Watkins & Shepard - The Adventure Begins October 8th

Day One

We started out with just a lot of paperwork this morning. Normal stuff, making sure everyone's file is in order, direct deposit, etc. Then we started watching some of the training videos.

Around noon, they took us to the truck stop to cash our T-checks and have lunch. After that, we had our Human Performance Exam (for those of you who don't know what that is, check out American-Trucker's thread http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...s-shepard-safety-interview-hpe-explained.html) and then our drug test. By the time we were done with all of that, we had time to watch one more training video at the terminal before the day was over.

I brought all of my books back to the hotel with me with me because I want to get ahead on the reading (because I'm a nerd)... and also because I don't watch television and don't have a car here, so there's not a lot to do in the evening. I was still tired today from traveling all weekend, so I'm going to bed early.

Goodnight, all. Be safe.

 

If you have to ask, you probably shouldn't be driving.

 

Day Two

Today was definitely a classroom day. We spent most of the morning going over air brakes (including an emergency McGyver-esque option involving a Bic pen). The afternoon was spent going over log book procedures and working with various Hours of Service scenarios. We also started keeping logbooks to track our training time.

Homework tonight: finishing the first three tests in our binder.