we do a lot of hands on work and troubleshooting since the equipment is old and my adviser is a jew that refuses to pay for technicians.) the kicker is that while i applied for a full time position they offered my an intern position that paid half of what the full time position did.
what i'm getting at is that you're better off going into debt if it means going to a prestigious college with high employment rates for their graduates instead of ending up like me.
>>15371104
Or not falling for the college meme at all and just go into a trade school. Or trucking
>>15371104
I think a prestigious college also gives you an all around better experience in terms of networking and social life in general... I went to a lackluster state college sort of like you and now I work for fedex express... at least I'm debt free
>>15371104
RIP all the kids getting their liberal arts degrees.
>>15368387
I've seen those, but I just figured they were doing a design refresh. Does Oregon even allow self-drive vehicles on their roads?
2 more days and i start orientation.
>>15373377
4 more days and I start orientation with paschall
>>15373445
Im with swift and whiney-kum
>>15373449
He will teach you well.
>>15373467
Thats IF he got his cert finally and requests me to train.
>>15373474
Is training optional? I wouldn't train anyone if I didn't have to.
>>15373516
Yeah its voluntary, whiney is only volunteering for me.
>>15373474
I messaged you earlier. I haven't gotten my cert and I'm not even sure it would be good for me to mentor you both practically and financially.
If you really want me to, I will. But the runs on this account aren't consistent and we may sit.
>>15373529
kek
Just outright tell him you don't want to do it because you won't be able to fap in peace.
>>15373529
Tbh i was thinking the same m8...plus you do dedicated and i need to go cross country
>>15373544
I do go cross country. But, I do prefer running solo, also my truck is a piece of shit and I am not confident in my ability to teach seeing as though I'm 22 and still learning myself.
>>15373542
Implying we wouldnt fap each other
>>15373559
>Young and just learning yourself
But isnt that all swift trainers?
>>15373570
I don't think any of them are as young as me though. I'm still entertaining the idea but I'm not sure how practical it would be, or if your financial needs will be met with our runs.
>>15373577
I though i get paid like 450-600 a week regardless.
>>15373579
Also i just need to know by Wednesday if youre gonna do it
>>15373579
No you get paid $7.25 an hour while you're driving. Expect like $350 a week max after taxes.
I'd say take your chances with another mentor, if he's a pile of trash I'll sign up and mentor you myself.
>>15373606
Guess if he's shit i can always request a swap.
>>15373606
I plan on driving my max 70 since my trainer will get paid by the mile regardless.
>>15373610
Yeah, you can tell pretty quickly how bad they'll be though. Like I said, if he's shit, let me know and tell your DM to get you off that mentor. Then I'll bite the bullet and train you.
>>15373631
Sounds good m8.
>>15373606
Whiney! I'm going to apply at Swift and tell them that you offered to be my mentor.
I hope you like Slim Thug, Newports, and ebony porn.
>>15373631
Does swift have a safety bonus?
>>15373682
Who doesnt?
>>15371104
>i went to a mediocre college
That's what I'm saying about "be smart about it".
Do your research. Know what your schools placement rate is for your major. Protip: More expensive/prestigious schools are not necessarily better in this regard!
Consider this image, from a Wired article detailing where big-name US tech firms hire their employees from. Observe that the feeder schools are mostly cheap public universities.
This is why I'm attending the University of Washington and majoring in CS.
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>>15374109
>majoring in CS
>tfw goin out for drinks with co driver and he gets drunk and goes MIA
Should I go back to the bars that are around the city and look for him? He is a lousy drunk and can't hold his liquor. Asshole drank my car bomb too
>>15373682
>faps to tarted up crack whores
You could at least jerk it to something semi-respectable like loli ntr or full package fura guro.
>>15373696
Are you stuck in the hotel in Memphis all weekend?
>>15371104
You should have already had a job lined up by graduation day. Did you even do internships, work placements, get experience while in school, on campus job fairs? Did you even have a reason to be an engineer? Did you have a passion for it before you started or is it just some autistic venture to make money and be le stem? Because that comes through in a resume and interviews. Most of the ME/SE/AE graduates at my school were hired as engineers. 40% through placements and 15% through job fairs at UCSD.
