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Help! In over my head!

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Sweeper777, Aug 6, 2012.

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  1. Aug 9, 2012 #21
    kalh7

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    just thought id bump this to see if he is still alive or not. kinda curious if he made it up there or not or even went.
     
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  3. Aug 9, 2012 #22
    SHC

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    Your going to pull an Oversize load up to Chicago and you've never driven a manual truck??? not to mention a long-hood!!!!

    YIKES!!!! Hope it all goes well, but I can see something not working out in your favor.
     
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  4. Aug 9, 2012 #23
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    SHC, I was tempted to ask the same thing. Hope he's alright, but... something WILL go wrong. Sure hope it doesn't.
     
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  5. Aug 9, 2012 #24
    drdave

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    I hop the next post we here from is ,"back in the yard, all went better then expected"

    "
     
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  7. Aug 10, 2012 #25
    AfterShock

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    Dittos, .......................
     
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  8. Aug 12, 2012 #26
    Pmracing

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  9. Aug 12, 2012 #27
    Sweeper777

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    Thanks people, for your help, advice and concern. I have nothing but the utmost respect and admiration for you professional drivers. I made it back alive and without major incidents. I did however quit. I drove 3000 miles in 3 days, 3 deliveries. I was told to keep driving when I knew darn well I was illegal. I slept maybe 3-4 hours a night and did 3 round trips of the most stress filled 3 days of my life. I ground alot of gears and prayed the whole time. 1 trip to chicago, 1 to elkhorn, Wisconsin and 1 to Milwaukee. All the scales were closed along the way other than 1 and I had a green light to just go through. If they had pulled me in i would have been cooked. This just isn't for me and I told them when I got back from the last run I was done and handed them the keys. I got pretty good at up shifting but down shifting got me in some very rough spots. I had to pull to the shoulder several times to just start over in 1st. I clipped some curbs the 1st day out and also had trouble getting into a fuel island and another driver saw I was in trouble and helped me out. I learned alot. You do NOT just get in one of these rigs and drive. I'm at a loss as to what I'm going to do now but I know that if I kept doing what they were asking me to do I'd eventually get myself killed or worse, kill someone else. Just thought I should update this and thank everyone for the prayers, encouragement and support. Thank you all again from the bottom of my heart and again, I can't emphasize enough the respect I have for you drivers. I'll start looking for work again on Monday. God bless ya all!
     
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  10. Aug 12, 2012 #28
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    Quit? Good choice with that company running you to the ground. Hope you get a better job soon, I hear Old Domain is a good company in need of locals. Plus they have a nice train program and I believe a few team driver O/O's.
     
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  11. Aug 12, 2012 #29
    drdave

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    Honey, I am very proud of you. It takes lots of guts to be a rookie out here with training. Since you had never driven a stick shift or anything as big as this, you did fantastic, if you only hit a couple of curbs. I will pray that you get a great job, that will train you properly, cause since you succeeded at this, with help, you would be able to do it all in time. Linda
     
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  12. Aug 12, 2012 #30
    drdave

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    From what I hear, Schnieder does do that some local with good trainers.
     
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