Congratulations, Charlie! That's a big accomplishment and something to be happy and thankful about 👍 Now the journey really begins, Lord willing!

@@bluegrassoutdoors thank you! On to phase 2! Hopefully my trainer is as good and nice as yours

God bless you as well and thank you for the kind words 🙏 I wish you the best with your trucking journey and with your diet as well!

Thank you very much for the kind comments 🙏 I appreciate that a lot! I enjoy speaking with and meeting different people here on youtube and hearing their stories as well. My first year in trucking is going fast! I'm really enjoying it and happy I chose this path. Thank you again for the support and I wish you the best my friend! Are you a trucker?

Thank you very much Danny and may God bless you and your loved ones as well my friend! I appreciate the kind words a lot. I am very thankful for my family for sure. They are a blessing!

@@bluegrassoutdoors you’re very welcome dillon and thanks for your kind words as well. by the way i’ve recently stumbled across halvor lines. their paid cdl program pays 1k per week! their trucks are equipped with hdtv, satellite, fridge/freezer, and microwave. they provide transportation to training as well. ive been in contact with a guy who drove for them a couple different times and he just raves about them and how great that they treat their drivers. i haven’t been able to find many driver reviews about them. through your research, do you happen to have any knowledge about halvor lines? as of this moment, based on what i’ve learned so far, I’m leaning towards halvor instead of roehl. God bless and may he keep you safe out there.

Thank you very much 🙏 I appreciate that a lot! God bless

Thank you very much Mike 🙏 I agree, the truck stops can be pretty crowded and hectic at times. You keep up the great work as well, my friend! Your videos are getting a lot of attention I've noticed! Time is going fast in this! After this week I will be 3 months in on my own. I'm enjoying it a lot! Thank you for all of your kind words, help and support. That means a lot. God bless, Mike

I'd love to see the progress on your garden, Kevin! We started one this year, for the first time lol. I agree, 3 months has went by so fast! I'm enjoying it a lot and I feel I'm getting a lot of good experience. I am very thankful for it! I wish you and your family all the best as well, Kevin and it's always good to hear from you my friend! Thank you for all of the kind words 🙏

It is a handy app for sure that I need to utilize more 👍

Thank you very much and God bless you as well my friend! 🙏

Thank you very much 🙏

You make some good points! Trip planning would definitely help me, I believe. It's no fun being woke up and made to leave. So far, the vegitarian diet hasn't been too bad. I have had some stomach problems, probably my body trying to adjust, lol. What company do you drive for? If you don't mind me asking.

@@bluegrassoutdoors I work for Freymiller. They are a reefer company out of OKC. They are really big in their faith. We even have a on site chaplain who does Bible study on Sundays at the terminal. Even if you are a non believer and just need someone to talk he will listen

if flatbed is an option for you I've noticed a company called Maverick might be a good option to start out with also.

@@givenhawk thanks for the reply. actually i have looked into maverick as well as many many others. don’t have much interest in flat bed. all that tarping and strapping looks like more than i wanna deal with at my age. i recently stumbled across halvor lines. they have a paid cdl program that pays trainees 1k a week. they pay for transportation to training and their trucks are equipped with hd tv, satellite, fridge/freezer, and microwave. i haven’t been able to find a whole lot of driver reviews of them out there on the web but i did speak to a guy who worked for them a couple different times and he just couldn’t say enough good things about them. as of now im leaning towards halvor and away from roehl. we shall see. take care.

@@DannyArm8489 thanks i will look them up

Sure 👍

I did do a tug test actually. I don't show everything.

Sorry for the late reply. You can become an owner operator after 6 months with roehl as long as you have a good record 👍

I'm not the best person to answer that question, my friend!

Hello Dave. How are you sir?

@@bluegrassoutdoors good my man waiting on my glasses now so I can take my permit test undecided between halvor or roehl

@@davefromthe502 halvor was the first company that I almost went with. When I called them back they said they were no longer doing my area. I wish you the best with your permit test. I believe either of those companies would be a good place to start 👍

@@bluegrassoutdoors my buddy goes from Louisville to murphysville with Kroger he showed his check stubb I was like wow he's on his way to make 90 there local 89

@@davefromthe502 yeah, you can make some good money trucking for sure. A guy at a truck stop showed me his stub. It was over $2700 for one week.

Congratulations my friend and I wish you the best with it 👍 in my experience, so far I have brought home around $800-$1200 a week. I do know that you get raises your first year and also have the option to be a trainer or owner operator or both after 6 months, if you qualify. And I've heard some people say being an owner operator tripled their profit.

120,000 miles

120,000 miles for drivers who go through the GYCDL program and 40,000 miles for drivers who already have a CDL and go to the rest of the training only.