Any Questions for a Driver Trainer for Maverick?

Short and sweet answer from a family man to a family man. Discuss with your family whether you and they can handle worst case scenario for you. . .5 weeks or more away from them because there is not an available trainer that lives near you or if there is, he/she already has a different student. Glad to see you all capped the word POSSIBLY. Never been to the Middletown terminal but i hear if the first truck on the lot parks properly, you may be able to fit another one on the lot too. Dont know any trainers address other than my own but i'm sure there is one that's not too far away. Even if you had one that lived right next door to you, there's still, as you put it, the "POSSIBLILITY" of going out with someone else.

For all the new hires out there that may read this, its getting cold outside so i'd suggest a sleeping bag instead of a set of sheets and be ready for anything from 75 in texas to 7 in Minnesota and Wisconsin

 

I've been asked to be an orientation instructor at little rock and have seen qualcom msgs for available fleet manager positions if that answers your questions. Snazzy. lol. you should see me and any other driver after tarping a load of lumber on a hot humid mississippi day. I've never driven for other companies so you'd have to ask them. Some fleet managers at Maverick have driven before if that answers your question.

 

Glad you took the initiative to call and check on the status of your application and thank you for sharing why they said you were not eligible. Sorry to hear your having to come out of retirement but with your good work ethic and work history and desire to be employed, you should be able to get on somewhere.

 

Glad you had one more to your liking. Feel free to use the thread i started to describe why you liked the trainer you had, what company he was with compared to me, a driving instructor you've never met. Opinions are like anuses, we all have one.

 

some are and some aren't some deliveries may be made to construction sites where you have to be there right on time to unload because of space available. Most of our loads are live loaded and are not drop and hook and whether its for a person just starting out, well that depends on the person. Do you want to have to secure, tarp, unsecure, untarp or do you want to close the doors and maybe slide the tandems.

Neither is better than the other. One is more labor intensive. Only you know which would be better for you.

 

And forgot to mention, I never had a work assignment that said just come in and pickit up whenever you want and deliver it whenever you want, but chicken and produce will rot quicker than steel and lumber

 

As far as i know, the only trucks that are specifically manual transmissions are those in the sand division. The "automatics" can be driven in either automatic or manual, its controlled by a switch on the paddle shifter "automatic/Manual" you decide

 

Sir, thank you for your concern. The name of the company on the truck says Maverick Transportation. Not jw's trucking, not sarge's logistics. As a company driver I feel that it is my responsibility to be a good representative of the company as we, the drivers are the only personal contact with some of our customers. so if you looked more like a miner covered in coal dust after a shift underground, yes i would ASK you if you had a change of clothes if you did i would ASK you to please change into them. If i could smell your B.O. from a half a trailer length away, i would be sure to stop so you would be able to take a shower. If your breath could gag a maggot, i'd ASK you to brush your teeth.

I would prefer that a student not talk on the phone while driving through a construction zone, rush hr traffic, etc.

I wouldn't tell you that you couldn't fart inside the truck, i'd simply ask that if you did, you crack the window a bit so i wouldn't have to smell your oderiferous eminations

Fill powerade bottle with yellow powder??? i dont understand what you're saying

You may make fun of my skin color or sexual orientation if you wish. It'd get you a taxi ride to a bus station from the nearest safe place for me, or you to pull over

Part of an Students Self Evaluation Form which a student is required to fill out documenting his/her daily activities is "truck cleaning". Since space is limited in the truck and the trash bag, (plastic grocery bag) hangs closest to the passenger seat, i simply ask whomever may happen to be in the passenger seat when we stop (most of the time, it's me) to take out the trash. Should a students trash, receipts, candy wrappers, etc fall from the top bunk onto mine. I'd ask them if they wanted it before i gave it to them to throw it out which they should have done in the first place.

Control freak? sticks and stones sir. I simply ASK my students to respect the fact that i've set up the truck as efficiently as i've found possible so should they need a pen, its hanging from the cargo net in front of them rather than them having to search around for it. The atlas is usually kept behind one of the seats. Their belongings are kept in a cabinet reserved for their things or 2/3 of the space under the bunk if its something they dont need everyday if at all. I also ASK my students to keep their dirty clothes in a dirty clothes bag of some type so their dirty socks or thunderdones (underwear) don't fall atop my head while they are sleeping at night. Something else i ask my students to do is if they snore, please set up their bunk so their head is opposite mine. The reason for this is three-fold: 1. So they are not snoring directly above me keeping me awake at night. 2. So there is no possibility of thier drool falling down onto me or my linens and 3. So i don't pull a muscle raising the bunk off its shelf trying to "ever so gently" shift their position without waking them, in order to get them to stop snoring for a minute so i can fall asleep.

I also ask every student while we on our way to take them back to the terminal to evaluate out, if there is anything they think i could do to improve the way i teach. One of my student suggested since i talk so much about getting good MPG, that i should keep a paystub of a bonus check for other students to see. The next fuel bonus check i received, i did just that and anyone is welcome to see it should they ask.

December 6th of this year, i will have 4 years of experience OTR. Just because a driver has less years OTR than another, it doesn't make them a better driver or a worse driver for that matter. I dont consider myself to be a better driver than ANYONE out there. SAFER. . . Yes. MORE EFFICIENT....Yes.

Again sir i thank you for your concern and again i invite you to please share with anyone who may read the thread i started for people to may have questions they'd like to ask a driver trainer about Maverick, what company do YOU work for? and how was YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR DRIVING INSTRUCTOR?

Have a nice weekend

sarge