Prime Tanker Experience So Far...

They say you need a year but they have put guys out of school through tanker training. They were giving me a hard time about tanking and I have 4 years of driving experience. I told them it was tanker or nothing and they said tanker it is then,lol.

 

Now for the tanker training update.

I have a new trainer and I'm starting a dedicated run with him to get my miles out the way. He's a O/O that already owns his truck. Really nice guy and clean too.

I got off the other truck because "I feared for his safety because of his a poor attitude and lack of people skills." I filed a complaint and will be following up to make sure no one else has to deal with his abuse and lack of knowledge. I will also be going up the chain to try and get some standards in place for TnT Trainers. I should not be teaching any "trainer" any thing when joining up with a new company. Logging, safe driving practices and trucking business knowledge are things you should know before picking up a trainee. Not learning them from your "trainee", atleast that's my opinion.

 

Thanks IP. I will do what I can and hopefully I can get the company behind it. I think I follow too many rules to be a trainer myself. So I will probably be going solo too.

Trainer standards and a training manual hopefully won't take to much work to put in place.

 

Sorry guys. I've been on this dedicated routes the last few weeks. I learned the secrets of the surge but I still have a few weeks to go before I can go solo. The dedicated is over now so I'll have more time to post.

Laters

P.S. I'm in a new fleet with a FM that supports me driving safe and legal.