Movin On Up!
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Congratulations Johnny!
HERE'S JOHNNY!!! Nice job, feels great to accomplish so much in so little time doesn't it. Congratulations!
Way to go Johnny!!! Congratulations!
Yay!ยก
So refreshing to read these threads congratulations. Looking forward to my first assigned truck in the future.
Again CONGRATS and happy truckin
Thank you everybody for your support. I've hit the ground running & have already done about 1700 miles solo in my 1st 4 days. This includes a day where I only did 186 because I spent the bulk of my clock loading & unloading at 2 different places. Tarping takes me a loooonng time by myself. I've got some downtime right now because my current load doesn't take weekend shipments & I'm already within a very short drive of it :) The place I parked at tonight also has free wifi so I figured it would be a good time to take advantage of the opportunity to update my profile. Thanks again!
Great to hear Johnny!!! Good for you Driver.
Congratulations Johnny!
JJ
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Hello everybody!
I just wanted to share my excitement with all of you.
I have just finished Melton's training program (orientation and road trainer). After 3 weeks on the road with my trainer, he felt I was ready to go solo & informed the training manager who coordinated it so that his next load ran us by a terminal. I got to drive us there today :) Before giving him his wheel back & unloading my stuff off of his truck.
I haven't been on here much conversing lately because I was kept super busy & used the little free time I had to rest when possible.
It wasn't long before I got my 1st solo task (driving a vanload of orientation prospects to the same hotel I got to check into tonight).
I still don't have my truck yet but should be getting it issued in the next couple days..I will put a new photo up once time permits after this happens.
Everything has gone by so fast since I made the leap to get into this lifestyle.
From being a new cdl student who knew little about semis to getting my license a few weeks ago to today being branded as capable of flying solo all within the last 3 months.
I know that I will have trying & stressful moments from time to time doing this but I am excited for this chapter!
I want to thank G-town, Old School & anyone else who has provided me insight up to this point. I'm sure I will be back for more :)
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.