My experience with "Pay as you go lessons"

Don't give up. I went through that a few before getting where I'm at today. Remember we share the planet with impatient people. Everybody who can drive a truck can't necessarily teach it to others. You are there to accomplish a goal stay the course so you can get it done.

 

Now hold on there.

Instructors have a style that they use, some will curse at you, others like to be theatricals, a few will be the strong silent type and so on.

If down shifting, you gotta kick the RPMS up. You will get it. But you don't need to be yelled at.

Im not sure if your instructors are the sort to stay around and endure a long period of time yelling at you. Mine never yelled unless I made a mistake... you cross that railroad again!!! *Slap what did I tell you about the Law on railroad tracks Mister???

To this day I cannot hardly cross a rail without that in one ear mentally if anything.

 

I had one that would touch your hand if you left it on the shifter if he got a jump out of you. If not he'd slap it. I still hear him yelling out in the yard "all right, all left...more left...MORE LEFT!!!" Good times.

 

Sorry you had a bad experience.

In all honesty, if you are going to a company school anyway, you probably didn't need these clowns in the first place. The company school is going to want you to do things their way, which will most likely be different than the way these people were teaching. You would probably be better off beginning the company school knowing nothing.

 

Pack your bags and head to where the weather is warm; Texas/Nevada.

 

I've delivered to many, many grocery store meat departments. You'll love trucking after doing that!

 

There is one small goodie in a meat load somewhere. I remember sacremento CA and they were looking for ME and my meat load. CB radio yelled where is my meat load for miles around from Sac reciever. Here I am out of hundreds. Got a dock number, dropped hooked empty and rolled past hundreds sitting about.

The radio did not get friendly after that.

 

I had the opposite experience believe it or not. Pay as you go was my only option because I was in trade school full time minus friday afternoons plus working on weekends. The school tended to keep me with the same instructor as much as possible but all 3 were very good. Managed to squeeze in 20 two-hour lessons and then did my test. All in all was about $6k from start to finish but no company will ever lay claim to my soul lol.