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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wsyrob, post: 330023, member: 10487&quot;]<b>Jan 14-18 5th week</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>Had a good week. I am really getting a grasp of the paperwork involved in doing the job. There seen to be little differences between companies that we deal with. Some of it is the same every time but every once in a while something will be a bit different.</p><p><br /></p><p>This week was a lot of local work with one 350 mile trip up to Riverview Va thrown in. It was good to get up into the mountains loaded again this time on a 2 lane road. I commented to my instructor this week that its like trying to learn how to drive the truck 3 different ways. The truck reacts differently bobtail, empty trailer and loaded trailer. It changes shift timing and how fast or slow you have to come off the clutch to stay smooth. With a smooth bore tank different product reacts differently so every load drives differently. Its one of the challenges in driving tankers that aren&#039;t dedicated to one product. I also feel like my backing is improving. I was able to get the truck into every loading and unloading hole that I was asked to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>Naxt week will present new challenges and i will begin working with a new trainer for a couple of weeks. I leave Monday to go to Kingsport Tenn. I will drive with a trainer out of that terminal for the next 2 weeks. Have to be there at 10:00 AM Monday and will be off by noon Friday so i can get back for a terminal safety meeting on Friday. They are putting me up in a hotel at company expense for the next 3 weeks. I still will get to come home on the weekends. The third week will be the company training school. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am looking forward to working with a different trainer for a couple of weeks. I am not implying that there is something wrong with the guy I have been with for the last 5 weeks. He has been excellent. Its just always good to get input in a different way. No 2 teachers communicate the same way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully the hotel will have free wifi. If not it may be a few weeks before I can update this thread[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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