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<p>[QUOTE="Mac2012, post: 3084619, member: 104330"]hey guys....just getting back on...glad they sort of "fixed" things here..just a couple things..i am curently out training with a May driver...great guy, but there are some things i question about the way we are doing things...first off....it seems he really needs to make a large amount of $$$ while doing this due to personal issues...i have only been able to get decent amounts of drive time while flying (61 mph) down the freeways...we are always under the gun in reguards to delevery time and miles and he feels i drive too slow in city and parking situations...and, yes...i do drive slow....of course i do...i'm training...there seems to be no happy medieum to the loads...they are either too tite or too loose...i tell him in reguards to the occaional "loose" loads (lots of time) ..thats great...lets go practice ally docking somewhere...and all i get is, no...we need to shake this load and get a better one....i am learning alot about paperwork and qualcomm operations but i'm afraid my handaling of the truck in tite spots is lacking...he is already talking about wanting to head back to our home terminal (out 2 weeks) and having me test out for solo...i think i could past the test and get a truck...but when the time comes for me pic up a load or fill a hole at a night time truck stop...i'm going to be struggeling...am i over thinking this and it is common for ELD's to get alot of their handeling skills "on the job training" style ?</p><p> I don't want to seem like a dick...he's a good guy and great driver....just wondering if i caught my training period at a bad time.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mac2012, post: 3084619, member: 104330"]hey guys....just getting back on...glad they sort of "fixed" things here..just a couple things..i am curently out training with a May driver...great guy, but there are some things i question about the way we are doing things...first off....it seems he really needs to make a large amount of $$$ while doing this due to personal issues...i have only been able to get decent amounts of drive time while flying (61 mph) down the freeways...we are always under the gun in reguards to delevery time and miles and he feels i drive too slow in city and parking situations...and, yes...i do drive slow....of course i do...i'm training...there seems to be no happy medieum to the loads...they are either too tite or too loose...i tell him in reguards to the occaional "loose" loads (lots of time) ..thats great...lets go practice ally docking somewhere...and all i get is, no...we need to shake this load and get a better one....i am learning alot about paperwork and qualcomm operations but i'm afraid my handaling of the truck in tite spots is lacking...he is already talking about wanting to head back to our home terminal (out 2 weeks) and having me test out for solo...i think i could past the test and get a truck...but when the time comes for me pic up a load or fill a hole at a night time truck stop...i'm going to be struggeling...am i over thinking this and it is common for ELD's to get alot of their handeling skills "on the job training" style ? I don't want to seem like a dick...he's a good guy and great driver....just wondering if i caught my training period at a bad time.....[/QUOTE]
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