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My trucking school adventure.

As a used to be truck driver I decided to get back in the business after being unemployed for a year and and a half. As I haven't driven in 11 years I have to go back to school. Listed here is the continuing story of my adventures at the Central Refrigerated truck driving school in Fontana CA.

  1. gotta keep going

    by , 11.25.2010 at 03.58 AM (My trucking school adventure.)
    sorry been a long time but I took the big plunge and leased a truck still getting great miles running back and forth across the country. Am picking up the wife after Christmas. gotta love this job. shut down twice to closed roads well once 2 times first on top of the hill and then once they got us off the hill had to shutdown at the next exit. then the next day got to brake all my chains going across OR. gotta love driving on dry pavement with chains but that was the law so chain up and drive, ...
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  2. Just a Few Thoughts

    by , 09.19.2010 at 12.45 PM (My trucking school adventure.)
    Listed here are just a few thoughts on how I think a Truck driving school like the Accelerated course at Fontana should be conducted.

    As Fontana is an accelerated course the selection criteria should be a little different Older more seasoned drivers. with some knowledge of the road or at least some type of experience.

    After the School there should be A set of standards that a driver must meet not just a set time as some will be faster and some will be slower.
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  3. Fontana Not!

    by , 09.19.2010 at 12.24 PM (My trucking school adventure.)
    well didn't get to Fontana to upgrade had to do it in West Valley City oooohhh what fun. took 3 days instead of 1 Finally got a truck A 2008 KW T 2000 and went by the house and I do mean by the house, left on Friday got there on Saturday waved bye on Monday and delivered on Monday night to pick up 40 miles away on Tuesday morning It was a team load to IL now member I am a Single so told them that and they said do the best you can so I was 12 hours ...
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  4. Trying to get back to fontana to upgrade

    by , 09.06.2010 at 07.31 PM (My trucking school adventure.)
    Sitting in Oregon Waiting to pick up at Fred Myers. off to 4 drops in Idaho hopefully back to Fontana to upgrade. will see what happens
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  5. bouncy bouncy us

    by , 08.23.2010 at 09.31 PM (My trucking school adventure.)
    running around like chickens with our heads cut off. Fontana to Pa to Hershey to Ogdon to Omaha to south Utah around St George. Where to from there I have no Idea 2 weeks left with trainer. Hope to get to one of the other terminals sometime but no biggie. cant wait to upgrade. wish I didn't have to wait the full 5 weeks and 19000 miles but the just changed the requirements the day we went out. and I guess they are inflexible on that one.
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  6. Still running

    by , 08.15.2010 at 07.29 PM (My trucking school adventure.)
    got the truck fixed went to GA to SC to NC and now in NM deliver in the morning on to San Diego tomorrow. Will be stopping by Fontana Terminal to pick up some stuff I forgot. If your around there Say Hi
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  7. On the road

    by , 08.11.2010 at 11.30 AM (My trucking school adventure.)
    Sorry this has taken so long to up date but we left Wednesday. Delivered Phoenix Thursday picked up Phoenix to Green Bay delivered Monday picked up in Wisconsin and dropped and hooked at Kraft in Champagne Illinois to deliver in Alabama this afternoon but boom truck problems fan clutch went out. Now we're at the hotel waiting for the parts to come in hopefully tomorrow we will be back on the road. My trainer is a great guy Brad is his name. Really great to get along with. We've been joking around ...
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