Application was just accepeted for PRIME. Start orientation January

Winters in Springfield are unpredictable; some winters are very mild, others have brought ice storms that kill power and cripple the city and surrounding communities for two weeks or more. I've seen snow accumulations of up to 18" in a matter of hours.

Basicly in trucking is like the Boy Scouts... Be prepared.

One day you could be in northeast Maine in a place where plowed snow on the sides of the roads is 12' high. Three days later youre in Texas where it's 70* outside.

Wintertime is actualy a better way to go for training. It's like a crash course ( not trying to be funny) in learning on different road conditions.

Be prepared, go to Walmart and get ( in camping gear) a "Frogtog" poncho. It fold up compact and stows away easy. Bring a heavy coat and warm winter clothes. Bring clothes for fairer weather. Be mindful of the space you'll be taking up with your clothes as well. You could be restricted to keeping your threads on the end if your bunk with a possible cubby hole .

 

THANK you, Ironpony!!!

 

Hey how's it going I'm most likely going to prime soon (just waiting to see if I get accepted) and I've just read your entire thread. It's pretty inspiring how's it going for you? I see you haven't posted in a few months and was wondering if your still running with them. I'm not sure if they work weekends but I'll contact my recruiter tomorrow and see if I got accepted fingers crossed.