Finally Started School!

I almost went to that school before finding one close to me (and much cheaper, but they don't "put you up" like yours does). Sounds very similar to my experience. One word though is to keep an eye on that student/teacher ratio. In order to finish in the 4 weeks you need exactly 2 other students in the truck for the OBS/Drving hours to work out 2 to 1. With 3 others you'll get 60 OBS hours to your 20 driving. It was like this at our school and hardly anyone finished in under 5 weeks because of it. That extra 20 hours is more like 3 to 4 more days when you include the extra pre-trips and class breaks while they're organizing.

Anyway, I did the math early on and spoke up politely, and they were good enough to drive me out for 6 hours straight on a saturday before the OBS hours got too ridiculous. Just a tip

 

WhEW!
Quick thinkin' ScooterDawg.
That oughta keep you outta the DawgHouse.
And I ain't talkin' 'bout the one in a cab-over.

HeY Linda --- You GO girl!
Keep 'em backin' in a straight line.

 

Hey scooter.. shockey forgot to add that the dawghouse has central heat n air, stereo, fridge,TV and a comfy bed.... so when the lady acts up ya got a nice little mobile system...

 

WhAT?

I hope not like a BoxerDawg!

To a neutral corner?

Ah-HA!
Mission accomplished.

I suspect lovely Linda wouldn't have it any other way.

Only if/when necessary. :smt075
I suggest rolled-up newspaper.
But not the Help Wanted section.
Use that to start a fire.

Well, ...... look at it this way.
Would you druter she kept you straight line backin'
or blind-side?

YeAH,
That's what I was thinkin', too.

BTW, Scooter ----
EXCELLENT thread!
I can't wait for the next installment.

 

Hey Scooterdawg,

I'm glad to hear that your surely enjoying the experience. Hopefully I will be able to start class. Got a phone call yesterday from the school coordinator saying that he talked with Michigan Works office and that she would have a answer for him on Monday as to when I can start.

Like I told him he is the one getting 4600 dollars for this program and I could care less if I go to their school or a different one. After all the mess that I had to go through to stay with their school and all the mess he caused with my case manager, that maybe he should cut me a check for a couple of hundred for my troubles.

Not much going on here today, just out moving some of the white stuff with the little one, he's 6 and loves this snow weather, the more the better he thinks. Took him sledding early and he really enjoyed it. Now looking out the window and it's still coming down and will have to be done again I'm sure.

My wife has lived in Michigan all her life and hates the cold. So I guess opposite do extract. I have a 19 year old that hates the cold and a 6 year old that loves it. I know for sure that going on the road it probably going to be the hardest on him. I was in the Military with the other one so he was pretty use to me not being home all the time, and working heavy equipment required me to travel from time to time, last year I was in Newton, Iowa for 6 Months.

Go out of town for 3 to 4 weeks and come home for 1 week and then back out. like I told my wife, we will all have to get use to it again. And let them know that I'm doing this for my family and pay the bill's. I tell my little one that Bill is the most important person in the world.

Thanks for the post and updates, wish you luck on monday. I already have my DOT card, and TIP before I ever go to school so I don't have to worry about all those test, took them all in one day, and got all my endorsement. So why everyone else is worrying about the test at SOS, I will be doing other things.

Jack

 

Hey Andyjk9,

Glad to hear that everything is going well with you and yours up there in the U.P Atleast you are use to driving in this white stuff. Unless you are like alot of these Michigan drivers, grown up here all there life, and some of them act like they don't even know how to drive in it.

Driving as fast as hell, because they have big SUV, trucks like me and then forget that going is the easy part, stopping it the hard part, then off the road they go, and I don't feel sorry for them.

Have you decided on any company yet? Mine is still a toss up between Arrow, heard that Steven's has a hiring freeze, so either Arrow, melton, millis, or acouple of reefer companies.

Would like to find something local but that is getting real tuff here in Michigan, my buddy that use to haul the heavy equipment for me went to hauling grain and supplies to Canada due to not enough work to keep his family feed. Have not talked with my other friend Greg, he use to haul the recycled steel in double's for us, he had to return trailer's and don't know what he is doing at this point.

Hopefully, this economy will start to turn around soon, and the price of steel will go back up and hopefully put us back to work sooner than later. The price of steel in the Summer was a little under 600 dollars a Net ton, now it about 90 if that on somedays. Glad to know that your still fighting the fight.

Jack