Day by day on 1st driving job

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by _dsgb, Jan 25, 2016.

  1. Jubal3

    Jubal3 Heavy Load Member

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    All very good advice. And no, I don't think you came off heavy at all before. We're in a business with very serious hazards. You just stated SOME of those hazards.
     
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  3. _dsgb

    _dsgb Bobtail Member

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    We're in a 16' kenworth and it has a lot of bells and whistles, one being that it shows digitally all of our tire psi on the tractor, not the trailors, but we still make it a point to physically look and still make sure the tread is good and there is no damage or problems with the tires that we can see (and we do the thump test as well lol)
     
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  4. _dsgb

    _dsgb Bobtail Member

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    DAY 2
    Success. I met my trainer at wal-mart and he already had a load. We left out about 40 miles west of Atlanta and I started driving en route to Goodlettsville, Tn. I ran into quite a bit of rain right before I got to Chattanooga and it lasted about 2 hrs off and on, at times getting pretty bad, but then it cleared up and it was smooth sailing. Reached my destination, dropped my load, picked up a new one at the same place and we left out headed towards a town right outside of Dallas. I drove for about an hour and we found a place to park it for our 10 (still in Tenn.) and that's where were at now. Gonna hit the interstate runnin' as soon as we wake up. Safe travels everyone!!
     
  5. Flipflops

    Flipflops Heavy Load Member

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    Let me understand this. Your trainer is actually training you and you're not just being used a team driver?
     
  6. _dsgb

    _dsgb Bobtail Member

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    Lol yes, the way it works here is its 8 weeks training, the first 4 is like a solo with him right beside me to teach/monitor.. Then if he feels comfortable, the sencond 4 weeks we run as if we were a team. (Which he has already said after the kind of first day we had he knows we'll be running as a team the second 4)
     
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  7. Flipflops

    Flipflops Heavy Load Member

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    That's great to hear! Proper training such as that seems hard to find in a lot of companies for new guys. Stay safe out there and every day is a learning day no matter how long you drive.
     
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  8. _dsgb

    _dsgb Bobtail Member

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    Day 3
    Nothing to exciting.. clocked 520 miles today. Parked in Ft. Worth, Tx. Getting loaded in the morning and headed back to Arkansas. (Dallas area confusing and has a lot of road construction going on) Safe travels!
     
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