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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stepanahalf, post: 2033172, member: 66622&quot;]I went through the orientation process in Dallas, Tx last week June 26-30 and started my first day of traning here in Leming, Tx yesterday.&nbsp; If all goes according to plan I will solo on Monday July 11th.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday I reported at 8 a.m. to Schlumberger in Leming, Tx.&nbsp; I watched the Schlumberger trainer J.C. unclog a new pneumatic trailer they were trying to unload.&nbsp; Me and 4 other trainees waited for two trailers to be loaded with cement and finally headed out to the drilling sight around 5 p.m.&nbsp; A few hours later we reached the gate of the oil lease and it took at least another 40 minutes from there on dirt(caliche) roads to reach the drilling rig.&nbsp; It was two pneumatic semis and one chase car.&nbsp; I drove the lead truck with the J.C.&nbsp; This was my first time in one of their trucks and also my road test.&nbsp; They are brand new peterbuilts with a cummins engine.&nbsp; Loaded with cement it was hard to even get to 60 miles per hour.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was 8:30 p.m. when we finally reached the drilling rig.&nbsp; They began unloading the other truck first in to one of three silos(they each hold two truckloads).&nbsp; Pretty soon they started having trouble with the line clogging but got her unloaded and began unloading my truck.&nbsp; The front compartment on my truck kept clogging the line or valve and they kept trying to unload it for an hour or more.&nbsp; Finally he hooked up to an owner operator&#039;s truck who was hauling the third load of cement and blew it out.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was 12:30 a.m. by the time we were ready to leave and none of the drivers had enough hours left to drive all the way back to the terminal.&nbsp; We made it out of the oil lease and two of the trainees spent the night on the side of the road at a picnic area in the trucks.&nbsp; After eight or so hours they planned to drive back to the terminal.&nbsp; The rest of us rode in the Schneider trainer&#039;s car back to Leming.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t leave leming until about 4:00 a.m. to drive 45 minutes back to my house.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was kind of a rough day for me.&nbsp; Mostly because I spent too much time standing around.&nbsp; My feet began hurting but partially it was my new Schneider issued steel toed boots which weren&#039;t properly broken in yet.&nbsp; I got to spend today at home resting.&nbsp; &nbsp; Friday I will go train on unloading the cement trucks.&nbsp; Hopefully we will figure out why they kept clogging and not have that problem anymore.&nbsp; Saturday Me and another Schneider driver should go out on a run together.&nbsp; If everything goes according to plan I will solo on Monday.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are also training drivers on the trucks that move the silos which I believe are bobtail trucks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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