A Truck Driving
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During the summer of 2004, I quit my job as a machinist, got a Class A CDL license and started driving truck for Stevens Transport of Dallas, Texas. I worked for Stevens from October of 2004 until June of 2005. Below are maps of some of the trips I ran while employed by Stevens, and a picture of the truck I drove.
From the summer of 2005 to the summer of 2007 I was employed by another company and worked locally in the Detroit, MI and Windsor, ON, Canada area. I had a regular route that I normally ran twice a day. The map below of the Detroit and Windsor areas show the general route that I followed. Most of the numbers on the maps are just markers so that the program I used to generate the map would follow the roads I took.
There were times that the plant that I serviced was down and then I had to do other runs; whatever the company had available. Below is a map of the general areas that I have traveled to while doing work other than the route pictured above. I have gone as far west as Portage, IN. As far east as Brampton, ON, as far north in Michigan as Flint and as far south as Holmesville, OH.
Below is a picture of the type of truck I drive most often with the job I had from 2005 to 2007.
In August of 2007, the company that I was working for above, went out of business. I worked as a driver for about 6 months for a box company, delivering product for that company to various customers around the metro Detroit area. After that I worked for another company as a fork lift driver in their terminal, loading and unloading trucks all day. I was there for a little over 2 years and was let go due to the company wanting part time workers who would not be eligible for benefits. Now I work for another company delivering parts to the GM Fort Wayne Assembly plant in Indiana. Here is the route that I drive on a daily basis.
