Friends,
Hopefully you're all doing well! I've spent the last week and a half in Charlotte, mostly in meetings and transitional duties for my next role.
As I promised in my last post, I've attached pictures of the truck + trailer I'll be driving around the East Coast this year. What you're seeing is a Chevy 2500 HD Diesel Truck and 18 Foot Trailer which serves as a "Mobile Showroom" of Newell Rubbermaid-branded Industrial tools. These shots were taken from a Marriott in Huntersville, NC, which I thought was an appropriate backdrop as I'll be spending nearly every night in 2008 in hotels!!
I head back to Tampa this weekend to train the new rep who has taken my old territory, then it's off to the races!
More to come. Hope you are all well!
On the road,
Matt
2 comments:
Nice truck Matt. 2 wheel drive or 4 wheel drive? Any sway-bars on the trailer?
I drove an F-350 with a 2 car gooseneck open hauler for Lexus the past couple years. You can see pictures of it and some trips I took on my blog - www.kc8qvo.com (way down the page).
As long as you stay under 26k lbs (unless you have a class A CDL -tractor/trailer or class B - straight) and log your time CORRECTLY (and log the time you aren't on the road too - you need logs for every day whether you drive or not, I got a $100 fine for that one) you won't have any troubles with motor carrier enforcement ;).
Get the logs with the PTI form on the back side and 3 hole binding - then put the whole batch in a zip up log book so your sheets aren't scattered around. If you get pulled over at a weigh station it looks a lot more professional and you won't loose as much time. If you have any questions e-mail me sjdamico@gmail.com.
I loved being on the road. I would do it again in the blink of an eye if I hooked up with a company that kept their shit in a strait line. I got screwed out of a lot of stuff so I quit.
On another thought Matt.. BIG SUGGESION HERE:
Get a CB radio. Preferrably one with the weather band built in. Anyone who spends any length of time on the road should have one. CB is pretty much a shit band - but it will save you a lot of headaches in traffic, bad weather, and.. most importantly: when something goes wrong with your rig. Also, it gives you something to do besides listen to music, watch the scenery (if there is any hehehe), talk on the phone, etc.
If you want go go the extreme route... get a Ham radio license and a 2m/70cm radio so you can talk on repeaters. There are MUCH more intelligent, civilized people to talk to there than CB (I call it the Chicken Band).
In all honesty though, you REALLY should have a CB. You won't understand what I mean until you get one and use it. You may think you can get by fine with a cell phone, but take it from me - Ive been from Wisconsin through Maryland, Michigan to Georgia - I can't count how many times my CB has helped. I lost my trailer lights, I lost my tie-downs on the rear car, etc, etc. Every time another truck driver told me over the radio.
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