PTL Orientation (Murray,Ky)

I write this from Evansville, Indiana. Got my trainer early wed around 9am and by 11am we were packed away and ready to hit the road. Sent message in to dispatch to let them know we were ready to roll and got a reply back saying "working on it"... So we wait. And wait... Thursday comes around and dispatch says that we will have a route by lunch. Around 2pm we finally get routed 121 miles away to Henderson, Ky to drop a load. Not a long distance but least we are out of Murray. Policy requires that the trainer drive the first 3hrs and then he turns it over to me. Well he hit our destination before that time came. Dropped.. Contact dispatch saying we are empty and ready to roll. Response "we are working on it".. We took the rig to a safe place to stop in Evansville, Indiana so we would have a shower and things to eat. Sat came and nothing... So here we are. Waiting.. I got a trainer on Wed.. Hit the road on Thursday and bout to roll into Sunday and I've accumulated 0 miles toward my 5,000mile phase one training goal. I try not to be too frustrated cause I do understand that I've came in a bad time of the year for freight to move. Hoping by Monday the holiday hold up will end and I can start knocking out those miles. Staying positive

 

It's funny you say that cause right after that post I got a run from Indianapolis to Charlotte.. LoL. Another from Charlotte to ?? Not sure yet. Dead one minute and full-speed the next. I got a lot to learn..

 

Your exactly right! Not long after posting this we got a dispatch to pick up a load in Indy and head the coast of the Carolinas. Calling it a night in the blue ridge. Thanks for the encouragement. I'm enjoying my experience and just trying to adjust to an industry I have no experience in.