 How long you've been with night? How long you've been with night? Um, it'll be two years next month. Oh, alright. First time you've been in the truck? X used to drive trucks. Oh, okay. And he used to work for night. Oh, really? And that's how I kinda ended up here. Four months, actually yesterday. It was my year and four months. Happy anniversary. Thank you. Did you go through our school? Did you go through school somehow? I did go through Squire, yes. What made you quit night? A lot of researching. I have really highly recommended from a lot of people to come to night and I was like, well, let me check it out. And I actually called a recruiter and talked to Summer. Summer, okay. And Summer, um, she bent over backwards to do everything she could to get me in here and she did an awesome job. And here I am. Oh, like, did you enjoy it or was it boring? Oh, I enjoyed it. I loved it. I've always loved trucks, mechanics, everything. And it was a little warm. I went during the summertime. Oh, out here? Out here. Out. Yes. So, uh, besides that, it was really knowledgeable. Everything was good. The instructors were awesome. What made you get into trucking? I wanted to do something I love, you know, and that goes back on. I've always loved cars and mechanics and being on the road and, how do you say, uh, vacationing in all different places. And what's better to do it in here, you know? Yeah. You not only get to, this is my office, is looking out these windows. I get to, in a sense, vacation and get paid for it. So I just kind of put them all together. I wanted a career and I knew I had to work hard for it. They weren't just going to hand you a CDL on a truck. So you actually were a mechanic before? No, no, no. My father was a mechanic. And he retired, but growing up with him, you know, working in the shops. My first job when I was 16 years old was actually busting out tires, diesel tires, like changing them out. So that was my first job out in Vegas. So I learned mechanics from him and started building cars and building trucks. So did he just wave at you because you stopped all the way back here? Right. This corner, we can't make it with these big traders. You need at least two lanes to turn into. So as you saw, he came into our lane. Now, if I was stuck up here at the stop line, he either would have had a weighted or I would hope he wouldn't try because you see that pole right there has been hit numerous times. So I actually learned this through Squire is they have, you know, we park back here so other trucks can get through. Just being courteous to other drivers. I was wondering why we were so far back for a moment. Yeah. Yeah, those traders are long. So did you crash? Did you hit anything when you were training? No, I was real close. My second day, though, I remember with my new trainer I almost, you know, you get complacent. You forget that, you know, then that you have a 53 foot trader behind you. And I'm glad he was paying attention and knew what he was doing because I came into a corner and think, goodness, I was in a parking lot. But I was this close to getting my trader and taking off in front of a truck. And he told me, he's like, turn to the right, turn to the right. And I'm like, of course, okay, so I turn to the right and he's like, I look in your left mirror and I look to my left mirror and I see that I'm clearing the trader. And I started thinking in my head, like, if he wasn't paying attention, you know, I was nervous. I was in a big truck stop and I didn't know what I was doing my second day with him and he was on point because I would have taken the front end of that truck off. That was awesome. Other than that, no, I haven't hit anything. Nothing's hit me. Besides a couple little birds and stuff. I don't know. Yeah, I know it's bad. I feel sad when I can dump them out sometimes. Dump them out? Dump them when they eat. Yeah. It's not all like drastic and glorified and bloody or anything, but... The story is about new drivers at other companies. They have so many accidents and their trainer is sleeping in the back and they didn't know what to do. They were backing up and their trainer was there and they just hit whatever. I'm sure that's really discouraging because you're supposed to be learning from these people and they can't even catch. That was really awesome that your trainer did. Yeah. He knew it just by... He could even see my mirrors. He knew it just by the angle. But those type of trainers, it comes in everywhere. I mean, I guess, trucking company. But you can't be a trainer if you're not there for your trainee to help them learn. And I've heard that in other companies that, yeah, guys are sleeping in the back and on their first week, second week, it's like, well, don't take the job because you're not here for the money. You're here to teach these individuals that's never done this before. Yeah, you don't leave them out there on a limb and say, hey, go for it, figure it out. It's hard. I'd rather drive my shift, let them drive their shift and I'll sit right there in that seat and, yeah, I'm dog-tired. But at least I'm aware and I'm active to help them out of doing what they're doing. I sleep like a baby at night. I'll tell you that. It's always a little difficult at first because you don't know who you're bunking up with, you know? Right. And I'm okay with it. I'm used to it. I've learned and worried about what they're feeling and what they're thinking. So I try to make it as comfortable as I can for them. But at first you never know. You don't know if they're going to snore all night. You don't know their feet steep. You know, you don't know any of these things. I mean... Are you not really quick? Yeah, you find out real fast. I've been blessed. Luckily, I've been blessed with who I've had on my truck and I haven't had to worry about any of that. But you learn each other real quick. You know, I mean, you're with each other all day for... Usually I'll do about two weeks out, 13 to 14 days, come in, let them have their home time to see their family and do whatever they need. And then we'll go out for the last, you know, 13, 14 days. Do you have kids? I do. I have four little girls. Oh, wow. Four little... 