Saying Hi! Begin my Orientation Oct 11th.

update.

New Trainer is a great guy. Real chill and laid back. Been in the truck for almost a week (tomorrow), I had to set my upgrade test back a half a week since I was sitting in a hotel for four days. So now I upgrade on the 19th, but have to wait for a week and a half for the lease purchase class (they dont have a lease class the week of thanksgiving).

Things are going well. (ALOT better than they were)...

will do my best to keep you guys updated

 

Aight Gears...lol.

So I head out with the new Trainer last Friday, and set out for California (Oxnard). New trainer was tasked with evaluating my abilities after I ditched my last trainer.

on a side note.... there is an Amazingly Awesome Buffet in Oxnard of Rose and 101. Hometown Buffet. WOW

so the last trainer told me I was a horrible navigator, was ####e at right hand turns, and was BOUND to get into an accident my 1st year of driving....

training dept warned me I would have to REDO my whole 6 week training...lol.

spent a week with the trainer and am going in for my upgrade next Friday.

as far as experiences.... it is night and day with this new trainer.

This guy is a real trainer instead of someone using a trainee for a paycheck. He doesnt try and push each hour of each day for more miles... actually is going over the training material (hazmat, SoP's, etc)

Dropped off the Cali load and got one bound for Ohio. Trainer drove about 4-5 hours each day with me driving 8-9 sometimes 10.... but it was so much more laid back because He was spending time caoching me while I drove, slept when I drove alittle, made sure I would wake him if need be on things I wasnt sure about or comfortable with...

only one draw back right now.... since I spent 4 days waiting at the Jackson terminal, I had to set my upgrade back from the 15th to the 19th... this sucks because KLLM isnt doing a lease purchase class that next week. so now I am hoping they will be able to keep me busy at SOMETHING for a week and a half...rofl.

been working on backing today, and probably much of this weekend and next week....

more to come...

 

Rolled out at 7:30 am from Glendale, KY. Headed South on 65 through Nashville and then 40 to Little Rock. Will hit Waco tomorrow. The Petro out here in Little Rock was FULL up, so I had to take a spot that was REALLY tight right behind the main building... (with the three pole/round concrete obstacles in the way.... had to turn around so I wasn't blind side backing it... and did I mention it was TIGHT?!?!?

Trainer ended up spotting for me, and I swear I came about 1/6 of an inch away from hitting a fender mirror on a PeterBuilt with 2 cats on the dash...

(cats were freaking out a little I think)

but she went into the hole...lol.

trainer kept telling me afterward that there are many experienced drivers who couldn't park where I just parked... which I graciously accepted....

but I think maybe he is just saying that to bolster my confidence... lol

we talked alot about the lease purchase at KLLM and my being single and such...

something that is a little concerning to me though is I was listening to the driver update on the KLLM phone line... and they are out of trucks???

what does that mean for me?

I come in for upgrade on Friday.... and the next lease purchase class is the following Wednesday....

ummmm, will there be a truck for me?

 

KLLM (to my knowledge) hasnt pressured anyone let alone me into leasing...

KLLM is dead set on drivers running legal...

I know a friend who is a company driver right now and he averages 2700-3200