I know I'm going to regret this, but....

Remaining calm, confident and friendly through the process could play a major role in your success.

 

Don't listen to alot of these folks, we were all new at one time. You're starting a new chapter in your life, everyone is afraid of the unknown. Just go with a "teachable" attitude, and you'll be fine. I don't know how long that whole deal takes, ( school, riding with trainer, etc.) but this can be a pretty funky time of year. I figure you should be on your own just in time for your first blizzard. (sorry) Best of luck!

 

You need to stop listen all the b.s,and calm down,if you are confident and sure and positive and what u are doing go ahead you will be doing just fine,and good luck dont think negative before start.

 

And dont be scared is not really hard.

 

Dave,
Don't be scared. Calm down and do your thing. The reason people get put out is: They get there and realize its not for them, They knew going there they had stuff on their background, They did drugs, and they are just not able to do it. You know yourself better than anyone else. If your background is good and you don't do drugs you will be fine. Take the training and your new career serious. At first it will seem a bit much, but, it will all come together. Good luck to you and your family! YOU CAN DO IT!!

 

We had three people get turned down physically in my class. 3 out of 6. The three that made it through weighted a combined 560 pounds. I think all three of the ones that flunked were over 560. They were over 72 years of age. The recruit never asked them about those things. He simply hired them and let the others weed them out. You have a permit. Great. Now you have to learn how to drive a truck. No big deal but you have to remember you are not learning how to drive a car. A truck bends. The back of the truck takes a shorter route then the front does. Never forget that. The longer the trailer is the shorter route it will take. You have to swing to the left before coming back to the right. That is call a button hook turn. You will learn it all in class. Shifting you will learn to double clutch. No big deal. Once you start on your own you will figure out that you don't need the clutch at all you shift with the accelerator. It all gets easier.

Of course, I ran over a fire hydrant, two stop signs, a yield sign, totalled a truck, poked a hole in a trailer, and got fired three times before I became a real trucker. But never have I had to resort to spending time with a Lot Lizard.

 

He's right, your not REALLY hired until after you go through the various dog hoops set up for you.
Dude just be COMPLETELY honest about ANYTHING bad in your background and you will be ok .

 

Learn as much as you can, read everything you get your hands on, pay close attention to your teachers, when you get hired by a training Trucking Company and go out with a trainer try very hard to get along with him, you will be living and working together 24 hours a day in very cramped quarters for months, and remember that is a training Company, you have to get a year in out there and then you can get a better job. Good luck and GOD BLESS!

 

it is all ok 1000000 truck drivers 100 on here complaining
98 of them dont realize failure is an option and it is thier own fault
some people even make a living at CRE everne doesnt become homeless toothless pitiful shells of humanity
some start that way