Finished School

My trainer has taken the training wheels off of me already. I am doing all the pulling into our pick ups and drop offs. I have to call in and explain to them how I tie down every load than my trainer helps me but I have to tell him how it is done. I just started my 2nd week on my 4th week I do 5 solos where I do everything preplan paperwork everything than I get mt own truck

Today starts my 4th week of training I start my solos Monday need to do 5 of them to get my own truck. Than it get's really tough I am out their on my own no expert flat bed person with me. I am nation wide so I hope that I get loads going a long ways because securing this stuff alone will be slow.

It's that old saw about "You'll always remember your first time." I still remember my first trailer pick up. I stood there looking at that beast for a minute - no trainer around.

If Roehl is trusting you with their truck on these solos, and you're set to get your own, that's what it's all about.

Congrats Paul, sounds like your doing well. My guess is by now you have done a varied amount of securement, just with a trainer present. If they didn’t feel you were ready you would not be starting solo’s monday. At this point the trainer probably has more confidence in you than you do in yourself.

It’s a very normal response.

Don’t worry how long securing takes, make sure it’s correct before starting out. Always get done, then walk around checking everything over one last time. Make sure you didn’t leave something laying on the trailer. For some reason we tend to forget to put the winch bar away. Plenty of those have been forgotten on the trailer.

I always do the math on the securement to make sure DOT is happy, but then I’ll add more to make me comfortable if necessary. I tend to be a worry wart and really don’t want anything coming off the trailer.

Always better to have too much than not enough.

Keep us posted.

What we did last week is I did all the tossing of the straps told him what I would do than he would help so we weren't so slow I been doing all the pulling in and out of the pickups and deliveries as well as parking at night.

Thanks man I 100% agree get on with a company and just stick it out with them. They have told me that they can keep me out all the time I am hoping to throw all my stuff in a storage locker just live in my truck saving money and making more because being out all the time. Tomorrow is the state test day my driving and inspection is really good my range stuff is only fair!

That's what I am hoping to do as well. I don't see how else I'd be able to pay off student loans and debt AND save for a house any other way. Paying rent and living expenses will only leave most people with a few extra hundred a month, and there's no way you can make any real progress out of that situation unless you can live somewhere for free. May I ask what school you go to and did you got help with the tuition or is the company paying for your training?

I went to FCG truck driving school the state of Michigan paid for it

I am doing my 4th solo today was supposed to start yesterday finish it today and start my 5th and final today finishing it Monday but due to a load being cancelled won't finish the 5th until Tuesday. Anyways I will have my own truck next week.