Is this worth it?

Pick up a phone, start talking to safety and your DM. (Driver manager.) You are finished here until you are rested again which will take a couple of days to pay off your accumulated sleep bill and in addition learn about anti coercion laws.

You do things illegal only because YOU agree to. Stop it. Recently in the last few years laws have been written to help you stop being illegal.

Regarding california king pin distance to tandem trailer positioning, make sure that aft axle is in lime with your company marking on that trailer for california. But you are just a trainee. You have no authority against your trainer. Document everything and be specific when talking to safety and your DM.

There is no point in trying to go solo at this point. Company requires you to complete 275 hours so you shall complete it. That's approximately 5 to 6 weeks based on a 70 hour logged week. Remember that when you do get your first solo truck your schooling will continue for better or worse as you learn by doing.

If your trainer made a full team member out of you then there is money in that for them, not for you. A trainer should be training. Not running a team. Dispatch should allow that truck to mosey around the USA training rather than running as a full team.

 

You're not ready. Sorry but you need to get this attitude that they can't tell you crap, safety first.

First off if anyone tells you to mess with your logs, call safety and ask them if it is alright to do so. Don't wait until you have a chance, make the call right in front of your trainer and get the names of anyone else at the company who said so and tell them. This is your cdl, protect by throwing scum under the bus.

Second you are in charge of that truck when you are in the drivers seat, so if you have defective equipment, then refuse to drive with it, or demand to get it fixed.

And if the guy is snoring so loud, I would also ask safety if they have a sleep apnea requirement to see if this guy should be checked.

All of this is something you have to stand up to, not take it, as I say there are no trainers, they are mentors at best and these companies just shove people in the cab with these poor drivers and expect them to learn something.

No body there is going to tell you safety is the first concern, and if you are falling asleep at the wheel, you are both unsafe and unfit to drive.

 

Oh how I wished I was at my PC right now.

 

Change companies. Where is your home location city/state? We can give you some ideas of which companies are better.

 

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knew you would say that,changing companies will not fix the problem how. about giving the OP some positive advice.

 

I just gave him some positive advice. He knows how to drive so he doesn't need to be with a training company driver mill. Time to move up to a big boy company. I know; you're a girl, so in your case it would be a big girl company!

 

Werner will not let you test out early.You have 175 hrs left,you can do it.You're not the only student that's been thru is.I have as well as Werner and a few other companies.Once you get finished with training you'll be glad you stuck it out.Hang in there you only have a few short weeks left.

 

You gave him bad advice as usual.

 

You won't hear negative comments on trainers with high quality companies such as Freymiller or Magnum Ltd. and some others. Most cdl schools haven't heard of those companies. Trucks have Tripac APU, refrigerator, etc.