Advice to a wannabe revisited....time after time after time!!!!

take a shower as often as possible, don't want ya to be stinky now

 

As a soon to be "re-tread" into the industry, I'm just gonna say a few things.

1) Keep the driver's door shut. You are behind the wheel to work. Keep stops and breaks to a minimum. You made an agreement with your employer to do a job for a certain amount of money. Do the best job you can - you made the deal.

2) Remember that you are responsible for you (and the truck/load). If you don't think it is safe, don't do it. It doesn't matter what any fleet manager or trainer or anybody else says.

3) Beware of "100 hour pilot syndrome". 100 hours of flight time is the point when most pilots make errors because they have just enough stiick time to become complacent and over confident. It apllies to drivers too.

4) Work with integrity. Despite what everybody else seems to be doing.

Well, that's my $0.02

................ Jim

 

Hey thanks... I was out west flatbedding... which I still really love. However, I was running with a new driver and he was one of those I was hoping to avoid... LOL.
All in all in didn't go to bad, found out I could take more than I thought I could. I do always try to see the positive in things, so, basicly, I got a few good weeks of how not to run. Which really is a good lesson.

Jimbo... I like and agree with your $0.02!!

I think for some, if not a lot, of newbies, this may be the first time that they didn't have someone looking over their shoulder. No one tellling you.. "break is up... get back to work"

The guy I just ran with just did things backwards. I was first trained to get as close as I could to my receiver before taking my long breaks. This guy, he wasted so much time on the front side, then we had to push it on the back side, and, well when we hit a 3 hour traffic jam or the interstate being closed because of weather, we had no room and ended up late... Grrrr!

I have had the opportunity to run with two completely different drivers, and what I learned, is doing it right and with integrity and professionalism is actually a lot easier in the long run, less stressful and more rewarding.

 

With just returning from Iraq and seeing alot of the new things out there in the trucking world, i can honeslty pass this on. Dont ever let someone else driver your truck for you. Never get upset with car in front of you. if you are scared to do it its ok being over confident is what kills you. and most important is that there is never a dumb question only dumb answers, if dont know ask its not going to kill you.

 

Remember taht there is nothing as a dumb question only dumb answers, dont get upset at the car in front of you, if your scared of something its ok. being over confident is what kills you. TAKE YOUR TIME !! and NEVER over drive yourself, i have seen tomany people crash and die from this its not worth it GET SLEEP