Profile For Grandma Day

Rainy Doing good getting used to trying to find a routine. I have a pleasant trainer in tanker. He only has 7 months experience. I have actually taught him a thing or 2. His way is not necessarily the way I will do things when on my own. But together we are getting it done.

Not smart enough to figure out how to attach photo but that is me Up there 👆. Not quite looking like that right now in TNT. 😂😂

Do I need to bring my green book and atlas.

Do you trainers prefer your students to have a sleeping bag or sheets?

Trying to down size my packing. I have a hard bottom duffle. Backpack and shower caddy. Then the sleepingbag and pillow in a vacuum bag.

Reyn, Thank you for your post. It made me feel a bit better. I was the same in school. I had never even seen the inside of a big rig. DOT testing was fine for me, maybe not always pretty. The school side also have there whole series of testing and their standards where quite a bit higher than DOT. There were times I wanted to run out of the truck but I didn’t but I kept all my “cookies” down. 😂😂

It’s just seems forever ago since I drove. Maybe a month and a half that I am afraid I may have forgotten how to shift. Hopefully, it will come back. I have drove an automatic a couple times since but that obviously had nothing to do with me shifting.

I am excited. Thank you to all the members here at TT.

Grandma

Are you planning on doing a diary?

I am not going to commit to one right now. This happened so fast I am still trying to wrap my mind around it. But once I get there I will evaluate the pace. If I am able I will. I know it will be helpful to others.

I am thinking of renting a car and driving rather than taking the bus. I think I would be better rested if I can pull it off.

Thank you all for your responses. I have the information now. There was just a delay.

Well I am looking forward to being in PA on Monday. Not so much the bus ride. Off to the next chapter of what I consider the worlds longest interview. I have so much to learn and absorb.

So I just received a message from recruiter asking if I am ready to go for Monday in PA.

The problem.....is I have not received or talked other than via phone message any information about what to expect. Ie, length of time I will be gone, what I need to bring. She literally just asked if I have tanker endorsement then said Monday in PA. No company information given.

Thank you all for your replies.

40k does seem a long time but what I have a whole total of driving a semi like 28 times. I am sure that 40k is needed. It sounds daunting and a bit intimidating but in reality it’s an extension of my learning. Of course, as a noob I have my healthy fears and some humorous ones as well, like accidentally passing gas, what if I got to go right now, what if I forget everything (as little as it is) I have learned. 😂😂😂

As far as when I want to start, well I guess that is up to Prime. The sooner the better. Maybe I could be sucked into Rainy’s Dungeon. 😂😂😂 I would think I was learning from a celebrity of TT.

Thanks for the thought about flying. If this happens I will check what Raleigh/Durham had to offer. A thousand miles on a Grayhound sounds like hell on earth. But on that note could I drive my own car?

It is sounding like everyone is in agreement that tanker should be down the road. The recruiter said I had to have my tanker. I do have tanker, twins, as soon as my paperwork comes in I will test for my hazmat, and my TWIC is in the mail on it’s way.

I am waiting for a certified copy of my birth certificate as it appears that after 48 years the copy I have is no longer a legal document as it can be duplicated. It is in the mail. I saw many companies want this thank goodness I went to get my TSA screening as that is how I found out about the rule change on New Mexico’s birth certificates. They were able to pull it up but not issue me a copy.

I will keep ya’ll updated snd again thank you.

I have placed an application with Prime. I have an application in with another tanker company but after a month the TM is saying there is a hang up with HR whether or not I am in the hiring area.

I am a recent Graduate and know I need to be hired within 90 days.

I have heard great things about Prime from an old family friend. I placed on the application undecided on division. Tammy in recruiting has started running repots.

Can you all give me some realistic advice on training at Prime as a new driver?

I am going in this industry as a total noob and know I have barely a pin point of information in my education. I have so much to learn and not a disillusion otherwise.

Any information, criticism, or advice welcomed.

Yeah the shewee would take talents I don’t have.