How many orientations did you go to at the beginning?

that might be a little far, but if your a decent driver and willing to work for your paycheck Call Watkins Shepard, you'll gross $40,000-$45,000 your first year, its dry van but we do allot of LTL furniture deliverys to stores thats all hand unloaded but it does pay $20/per stop.....


If that doesnt sound like your thing or they say your to far away call KLLM, or better yet call May Trucking see if they will hire you they have 13 speeds.



If you go to Watkins Shepard tell Tim in Orientation that Andrew in 2026 sent you, and about your shifting problem, he'll take care of ya.

Other then that you can try again, or go to another school and ask for a 1 hour shifting lesson in a 10 speed should only be like $100 if that.





American Trucker

 

Well i'd try for that hour of practice, picking your first company is VERY important it can make you or break you in trucking.....


Good Luck where ever you end up....and let us know! lol




American Trucker

 

about 50% of the companies that came to my school recruiting run automatics.....and some of them didn't sound like bad gigs, just those #### autos i had no interest in dealing with......alot of them out there now hiring students that run the autos.....

this may be a viable option for you if you can handle the vehicle but are a little unsure of the shifting.

 

sent you a pm with some of the ones i could remember....will go back through the stuff from school in the next coulpe of days when i get a chance and see if there are any i left out. good luck to you

 

Are you sure? I am not an expert on transmissions but I know there are as many variations in the "H" pattern as there are flavors of ice cream, plus some. To have a new driver go into an unfamiliar truck without knowing what transmission is in it, is just totally unprofessional.

 

I chose a school, like most people not knowing anything about what to look for, and all we drove was 10s. Luckily the company I went to was also 10s. And all of them had splitters, that must be a typo. That would be a huge rail-to-rail distance without one.. heheheheee

I would think if you can shift, then you can shift any tranny. You just need time to learn the pattern. If it is not on a sticker then draw your own and stick it on the dash.

Mikeeee

 

I agree they should have told what the truck had, but his school should have taught him enough to know that if there is no splitter in a otr truck its probably a 10 speed






American Trucker