What's Required Before Showing Up For The Class at MTI

I HIGHLY suggest learning to back a trailer before you attend MTI. Go rent a u-haul trailer for a day or 2 and practice and practice and practice even more......

 

whats happening jeep?
all going well?
are you enjoying it?
ive been pulling trailers with heavy equipment most of my life ( smaller stuff: bobcats, smaller excavators and backhoes etc. ) and been squeezing these trailers into peoples backyards with neighbors looking on to make sure i wasnt running over their bushes or in some cases going over property lines ( why do people love to hate their neighbors?) so i am not really too worried about adding another 30 feet of trailer
in fact a large trailer might even be easier then a small trailer (correct me if I am wrong here )
i would think a small trailer would be less forgiving and get squirley on you quicker then a big one although i do see a whole lot more when im pulling a small flat bed versus a big box
ill just have to get used to the weight increase and working the clutch
but it doesnt intimidate me...just something new to get used to
have you met some of the drivers and do you know who your trainer will be yet?
do they try and hook you up with someone your going to be compatible with ...for instance if youve met some of the drivers and get along with someone ( and they happen to be a trainer) do they send you out with that person or is the pairing of trainer with trainee completely random?
well jeep...thanks for keeping us posted and i hope your still enjoying it like you were in the beginning and still just excited about living life on the road
if you havent hook yourself up with some of the creature comforts...laptop w/aircard, sirius, and maybe an invertor a fridge and a small microwave so you can save yourself some money and eat a whole lot healthier
you take care and looking forward to hearing more about what your doing there and how things are going
later

 

hey you wishy washy little boy
the other day you were taking your ball and calling it quits and going home
now your back
im really begining to wonder about you
for starters let me explain the difference between my question on the forum and yours
i am asking someone who is going through the process how they match you up with a trainer because they are going to tell me the truth
if i was to call the company they would give me the standard company answer, "of course we try and find you a trainer your compatible with " and then when you get there youll find yourself in a truck with a guy who smokes 5 packs of camels a day when your a non smoker
that would not be considered compatible now would it?
on the other hand there are 2 phone numbers listed for this company and your asking a forum which of those two numbers you should call
i merely suggested you work on your self confidence and pick up the phone
nilke slogan comes to mind...."just do it"
never did i say anything about you being retarded or that you werent a safe driver
i did say that if your stumped over which phone number to call then driving from one coast to the other may be a bit challenging since youll come across way more then 2 choices along the way
now it seems you have isues with not only your self confidence but also your self esteem since retarded is the first word that comes to your mind after reading my posts
what you should have done is posted this in th esame thread as the other posts so that anyone reading could see what was really being said but you didnt want to do that for obvious reasons
as for being on a power trip let me explain something to you ...
straight out of high school i became a roadie for one of the biggest traveling bands from the 60's - the 90's
after 3 years i became the lead roadie and was in charge of running 2 crews in 2 different cities
i did this for nearly 15 years and then along came my family
i then started my own company ( construction) and have been doing that ever since
i have built everything from car washes, a city jail, airport hangars, college dormitories, loads of houses, just to name a few
in each of these cases i have been in charge of coordinating numerous people to get these projects started and completed
i hardly think i need to come to a forum and put down a little boy to get off on power
i am a licensed skydive instructor and coach and been on many a team competing competetively in the sport and being point man on some of the teams
i belong to a schutzhuind club and train my dogs and have competed with my dogs all over the united states and germany
in 2004 one of my males placed 5th at the worlds although i was not the handler at the event for no other reason than at that level it gets somewhat political and it matters who you have handling the dog
i also have 2 kids , a daughter in her 3rd year of college ( university of pa.) and a son in his 2nd year of college ( s.v.a. - school of visual arts, manhatten)
i originally came here looking for an o.o. to hopefully take me out on the road and teach me the business and the tricks of the trade
well it turns out it isnt like it once was out here and it isnt done like that any longer and the economy is also a big factor so after discussing it with my wife i am more then happy to drive for someone else and get a paycheck on fridays
someday when you get a few more life experiences under your belt you may find out what running your own company means and trust me when i tell you that you dont get much sleep
owning a company is a never ending job...its constant
in my original post to you i also said that there are people that are willing to walk to the moon and back to put food on the table and here you are already wanting to know if you can go home after being away from there for 3 weeks and then wondering if a trainer can come by your house to pick you up
i was merely suggesting you should do whatever it takes
in your post you were saying how most of your life you have been in georgia and tennessee and that you really didnt want to have to drive up north or in ohio
where do you think your going to be driving ?
i have this feeling that millis spends ALOT of time driving through ohio
you were sniveling how this isnt such a "good fit"
if you dont see the difference between my question and yours then i cant help you
calling a company and asking them if they send you out with a trainier your compatible with would be like calling a ford dealership and asking them if they build a good car...of course we do!
your a whining sniveling baby and in the end itll all come out in the wash
ever consider doing some military service if for no other reason then to grow up?
im very happy for you that you have been accepted to training and i hope youll be given that perfect fit of a route when all is said and done
i on the other hand wil also drive to training and i am hoping to go out right away with a trainer and get into my own truck as soon as possible and get this show on the road
the last thing youll here me crying about is going home
when i was a roadie we stayed out on the road 2 - 3 months at a time
i dont even really plan on asking for much home time except in the case of family emergency and am hoping that i will end up with routes that have me passing through my area every so often which would be fine by me and if that meant being 5 - 6 weeks at a time so be it
i understand everyone is different and has different circumstances but as a new driver and being low man on the totem pole youll have to be willing to accept something less then a perfect fit
i wish you no harm or bad luck and never have but you choose to read into my posts and put all sorts of words into your head that i never said
again good luck im your future endeavors and i hope for your sake it all turns out just the way you want it

 

I hate to say it,(o.k. maybe I don't) but, the both of you are in the same boat. Yes, I'm in the same boat, I don't know nothing. This is the place to learn and the only way you learn is to ask questions. If you don't like the question asked, then don't answer it. Now, on to the good stuff, congratulations to the both of you, good luck and let us know how it goes.

 

Well sense you have experience backing with a trailer then your good to go. Reason I say practice before you get here is to get a basic understanding on how to turn that wheel to get that trailer to do something.

As far as the trainers go they basically pick them for you. Some will call in looking for a specific student. I have talked to my trainer and she seems pretty cool. She has an inverter with microwave and she has a APU on her truck as well which is a plus in my book !!!

 

Let's keep it to discussing topics, not taking personal shots at each other. It is not allowed on this forum! Attack the post, not the member!