New Husband/Wife Team needs help with questions....please?

I can't recall hearing of any company that would put two new drivers in the same truck. I hate to say this but you are going to have to be flexible. I think the reality is that you are going to be separated for at least 6 weeks. I know this isn't the answer you were looking for. Another thing to think about is that being confined 24/7 in a confined space for weeks at a time is very stressful. After a week or so you may (or may not) be at each others throats. I took my wife on a two week trip and after the first week we were getting on each others nerves. On the other hand when I was a driver trainer I had one student that rode with me for 4 weeks. We clicked right away and became good friends. It seems harder when it is a loved one. Hope it works out for you and yours. Happy hunting.

 

Actually, their separation depends on whom they train with. Prime's training is a six month program. I remember seeing three guys, in a C.R. England truck, three years ago, on the OH Turnpike. I do not think that would be the best training scenario. I trained at TMC(before the trucks were cut back), and I slept on the top bunk, with no net, while the truck was moving. I slept on my back for six weeks, while stiff arming the cabinet, to keep from falling from
the bunk. Werner has trainers that have only driven for three months.

You may also want to check out The Georgia Driving Accademy, in Conyers,GA. I wish you and your husband the best of luck. You all are about to embark upon a major adventure. Keep an open mind, and have a lot of patience.
Believe it or not, there are still some decent drivers out here. Never be afraid to ask another for help, or advice. We were all newbies at one time. Godspeed.

 

conway/cfi is 7500 miles bout three weeks and they will put you in a truck together

 

Hubby and I started teaming right out of school with Schneider National. And they have a ton of freight, we never sit still, they give priority to their teams!

 

Hubby and I were *never* seperated. We went to school together (pTec in St Petersburg) then got trained together for 2 weeks with Schneider. Every night the trainer would get a hotel room while we slept in the truck. We traded off on driving. After that we got our own truck. It's been 7 months now and everythings going great for us.

 

for my thoughts you might get lucky doing a 2 week training together and not get killed or kill somebody else.. for your own safety you would be better off getting 6 weeks of training each it will go fast and you will learn a lot more and have a better chance for success --- truck driving school just teach the baisics your not ready to go out on your own get the training get with a decent company and you can make some money --- 3 men in a truck is a moving company not a way to train --cant believe schnieder is that desperate for drivers - you would be set up for failure ---- or go out by yourself and do 6 months or so solo and then team up ----your young so do your self a big favour and get trained

 

I agree with The Buckeye Bandit. No one wants to pay their does anymore. I find it odd that the large companies are stressing safety, yet three people (1 trainer and 2 newbies) in a truck is safe. Give me a break. The only person that
benefits is the trainer. What about the safety of the general motoring public? Two newbies cut loose in a truck, is like the blind leading the blind. Is that not true?

 

Please explain how 2 newbies in a truck is less safe than 1 newbie in a truck..

 

Is that a rhetorical question? First of all, two weeks of training is entirely insufficient. Secondly, it would stand to reason,
the trainer would not be able to properly train two people; unless he was never driving. You do the math. I was once a newbie,
however, I would NEVER have trained in a truck, that had me (when I was a newbie) and another newbie. This is not about bad mouthing newbies or anything. Big companies are spewing SAFETY, SAFETY, and more SAFETY; yet they are training in obviously
unsafe conditions. I would also think a serious, as well as a competent trainer, would only take one student at a time. Do yourself a favor, should you decide to truck... MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY NEWBIE BEING TRAINED IN YOUR TRAINER'S TRUCK!

 

IMO, if you attended 4+ weeks at a legitimate truck driving school, you should be ready to hit the ground running. Another 2-4 week probational period should be all you need to learn the company's way of doing things while getting some real-world experience. You certainly aren't going to be the world's best truck driver, but with 6-8 weeks under your belt you ought to be able to do the job safely.

The problem, as I see it, is these cdl mills that teach students just enough to pass their localities' specific dmv test (or worse - many administer their own test - a clear conflict of interest). For these poor students, that probational period becomes their only real training and often isn't sufficient.