Which company should i choose??

One of the big problems from schools is that they are preparing you to get your CDL, teach you a few basics about truck safety. A basic intro to trucking 101. The problem is they need you in school to pay their way. They charge a arm and a leg and because you are buying the knowledge you think it is top shelf. Most most trainers will tell you first thing. Forget what they taught you in school. Here is a introduction to trucking. I am going to prepare you to survive in this field if you listen to me. You are going to see a difference in classroom instruction and real life trucking. If you listen, watch, and can learn... this means not telling me, but in school they said to do this.

For one you went to school to learn this trade. You are learning this trade. I am already doing this trade. Why is it that you are on my trainer truck? Because I am the trainer. You are the trainee. I do not need to be taught how to do this. I am not the one who may or may not go solo based on what you learn. When you do go solo that is when the real learning will begin.

If a student is willing to listen and learn he or she can go far. Keep in mind the school that you went to... think about this if trucking is so great like they are claiming why are the instructors there and not out here? Why are they not running local gigs? True some have retired or have issues that brought them in, but what they need to do is keep you in class to graduate so they get paid.

If you look at school as a prep or stepping stone to get you rolling you will do well. If you take it that well; I just bought all this knowledge I know more than the guy training me you will have problems. That trainer is evaluating you. You come off as a know it all and your few grand you have invested may cost you more in the long run.

Guys and gals on this board. We already made the grade. We are just trying to help you. You are the one that has to prove yourself. You ever wonder why new people start a post about trucking and make a few posts and you never hear from them again? Plenty of MIA posters on here. Most of them started off mouthing off to vets on here. The vets are still here. Does that tell you something?

 

Kind of a follow up to Notarps...One thing i found, and passed on to all of my students (and a lot of students from fellow trainers), was the fact that:

1.) Absolute basic is taught in truck school....stage 1

2.) Going with trainer is advanced BASICS...stage 2

3.) First solo, you will learn more than in steps 1 and 2...stage 3

4.) Now you train/Mentor, suddenly you almost know what you ar talking about, but the hard part is to pass this information on..how to say the exact same thing, 4-5 different ways so the student will grasp the lesson...one word in a sentence, with location of the word changed, will change the intent and the comprehension value to different individuals...stage 4

5.) The day you don't learn something, or find out something about what you or someone else has done or is doing...is the day you should hang up your keys and start flipping burgers...or worse become a driver manager.

 

but....but...but.......

School said I'm a truck driver. That means I know everything, and I got the CDL to prove it

 

ROFLMAO....grind away brother...grind away!

 

Don't be talking about his shifting now....

 

He is a good trucker.

Grinds the gears in an automatic.

 

At least one tradition will stay with us...grinding...am I trying to change the subject..or was that a Freudian slip thinking about later tonight after a few shots (the wife...not me...I'm a professional!)

 

I am not grinding gears ######. Anybody seen my jumper cables?

 

Side compartment, passenger side...next to the automatic transmission fluid fill spout! Ten gallons should get you to Chicago. Or is that your hat...being a Texan!

 

That's good gentlemen . Keep the thread going . Can't let Tarps' subscription go to waste .