Starting 18 Day Orientation In Atlanta Next Week

hears the deal if you live next to a decent sized terminal you only need one week of clothing plus hydgene stuff sleeping bag flashlight pen money they sell boots that you have to have or go to walmart and get some cheap ones if your cought without boots your sent home if your doing tanker only long sleeve shirts nothing else. defintly a sleeping bag if you cant live without your computer bring it cellphone in my opinon works good enough for now as long as you got a good data paln 2 gigs can be burnt very easily thats all i can think of oh and for runing reginal is 800 miles you have no say unless you picked a dedicated fleet.

 

sell you their boots? for weather conditons? buy your own...all that you buy is a write off..
take enough clothes for a month..sox/underwear.....you can wear ur pants/shirts a few days at a time though...bring jeans and shorts....and something to wear when u sleep..i sleep in warmups..
take some cold weather clothes like sweatshirts for now...till winter hits..[
gloves for work....you will get dirty fueling..opening trlr doors ..etc
I always had my laptop....get a extension cord..like you use for xmas lites..8 ft is ok...
foot powder....pillow and sleep bags...1 t olay on..1 to cover urself...
ear plugs..in case ur trainer snores when u team for awhile..lol
good luck

 

and they may send you gome after orientation to wait on a trainer so thats another reason you dont want to pack to much unless your driving

 

I have to agree, these guys have some great advice to offer. SNI will give you a Safety vest. The shoes are $35.00 if you purchase. Taken from first check. After that, SNI will give you a free pair of boots every year.

If you choose 48, you will run everyplace.

You can get away with a smartphone. The CBT's will have to be done by start of week 3. They can be done at the OC. In Fontana CA, the hotel's wireless would not connect to Crossroads (Schneider web page), so we had to do all CBT's at the OC. You will learn more about Crossroads in class. About 8 hours of computer watching. Yawn.

The OC (Operating Center) will be the nearest on too where you live. For example, some of my classmates were from Denver, they will be based out of Fontana.

You will need at least 7 days of clothes. You can wash your clothes at the OC at no charge. If you have a sleeping bag, no sheets/covers are needed. All your hygiene stuff you need.

The only down time you may have is waiting for your TE. You will have some home work to do. Not every night.

My only advice is to pay attention in class. They throw a lot at you in a short amount of time.

This is my 1st week on the road. Learning everyday.



Best of luck

 

orientation is like school if you were a bad mofo you didnt need a book bag it does make life easyeir i use one and i run local

 

You'll be able to take your truck home, the closest OC to you is in Atlanta. There is a drop yard in Orlando, but that's still too far

 

Can I ask you, since I am going to Cora on Monday, I think you work for Schneider. Do I really need to bring my sleeping bag now or should I wait to get my own truck? I just dont know what I need that for if I will be sleeping on a bunk bed. Please let me know. Also are low cut steel toe boots okay, or I need the long one's.

They also said no shorts, what I about when I am sleeping I don't like wearing long pants to sleep.

Thanks.