OOPS!!

I started with this mega 8 years ago. my trainer didnt know how to read a map and also didnt know how to log your day properly. he thought he couldnt put more than 700 miles so he was rolling the overage to the next day. it still makes me laugh when i think about that. it was almost like i was training him.

 

I agree with you about the training after 6 months, that's just not right I don't care who you are your not qualified to train after just 6 months. But being with a trainer a full year not so much. you either have it or you don't.

 

No pages in a book, or an experienced trainer can teach common sense.

 

There is a dow jones print shop for National Accounts that takes Bear Island Paper Rolls from Virginia, Arkansas is also a player down south aways with our Mill that way.

The present screw up on the CAT scale breaks my heart today and puts a thread of fear into me. IF you cannot teach someone to mind the wheels....

 

Lol, all worried about getting those trailer tandems lined up..... At the last minute.

 

I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree. 6 months+ to train a new driver is asinine IMO. 2-3, maybe 4 months I can understand but if a drivers ability to handle a truck solo OTR cannot be trusted after that point then maybe they need to be considering other options. I'm not disagreeing that megas push their drivers through entirely too quickly but holding their hands for months isn't the solution either.

 

That is so true.

 

About 10 years ago I had a local job and was doing a drop and hook at a customer, the shipping Supervisor came up to me and told me about the CRST truck in the dock, told me it took around a hour to get into the dock, get this the driver was only driving for 2 weeks, the Trainer? 1-2 months, the company was a little upset, they were worried about there freight getting delivered in one piece.

 

Stevens Transport has been operating like that for a long time (new guy training the newer guy). Seems to work okay for them. I don't approve of this practice either but when a 6 month driver is a "senior driver", what are you going to do when your entire operation is based on the "mega training company" model?