Question:
Ok, drivers I am interested in hearing some stories from your first or most rememorable load. I am very interested in the trucking industry, I would like to know some of the things I should expect from the trucking industry. The companies I would like to work for are SNI, Werner, Roehl, Crete, Us.xpress, in that order. Hopefully I can get on with SNI, as a newbie for a year, then move on to Crete.
Let me leave with saying this, I admire all of you guys/gals who continue to keep our country rolling. Thanks alot..
Toby_tob

Answer:
Use the ARCHIVES & I'm sure that you will find more than enough stories to satisfy you.
You may also want to check out http://www.pumpkindriver.com
or...
http://www.newbiedriver.com
or...
http://www.layover.com

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http://www.highmountainranch.com/indexofstories.html
a little shady, but very good

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I have read all of the journals on pumpkindriver and layover and truck.net, I was looking for some others,oh yeah and newbiedriver, thanks for the sites though, they were very good journals.
thanks shuff i am going to check this one out.
Keep all 18 rolling.
Toby-tob #25

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Here is one you might be interested in reading. It's from the site that Shuffler suggested.
"A trucker sees the world as a series of pictures passing by him at 55mph (yeah, right!) . Ride with Tim on this run from Seattle, Washington to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and share the scenery along the way."
[This message was edited by duvallken on April 22, 2003 at 0:13.]
[This message was edited by duvallken on April 22, 2003 at 0:13.]

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But you asked for it
I had been upgraded from a student to a solo driver for only about 2 weeks when I hit snow in a big truck for the first time and while pulling a 53 foot trialer with only 4,000 lbs in the box. It was in PA and I was on I99 going from the turnpike up to I80 to make a delivery. Originally the weather forcast was only calling for flurries on my intended route but as I got higher up the mountain the more snow I encountered. By the time I started down the other side more than 8 inches was on the ground and it was still coming down. To make it even more fun the interstate ended and became a two lane US route and when I finally got to the town I was delivering to I ended up making a worng turn and wound up on a one lane rural, snow covered road with 6 and 7 % grades, and no where to turn around of course. After making several near impossible left and right hand turns I managed to find my way back to the route (Amazing how wide a two lane road looks after being on a country road) and made it to my destination. Good thing it was night because if I had gotten a real good look at the ditches on either side of that country road I might have just parked it and walked home to Illinois.
Only two things I know of are infinite. The universe and human stupidity, and I am not real sure about the universe.