How did you coupe during your training period OTR?

magoo68 · Oct 3, 2017

danny23tx said: ↑

My stint with my trainer was tough . Very old conservative guy who could not crack a smile . Had no business training anyone , on different occasions I had other drivers or receivers compliment me on backing but old dude took it like I #### on him . My trainer made me question myself many times and more than once I had to tell him to chill . I sucked it up did my miles and got my stuff off his truck , stick it out finish and move on . Bite your tongue keep your eyes forward .
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Sounds like he kept you on your toes though .. which may of helped you keep it serious behind the wheel

WesternPlains · Oct 3, 2017

I have one company that offers only two weeks training. Others are more. One for sure says 40k miles of training.
I think about this. I have much better things to worry about than putting up with someone else. I want as much training as I can get. I want it as tough as possible. I want to train on ice. Especially ice melting. I want to train on the toughest backing situations. etc. etc. I want to learn. Get it down. When I'm out there, all alone, I want to know as much as possible.

Puppage · Oct 4, 2017

slow.rider said: ↑

My training lasted 2 weeks, and the moment I sat down in the truck for the first time, I was already a better driver than my trainer will ever be. Not saying that out of arrogance either. I'm still amazed I made it thru the 2 weeks without breaking his nose.

Literally the very first words he said as soon as we got in the truck the very first time, was "drive it like you stole it." I hadn't even put the truck in gear yet. At first I thought he was joking, but it didn't take long to realize he was totally serious. He tailgated whenever possible, solely on principle. Minivan full of kids? Doesn't matter, ride their bumper. He would order me to do the same, and get hissy when I didn't.

His pretrip consisted of putting himself on duty and then playing Candy Crush for 15 minutes. He always left his engine brake on, high setting, even in parking lots. He idled 24/7, no matter the weather. 67 degrees and mostly sunny? Idle the truck all day and night, because idling is what truckers do. He would turn on the dashboard heat before going to sleep, then in the middle of the night he would decide that he was hot, so he would turn on the sleeper AC to fight it out with the dashboard heat all night, and I would wake up on the edge of hypothermia.

He would fart as loudly as possible, for entertainment. He would wake up in the middle of the night, step out of the truck, and take a wizz on his own drive tire - knowing full well that I would be out there in a couple hours trying to teach myself how to do a pretrip while he played Candy Crush. Did I mention he never brushed his teeth? Not once. Not that he had many teeth left. But the few that he did have were all pitch black, so you couldn't tell where teeth ended and empty darkness began. And he was only like 30 years old.

It was easy to assume he never used a washcloth anywhere on his body either. Although we did stop for a shower once, but he was done way before me. And we don't even need to talk about the times he tried to molest me. Yes, times as in plural. The only reason I didn't get a new trainer was because I didn't want to start the 2 weeks over again, and I was so much bigger than him that I could have snapped his neck in an instant. Anyway, carry on, nothing to see here.
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I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

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