Can't sleep while truck is moving

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  1. Wasted Thyme

    Wasted Thyme Road Train Member

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    Please tell me you are sleeping in the bottom bunk and not the top.
     
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  3. Davidbenjamin

    Davidbenjamin Bobtail Member

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  4. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I did one team load. Never again. Might have been the idiot driving but I remember spending a lot of my sleep time airborne. I finally got up and sat in the passenger seat. And went straight to sleep.
     
  5. Wasted Thyme

    Wasted Thyme Road Train Member

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    @kemosabi49 where is a good place to post a name change poll?
     
  6. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    The smart people work in the office in trucking.
     
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  7. SteveScott

    SteveScott Road Train Member

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    I spent 30 years behind a desk before trucking, and I'd much rather be behind the wheel.
     
  8. SoulScream84

    SoulScream84 Road Train Member

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    Your office must be different than most:argue:
     
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    Thats why I only run Solo....
     
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  10. warrior12345

    warrior12345 Light Load Member

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    First of all you are there to watch how he drives and learn things about the road .shifting ,routes etc ..so in my opinion you should not be sleeping .you should be in the passenger side .are you guys splitting driving .in this case he is using you as a team driver and that is not how it should be .you should all take the same 10 hour break .and get you enough driving time while he is watching abd enough backing time that is how u learn .
     
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  11. Short Fuse EOD

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    I don’t know what kind of training you do if you’re running like a team. Doesn’t sound like much training to me. It is very important if you do not want to run as a team to ask if that’s how their training program is. If you think team driving it’s not your forte, I would leave immediately. Otherwise try to stick it out and you’ll probably end up getting used to it. Truck driving is a very simple job. Doesn’t require too much training. Most of the things you’ll learn on your own. I ran with one feller for a week and then another for the same amount of time. There was no team driving.Otherwise the very little I did learn from the two, I wouldn’t have.
     
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