I hear this shit all the time "I can't find a job". I think it's total bullshit. For me, the knowledge was 80% of the point and I still got an engineering job 3 months after school. People don't take full advantage of what their school offers, they don't have a passion for it, they don't work while in school, they refuse to take low paying jobs for experience, they aren't up to date with the software or processes for certain fields, they get way over their heads in debt, and they pick the wrong schools for their major. There's more to getting a job than just sitting in a classroom and getting accredited.
There's a lot of good cheap public engineering schools that have close relations with employers. in socal cal poly, ucsd, and sdsu have 80% engineering placement.
>>15374951
No i dont go in till moday afternoon then ill be stuck till thursday
>>15374930
I have no idea what any of that stuff is. And I don't think fapping to anything is respectable.
>>15375325
>I have no idea what any of that stuff is
>>>/b/ will inform you.
>>15374930
>>15375628
>ntr
Neuter/null?
>fura
Misspelled futa?
>>15375664
I dont want to get banned by posting things like that here. Just head to
>>>/b/ and start a thread asking about it. They'll oblige. They always do.
>>15373682
It'll be a good trade off once you hop into my rig of Uchuu Conbini, Hentai, and Dakimakuras.
>>15373696
I get $100/wk. as a safety bonus. I think regular OTR gets a quarterly bonus based on driver rank and performance.
>>15375664
Google them senpai :^)
>>15375664
>Misspelled futa?
Yea
>first load to Walmart DC
>appointment for previous consignee was 21:00, shut down at 21:50
>drive through Atlanta construction, arrive at shipper 1hr late for 08:00 appointment
>"Wrong address, you want our other building down the road."
>arrive at gate, worker waves me through
>Uh... okay
>park truck, go to shipping office, hand over sheet from other building's guard
>"Das duh wrong sheet, go back to OUR guard shack."
>"Reefer fuel too low, go get it filled up."
>drive 12 miles to fill up
>notice on level ground that fuel level is correct
>top off, head back, get same sheet from guard, go back to office
>"Wrong office. Go round back and park at door 63."
>clusterfuck of trucks playing tetris
>63 is filled and inaccessible
>attempt to not block access by parking on precarious clay shoulder
>"Drop your empty. Here's your trailer. It's not ready, they'll let you know when it's loaded."
>realize parking at that spot was a stupid idea as truck started listing farther over as I pulled away
>parked in front of trailer from 11:10
>nobody comes out by 14:00
>no dock signal
>ask other driver, says they'll notify you
>watch other trucks cycle through
>walk in at 16:00, ask forklift driver
>"Nah, man. They haven't picked it yet. We'll let you know."
>19:20, peek through crack between trailer and dock
>loaded
>hook up, lock up
>call DM, tell her on-time delivery impossible
>"I'll take care of it, anon. Just drive."
>1hr 58min left
>make leap of faith and head to truck stop 58 miles away
>lolnope, trucks bypass around Atlanta, now it's 72 miles
>back into last open spot with 13 min left
>park last night
>low DEF warning light, <1/4 fuel
>decide not to idle, wonder why it's habit to idle at least a few hours
>this morning
>battery dead
>Oh, right.
>get jump
>get to fuel stop on fumes
>check in at gate 10 min before new appt
>Phew
>park in dock, unhook, walk to office
>"You check in here. You're late."
>O-oh..
>watch clock burn
It's been 3 weeks, when do I stop sucking so much?
>>15377664
That's why you make the big bucks, driver.
>>15377664
walmart DCs are notorious for being shitty. Just keep at it Anon. You'll find your groove.
>>15377664
Arrive 1 hour early to walmart.
Expect to spend 4 hours on the dock from the time of your appointment.
>6am appointment
>gate a 5am
>empty at 10am
That's how every walmart in the nation works.
Thankfully my company guarantees detention over 2 hours, so even if walmart ain't payin I still get my 15bux per hour to fap and shitpost.
