Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

Well hell. No mts here in Aurora so now I need to sit on the trailer I brought in to get unloaded.. run to champaign to bring another load back to Aurora and then off to Granite City to head to Avon,Ny..

Mikey we kraft folks are busy...

 

this lame assed DC to DC run is 672 miles for the weekend. This should go to you dedicated company drivers! Lol at least I got a reset in.

 

That Granite City to Avon was the back haul of my dedicated route. I would run Avon to Independence Missouri for the other leg. You will probably get that on the way back.
It is a good loop, as long as you do not mind the cave in Independence.

 

That is possible, but my planner/dm likes to send me to Lowville, NY and back to Norcross.

Either way is ok with me..

 

Trainer wasn't to bad, didn't have any problems with other than directions for stuff ... i would swear i understood where he wanted me to go only to find out at the last second i was completely wrong. So nothing too bad. He did buy me half a dozen meals on the road, which was helpful. Other students that through Fontana from Modesto and Sacramento TDA schools didn't have a problem with their trainers either. One guys trainer bought him meals the whole time and then got him a CB and GPS when he finished training (trucker life handed to you on a golden platter) ... n e how driving a Volvo right now, although not to worry give it a couple months Ill probably have a newer truck as the Freightlinners start rolling in.

 

Glad to hear things went well.

 

You could have sat in dallas all weekend too..

I had to play yard dog this morning so I could get an mt.. pull a trailer off the yard and backed into a door. Now I am nsitting under it so nobody steals it. Hahahahah

 

Hi all,
I'm starting school on monday with bigcalitrucker at tda in modesto. just noticed on the paper work that they changed from a 3 week to a 4 week class. and then the orintation in fontana as before. I will ask on monday if it is true, but was wondering if anyone here knows of the change or if it just a typo. I can't wait to get started. The extra week would be a bummer, but not too bad. Just an extra week of practice. there is only going to be 5 of us in the class so that is nice. 1 is not going with central.

 

mxzhead,
Friday was fun dude. Signed our life away but still cool. lol. I thought that when I first was there he said that it was 3 weeks of behinf-the-wheel training? Wow, another week of that would be ok. Like you said, just another week of practice. But the class hopfully will still be fun. Do you understand the whole 5 weeks with the trainer part? Are we gonna ride along with someone on their route? Or are they gonna help us out on our runs? Either way would be cool. Someone that knows how to drive will be there to help us the first time we are actually out on the road. That would be cool. Anyways buddy I will see you bright and early tomorrow morning man.

 

Your time with a trainer will be on the trainers truck.
The trainer is supposed to do the job of actually teaching you to drive. All the classes teach you is how to pass a test. You will not be a driver at that point.
You will have just learned enough to be dangerous.

Trainer will also teach you how to deal with shippers and receivers. How to do all your paperwork. They will get you use to using your qualcom for messaging, logs etc.
They will help you to learn how to back up better. Docks and truck stops are nothing like training at school.
They should also work more with you on driving in various terrain, trip management, and many other things.

When you get out on your own for the first time you will tend to forget the things have been taught no matter how much you learn. It will scare the heck out of you for the first few weeks.

If you are not lucky you will end up with a trainer that will teach you none of these things. They will use you just to get more miles and will not even sit up front and help you at first as they should. You will be just another log book and be running as a team driver.
Most drivers this happens too do not last long. Many will not upgrade. Some will fail the driving test and get sent home. Others will upgrade but will not have the skills they need to make it on the road and will be home in a few months max.