The W/S pet policy that I have in writing states that you can take your pet after your 90 day probation period and must pay a $500 deposit.
As far as employment, you have to show the last 3 years of employment and explain any gaps in unemployment.
Watkins Shepard Short Training Period
Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by xr7conv, Jun 6, 2007.
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I am the one who started this thread. I have now been working a bit over 2 months, it is going good. I am out of the Dalton, GA terminal and supposed to be regional. However, I have been otr the whole time. Trips out west, then up and down the coast there a couple times, then home. I am in NC now just here from LA. Dropped a load in Greensboro yesterday - got a layover and then I go home with a load for home time tomorrow. Been out 3 weeks.
Everyone is nice and they are friendly. Have not had any problems that are worth speaking of. Mostly just adjustment to the new career.
Just a note, not all trucks have APU's. Mostly just the newer ones which you won't get unless you have some luck. Although the old ones are only about 2 years old at the oldest. I have a Freightliner, pretty nice just a touch over 300k miles when I got it. Pretty clean, got a few repairs done no problem, got a new mattress no problem.
Pet policy is as you said. After 90 days. I live about 30 miles from the terminal and no problem me taking the truck home or leaving it a truck stop as long as it is safe and have permission. I just hid it at a busy truck stop about 5 miles from the house.
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I was just wondering if they frowned on having gaps. Or on having more then, say 3 jobs within a three year period. Or not having worked at all this last year cuz I have been taking care of my parents. Some companies are really sticklers about this. Was just trying to see if I could get a feeling from someone before I applied. -
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Just had to throw in my $.02 in on this thread. Luck favors the prepard mind. I'm going out this week after being absent from otr for 30 years and here is my thoughts: I quit driving to watch my children grow up. After 30 years of working in Major Banks and Corporate Back Biting Call Centers I returned to CDL school and finished with 3.9 gpa last week. I'm leaving this week in the truck of my dreams. A Pete 379. I'm so happy and you know what, The outfit is even seeing fit to pay me to drive it. Some thoughts I would like to share with other Newbie's and perhaps some of the more experienced crowd may not be beneficial to all but if one person entertains some of my thoughts I believe this post is worth it. Drive like you don't own the road, share it with the other's who are truly misfortunate souls trapped in their Lexus, Hummer, status rigs. They have no idea what a truly blessed life one is leading sitting 8 feet up in the air. Do join me at the top of Cabbage or the Siskiyou's. I'll be the one pulled along the side checking my brakes. Honk at me when you go by the rest stops on I-5 and I-80. That'lll be me doing my 30 minute pretrip. As Chief Tecumsuh said, "If one does not know to which Port one is sailing, then no wind is favorable." And Remember to not take LIFE too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. "Sometimes laughter is the only weapon we have." (Roger Rabbitt), As you newer members venture out into the world of Asphalt Cowboys be prepared to learn from all you come in contact with. You never know when you are making a memory. On the flip side remember that the nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people. And finally Things are more like they are now than they ever were before. Patience my friends and smile when you get that 5 drop bad load. Life has a way of evening out. You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. See you out on the Superslab. I'll be the one with the big grin, loving life as I'm now back doing what I always wanted to do. May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live. Sorry if this perhaps was too wordy and maybe off target, but the heart of the matter is.....Be Professional and Treat All As if they were family. They are! Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.:smt117
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how much lifting and unloading have you had to do?
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My teacher trains his students on those mountains. Thats one of the reasons I chose that school. So I'll be seeing ya And it'll be in the dead of winter as well no doubt -
You and me both Sweeze. If all goes to plan I will begin training on Oct 22nd. I hope the trainer has nerves of steel. I have never driven down a mountain roads in a Big Truck. I have however road shotgun in one down several. I watched as the driver used the trailer brakes quite a bit. I asked him why he was doing that and he said it was to save his brakes on his truck for he was an O/O. It still makes me a bit nervous thinking about that part. I too have seen the Truck Run off Areas and sometimes with deep tracks in them. They do get used on occasion.
Brad, I am going by the W/S terminal tonight on the way home. Never got a chance to last night. I will update here when I do.
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