The Adventure Begins!
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by NewBeginnings87, Jan 30, 2020.
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Yea. That training.
I don;t know about the "Excellent" part.... I once had a training course consisting of a minivan, one instructor suit in the pax seat and 7 truckers in the back evaluating me for a little drive into Little Rock downtown.
Worst trip of my life.NewBeginnings87 Thanks this. -
Congratulations and please keep us posted on your progress.
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Thank you so much, everybody. I thought I'd give an update. Hubby is into his 3rd week of training. Nobody's fault, but it was a slow start as the instructor was out sick the first 2 or 3 days, the first week. Another guy filled in but he was doing that on top of his regular job and from what I've gathered, there wasn't an awful lot of instructing going on. Since the instructor has been back, it seems like he doesn't realize or remember who has been instructed on what and he's been impatient toward students. Last week he made the comment, "You've been here for 3 weeks and there's no excuse..." (I forget what he was after them for not knowing by then). At that point, hubby had been there 1.5 weeks and hadn't even heard anything about whatever the thing was. He's with some other guys who started before him. Anyway, all in all, things are good and he has lots of stories to tell me during our nightly phone chats.
Yesterday he and another guy, along with an instructor, took a trip to a town in Idaho, about 200 miles away, to pick up a load of lumber. He got to drive half the way empty and then half the way back, loaded. That was the first opportunity he had to practice any securing and tarping. The feedback he received was that he did great with the only concern being that he was a little "aggressive" in town. He thinks that stemmed from a traffic light stop where he was far enough back from the car in front of him to be able to see the pavement between, but his company likes them to be 2 to 3 car lengths behind. This morning he finally got his trip plan done (he did one for the Idaho trip too) for his in town driving test and he'll be taking that this afternoon. I don't know what all else he'll need to do before they turn him loose. He does have a 100 question (answers written out, no multiple choice or anything) test to complete but they're letting them do that as they go, not all in one shot in the classroom.rachi, Hazmat Cat, Chinatown and 2 others Thank this. -
65 and going flatbed? He's got more guts than me, that's for sure. I think it's great that's he diving in. I wish him the best of luck and you as well.
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Sounds good. Good luck to him.
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2-3 car length gap invites idiots in cars to cut in front.
Is he climbing on top of the load to put his tarps on or do they have a tarp thing where they loaded? Be careful getting on top of the load. I do it all the time, but Im 38 and still kind of dumb. Get a small ladder to use (I need to take my own advice on this).
And remember to take his time and dont rush. Thats how you make mistakes...like the P&S driver I watched secure his tarps with bungees then attempted to drive off wiith all his straps pulled out of the winches that he never threw and tightened.NewBeginnings87 Thanks this. -
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