July 14th Burleson Class - Journal

I never really paid attention to the dress code. I have a pretty clean cut style. I believe the basics are mentioned on one of the pages recruitment sent you. It should also list on there what to bring with you. Make sure you bring a Motor Carrier's Road Atlas and not a normal car one. Laminated ones are nice. Bring a dry erase marker to draw your routes directly on the maps. Make a checklist of everything you need before you come - including permit, airbrakes and pre-trip test, DOT physical, SS and DL card, $400 cash, black pens, money for food, closed toe shoes, etc. For the summer months I recommend sunglasses, shorts, hat, sunscreen if you burn easy. Watch as many Youtube videos as you can about backing maneuvers - over and over. Watch pre-trip videos. Memorize the Air-Brakes Test sequence the first night he gives it to you. Come with a Can-Do attitude. Harold will do everything he can on his end - BUT he can't do it for you......you have to do everything you can, on YOUR part. Apply yourself. Think of it like a month long job interview.

 

They are one in the same. They call it the Burleson Terminal, but technically the physical address is in Alvaredo.

 

I ran into the same problem. The address they gave me wasn't in my GPS. so, what i did was google the hotel. I figured out that the address they gave you was listed as Park Village Dr. When i looked it up i discovered its actually Village Park Dr. So heres a good example of why a GPS cant be your only resource. I kind of saw this as my first test of being a Trucker. We better get used to inaccurate directions and having to troubleshoot it. Another option was googling the hotel and calling them.