My Millis Experience -

i have been around the block and over the hill a few times. get along with most people so i figure if they are a trainer i should be able to get along. after all this is my career i am trying to start and sometimes you have to bite your tongue and just get it done. military taught me that quite a while ago. thanks baritone for all your very useful info.

 

Know what is scarier to me than changing careers at 54, is the fact that I may be asked to haul into NYC, Chicago, or some other huge city, is it all forced dispatch into these areas...Baritone, I followed you through these post from beginning to end, are the inner citys the horror I hear most describe?

 

All of nyc is optional and pays extra. But we only have one regular run into there that i am aware of. Everything else is forced if u have the hrs. Its still nerve racking but it gets easier once u get used to driving a big truck. Its everyone else you get to worry about.

 

Most cities are not bad. Chicago is a little tricky because of low bridges but its not too bad either.

 

Baritone,
I've read a lot of your posts and i wanted to see if you had advice for going through the training as someone who sucessfully completed Millis training. I Start on March 4th in GA and i'm pretty excited about it.

 

So I just looked at Facebook and a whats up with the truck baritone?

 

I may need to start a new thread on this, but ill ask here first. One thing I havent seen on any of the threads is about the cost you have during training. What is a good estimate for food and other things for a week while in training. Thanks

 

All of the hotels have a fridge and microwave in the rooms and provide some type of breakfast. If you want to you can get by on a couple hundred dollars for the month, get groceries pack a lunch during the. day etc If you eat out twice a day obviously you could spend a couple hundred a week. I spent about $160 on groceries and only ate out a couple times a week so I did it the cheap way.
Once you get out with your trainer it kind of depends on him too...mine didn't have a microwave and liked to eat in the truckstop. Plus space is alot tighter with 2 people in the truck. But it really depends on you...