Second half of training is team driving. It was hard to get used to sleeping while bouncing around in the sleeper.
I went to Dallas orientation for 2 or 3 days. After waited 1 1/2 days for trainer to arrive.It was week after Christmas and trainer took a load...
When did you go to the Dallas school? How are things going for you now? I might have to go to Dallas to retrain being out of action for 2 years now.
I take it your trucks are not governered down? Or was he speeding in city limits. Seems most companies are goverened down to 65 or less, except...
After training with your trainer and going solo, are there enough tractors to be assigned one quickly?
I live near Temple TX and have a nieghbor down the road working for melton. He seems to be home every 3-4 weeks for 3-4 days. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the reply desert_son. That's my only accident in over 28 years and to me unavoidable but know all accidents are preventable in...
When I was in school I really hoped to get a volvo. I owned a Volvo 4 wheeler and it was awesome. I liked the Volvo tractor look and thought if it...
I saw in some other threads company solos were not getting many miles. Has that picked up? I'd be going to orientation at Irving I would guess...
I drove for Werner out of school 18 months ago. I had an accident (not major) after only 3 !/2 months. Seeing all the companies wanted 6 months to...
I had 3 1/2 months with Werner till I had an accident. Been thinking everyone wants 6 months experience to a year to hire anyone. Is it possible...
Do FFE trucks have APU's or another comfort type set up for heating and cooling while shut down for your 10? Or do you idle for heat and cooling?...
Not the dreaded waiting for trucks again.
My first few weeks with Werner 2 years ago, I could not even sleep. Maybe 2 hours at a time. It took awhile to get used to a shaking bouncing bed....
What kind of medical issues are people failing? Sleep apnea? High blood pressure? High blood sugar. I'm a type 2 diabetic is the reason i ask. I...
Indy motel is the nicest Werner has I think. All the terminal staff was great too. Not typical of all of them though.
Werner pay is on the low end of companies out there. But all companies that hire students are. Werner seems to be getting lots of freight which...
Blsqueak,thanks for the reply back. I imagined it would be a lot different, sounds basically the same
I was placed in my first truck last Tue.06 Pete with 330,000 miles. Decent shape and drives good. It came with an APU and Inverters under the...
If you have any problems or concerns your driver student manager wants to know. That's all they do, want to know if your happy or not. Macro 13...
