Orientation 3/25/13

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  1. jfreeman

    jfreeman Bobtail Member

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    Also does anyone know how long you have to be in your own truck before TMC lets you have a rider? My fiance is an RN and she has 2 weeks of vacation she's taking the beginning of June and hopefully I'll be in my own truck and everything by then, but will have only been for a couple weeks by the time her vacation starts..
     
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    Chances are,,,,,,yes. I'm only about 8000 from needing full service and since I have a 2013, they pull them in well before the due date so they don't void the warranty from Pete. I'll keep up with this page and let you know.
     
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    I want to think 6 mos but, not positive. Your fiance will be sad to learn that she cannot go with unless she is your wife. They are very strict on this. Engaged won't work. Married will. Sorry...........
     
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    I believe I read somewhere on their training website that you can have an immediate family member (as someone said, fiances don't count) with you after 90 days employment.
     
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    Ok thanks I'm hoping to meet some of the drivers that post on here.
     
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    Well if that's the case, she's just gonna have to wait a little while then lol
     
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    I hope you start a thread about the orientation experience. My husband is very interested in TMC and I always like hearing how it is from somebody else's perspective. Good luck!
     
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    If I go with TMC, which I may be starting 4/22, I will try to blog about my experience :). I'm sure you will come to a decision before then but either way I wish you and your husband the best of luck.
     
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    There are a lot of threads on here about TMC orientation. Put "TMC orientation" in the search box and start reading. I started one named "TMC from the inside". It gives my point of view from when I started.

    Good luck.
     
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    Thanks and I'll try to update as I go along. Like riverrat said there is a few threads on here about the orientation and his own is pretty detailed. After reading it I was convinced that TMC was the choice for me. I'm dreading the 13 hour drive up but excited to finally be starting at the same time lol