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It would be my pleasure! Take care and have fun at school!

 

Thanks Trucker Steve, first week of school is finished, got all the class room stuff out of the way. Next three weeks we'll hopefully learn to how to drive. We actually starting driving on friday in the yard, learning shifting and straight line backing. There are only two of us in the class, so we get lots of time behind the wheel. I'll post more next weekend and let you all know how it's going.
Blessings to you all and Be safe out there

 

Good luck with your schooling Cam. It may seem hard at times, but just relax and slow down, think about what you are doing and it will all
work out. And remember that in doing your backing drills, the slower you go the faster you will learn.......

 

Thanks pjw044, I need all the help I can get and I really appreciate your input I have a lot of habits trying to shift the same as a pickup, I found out it doesn't quite work the same, lol practice, practice practice, will make it better.
At this point I'm more concerned about memorizing the pre-trip inspection list, but I hope in the next three weeks I'll have it down.

 

Just keeping up with you brother!! How are things going this week? I hope good for you. Not much longer you will be in your own truck cruising the highways and biways getting paid for it!

 

I just started the third week of an 11-week training program at the local community college, and so far am really enjoying it. This week will focus on air brakes (40 hours), then doubles/triples, and HazMat. Next week we start hands-on practice of pre-trips and some driving simulator time. The college has an on-campus driving concourse where we'll practice coupling/uncoupling, shifting, up/down grade driving, and backing, backing and more backing. The last three weeks will be all on-road drive time.

I'm interested in May Trucking since I've heard many positive things about them, and the fact that they're based in the PacNW. I'll keep reading the threads and info here, and post questions as I have them.

Ride on,

BAD

 

Hello BAD, Welcome to the May Trucking Company thread! You have picked a really good program to break into the trucking industry. It seems so many make the wrong choices for one reason or another and later regret their choice of school! I hope you find the information your looking for on these threads. If I can be of any help to you don't hesitate to ask!

-Trucker Steve

 

Thanks Trucker Steve, I appreciate your reaching out and the words of encouragement. So far I'm very happy with the training I'm receiveing. My goal was to find a school that didn't just teach me how to drive a truck, but also how to be a professional, courteous, and safe driver. I'm interested in May for similar reasons; I feel that a company that stands out in the industry for being strong on professionalism, not just in words but also in practice, would be a good match for my personal work ethic.

Thanks again, I'll be sure to keep in touch.

BAD

 

Heh,don't worry too much about it,you'll learn the real way to shift when you go out with a trainer and it'll all be all different again.
What you learn in school will get you your CDL test and company road test passed then you'll go out with a driver and learn how it's done in the real world.

What school are you going to?

 

Well I'm a few days from being 4 months with May and I'm still truck'n.
Got a newer truck 3 weeks ago,another Pete but with only 320,000 miles on it and an '08.