W/S Orientation Apr 30th

<<<<A few people had a really hard time with it

Some people have a harder time with a truck full of other students and an instructor, it's just something they have to get over very quickly...

 

Master the 8-2 split. Most don't use cause they don't know how to work it and are afraid of violations. Talked to 2 newer drivers awhile ago the did the split and did it wrong and got lucky and only got a log violation from the company and not the DOT.

 

That's just for the general training.. because there's a lot of dopes who can't even get the hang of the 10/11/14 hour rules, let alone 8-2! If you understand how it works, feel free to use it outside the classroom.

I personally don't find it that useful, except when I'm tryng to get home. But everyone runs different..

 

That is on the loooooooong list of """things you will need to learn on your own"""(from another driver or this forum) once you get on the road...You can never have too many tools!!!!!

 

Lol...that's exactly how I felt when I took my DMV test.
Nervous wreck with that examiner staring silently at me scribbling away on her little clip board.
I kept going from 6 to 9th, or forgetting my splitter.
D'OH!
I passed anyway....close enough.
The next day back at class I drove like I was born in the truck.
Go figure.

I too might be headed to Missoula on June 11th for W/S boot camp.
I just need to get some paperwork to the recruiter and hopefully will get the ok soon.
Having been an auto mechanic/cal smog tech for nearly 30 years( a profession I truly despise), I am looking forward to this in a big way.
I am 49, but I am not lazy and not afraid of hard work.
Hope W/S has room for one more.