I have been solo for about a month and my biggest advice to newbies is wait till spring winter stinks... ;) All of my struggles have been winter...
Quick up date... Leaving the yard with a load for the 1st time without instructors or trainers and realizing you are own your own is a weird...
Sent you a pm there bud...:)
Find out all that stuff this week sitting at the yard for weekend final processing starts Monday...
well my time with a trainer has come to a close. 4 weeks due to holiday 7100 miles driven. H.O.W does a real good job of trying to match trainers...
At the yard and it's minus 1... Finished with trainer today I am one tired dude and will post a done with training update tomorrow....
I'm at 3500 niles right now and am night and day from were I was 2 weeks ago.. Will be home for thanksgiving then out on Sat. With the plan to be...
My trainer is an OTR guy who lives in Maine. Last week we ran A lot of NE this we we were in WI then down to AL. Heading back to NY then VT then...
Back at it after a couple of days with the family. Drove from Hollis ME To Rochester NY. Best day so far 498 miles. Shifting is vastly improved...
My trainer writes down every place he goes on index cards and keeps them in alphabetical order... I am picking some up and writing every thing I...
So 2 weeks in and I am super happy with my choice. Orientation was great and I learned a ton. There were 4 of us and we were all super nervous and...
So I will give a recap soon. Been so busy havn't had time. On run from york PA to Auburn ME . Will be home thursday night...
Great 1st day of Orientation. DOT Physical took forever and went over yard exercises in class and observed in Yard So far it is every thing I...
On the bus some where in NY with. 21 hours to go... look forward to Starting orientation on Tues...
Picked up my bus ticket and heading to orientation on Sunday Morning. As they say in Maine I'm wicked excited.. It's been a long road and I will...
So Chip do you have Oct off or does Halloween or change in seasons bring you here. Looking through this thread I noticed that you posted this same...
As a newb living in Maine I probably fit in perfect in there power lanes. As far as bean counters that's corporate America... All the companies...
Well thank you for your Info. There are no perfect starter companies. That being said after doing a ton of research not just here. I think they...
Thanks guys and Ron and Gail speak very highly of you Weeble. Without mentioning your name of course... :biggrin_25520: Any tips of things I need...
I passed my road test today and I am super excited to get started. Orientation starts the 5th for me. I will post lots of updates to continue the...
