COVENANT -- From a wife's perspective

No prob, glad I could help. Nice trainer, mine used to split Trippak duty- make me write it up, and then he would check it out. Oh yeah- RC should pick up one of those expanding file folders (Dollar General has them for cheap), to keep all his trip related paperwork- not just blank sheets, but the carbon copies he keeps for his own records. Will really help by keeping everything organized, rather than scattered all over the truck.

Glad he and his trainer were able to find a parking spot- I can't remember how many times I had to kip on an on-off ramp shoulder just to get some zzz's. I will be keeping the countdown doing too!

 

Being the baaadd man that I am, I'd be tempted to ask that trainer if HE thinks I trust him.

Like Redcoat doesn't?!

Exactly!
There's NO reason why RC can't do the paperwork and then his trainer check it for errors.
Or at least observe his trainer completing the paperwork, and be able to ask questions.
UNLESS, ........ that's the way Covenant WANTS their trainers to train, ----
hoping that the newBees will make mistakes in Covenants favor.

If nothing else, wouldn't four eyes be better than two?
Call it "double checked".

Sounds fishy to me, ...........
and I don't mean H. Salt Esq.

 

so have i come across as a loose cannon, or has what i wrote seem true?
worste part of the whole deal is that i swithched over to a dedicated board, and here i still sit.
when i get to place that has had freight, when i get there zero, the place i left many miles back that had zero, now is chock full of freight..... i sat in charlotte 2.5 days....
now i'm near houston and here i'll sit for maybe 2 days.......
no one to talk to here........all yes men/women at the controls.
there are no team miles, no solo miles, no freight, no money.......
i hope rc fares better when he gets out........... here it's a game of whose booty you will kiss to get what you want/need.
best wishes MCR.

 

RC wife, good postings. Tell RC to get bottled water instead of red bull. Also, gatoraide is a good substitute but has the same sugars redbull does. Also, tell him to avoid soda and get granola bars if he can. Any questions, pm me. Keep in mind, I am not a truck driver but a food expert.

KH

 

My son's trainer hated to do paperwork and my son is almost compulsively organized (gets anxious otherwise), so his trainer taught him almost from day one how to do the paperwork and then had him do all Tripaks from that point forward. Sooooo, it seems that it depends on the trainer at Covenant how they teach/do that.

Glad to hear that your hubby is nearing the end of his training. I think he will have the opportunity once he is out with a co-driver to find out what he really needs to learn. Hopefully, he can be teamed with a more experienced driver who is willing to continue to help him learn.

 

Heck my trainer had me do all the paper work, just so I knew what had to be done Hope RC makes it out ok, and fairs better on his own then with his trainer.. Be sure to have him tell his training dm, or what ever they call it at Covenant, what his trainer did not teach him.. Learning how to do a trip pak should be something they can teach him when he is done training.. I don't miss those days only because the pay was garbage, but I did have a great trainer...

 

The Trainer should train how to do every bit of the job, which Includes paper work.

Since I been out with USA, I had to show one guy how to do logs, and not run out of hours so fast. The legal short cuts.... And another one how to change a headlight.

 

i drive solo for now till my girl gets her cdl then I will train her, no one else. i think that dedicated has teams also....thats what i'll do till she gets 6 mos + exp and then we will start looking for another place, this just ain't it. and thats a nice trip for RC, lots of miles.....there are too many lies here...piled high and deep