Headed for Indianapolis for Orientation August 7th...

Johnday,thanks for the PM. I'll take your advice.

 

Not a problem. I've got to run to Alpena right now, my wife fried the microwave yesterday. Catch up later. Let me know what they say?

 

Alright! Yepper, those DG accounts are all hand unload. Pay attention to your backing, you'll get some good experience on that account. You'll be putting a truck where a truck wasn't designed to go! At least a full size truck!

 

Sounds like ya got one with a brain in his head, and interested to see you succeed. Can't ask for better than that!

 

Good luck RoadRaid3r and keep us posted. I too am done with Orientation and glad to be back with my family. We have a shortage of Training Engineers (TE) in our area and a couple of the students were told that it could be a week or more before they hear from their TE. However, they will get paid while they wait.

I requested a week of home time to spend time with my wife and daughter before heading out for my real world training. If they are indeed short of trainers then my request ought to come as welcome news.

WILDBILL123, I can tell you from my experience that the Charlotte, NC OC is decent. I had lunch there every day during Orientation and was impressed on how good it was for a cafeteria setup. They have a couple of women that immediately clean a shower after it has been occupied. There's a lounge area for watching a big screen TV, free WiFi which reaches out to the truck parking area, free laundromat (soap is available in the vending machines) and even a small fitness room with a treadmill, elliptical machine and bicycle. If I was in the area and had to choose between an area truck stop or this OC I'd definitely pick the latter.

 

Will they let you run out of route in order to use th OC ?

 

Now, that's an excellent question for which I don't have an answer. RoadRaid3r is going on the road with his TE before me, so perhaps he can get an answer for us.