Gave the batteries the ol' swaparoo today since they were 5 years old and I've have to jump them twice in a month.
>before
>after checking every fuse in the man panel, for panel, rocker, battery box, and dozens of zip ties rekt to go zipping through looks looking for fusible links that didn't exist only for the "ecm internal fault" code to vanish after removing and replacing the first fuse I checked, except this time with the key on
Wew lads. Thought that was going to be $2k beer money down the drain for a few hours.
>>15378398
>>15379022
Thanks.
I meant to get there two hours early but the need for a jumpstart, then construction traffic, set me back. I guess I'll git gud and learn to plan better eventually.
Btw, is it a good idea to jumpstart a tractor using a reefer's battery? I imagine while the reefer is set to Continuous. Someone had suggested that to me today.
>>15379528
Yes that fine. Better to jump it with the reefer engine running for the extra volts and amps.
>>15379528
That should work fine, but give it plenty of time to charge before cranking.
The usual analogy for electricity is water.
When hooked in parallel(pos-pos, neg-neg) like in your truck, you are increasing the size of the pool. The output remains the same. You can run longer before running out.
As you add batteries in series (pos-neg) you increase the flow speed (voltage) but the size of your pool remains the same.
So your reefer and truck have the same flow speed, 12 volts, you can hook them together in parallel no problem, but your truck's alternator is a fire hose to fill a swimming pool, and the alternator on your reefer is a garden hose to fill a kiddy pool.
The upshot is it works fine, but you're filling a swimming pool with a garden hose.
At the same time, hooking your reefer's single charged battery to your truck's bank of dead batteries is like dumping a kiddy pool into an empty swimming pool.
You wouldn't want to dive right away.
Let the garden hose run.
>>15348520
is your aunt thicc? tell her an/o/n is looking for her thiccness
>>15379528
One time at skyline some 'prankster' left all the internal lights on in my truck over the weekend. (They checked every truck every weekend if they could manage, and mine got priority 'cause it was always fucking up.) I trickle charged it for an hour with my blazer and it fired right up.
>>15381399
We jump them with a pickup truck. Good ol' Ferd F-250. Right in the grill, there is one of those outlets like you see for pallet jacks and forklifts, and the jumper cables plug into that. It normally takes at least 20min before the truck will crank though.
Is trucking a good way to see the country? Would it be worth going through the whole process just to drive for about a year or so to see different places?
>>15381399
>an hour
Breh. 10 minutes is enough with a good connection.
>>15381792
As a company driver it'll let you look at the country. If you're fastidious about it, you can become an owner/operator by your third year and start actually /seeing/ the country with the freedom to choose your own loads/schedule and have the money to actually afford transportation off of truck routes.
>>15357734
How many tons can your bike haul
Damn, Paschall screwed up. Originally I was catching a bus last Tuesday night, the 28th, and starting orientation on Thursday. I thought I got everything pushed back one week due to the flooding with me catching the bus tomorrow night (5th) and orientation the 7th. Turns out they wanted me to start tomorrow and I was supposed to have left last night but they forgot to send an email with a confirmation number that covered the bus ticket. They called thinking I was on my way. Oops.
Kicking off the 4th by watching Red Foreman shove a Krenim boot up the Voyager's ass.
>>15382187
>ASUS Windows tablet
I actually considered getting the tablet Razer shat out a few years ago. Too expensive though, and then they abandoned it due to poor sales. Go figure. It's like getting Gundam games in the states.
>>15374109
University of Washington is a top school. In fact, I don't think a single one of the US schools in that chart isn't in the top 20. Mediocre means somewhere around the 100th mark rank.
