Any Questions about Roehl??

Tip on the 13 speed- don't grind 'em. Lmao!!

 

that's true, lyle, but that's what you do anyway. when you're by yourself, you have to do all the messaging, all the customer contact, all the paperwork, all the securement, all the load checks, and all the driving.

don't shortchange your 10 hours off, though. if there are two hours of customer service, equipment exchange, shop work, or whatever, don't start your break until you have all that done. the break is what keeps you safe, and sane. shorting it is a recipe for problems.

i treat it as discretionary whether to log trip planning and paperwork as on-duty or not, depending on whether it's a lot or just a moment or two. if there's a lot of stuff to do, i stay on duty until it's over.

 

It would be nice to get a ten hour break for good sleep. Heres how it goes. Work 10 to 12 hours, then am told to go on break. Ride in pazz seat

 

Now that i ride for 2to 3 hours off duty mind u he finally stops. Leaving me 7 hours to sleep, eat

 

nothing is keepig you in the jumpseat...you should be able to hitg the bunk and rackout...

 

Said i cant ride in the bunk when truck is rolling. Im in the top bunk. So. I got to stay in the seat while wede rollin can i go up to the top while truck is moving.

 

That's not right. He's not supposed to be doing that. You need your complete 10. That's actually unsafe in my opinion.

 

lyle, you're not getting 10 hours break. my normal procedure is not to start the next driver off until 10 hours past the time the truck stops. and you can sleep in the bunk while the truck is rolling, but your trainer can't.

but either way, that's a team driving technique, and training is not supposed to be a team operation.

 

Hey Treefork, find a good book, my first trainer read all day after my third day with him, he went through a few books, tons af magazines, and nodded off a couple times LOL.

 

Your trainers bunk should be the top bunk. That's how I ran when I was a trainer at CR England. My students always could sleep when we were rolling because the bottom bunk had a safety net. If I felt comfortable enough with the student, I just rolled up the students bed roll and threw my sleeping bag on the bottom bunk so I could sleep safely. That came in handy when one of my students followed another truck into the median during a rain storm. That got REALLY BUMPY! We were lucky not to roll. When I opened the door the water was up to the top step on the fuel tank. No damage to the truck, but we did need a wrecker to pull us out. I made my student make that call to maintenance. LOL

But, like I said, Lyle, your trainer is not operating the training truck properly!