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Passing orientation means from a company point of view that you have met the necessary requirements for hire.

You will then go out with a trainer for 28 days or so. You get to actually start getting experience driving a truck and all that goes with it. This is where a trainer (good one) has a short time to bring the student up to speed. They should help you with shifting errors, answer questions, and basically be a mentor to you. It gives the trainer time to make a judgement as to whether you should actually be in a truck. It gives you time to decide if this is really for you.

There are some very intelligent people that have no business in a truck-it's not for them. Some people can't handle the strain that the job takes on relationships.
It (for the most part) is not a 9-5 job. You have to be able to make good judgement calls all the time. One mistake and you can cost someone their life, or cost someone hundreds of thousands of dollars. It can be challenging to say the least. There are thousands that love it and thousands that either they or other circumstances dictated it wasn't for them.

If you make it through the training phase at any company, you will have to make decisions without someone sitting next to you watching your every move and telling you what to do. Develop good skills. Learn all you can every day. There is an awful lot to learn.. And sometimes, you have to go through something to understand what someone tried to tell you years ago. You go where the load of freight takes you. That is why they are willing to hire you-to move that freight and make on-time deliveries while adhering to company policies and government regulations. Some people don't want to see the business side of it. So, sometimes they don't understand "why do I have to do it this way"? Well, maybe one driver did something, and now they have to have a government or company policy to try to keep all other drivers doing the same thing. There is more to this industry than just driving a truck-that is usually the easiest part of the job!

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Usually, you will get a load dispatched to you. Let's say its 2000 miles. they usually have a 50pph time to deliver it. 2000/50 = 40 hours or 4 shifts of 10 hours. You also have to figure in time for fuel stops and changing over drivers. Usually, you try to stop 600 miles or so to change shifts.

Sometimes traffic jams slow you up. Sometime you get their too early and have to wait for the delivery time. Sometimes you drop the trailer and pick up another one going somewhere else. Sometimes the consignee takes the load early.

No one tells you when to stop and eat, shower, or whatever. Usually as long as you get the freight from A-B, you have no one to hassle you.

Some loads are time-sensitive and if you stop, you have to send a message why you stopped. Some loads are high value loads with similar requirements. It depends on the freight/load.

Sometimes you are happy to get a rest and have to wait on a load. Sometimes you want to go and have to wait. Sometimes you have repair issues that take time away from your time to deliver. Sometimes the repairs will take so long it will mean that you have to tell your DM, so someone can come get the load and deliver it. A typical day can be different every day and every load. Sometimes you go somewhere and eat a great meal. Sometimes you meet nice people-or interesting people. Sometimes you run into those same people down the road at a later date. Some days go all your way. Some days--no matter what you do, it's going to be a bad day. That's trucking.

Temptinfates

 

Was thinking of starting soon with crst co sponsored training ceadar rapids, since i cant afford classes on my own, any info suggestions