SOLOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I passed my company road test and I am assigned to a truck. I spent over an hour attempting to back a trailer into a tight spot at Kraft.
After leaving kraft, I thought I found a pull through at 3m to drop the trailer heh let's just say it took me over an hour to get the TT out of the predicament I was in. I didn't crash into anything and I learned a valuable lesson...
I then spent several hours lost at 3m trying to locate the dock to finally being told that I needed the trailer after all. I then was told to look for a long dock, when I finally found a dock that looked long it was the wrong dock. They decided to load me there, but I did spent 30 minutes trying to back into it, as it was a blind side and I gave up and looked for a place to turn around so I could back in sight side heh smooth as butter after I turned around.

While driving down the road the truck started pulling hard to the right and vibrating strongly. I contacted breakdown and they sent me to a TA that shop said I needed an alignment and they didn't have a machine so they sent me to the petro across the street. The previous driver, had the tires replaced but they were NEW tires and the other side of the truck were retreads. I learned what MISMATCHED tires are the hard way. Suffice to say, due to this mistake they have to replace the bushings on all the rear springs in order to align the rear drive axles.

When i was a bus driver, I was assigned a bus with a lot of problems by the end of the month, all the major problems were resolved and driving the bus was a dream. I have a feeling I am going to go through the same process with this truck. I am a stickler for making sure my CVs pass the pretrip and anything wrong I do report it.

I know it's taking money out of my pocket to sit, but I rather be ALIVE than DEAD and that's worth more than any amount of money in my pocket.

Congrats on your solo status! Awesome job!

I am a stickler for making sure my CVs pass the pretrip and anything wrong I do report it.

Might be a dumb question...what is a CV?

Might be a dumb question...what is a CV?

A CV is a Commercial Vehicle.

Ohhhh! Thanks man

No Problem Chad.

Now, after they discovered the problem with *my* truck they decided to put me into a "newer" truck. Before even loading my things into the truck, The first thing I did was look at the tires and they were all matching across the drive axles. I looked at the spring bushings and they were good, I checked all the other items for the pretrip and everything looked good. I get out on the road and she's vibrating and pulling hard to the right. *sigh* The older truck only had those few items wrong. This truck has a laundry list. PUlling hard to the right, Vibrates, doesn't want to start, desk drawer needs to be fixed, my seatbelt needs to be better mounted...

If they could only let me keep ONE truck fix it and let me drive it. :-D