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I Decided to start off my trucking career up here with Schneider National Transportation Carriers based out of Guelph Ontario Canada. I was hired Monday Feb. 4th 2 days after being licensed. The people at head office in Green Bay Wi. have to do all the paper work and make arrangements for hotel accommadations in Guelph so It wont be until the beginning of March 2007 that I will start their advanced training. I'm searching for a reasonably priced Laptop (probably used) between $400-500. I'm thinking that I will go with the AirCard that Sierra Offers through my current cell/home phone provider. Anyone use an actual Desktop in the sleeper? I was wondering if a got AC converters in the sleeper if I could just use that instead of a laptop/notebook. I picked up a 13" Tv at a buy/sell place. I noticed Schneider's tractors have a satellite dish for the QualComm network. I wonder if I can some how use that dish for regular internet access. What I want is to be able to communicate on MSN instant messaging and browse the internet, chat and upload pictures etc. while on the road. Ok, if any of you want to share how you all connect to the internet while on the road, by all means post here! All for now...
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Posted on Fri, Feb 09 2007 @ 12:45 PM [EST]
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I PASSED the roadtest![/b]
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Posted on Sat, Feb 03 2007 @ 11:12 AM [EST]
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I am trying to imagine life on the road as a trucker and how much it would actually cost a week to survive out there as a company driver, obviously an owner operator is gonna have much higher expenses but a higher income. I visited a truck stop up here in Ontario (Fifth Wheel) and asked a few questions, and one of them was how much a shower costs?.... $7.00 and I noticed an all-you-can-eat buffet for $9.99 in the restaurant. The cashier said if I were to purchase 300 Litres or more of diesel I could shower for free. I'm thinking I'm looking at atleast $20 a day to survive out there which comes to about $600 approx. a month subtract the days for home time. Am I close to being correct? Would appreciate some feedback if anyone has time. Thanks
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Posted on Sat, Jan 27 2007 @ 5:04 PM [EST]
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Well I have a couple weeks left of my training to get my ACZ License up here in Canada. Feb 2, 2007 is my road test. Looking forward to it and I really LOVE driving the 18 wheeler. It's an International Fuller 10 speed transmission that I am learning on and I have attached a pic that I took with my cell phone. I have an Interview setup with Schneider National the first week of February provided I pass the road test ofcourse. Looking forward to communicating with other trucking bloggers.
All for now!
JimsOpus
All for now!
JimsOpus
Category: General
Posted on Sat, Jan 20 2007 @ 3:52 PM [EST]
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