As I head into my 6th weeks of the most brutal enduring conquest of my life, I am here to offer a fair warning to other would be trainees out there. If your trainer asks, suggests, or demands you sleep on a top bunk of a moving tractor trailer, walk off, on the spot. Don't even give him a response. Just take your bags and leave. They know what goes on up there and they simply do not care for you as a basic human being.
I drive 11 hours, stopping only once at a fuel pull through for exactly thirty minutes. I put in a full 14 to 16 hours doing something day related and get woken up during my sleeping hours to deal with customers. But what is worst of all? During my ten hour break, I am tossed around on the top bunk in a manor that is capable of breaking bones, snapping a neck, severing a liver or worse if we crashed. Hard blows a heavy weight prize fighter might whimper at having to take. There's, no rest, no escaping it, NO RELIEF. You will not look forward to your ten hour "break" and getting some much needed rest. Instead you will be thrown around in a coffin sized upper bunK like a cheap dime store rag dolll found left alone on the back shelf. The top bunk is for stationary truck sleeping only.
A trainer has been at his game for a while and he knows this. If he does's want a trainee on his bottom bunk? THE F-ER SHOULD NOT HAVE BECOME A TRAINER IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!
Remember this newbies out there. I can drive the truck, I am ready for my own truck, I know the job and am #### good at it already. Still have to learn but I am ready. What is gonna prevent me from achieving my goal and dreams? The top bunk and the top bunk only.
SAY NO TO THE TOP BUNK!!!!!!!
Top bunk, don't do it, ever!!!
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by darinmac38, May 27, 2019.
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