Team driving

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by texan007, Jun 10, 2012.

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  1. Jun 10, 2012 #1
    texan007

    texan007 Medium Load Member

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    I took a job team driving with an o/o. Is what follows normal?

    Stopping at Club Risque , Florida a NUDE BAR to shower....he did his thing but we had not stopped for a shower for 2+ days and this is where he said I should take one.

    SWITCHING SEATS while driving. Once pulling into a Tennnessee scale it was my shift but he was driving and he jumped out the driving seat getting his shorts caught on the stick shift and hitting the steering wheel with his foot causing the truck to swerve and go 3 feet over the line ....off the lane almost hitting the reflector poles that were AT LEAST 5 feet off the lane?

    Not allowing me to roll down the window ANYTIME even crack it .....he smoked all day long and the truck was hard to breathe in! A/C was NOT ALLOWED

    The dude NEVER took a shower the whole week NOT ONCE and I HAD to use his bed to sleep because even though HIS DOG slept on the bed and he did too BUT NEVER SHOWERED.

    This was all just too much for me maybe I'm a wimp but man it just got to nasty for me. I really wanted and needed the job BUT, as I found out NOT that bad
     
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  3. Jun 10, 2012 #2
    STexan

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    It's a rhetorical question. I get that. Anyone who is to team drive must sometimes deal with these situations. Often the ones who MOST need to drive solo, are the ones wanting to drag another driver into their truck to make their life miserable, and they're clueless about how nasty they are in comparison to everyone else. There are nasty slobs in the world, and some of them happen to also drive truck.
     
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  4. Jun 10, 2012 #3
    texan007

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    Well after the fall out and i just flipped I actually felt sorry for him, He started to tell me about hjs wife dying and started crying but there was just no way i could deal with the conditions.

    The joke was the word TEAM
     
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  5. Jun 10, 2012 #4
    OpenRoadDreamer

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    Hope ya find a good place to drive....
     
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  7. Jun 10, 2012 #5
    texan007

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    Man trucking has been crazy for me this just might have done it! I i sit at the hotel in salt lake waiting for my flight home im just honestly thinking maybe its time for a change
     
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  8. Jun 10, 2012 #6
    OpenRoadDreamer

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    It can suck. Ive had a good experience so far. Hopefully itll turn around for you
     
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  9. Jun 11, 2012 #7
    Thephilteam

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    I wouldn't let 1 bad experience spoil it. Ya just got to find the right fit or go solo.
     
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  10. Jun 11, 2012 #8
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    do you have to drive team? I have not in over 24 years so I am thinking it is not a mandatory thing.regardless,BEST OF LUCK to you.We all allow trucking to get us down from time to time-it too shall pass if driving is what you truly want to do.
     
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  11. Jun 11, 2012 #9
    Adkhunter

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    I know how ya feel. I left my orientation and came up to buffalo to meet my driver trainer. He was a O/O and rolled in with a old freightliner century class that looks like its been through war. And the inside of the truck was NASTY! Garbage everywhere you couldn't step anywhere! I requested non smoker and he was a chain smoker and had cigarette ash covering the entire truck with butts all over the floor. It smelled so nasty in there. I immediately called the training dept and told them I'm not riding in this truck as its so nasty and the truck was so beat up there's no way it would pass a DOT inspection and I didn't feel safe driving it across country. So I had a taxi come get me and they put me up in a hotel here in buffalo. I've been here for 3 days waiting for them to find me another trainer. Im deff not happy but my company has been VERY good about getting me out of that truck and very nice and understanding as to why I had to leave. And they are in constant contact with me as they try getting me out of here
     
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  12. Jun 11, 2012 #10
    texan007

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    Thanks guys . It was a rough week for sure i'll get home regroup amd consider my options.
     
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