I'm abit confused...

First i want to say inwas trained on dedicated not otr and we did things alot diffrent than otr, so im nervous and confused rookie at some things. I was just issued my truck yesterday around 8:30 am and have been sitting ever since. They sent me a preassign yesterday, the load was ready yesterday at 8am and I drop 1/30 8:30am, how long does it take them to dispatch me?
Also i don't have any trip sheets or those barcode things, will i be able to make this run without those and pick some up at a terminal later? Or will this Arnold terminal have some for me?

 

I call fleet manager after waiting 20 mins for a answer, I asked her how long does it normally take and she said "we can't dispatch you yet....thanks and have a good day" and hung up....and I was about to ask her about the trip paks. I don't want to bother my trainer quite yet, he will be helping and attending a wedding today.

I have another question.my trainer really never sent a msg(mac11?). I figure it will be alot easier to send a msg than wait 20 mins on the phone for a short answer.
If I want to send my dispatcher something do I just type in dispatcher in the "to" area? And my fm name if I wanted to send him a msg?

 

Thanks musicgal! My trainer only used Mac 49 and 5, everything else we ignored, we made more calls than actually using the dt. I really don't understand why they send otr students out with dedicated drivers.

 

I'm at the Arnold terminal. I jst pick up the cover sheets and barcodes. I didn't see any usx door seals all were arnolds.



I was dispatched about a hour ago and went to grab my trailer from here and I see a big orange sticker says out of service. Now I gotta play the waiting again...total hrs sitting 30 and counting. I guess this is the so called "trucking life"