? about Arnold and GP.... oops turned into longish post....

Been reading old and newish posts about Arnold.
Since I live close to Grand Prairie, I put in an app for Arnold... just graduated couple weeks ago. Got doubles/triples and X endorsements....
So student program....

My biggest problem is finding companies that allow females to train with male trainers.... only because there are so few female trainers.
I personally don't care if male or female, even if they smoke or not. As long as they take a shower once a week and mostly stay away from the buffets... although the J's seem to have nothing but Denny's.... good way to diet!

Arnold seems like a good way to get a year experience other than the mega companies... my b.f. drove for Stevens in the 90's and it seems nothing much there has changed...<G>
and for Shell in the early 80's (yeah, he's old!) and the rules were kinda different then.... running all night and popping pills seemed to be accepted practice to get the loads there... But OTOH.. he was trying to explain to me how to shift twin sticks..... hmmmmmm.

The Arnold recruiter said SW region....that's ok, I'm guessing there's might be a few more states than what she said. Of course she said miles are good.... no way would she say anything else..

$58 day training... way low compared to some others but better than nothing....
150 hours with trainer..., then road test, then own truck. Student do dry van only. After a year you can check out the oilfield stuff.... which is what I want to do anyway.
There's a couple local companies that run either sand, water or gravel that I could pbly get on with. However, for me, I think that I would learn how to drive and especially back up better running otr. Also, hauling gravel doesn't seem to be that big of a deal....but dumping it does. One of those how friggin far up in the air is that thing anyway... and no, the truck's not on level ground! Water also moves. "OOPS" is not a good thing in trucking.

First 90 days @ .30 cpm
then to .33 ..loaded and empty..which leads me to believe they're not going to run much empty.... from what I've been reading here anyway....
80% drop and hook.... and 30% sitting on one's butt waiting for other people over which you have no control...ok, she didn't say that last bit...
Out 12-14 days, then home time, doesn't make that much difference to me.... One of my kids is still in Hawaii and the other in L.A...... and my b.f. can run up to GP to pick me up on hometime.

Bring enuf stuff to last for 2 months?..... hmmm..... 150 hours driving 6 hours a day allowing for 2 + 2 + 2 days home time for trainer..... still is only a month..... 6 weeks at most....

One nice thing is the SW regional is not SUPPOSED to hit any of the really cold states, no West Coast ( tho that would be fine with me) and no East Coast... ( been there enuf, not that fond of driving there).

Perra (not Tara- wrong spelling) is supposed to call me after they check out my paperwork.

Any recent comments or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Mary

 

There's a couple, but if you have any suggestions please pm me. I'd appreciate it, thanks.

Training for Arnold is flat out regional SW. Not really a problem, my only concern is ...would that be considered otr since it does involve 7 states?
I don't have to worry about a mortgage..l. don't have a home
or husband...
or b.f.... he's already done the trucking thing and does not want to repeat.....
and kids are in LA and Hawaii....
just a car payment since my 2002 Jeep Liberty died in May and I had to buy another vehicle .Ok, I could have taken the greydog, but I was basically stuck in the middle of New Mexico....

So while Arnold may not be the best company, if I can get on with them it would be ok.
First was going to go with May Trucking, but as of now, there's no female trainers available. They don't have a depot in Texas anyway.

So I'll go read your experiences.
Thanks
Mary

 

Thanks!
Mary

 

Well, the recruiter said she'd call me back Tue, I was expecting y
Wed, nothing. So I think I'll keep looking...
Thanks
Mary

 

Called the recruitet, said my app was denied because I hadnt worked during 2012...ummmm ...guess they didnt read the part where I was working. Have to email info, but dont have the correct email, have to call recruiter bavk tomorrow. Is it P as in Pete or T as in Tom? She wad a little impatient, but it was Friday.
I just need to get on somewhere and get some experience...
Mary

 

No, anywhere i can get on. Would prefer tanks but reefer or dry is fine.
Any suggestions, please pm me if you dont want to post here...
I live south of FtWorth, but dont need hometime here...
Thanks
Mary