10 years old, 7 years old, 4 years old, and coming up September 1st, a one-year-old. September, oh! This is my life. Do you FaceTime on the lot when you're gone? Yes, I try to video time every night if not definitely sending text messages for the night before or for that night and the following day. Please make a right on 21st week. Safely. I felt like I was alone all the time by myself. I was gone. You couldn't keep up to me. That was practicing. She was practicing. She was good. I don't know if you've seen her coming around the corner when the guy pulled out the black and white flag, so we're pretty sure that means Kevin's the winner. A lot of signals out here. The flashers, the floorways are good for multiple things. Not only, you know, if you need to let someone behind you know that there's something going on ahead, like for instance, being in a truck with a trailer, you have a truck with a trailer behind you, they can't really see what you can see. So when you're coming up, say to traffic like this, so we're coming up doing 55, 60 miles an hour, and traffic's coming to a pretty, pretty fast stop. You put your floorways on, everybody behind you, and this is not just for truckers, this is for, you know, four-wheelers as well. They can see that you got your cautions on this in an emergency situation or somewhat or hazards. They're most likely, and I haven't had an issue yet, but they're gonna slow down and then, yeah, right? No wooden here. Just trying to give the people behind you a heads up. Those are always a good way to have the four-wheelers for, or like you saw earlier when we were driving down that really tight street because those trucks were parmed off of the curb. Yeah. But I had a four-wheeler coming at me. I'm obviously not gonna try to jump in front of them because I know I'm gonna lose. So I put my four-wheelers on for the people behind me and know like, hey, I might be coming to a stop to let that pedestrian go by and, you know, we can continue on. I shouldn't do anything. So, CBs aren't utilized like they used to be anymore. Sometimes you can get on certain channels on the CB and you can listen to people and they're more of on there just to, I guess, kind of talk mess to each other. So sometimes it gets pretty hilarious. It's pretty funny. But the only time I ever turn my CB on is when I am stuck in traffic and I can't basically see how far the traffic is. So you could jump on the CB and, you know, always find your mile marker where you're at, what direction you're going and, you know, what highway or interstate, et cetera that you're on and call ahead, you know, like anybody ahead of so and so where I'm at, like, does anybody see anything and you always get somebody on response that's going to let you know. Like, yeah, you know, probably about 19 miles north of your direction, you know, there's a roll over or something and they'll get back on there and a night driver, you know, the traffic's just clearing up. So you kind of get an estimated time of what you're doing, but... Does every truck have a CB? Yeah, you could buy it if you want, you know. I get them for certain reasons. Like, for two reasons, traffic and sometimes when you're driving you're out in the middle of nowhere. You don't have... Signal? Yeah, signal on your phone or on your Zonar or others use quell coms as well. 10-4 means, like, okay, like, you've acknowledged it, it's good to go. Same as, you know, copy, copy that. Kinds, you know, if you get other truckers that, you know, say I'm 10-5, that means they're in route, so if you do need help, you do talk to other truckers like, hey, man, I got you, I'm right up the way, you know, I'm 10-5. Means they're headed towards your location. A Smoky? What's a Smoky? Do your speed limits when you pass a Smoky. What's a Smoky? That's funny, you ask. Smokies are law enforcement. They're law enforcement set. You know, the ones that are sitting out on the side of the road. And they're watching you, watching other truckers speed, so usually you can get on your CVs and be like, hey, I'm on route, you know, 15, whatever, mile marker 174 headed south, you know, you got Smokies on the left, and I'll let other drivers know what you're now supposed to be speeding, but pay attention because they're hiding behind a bush and they're going to get you. So we try to help the other truckers out so they don't get tickets. I don't like to listen to my CV. It annoys me. I really don't like to listen to, you know, like the majority of time. I like just listening. It sounds corny, but I like just listening to my truck, listening to the road, singing to myself. You don't get sleepy? No. If you get sleepy, you know, you can always shut down for an hour to take a nap, keep going. But you get used to it. I got a question for you. Tell me, athlete. What is the most exciting thing about your job or what makes you feel good about your job? After they're hired and they're having fun, but just to know that I would attain their goals. Makes you feel good, feel good? Yeah. That's cool. It gives me the tingles. Isn't that sweet? It's true. It's called dedication to a good job, man.