My Pride Transport thread as a newbie

Hey bob training is good, learning a lot, trainer seems to be even sacraficing his miles to show me the proper way.

They do have prepass but no ez pass, driver pays tolls but they reimburse you. In nj heading to ogden ut.

Also from working for 2 reefer companies it seems both love midwest and east coast

 

Also should add no apus, or inverters allowed. top notch equipment though, truck only had 5k on odo. also in orientation for newbies they tell u u might go home only once your 90 days its up to your trainer so keep that in mind

 

You are correct my good sir, looks pretty sweet w the fairings, I personally get about 7 mpg even in the mtns (overall) guess my trainer got lucky his came w a fridge.

Do you know if they have a socal dedicated for solos, wouldnt mind getting on that

 

ok time for an update, don't want to me one of them guys who start a thread and don't follow up.

been getting kinda burned out, been running 10 hr shifts, sleep, then run 10 more. my trainer doesn't allow me to talk on the phone (have truckers blue tooth), sound asinine and #####y? perhaps but its by far my biggest complaint. i'm sorry but driving 10 hrs straight w/out any comm is brutal, in fact i think it makes me more of a dangerous driver, get bored/tired more quick etc. even he doesn't talk on phone while driving.

i think 90 days on the truck is long, i know its been said the trainer can let you upgrade earlier but i have a feeling mine is going to make me run my full 90. he says i'm a good driver and he goes back in the sleeper and does his thing so i know its not because i'm a bad driver either. i am a bit biased because i have already been with a trainer for another company (upgraded no problems with them and drove solo) so it sucks being stuck with another guy so long, just starting to feel the cabin fever.

again, running the midwest and eastcoast, like i said for some reason either all reefer companies or just my like but thats ALL i run ever with both pride and central.

this post is probably mostly negative, feeling grouchy and burned out. my trainer does smoke and i never have so maybe its the smell thats getting on my nerves as well.

hopefully i'll be in a better mood the next time a post, aside from the phone thing and being stuck w/ someone at the hip 24/7 3 feet away from me, i can't complain lol.