CDL in hand ,need training

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by teniseeman, Jan 10, 2011.

  1. teniseeman

    teniseeman Bobtail Member

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    I got my CDL in July of 2009 at a school. Was placed with a major carrier ,who's name starts with a P, ends with an e, to which I was placed with a trainer who started out fine and within a day or so started to cuss me like a dog for things like an occasional gear grind or using his windshield fluid when bugs were on the windshield, says it cost him money, switched to a new trainer after a week of verbal abuse. He also started out fine and we cross countried 3 times before one day he skreeled the truck to a stop in the Mojave desert and told me get out before he cut my throat.Over the fact that he told me to get in the sleeper but I couldn't sleep, we had been at a truck stop for 3 days waiting for a load and had been doing nothing but sleeping. After the threat on my life and some get -no-where calls to dispatch I had him let me off the truck in the next town(no way I was sleeping after throat cutting threat) at which point I flew to Tennessee.Re: company had no concerns for my personal safty.Question? I loved driving, what are my options? Note: both trainers had been reporting I was a great driver to the company.Am 53 and have surveyed land for 27 years. Am no whimp!
     
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  3. truckermarine

    truckermarine Bobtail Member

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    I think your best option may be to sit down and look up other companies that you might be interested in and talk to someone from the company and see what they say. It is pretty much going to be up to what ever trucking company you want to go with, if you can drive for them or not.
     
  4. Zuma

    Zuma Light Load Member

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    "Was placed with a major carrier"...can you explain that? It sounds like it was something that was done to you by someone else. In every case that I'm aware of, people actually make their own decisions about who they hire on with.
     
  5. Gonzo_

    Gonzo_ Medium Load Member

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    There is more to the story that isn't being mentioned here..... NOBODY nevermind 2 people just flip out on someone for no apparent reason... Somthing happened....
     
  6. Alabamaspirit

    Alabamaspirit Light Load Member

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  7. Jonny1

    Jonny1 Medium Load Member

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    Will depend what the "Da P & Da E' put on your D A C. ....if that's ok, it looks like its back to school for a 40 refresher or more depending on what you have retained over the past year and half.
     
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