Part 4 Buying our first Freightliner and off to orientation

When buying an expediting truck we build a relationship with the dealer that goes on often through the life of that truck. On the way to Macon, Georgia I was petrified and Bob was excited to finally see THE truck. We had spent hours looking at truck similar to ours but it was not the same. Bob drove the truck home with me following in the car. Once we got her home it was time to load up the sleeper and get ready to put the truck to work. On the way to orientation was my first time to drive the truck and I was in love from the time I sat in the seat and turned the key to on. I was on top of the world.

Part 1 How and Why we decided to leave our "secure" jobs with benefits to become truck drivers.

Part 2 Bob is off to truck driving school and we stumble in our first attemt to become truck drivers.

Part 3 How we stumbled in our first try and why we did not give up

Part 5 Challenged of Buying our First Truck

Linda Caffee

Bob and Linda started their driver careers after their children left home for college in 2000. Bob started as a driver for a large motor carrier with Linda as a rider. They decided to enter the Expedite industry as team drivers in 2005 and purchased their first Freightliner. Both, Bob and Linda have had their Class A licenses since the early 80's starting out driving in the oil field and hauling grain as fill in drivers where Bob worked as a diesel mechanic. Linda worked at the local country courthouse in data processing.