Beware the dastardly PSP report

You can also purchase your report for $10 here - https://www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov/psp/default.aspx. Apparently, you can also recieve it for free through a freedom of information request.... I'm not sure how that works, the $10 was quick and easy.

 

yeah we got ours for $10. as well

 

A definite thumbs up on this thread! Your record WILL follow you in this business...oilfield or not.

 

i saw a psp report from Jb Hunt when i attended their orientation in east brunswick nj the safety guy came to me and gave me a sheet of paper called psp report i was like what the hell is this and he explained to me, i had a warning for fire extinguisher not adjusted in oregon i saw it i was frustrated and it was just ridiculous.

 

That would be one of the big downsides to oil field trucking. Around here (west texas) it is generally accepted that all issues with the truck are the companies fault. They write the tickets for the company, but give you warnings. Those warnings might as well be tickets as far as your driving record is concerned.

I could be wrong, but I don't think semi's were intended for offroading. While your bouncing around, lights go out, hoses fall off, and if your going too fast, leaf springs crack, shock mounts bend, crappy welds break, etc etc. When you enter this realm, this is what your accepting. Will you ever get another OTR job, who knows. Lots of trucking companies hold oil field experience in high regards. It is hard to say what kind of damage your driving record will leave here with.

I am only using my CDL as a tool to make money in the oil fields. I want to catch up on bills, and put some extra away for a new house. Once I achieve that, I will probably go back to some construction related field. For those of you who plan on being a life long trucker, be cautious.

 

Yes yo can get one free report a year, thru USIS

 

FMCSA sure is making a huge profit off the drivers for those reports.Should just give it to us free.Heaven forbid if they ever do anything nice for the drivers.

 

I just got mine for $10. It only goes back about 4 or 5 years. That really screws me over because the last otr company I worked for was an outlaw company and we got a few violations. Before that I worked for companies that maintained their equipment and didn't force you to run illegal. So they didn't keep any record of my good inspections but kept every one of the bad ones.

If they went back the full 16 years I would have a lot of good inspections and only 3 or 4 bad ones.

Also it obvious to me that several of my inspections never got turned in. I know I got one in AL that I got paid for so that was a good one that's not on there.

 

FMCSA(government) makes nothing from PSP reports. They are sold through NIC,a private company that does e-transactions for many government agencys.