Just started today with Road Masters in KCMO

Well it's day three on week two. Done alot of yard backing. I've gotten pretty good at the strait backing and am ok with offset parking, still need work on it though. Think I'm going on the road today to work on my shifting again. So far I've gotten three prehires and Werner seems like the nicest of the group, so who knows. I'm just releived to have a "job" kinda set up before I graduate. I was horrified I would have a license and nothing to do with it.
Well I'm off, got to hit rolecall and hopefully get more road training.

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Week two is down. I've gotten prehires from 4 companies and am very excited about that. I've gotten my left and right offset backing pretty good and my strait back is a breeze, still working on not grinding gears as I hit the road. So far I'm very pleased about my decision to not only come to this school but to become a driver as well. Hopefully I can make a lot of headway in week 3 so that when the end of week 4 rolls around I'll be able to pass my license exam no problem.

 

I'm on day two of week three now. Not much to report at the moment. Finally got to take the truck out on the highway, that was alot of fun. Working of my parallel and 90 degree backing as well. I've got my offset and strait backing down pretty good. All the instructors are still very helpful and nice enough. Sorry I don't have really anything usefull to say, but what can you say about the se thing day after day of the same routine.

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If you pay for it cash it's around $4500. If you get a loan through the school it's $6500 plus loan interest. Your best bet is either cash or a loan from a bank. I had to get a loan from the school. On the plus side 9 or of 10 companies that hire out of this school offer tuition reembursement. In my situation I'm going to end up paying like $13 dollars a month for my loan because of the reembursement. Let me know if there's anything else I can answer for ya.

 

Perry is still there on the pad doing strait line and offset backing. I don't know who Jim and Gary are. The other instructors are Charlie, Bud, Fred, and one more that I can't recall ATM, never worked with him. Brad is in the week one classroom and Brian is the director of education. I don't care much for the "kiddy park" area to drive, too much of the same left and right hand turns. Charlie likes to hit the highways and go down Front street so you get red lights and alot of trafic, so I like the more realistic runs with him. We have two Volvo's and a retired Werner Freightliner to drive on the road. I can get some photos up here as soon as I get to my computer and off my iPhone.
And as far as his credit screwing him out of class, he needed either a downpayment or a cosigner due to his poor credit and he couldn't come up with either so he had to go. Sucked too because he was a real good guy and I think he could have done great.

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