Training time 50K miles at current company- any company recommendations for new drivers

Basically you got two more months, say 3 total. It’s a lot imo but you’re this far so you may just as well power through it…get good and drunk when it ends
Too bad their trucks are so slow, it’ll be like watching paint dry the remaining time. Hopefully you got a decent mentor that you get along with.

Good luck and keep posting on your progress.

 

1. Robertson out of Corona, train in day cabs go home every night. If you cant find a job in SoCal your not looking. Call Centerline drivers, they have local jobs and jobs that will keep you out for 2 weeks to a month. Call Alan Richie USPS mail delivery. and the list goes on and on.

 

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Robertsons has a terminal in Henderson, Nevada (Las Vegas)

 

Hope the OP comes back and reads my comments.

How do you know who is qualified and who isn't? Not to be an ****** about it, beside my contempt for the "trainer" system, you are there to learn how the company works and hone your skills as a driver. This sets you up as a solo driver.

Yes it is a bit too much for 50K but mostlikely they told you that before you started.

Well have you talked to him and the driver manager (I think thats what they are called) about the issue?

Don't you guys have to have a list of skills and time in the seat doing them to earn being a solo at a mega?

Well this is what it is, what is mean, rude and inconsiderate to one is alright with another.

Teach yourself how to back when you are solo?

This is where I would say don't do that, work with the "trainer" and company to improve your skills. It is rather dumb to take chances on your own.

I don't get where people get this idea from but it isn't close to beig the truth, most likely it is insurance/underwriter driven. They have such a high turn over and such a high accident rate, there has to be something done to mitigate accident rates for a downward trend.

I agree but then I would never work for a mega.

That's good so you are not really training but having to work as a team, which means logging should be audited.

True, this is how it is supposed to work, the "trainer" is supposed to add his observations of what you are doing wrong and to help you correct your behavior to have better skills.

And?

I would just deal with it, get your approval to go solo and keep moving.

 

@mav100 --

The following is a pretty decent tutorial video from Schneider on backing up a van-type trailer....basically...it's all in the "set up"; if your set up is good, the rest should go smoothly (and vice-versa):

How to back up a tractor-trailer - YouTube

-- L

 

Toughen up so you don’t have to try to win the popularity contest. OP, doesn’t like his trainer. I get the feeling that the trainer is actually pretty decent. There’s no mentioning of hygiene issues, no waste management issues, no extremely foul habits, and apparently makes the job look so easy that rookie thinks he can train himself.

Quit with the freakin popularity contests.
Can he do the job?
Did you learn anything from him, anything at all?
Does he have decent work ethic? Is he prompt?
Is he a Man of his word? Does he do what he says he’s going to do?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, give that Man the respect that’s due him. He has earned it, rookie. Your focus should be to bring the same ethics he brings to the company.

“But Six…50k miles…”

If you guys are now running like a team, it should take you no time to finish out your training. Plus, until they write you off and assign you your own truck, you will have to ride in another’s truck at another company. Going to another company just to get into another trainer truck would be extremely foolish.

“But Six, he’s mean and crude and…”

You are disrespectful. Your trainer senses it. You can’t control him, but your focus should be on bettering yourself anyways. Own it, resolve to do better, develop your A Game.


Six back quiet.