i used to drive for werner, i was there for abt 8 years, 7.50 of the years i was a trainer, as time went on as a trainer i became more and more tired, loosing sleep averaging about 3 hrs a day, students wernt very good they always needed help, i came to werner with abt 10 years under my belt, i was a good driver and have the awards to proove it, about the 5th year i was there i stopped runningmy truck like a team w/a student,it wasnt safe, werner didnt like that, i told them thats tough, i couldnt sleep anyway, the arguement went on for about 3 more years, safety told me it was all abt the money, that i was loosing miles ect. i told them its not about the money that was important, but it was about training an individual the right way that mattered, they didnt buy it, i asked safety why didnt they inforse that on the trk, they told me it comes from the top the ceo, so i said ok so all we have is a room with people in it that call them selves safety personal, lol i laughed at them, werner doesnt have a sefety department they have a metafore.![]()
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Discussion in 'Werner' started by jcp6594, Nov 13, 2010.
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I believe that! I think that is the gist of most of the safety companies.
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Well this isn't very encouraging. I just applied at Werner online.
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You obviously were not a very good trainer if you were running as a team. Im sure your students learned a lot while you were in the back sleeping.
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I got my start at Werner and for the first 2-3 weeks I couldn't drive after 1200 am also they started running us as a team after I was released to drive any time of day or night...that was the way they did it bottom line......my trainer at first pretended to be asleep while I was driving but after a couple of days he was snoring back there LOL ALL the big companies do this
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Werner WILL run trainers/students as teams. In fact, they won't run trainers solo because of the money they'd be losing.
Can't find a new student in your trainer's area when your hours are up? Tough luck. You might be on the trainers truck an extra 10-80 hours so they load planner doesn't have to do a week or two of splits. -
swift runs there students as team as well, may trucking does not, and millis transfer doe's not, question, do SOLO'S run 48 state or just regional, here in pittsburgh,pa, would like that long haul, there web site says the average trip is 750 plus i like that, but if that is a lie then i go to millis transfer, also are there APU'S on those trucks, thanks
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You can choose between 48 state or regional. When I was 48 state it was usually 600 and up, but sometimes you could get little short runs too. On regional the average is about 300+ a trip. Regional isn't really what it sounds. I live in the south and had southern regional and I was always above the Mason-Dixon line and all the way to North Dakota.
The trucks do have APU's. Some trucks have a newer thing called Clima-Cab. Clima-Cab works off batteries that are charged when your truck is running, it does not run off of diesel. These things suck and are not very good at keeping your cab cool and you get no 120 volt outlet. I suppose they are trying this out in order to cut costs at the drivers expense as usual.biker dave Thanks this. -
Jbrake let me tell u something, I am a good trainer I have been driving for 20 years now, the reason I ran my truck like a team was bcuz werner required it, I ended that bs and werner didn't like it, they couldn't fire me because it is a safety issue, I ended my stay at werner about 3 years ago becuz I got tired of the arguements, I was one of the best trainers they had, I'm now with another company who trains they don't run their trainer trucks like a team I'm on salary now making 1100 a week reguardless of the miles becuz its about teachng a person to drive and do all required things out here and I love it, I love to teach, I'm old school, I like it when a student is confident and I know it makes me feel good, and as far as u saying I wasn't a good driver think again, my csa score is 0 I have been inspected 7 times in the past year and a half and past every one, werner has the worst company csa score out here mostly becuz they treat trainer trucks like a team and I'm glad I'm not part of that anymore.
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What company is that, if you don't mind my asking?
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