Day Six Mountain driving. We spent all morning on Black Mountain. It wasn't nearly as stressful as I was expecting it to be. Our gross weight...
Yes, straight out on your own with no trainer. The learning curve goes straight up when you leave here.
If you make it through the ten day orientation and they think you're capable, they give you a truck. If you have a good attitude and you're...
We started with five, but there are only three of us now.
Sunday I finished up the last of the written tests this morning. In the afternoon, I walked to the terminal to get some practice in. I mostly...
Saturday We have the weekend off from orientation. There is a truck (and trailer) available to us if we want to practice at the yard. I started...
I'm pretty comfortable with the speed and gear match, but it's memorizing the exact RPM I need to hit each gear that's going to take some...
Thanks! I figure the most important thing I can do for now is get the speed matches memorized.
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Day Five We had a bit of a late start today. He asked us to uncouple it and then park it in the next space over while he found another tractor...
The Zebra pens were the only fine point ones with black ink that the local Walmart had. When I get the chance to stop by an office supply store,...
No, this is the general orientation to be a driver for the company. The flatbed division (I think) is trained in Montana. I know you have to...
Day Four This morning, we had a classroom lesson about winter driving. Then RL took us out to the warehouse to show us how to chain up....
As far as I know, you have to complete the test regardless of whether you have a HazMat endorsement. It's a written test for W&S's records, not...
Hazmat's going to have to wait until tomorrow. It took me about a dozen sheets to finally (I think) get the third exercise right.
Day Three This morning, we worked on logbook exercises. There are three you have to do (all are for multiple day runs) and they're...
If you're ever in the Conover terminal, ask Tim about it :)
Day Two Today was definitely a classroom day. We spent most of the morning going over air brakes (including an emergency McGyver-esque option...
If you have to ask, you probably shouldn't be driving.
I'll get some OTR experience before I approach them about it, but I will definitely find Rick when I'm ready. Thanks!
