Glendale Community College Truck Driver Training Course

Ok I have opted out of the deal with the O/O because the dude just expects to much of a rookie(run illegal for the first thing), I'm taking the sure thing and going with Prime I have done loads of research both here and others on the internet and find that they fit ME(very important) the best, I head out on 8/2/10 to Springfield Mo. to Orientation for the 2-3 days there and then in with a trainer and off we go.

I appreciate all of you who have been so kind to me here on the Forum that we are Bother and Sisters, this is a big step for me but after not having much steady work for a long time, I had to make a decision, I am somewhat religious and I am being directed in this, I ask that you keep the prayers going up as I start this new career and Life, I am going for it all, I'm not going to miss out on anything(legal) out there on the road, I am a business man and host to become a business owner in this as well, What that may be is yet to come but we will see.

I'm leaving behind my very loving and very very supportive wife(get to work) and family, My mother lives with us as well and she is suportive, I have the best in-laws anyone can dream of having who are very supportive and kind to both my wife and I, I will be in communication with all of them as often as possible, My 4 children whom I love very dearly will be missing me as I will miss them, We just had a very special and precious baby boy who is doing very very well, He is 2 weeks old and already with some regularity holding his head up... His older sister who will be 2 in October is my "Princess" and my little sweetheart she is a good girl and has adjusted well to her younger brother well, Then there is her older brother the next in the chain is my premie who weighed 4.6 pounds and arrived 6 weeks early at birth, He will be 5 in February I remember him in the hospital when he was born "I prayed he would make it thru the night" He eats more then his older brother and is a breath of fresh air to me and his mother he is very mellow till his older brother makes him mad, Speaking of the "Man of the house(while I'm gone)" he is going into the second grade and is a A and B student, He is a good big brother to all these younger brothers and his sister and will help his mother out with whatever she needs, He is(III) named after me(Jr) and his grand dad(Sr).

I look forward to starting a new thread soon about my adventures. Keep in touch with me, email me here james605s@hotmail.com or if you have my phone number call me, If it is safe for me to answer it I will. I look forward to getting going!

 

Jimmy P I went after them, I was accepted at Stevens, CRST, Crete, FFE, Werner, Schneider, and a few flat bedders, My criteria was that they have the very least of complaints here, I have read on here for months, If I were you I'd go over every thread both good and bad about the companies you may want to go with, I read about all of these mentioned, I also investigated some not listed on here, companies that you see driving down the road, I also answered a few Craiglists ads that asked for experience, I also went to the truck stops and talked to the drivers, The guys making the rubber meet the road day in and day out. I spke with n less then 10 Prime drivers all from fresh ut on their virgin solo run to guys with 10+ years with them and not a single one had anything bad to say, I'd even ask "What is the bad stuff about Prime? They would say this or that but the complaints were very miner stuff. I will tell you this, They made my offer that I could accept or reject on 7/6 My baby boy was born on 7/17 and then my wife had complications, I rescheduled 3 times my orientation from 7/19 to 7/26 to 8/4 This really impressed me that they cared enough to allow me the time to make sure things are good here at home. I would highly suggest that you do your homework on any company that you think may fit your process, See my family knows that I will be gone 6-8 weeks this first trip but then I may be in my own truck when I come home. Ask me anything you want to I will try to answer it. Thanks.

 

Hello all you fine folks, Here I am!!!! I have been on the road with one trainer, and that didn't work out, so I am on another trainers truck, I have been all over the place and am headed now from Fl. to Albq. Nm. With flowers, I still feel this was the best choice for me, This trainer is a L/O and I am grill him on that, I will try and get my laptop fixed and then get in here when I can. I wish you all well. TD.