Team driving with a child on the truck?

You went to school at a different time. It is the law that children complete mandatory hours in a school setting or through an accredited program. If you chose an online program you are still looking at 5-7 hours online daily not including homework. I cant imagine completing this task while behind the wheel of a truck. Not to mention the required training time these companies expect and then most wont even allow you to have anyone in the truck until you have driven for up to 6 months

 

Mam,

In all due respect, a truck is not the best place for a 7yr old kid. I drove team before and it gets to a point where you want of that confined space for a break. You did not ask for our opinions but many of us have the experience to which we would know how to deal with the situation. If you are dead set on being with your b/f, then ask him for the childs sake to get a local job. Do not let her grow up without the things she should be enjoying.

KH

 

Here are my two cents on this. You are planning on team driving with your boyfriend. Most companies expect the wheels to roll 20 hours+ a day. I have been driving for 12 years and I am tired. When I don't drive I walk my dog or sleep. I feel guilty not giving my dog (who may be like a kid to me, but still is just a dog) enough time. I walk him 30+ mins several times a day. Play ball with him, do whatever I can to entertain him, and to be honest he is bored. As am I. But, due to circumstance I am alone now. And I have to work.

Considering how hard it is to take care of my dog, with the pressure of trying to make deliveries on time driving solo, I can't imagine driving team. It leaves you no time to go to the bathroom in peace. Much less trying to homeschool a child. Especially at first, you will want to sleep anytime you aren't driving. Your day is done, you are tired and your kid is bouncing of the walls because you haven't been able to stop because the load has to be there.

But no matter what any of us say, you will have to find a company that will let you do this. Which will be hard. While companies allow riders, you will be hard pressed to find one where you drive team.

I wish you good luck, even though I don't agree with you. Trucking is not like it used to be. It's no fun anymore. And I don't think it's a place for a 7 year old.

 

this is a truckers forum, &

truckers tend to speak their mind !

 

Here's a thought: This is you and your boyfriend, right? What happens when you two have a falling out? What if you're stuck on the side of the road, or in some truckstop, with yourself, your daughter, and whatever you managed to grab before he ran off into the sunset (possibly with some other idiot broad, only without kids)? How do you get home? Heck, how do you feed yourself and your kid?

A dark thought, but one that you need to consider before heading off for a "life of adventure".

 

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When! You are discussing a team operation that doesn't have the time for you to teach full time! The fact is that if you aren't sleeping on your breaks, then you are placing everyone in DANGER. including this kid and not to mention the general motoring public.

And you have the background to teach a special needs kid on the road with no sleep, no facilities and no learning environment?

So you have a person that you are unrelated to, have no real contract with, you already admit you need money and you're going to go out and get into debt in a trucking industry that is in its worst state than its practically ever been? WAKE UP!! We are all trying to HELP YOU to see how stupid this is!!!

You sound everything BUT in this discussion. No one here knows you personally, but if the tables were turned and you were reading this and had the experience that others here have.. you'd be on our side!!!!

If this "boyfriend" cares about you or the child, he'd tell you to sit right where you're at and he'd be providing the means for you to do exactly that! I think he's trying to con you frankly.

 

As an individual who taught special ed last year your child needs to be in an environment which he or she can learn social skills so that they will be able to function without you. You are not setting this child up for success

 

There has obviously been very little thought put into this plan. Is she supposed to read and write strapped to the bed? Say she is in the front seat and you're trying to teach from the bunk. How is she supposed to write, color, etc bouncing down the road?