New driver here. By new I mean 3 days of behind the wheel instruction from my boss and he wants me to take the CDL test 3 days from today, and leave THAT DAY with me driving to Copper Mountain CO. I WILL drive the whole trip because my boss will be in another truck. So the obvious thing I want to know is how crazy is this? I nearly passed my CDL exam just 2 days in and iv driven the mount in a car before, but it's know full well that it's a difficult ball game in a class A.
I'm about ready to outright refuse to go on the grounds that it's unsafe to send me into the rockies on my first drive. Any advice? Is it not all that bad? We have a meeting tomorrow morning on the subject and it'd be great to hear from some experts...
Less than a week training headed to the Rockies
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by bluguitar89, Aug 27, 2017.
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I should add that there are other people who can do this drive and I can drive more local gigs (Illinois/Indiana) but he's really fixated on me going to colors with him so he doesn't have to hire more hands and he can train me further once I we're there. I'd much rather stay in the flatlands for awhile and get some experience in before facing the mountains.
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That's a tough one there. It's not that far into the mountains. It is still warm out. My biggest worry would be how heavy you're going to be. If it's a heavy load, then no way.
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You're the captain of your ship. If you're not comfortable, that's it. Listen to that little guy in your head.
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Just make sure when you go down hills you do so slowly enough.
If you can't step up to the plate go get a job with a Mega that will hold your hand the whole way and treat you like a child. If you want to be treated like an adult then step it up.austinmike, homeskillet, rabbiporkchop and 7 others Thank this. -
Well. I'm inclined to ask "Are you any good?" Some people have a natural sense for truck driving. Some don't and are slow on the uptake. And some are in between somewhere.
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As long as he stays right along with you and can stay on c/b if you need to ask questions it will be just a training trip
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