H.O.Wolding

I live in wi, but we have drivers from many areas.

Training is 1 week orientation, then 5k miles with a trainer, then back to the yard for final road test and getting your own truck... And you can ask for a load going home for home time after, that's what I did.

 

Orientation is paperwork, lots of backing, and general stuff, end of it is backing test, and short road test.

Training is you going with someone for 5k miles. My trainer was great, I've heard others say not so great things. And how long depends how much you drive, mine only took about a week and a half.

Basically he picked me up, drove for the first night, then I drove from then on, minus a very crappy place in Boston on the 3rd day or so that I told him to do.

 

I thought you'd spend more time with a trainer. That's not much. I'm small town WI and don't have a lot of big city driving other than running up to Madison or Lacrosse. I guess I've always wondered about getting lost in a city, missing an exit, etc.

 

5000 miles is the minimum. It all depends on the trainee.

 

This is correct. If you tell them you'd like more time, you'll get it, or if your Trainer says the same, you'll get it.

To be quite honest, after 2 weekends of sleeping in a truck, I was out of the truck after 5004 miles, and had my gf drive 6 hours to pick me up

 

It's mostly just common sense about getting lost..... If ya get lost just stop and figure out what's going on, look at the roads before you turn and ask yourself, will my truck fit? If you question it, and your already lost, don't do it.

And if your really really lost and in a bad spot, just stop and throw your Flashers on in the lane, you'll piss people off, but you won't destroy anything, and you can figure out how to get yourself out of it.

 

Spoke to Carol in recruiting, word is HOW will wire in an inverter if you supply one. She wasn't sure on the size allowed, but did say it would not run a microwave. No apu's on most trucks, she didn't mention the idle policy. Any HOW folks have any advice in this area? Are you guys running inverters (and what size) and do you just idle when needed?

 

Idle as needed, I don't have an inverter

 

I was checking them out too. Did you check out the website: http://www.howolding.com. They appear to be a quality gig. I'll be a new CDL licensee in Illinois shortly and was going t check them out. It would be nice to get some inside insight about the operation, culture, etc. And by the way, I checked Glass Door (www.glassdoor.com) and nothing about them posted at that site.

 

I filled the Wolding app out online last week and have not heard a darn thing back.