02/25/12

02/25/12 - Well, not much to say except this company stays busy! The shortest day that I have worked was 12.5 hours and most are right at 14. This past week I worked about 67 hours.

My trainer rode with me for the first day explaining the ropes. He saw that I had a grasp of what was going on so from the second day forward he was in his truck and I would follow him. He would help me load, strap the cars down and unload on Tuesday and Wednesday. The next 4 days he was still with me but I did all of the work myself with him watching from a distance. After a week and a day I was signed off.

To give you an idea of a day, yesterday I went to Lawton, OK unloading 4 used cars from the auction, back to Ft. Worth to load 4 new Hondas, delivered those to Ardmore, OK then back to Ft. Worth. Im still slow at loading/unloading but that will come with time and Im not in a rush as I dont want to damage and cars.

Before I came to work here I talked to several employees and drivers for other companies. Nobody had anything negative to say about this company. Even talking with fellow employees since I started, nothing has changed. The owners and management is laid back and so far everyone seems to be really nice. I think Im going to like this place once I get used to the hours.

February 07

February 07 - My how quickly things change. I wont be working for Schneider after all.

Yesterday as I was just about to leave the house to take my DOT physical and drug screen for Schneider I got a phone call from a place that I have been trying to go to work for for a long time. They were offering me a job so I took it.

I called the recruiter at Schneider and told her what was going on. She was very nice and told me that I was welcome at Schneider at any time. To be honest I am pretty impressed with Schneider and the way that they operate.

Anyway, I will be working at C.A.R. Transport. They deliver new cars to the dealerships and also deliver cars to/from the auctions. This is more like what Im used to and I think that I will really enjoy this job.

I have talked to people that drive for C.A.R. as well as other car transporters and 100% tell me that this is a very well respected company and a great place to work! This is very encouraging!

He said that I could start as early as tomorrow and as late as Monday. We are just waiting on the trainer to come back into town.

This is the truck (White) that I will be driving and hopefully move up to one of the larger trucks (red) in the future.