Just started at C1 Ft Wayne

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by gravdigr, May 18, 2011.

  1. lordnine

    lordnine Bobtail Member

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    That is rough. I'm actually glad they make you do the 4 point so many times. Still didn't help me the first time I went over the fence because I screwed up the numbers for the last step and said 20 to 40 not 45. The tester even tried to get me to fix my mistake like 3 times but I thought he was just testing me to see if I was sure about it so I stuck to my gun no matter how wrong I was lol.

    I just got my license switched back to PA. That was $70 I didn't really have to spend. Also, for whatever reason they print you off a new license but it is temporary in huge letters across it and mail you the final copy. Looks like I will probably be starting with PAM with this goofy looking license.

    Enjoy your weekend! Jager sounds good now that you mention it. Might have to procure some.
     
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  3. gravdigr

    gravdigr Road Train Member

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    im from pa too. what area are you from?
     
  4. lordnine

    lordnine Bobtail Member

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    Wilkes-Barre area ... it was a 9 hour ride out to Ft Wayne.
     
  5. gravdigr

    gravdigr Road Train Member

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    Ahh ok. Im near altoona. Took me 8 1/2 hours but I was on my bike in the pouring rain. Probably 7 hours for me in good weather.

    So anyway im in the best western luxbury with my girl for a nice weekend. Im making this post on my android phone. Why am I not using my netbook you may ask. Well today we went shopping and I picked up a mouse for said netbook. I get in our room and get my netbook off the endtable beside the bed. I turn it on and my screen is cracked. I look at the power wire where it plugs in to the netbook and the plug is bent. The maid made the bed, hooked her foot in the power wire and yanked it off the endtable, possibly losing her balance and stepping on it. Of course she denies everything. Don't know if they are going to replace it or not. Right now im madder than a skinhead watching the jeffersons.
     
  6. lordnine

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    We definitely had food missing from our room and went a week without pillow cases .. if you're talking about the Hallmark that is. I will certainly never forget my time there for both good and bad reasons lol.
     
  7. gravdigr

    gravdigr Road Train Member

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    No not the hallmark. Had no problems here. This was the presidential suite of the best western luxbury. All I could do is file a vandalism police report. The hotel says its the maids responsibility. The law states since the maid was performing her work duties when she broke the netbook the hotel is responsible. But neither claim responsibility and if I want them to replace it I have to take them to civil court. So basically I have to eat it.

    So today I am ready to test out my range, pti, and road. I go in at 7am and stand around twiddling my thumbs until 4:15 when I get tested out on my range. Colossal waste of a day. Tomorrow I go in at 6am to take my road test. Then hopefully my pti and they tell me, given I pass, I should cross the fence tomorrow afternoon. But as slow as they move I wont get my pti until 3pm.
     
  8. gravdigr

    gravdigr Road Train Member

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    So yesterday no pti. From 7am to 4pm I did nothing but wander around the range. Two totally wasted days ready for testing but no free instructors to test. Today I finally get my pti in the morning and pass it easily. I missed 2 things, other belts and hoses and fuses for fuse based electrical system. I knew these I just brain locked on them.

    So instructor ed tells me after lunch is my final road test. As im stepping in the truck I hear my name called. A group of us have to report to the office for random whiz quiz. The whole world is against me I swear to god. So I missed my road test. I got to take it later and passed easily but it was too late to cross the fence and take my del test. So now I have to wait until tomorrow morning. I gotta pass. Im not spending another weekend here.
     
  9. lordnine

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    yeah I must have been called down to the office at least 10 times while on the range for dumb stuff. once was even the head guy ######## me out because I didn't have my permit yet when I was in the office about an hour earlier to have the girls make a copy of it.
     
  10. Freebird135

    Freebird135 Road Train Member

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    i went to c1 in indianapolis (which is where i live) 2 years ago and man i really had some fun there honestly...met some great guys but unfortunately have lost touch with all of them since then

    well good luck to you...update when you can man now im wondering if you passed
     
  11. ULSD

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    Hope Everything is going Good for you! I Went to C! in Fort Wayne also, I still talk to several people i went to school there with and even some instructors (im pretty sure they no longer work there) But maybe Chris Wistergreen still works there? Anyways it was a BLAST and had alot of fun there.... I can remember actually thinking i was a Truck driver when i got my CDL out of there lol. I went with Werner out of there and im still here, and justg baught my own truck a couple weeks ago.... Keep your mind open and listen to everything you can, at C! and with your trainer and things will get tough, but stick it out, Better days in your trucking career arent that far off!
     
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