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Glass Unit Training

Discussion in 'Maverick' started by seawheeler, Aug 29, 2011.

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  1. Sep 19, 2011 #61
    seawheeler

    seawheeler Heavy Load Member

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    Back with a trainer today. This is great, he has one of the oldest trucks in the fleet and probably the most experienced guy in glass. Kind of kick-in' it old school. No inverter, no frig, no microwave. Should be able to learn a lot over the next few weeks.
     
    seawheeler, Sep 19, 2011
    seawheeler, Sep 19, 2011
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  3. Sep 20, 2011 #62
    seawheeler

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    Back in Laurinburg, NC getting some maintenance done on the truck. Short night tonight then off to GA.
     
    seawheeler, Sep 20, 2011
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  4. Sep 21, 2011 #63
    seawheeler

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    Good run today down to SE Georgia from NC. Mostly two lane roads. Started off at 2:00 am and finished up the day at 4:00 pm completely out of hours. Wash, rinse, and repeat tomorrow. New trainer is very good, we are getting along well.
     
    seawheeler, Sep 21, 2011
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  5. Sep 23, 2011 #64
    seawheeler

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    Just got back to the house for a night. Then back in the truck with a load going to north west PA. One more week of training to go.
     
    seawheeler, Sep 23, 2011
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  7. Sep 24, 2011 #65
    sarge26044

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    Does he let you use the dome lights???? lol. just kiddin. sounds like a good guy, glad you're getting along. Makes it easier for both of you. be safe
     
    sarge26044, Sep 24, 2011
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  8. Sep 24, 2011 #66
    sewerman

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    Glad you're having a good time, and you have a good trainer. Sarge is a trainer himself and he will let you use the dome lights and he is one of the most for thrifty guys I know. LOL
     
    sewerman, Sep 24, 2011
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  9. Sep 25, 2011 #67
    seawheeler

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    Got a driver award in the mail on Friday. Seems someone forgot to tell me that you are supposed to trans flow your training logs in to HQ. Talked to one of the girls in safety and she told me not to worry about it, the points fall off every month. I didn't even know there was a point system. Interesting training method though.
    I've been on e-logs since I started driving with my first trainer, so all my "real" logs are in the system. That's one nice thing about e-logs, you really don't have to keep up with much. If you want to review your logs they are all online.
    Oh, in addition to the driver award Maverick sent out a head light thing that you strap on to all the drivers. This was for Driver Appreciation Week. That was a nice token, too bad I didn't get the week before when I was with the my "green" trainer that wouldn't let me use the dome light.:biggrin_25523:
     
    seawheeler, Sep 25, 2011
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  10. Sep 25, 2011 #68
    sarge26044

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    yep. until students get their own truck since not everyone is on elogs yet, students have to keep a paper log (which is counted until they get their own truck) students are also on elogs that should match as close as possible to the trainer's elogs but until the student evals out and gets their own truck, they are on paper.

    i believe it's in deans portion of the orientation where he states you should eval in your paper logs by the 13th of each month. I wouldn't hold on to them or any other paperwork any longer than you have to. Your daily journals are your responsibility to keep and the self eval portion thereof that you and your trainer fill out should be transflowed in at the end of each week or at the beginning of next week. KEEP ANY LOGS/JOURNALS/EVALS YOU SCAN IN WHILE WITH YOUR TRAINER. If for some reason, your transflowed training paperwork gets lost in cyberspace, the hard copies work just as well and you have to have all of them or they have to have all of them(journals/evals) to eval out. Your scanned logs, keepem for 2 mos so you dont get a message that ". . .you are missing logs for the following dates, . . . " paper logs read by computer and if you got happy with your pen and touched the bottom of the graph with a line, it just might kick it out.
     
    sarge26044, Sep 25, 2011
    sarge26044, Sep 25, 2011
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  11. Sep 27, 2011 #69
    seawheeler

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    Just a quick update. Hauled a 4x4 fork truck from PA to Baltimore. Pretty easy load and no tarp! Picked up some steel sheets and I'm on my way back to NC. Hope to test out in a day or two.
     
    seawheeler, Sep 27, 2011
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  12. Sep 28, 2011 #70
    Steveo2Drive

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    good luck on your test man. i'm confirmed for orientation this sunday. tieing some loose ends around here and getting packed.

    as a matter of fact i ordered my cb radio today. Cobra 29 with the bluetooth technology, which is good so i can talk hands free without a bug in my ear. should have it tomorrow.

    keep us posted on your eval!
     
    Steveo2Drive, Sep 28, 2011
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