>>15375022
>Most of the ME/SE/AE graduates at my school were hired as engineers
>UCSD
>in socal cal poly, ucsd, and sdsu have 80% engineering placement.
wow, what a surprise. your experience is solely with top technical schools, and in california at that which probably has more technology related jobs than the rest of US.
now imagine that, top technology schools, in the best state to apply for technology related jobs, have 80% placement. now what do you think the placement will be in a place like illinois from a school that has triple digit overall ranking and fifty something ranking for engineering majors?
i haven't met anyone at my school that got a job through a career fair. most of the representatives don't even have full time positions available and just tell you to apply online. they probably only come to the fair to not sit in the office and make calls that day. it wasn't until i couldn't find a job that i realized how much better the career/job seeking resources at other universities were. by comparison my university is just a degree mill where they couldn't give a fuck less what you do after you graduate.
in the end, i'm not blaming anyone but myself. i certainly didn't do enough research before entering college, but that was largely due to originally not wanting to go to college. everyone: high school counselors, teachers, and my parents pushed me so i picked a cheap local school that offered a major i found interesting and figured things will work out. in reality, i should have stuck to my guns and gone either into a trade (trucking or welding) or enlisted in the military. now i have completed 7 years of college, i'm making ~25k/year, and don't even have a clear due date for graduating from the shitty phd program. needless to say, i made very poor decisions.
>>15382369
I hate it. It isn't VESA compatible so I can't mount it anywhere, and break the screen about every 3 months.
Might get a controller for it and dig up some Gundam game roms.
Happy 4th fagg/o/ts
>>15382599
Recommend Endless Duel for SNES or Gihren's Greed if you like strategy games. My personal favorites are Battle Master/Battle Assault 1 and 2 on PSX (based on a DBZ fighter for SNES that was based on Street Fighter), and the VS series on PS2-PS3. If you can emulate PS2 on that thing, I'd recommend Federation VS Zeon or Gundam VS Zeta Gundam, for arcade kicks, or Zeonic Front for a squad shooter, Battle Assault 3 for an arcade fighter, Encounters In Space for glorious space battles.
>>15382630
I prefer the games along the lines of Zeonic Front. Probably the best game I played on PS2.
>>15382687
Sadly the closest thing to another Zeonic Front is Crossfire for PS3, and it's an absolute shit game. There's Sidestory 0079 for Dreamcast, but that's a bit more Mechwarrior style. If you ever have a PS3 on hand and want a hectic fun brawler, Gundam Extreme VS Full Burst is the latest title in the VS line. It's wild. I imported the first Extreme VS.
>>15382563
Honestly, the first time I went to college, back in the '00's, I had no clue what I was doing, and it took me 15 years to put my life back in order to go to college for real, with a practical game plan.
If it makes you feel any better, if you had gone to a trade school with the same attitude and level of preparation/research, the outcome would have been just as bad or worse.
The community college where I got my AA had an attached trade school. They're still pushing all their students into:
* Airplane mechanic
> Was good 5 years ago, now all the airlines fly their jets overseas to be serviced for pennies on the dollar, and all the US jet mechanics are either going on unemployment, or fighting for jobs servicing private piston-engine planes at local airstrips for Jiffy-lube-tier wages.
* LPN nursing
> Literally unemployable in the modern era, every modern healthcare facility requires RN/BSN minimum these days
* Auto Mechanic
> Change brake pads on Camrys for $10/hr for the rest of your life!
Statistically speaking, trade school outcomes are worse than liberal arts degrees. Pick the right trade and the right school, you might do ok, but on the whole if you just dive in and take the path of least resistance, you're fucked.
>>15382519
>University of Washington is a top school.
Maybe to people who aren't from here. In the Seattle area, it's just the cheap local public university that all the community college grads get guaranteed admission to. Locals with serious academic aspirations go to WSU or Western. Gonzaga if they have the money for a private school.
It sure as hell isn't ivy-league tier, and doesn't carry much prestige in the way that the big-name private schools do.
>>15382563
>Illinois
UIUC has bretty gud engineering placement I think, but it is also Top 5 for tons of engineering schools. CAT gets a lot of people from there.
>>15382865
Wrong faggot trade schools are goat if you do power distribution or hvac it opens the doors for shit loads of high paying jobs if you're not a fucking pleb e.g(you)
Man I did to many drugs this weekend boys
>>15382987
yeah, i went to the wrong university of illinois where the main boasting point is how "diverse" the campus is.
