Talk to me about why...

Easy now! lol.. I'm from the 80's long hair motorcycle guy with the leather and boots ..back then! Good times!

Anyway, Hey Eddy... I also like SNI because they have many options to advance your career and there is a lot of good people here as well. I started as company driver in the West Coast and did well. The more I put my time in the better it got. Definitely a challenge and will keep you on your toes!

 

Next time you see a punkin truck with a guy headbangin you might have just passed me putzing down the highway at a whopping 61mph :-!

 

What the Hell you guys been drinkin... Holy Crap, good thing I retired from trucking over 15 years ago...

What happened to the True Trucker that wore 10 gallon hats, wore cowboy boots, big belt buckle and had a
chain-drive-wallet protecting his 3 dollars, listening to good-ole country music...

I drove for punkin, indirectly, they bought out the company I was leased to back in the 80's... They did leave us
alone since we were open deck freight and they knew next to nothing about our ways of hauling real freight...

Throwing chains and tarps in minus 40 degree weather is really refreshing instead of opening a couple doors and siting in the cab talking to ones self.. NO wonder some of you guy have seemed to gone off the deep-in...
What has happened to the honorable profession I left???????

I believe you punkin drivers have now destroyed my golden years, not looking forward to the nightmares that
now await me...

 

I discovered this Faaabulous group quite by accident (like I'd go looking for drag queen music videos? well, maybe I would. different subject for a different time )

Which video did you watch that disturbed you so, my son? I particularly like the 'Blurred Bynes' one - that's the one I found first - although the Chick-Fil-A one is okay, too. Apparently, and I haven't looked for this one, there is an instructional video on how to 'tuck' properly...

And aren't those wigs amazing?

 

I haven't been drinking - yet. I do talk to myself, though. I only worry when I start answering myself, because then it degenerates into an argument...

I would wear the hat, except the new, taller seats make me sit leaning forward if I have even a ponytail, much less a cool hat, on; I don't even have three dollars to protect; I do listen to good-ole country music (as well as some not so good or old country music, and various other genres); never been a fan of big belt buckles; and I can promise you, as soon as I do have the requisite funds and find a pair of cowboy boots with the now-required oil and slip resistant soles, I will be wearing them again!

And re: nightmares - we try!!

 

No, no typo. I just want to make sure you're on your toes this morning! (I have to do something to amuse myself, since my truck is in the shop for the weekend and I am stuck in a hotel room). You should check out the Blurred Bynes one, if you really like spending time with your shrink! But don't, I repeat, DON'T!! watch 'That boy is a bottom'. That disturbed even me!

All joking aside, I have been happy with the training and support I've gotten from Schneider. I started school on January 6, of this year, to get my CDL. What I expected from the school was enough instruction to pass the state test, and that's what I got. I expected that any company I chose to work for would have their own training program, and I didn't want to have to 'unlearn' a bunch of stuff. While a few more days with my TE would have been nice, at the end of the 5 days I was out I was more than ready to get out of the truck. I am a solitary person by nature, and much prefer my interactions with the masses to be of the electronic or drive-by variety. That's why I don't see me ever team driving, even to haul Harleys. Don't get me wrong - I really enjoyed my time out, my TE was awesome, I learned a lot you can't learn in books, and we had a blast. I just prefer my time to be MY time. At any point, if you feel you need more instruction, all you have to do is ask. The orientation classes were pretty in-depth regarding the Schneider way, but were also pretty unstructured/open/discussion-type classes. I never felt like I couldn't ask anything. There's also a wealth of information in these threads, as you've already discovered.

Whatever you choose, I will echo mickeyrat68 in requesting that you come visit us here, and often!