Fears of a getting a bad trainer

Suggestion: if Walmart is currently your ultimate goal after 3 years of driving experience -- then I would offer this.....

Before you sign up with Walmart -- spend some good time driving in the intermodal world -- either with Swift, Schneider....or even J B Hunt.

Intermodal -- "where the rubber meets the rail"

Why intermodal.....you may ask?

Having done both, I can tell you that with intermodal -- you will spend FAR MORE time backing up -- as opposed to your colleagues over in the OTR world.

All that extra practice perfecting your backing techniques will come in REAL HANDY later....at Wally World.

When I left Schneider -- the intermodal fleet was where it was really at (within Schneider, that is) -- they treated the intermodal drivers better, because that's where Schneider was making the most money.

It may very well still be that way.

-- L

 

Just wondering why you are paying for school when you are a vet?

 

When you get on your trainer's truck, this is what you do-

Eat two cans of Stagg Dynamite Hot Chili every day.

Straight from the can.

The rest will take care of itself.

 

If you're going to drive for a mega, if I were you, I would have a much bigger fear of getting a crap truck than a crap trainer.

 

Clear your mind and go into this with a positive outlook. YouTube is for entertainment.

 

These days they hand out pretty new trucks even to brand new drivers

 

Never knew that such videos existed.
There's too much content out there on the interweb.

 

I strongly recommend the best way to start trucking is to find the trucking company/driving job situations BEFORE starting CDL school. That means taking however long it takes to thoroughly researchbeach company and once you decide that decide if/when/how you get the license. Most newbies start CDL school and devote the few unoccupied minutes between start & finish of school to research employers.