Time managment and the paperless system??

So Prime trainers teach trainees how to take advantage of loose leaf logs ? We're getting some great stories posted here about trainers and log books .

 

Running legal is alot easier then running illegal. The Quallcomm is easy, your out of hours you don't drive. Let your Dispatcher know if you can or cannot make the load in the time given to you. I have never had a problem with this system. Don't listen to people that have never logged legal.

A good trainer will teach you how the system works well before your on your own. If you donot think your getting the training you think you need, let the student deptment know and change trainers. Trust me, for all the bad ones there is a few good ones. Iam a trainer and the last 2 guys i have had on my truck were with other trainers for there first half of training and had no idea what to do.

The guy i have now was with another company, who ill keep to myself, and he was out for 2 weeks with the trainer. The trainer only had him drive 4 nights of that time. Everytime the trainer drove all day, then had him drive all night. He just told him, "Follow the Garmin GPS and don't wake me up untill 0500." If you get a "follow the gps" guy, get off the truck. You will learn nothing.

This so called trainer was so bad, when the student asked about the RPM's and road speeds to shift at, the trainer told him he had to find that out himself and went to bed.

Trust me, iam all for Training to be an endorsement on your CDL, it might help weed out some of these clowns.

 

I'm surprised insurance companies aren't looking into this so called "training" . When a trainee runs 5,000 miles a week it's obvious what is going on . Then they say an experienced driver without recent experience needs a refresher course but a recent CDL mill grad can be on his own while the trainer sleeps .

 

I never stay at a shipper or receiver . My schedule is never that tight though . I have plenty of time . We have 1 shipper that is bad about getting loads out late . Sorry , the delivery will be late . I'm not making delivery with less than a 10 hour break and still on the 14 hour clock . Run out of hours unloading and have to take a 10 hour break there ? I don't think so .

 

6 miles down the road can probably be driven without starting your clock. Great for you to be at TS and have food, shower, whatever else you may want. Not so great if you have accident while driving on line 1 and try to explain to DOT or safety. I have driven over 30 miles while on line 1 and not been moved to line 3 or 4 by the system. It all depends on how you log where you are and which macros you use to do so. There are ways around the system if you work to find them. I would not suggest them as they are not really legal.

Some things I have learned by accident and others by just trying and getting lucky. I have also tried things and had to pay the price of longer break due to being picked up by the system. It is trial and error and up to you if you want to try. The company is much quicker to let you go now for minor things as they always have a new hire wanting to fill your seat, and more people in line to be hired.