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	<title>Becoming A Truck Driver: Help, Stories, Advice, and Opinions &#187; dealing with the boss</title>
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		<title>A Driver Trainer&#8217;s Perspective: Some Helpful Tips And Observations For Student Drivers</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2011/11/a-driver-trainers-perspective-some-helpful-tips-and-observations-for-student-drivers</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TruckerMike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a CDL instructor or a driver trainer is a very unique experience. I learned more about truck driving over the past 4 weeks than I have in the previous three years combined. It was an amazing learning experience for me. Here are some of the highlights I learned along the way. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2011/11/a-driver-trainers-perspective-some-helpful-tips-and-observations-for-student-drivers">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Types of Trainers and How to Deal With Them</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2011/09/types-of-trainers-and-how-to-deal-with-them</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2011/09/types-of-trainers-and-how-to-deal-with-them#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TruckerMike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I've only been a CDL instructor for about a week now, I've already noticed that my training techniques could easily go in several different directions. Here are some of the more common personalities and traits a trainer might have, and how to deal with them as a student or new driver. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2011/09/types-of-trainers-and-how-to-deal-with-them">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Working My Way Back Into The Trucking Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2011/09/working-my-way-back-into-the-trucking-industry</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2011/09/working-my-way-back-into-the-trucking-industry#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhonda</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=3001</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In October 2009 I posted a story called "I Want Out Of Trucking As A Driver". The story was written with a lot of emotion, so I'd like to take the time to reflect on that a bit, and discuss the challenges I've faced trying to get back into the trucking industry.  <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2011/09/working-my-way-back-into-the-trucking-industry">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My First Days On The Road With A Trainer</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/jakecat22/2011/08/my-first-days-on-the-road-with-a-trainer</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/jakecat22/2011/08/my-first-days-on-the-road-with-a-trainer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JakeCat22</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Becoming A Truck Driver]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=2909</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We completed orientation and I got a call from the company that there was a trainer available to take me so I headed out on the highway for the first time! Here's how it went... <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/jakecat22/2011/08/my-first-days-on-the-road-with-a-trainer">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Showdown With &#8220;The Colonel&#8221; &#8211; Handling My Trainer&#8217;s Tirades</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/paul/2011/06/the-showdown-with-the-colonel-handling-my-trainers-tirades</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/paul/2011/06/the-showdown-with-the-colonel-handling-my-trainers-tirades#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philosopher Paul</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=2749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[3200 miles with colonel Kurtz and still going surprisingly well. I needed to keep things light with this guy because I still had two or three weeks left with him.  When it seemed like he wasn’t going to let up on me, I knew we were going to have a showdown. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/paul/2011/06/the-showdown-with-the-colonel-handling-my-trainers-tirades">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing With Some Crazy Personalities During Training</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/paul/2011/05/dealing-with-some-crazy-personalities-during-training</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/paul/2011/05/dealing-with-some-crazy-personalities-during-training#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 10:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philosopher Paul</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=2740</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been really happy with my fortune so far but the first day I met my finisher, I got a little concerned. The first thing he told me was “Forget everything you learned at your school." And it got much crazier from there. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/paul/2011/05/dealing-with-some-crazy-personalities-during-training">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Boot Camp Known As Company-Sponsored Training</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/sharbear/2010/12/the-boot-camp-known-as-company-sponsored-training</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/sharbear/2010/12/the-boot-camp-known-as-company-sponsored-training#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SharBear</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=2626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Company-Sponsored CDL training is a lot like boot camp. Be prepared to have your self worth, your dignity, your brains, your ability and your patience tested. Once you sign those papers you are at their mercy. Boy could I have begged for mercy more times than I care to admit. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/sharbear/2010/12/the-boot-camp-known-as-company-sponsored-training">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My First Year as a Truck Driver</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2010/03/my-first-year-as-a-truck-driver</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2010/03/my-first-year-as-a-truck-driver#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TruckerMike</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=2406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, it's hard to believe, but I've been at my current employer for 1 year as of today. I began Truck Driving School in January of 2009, completed that in February of 2009, and was hired on in March of 2009. This post will simply serve as some observations that I've made as my first year of a truck driver. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2010/03/my-first-year-as-a-truck-driver">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Not Much Help For The Drivers</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/steve-rubens/2010/03/not-much-help-for-the-drivers</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/steve-rubens/2010/03/not-much-help-for-the-drivers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Rubens</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=2375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Qualcomm system at most companies have directions to customers listed, but a lot of the time the directions are wrong. Unfortunately, even when dispatchers and customers know the directions are wrong nobody seems to care enough to do anything about it. Here's an example of the mess it can cause. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/steve-rubens/2010/03/not-much-help-for-the-drivers">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Truck Drivers: Beware of Rocking The Boat</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/admin/2009/10/new-truck-drivers-beware-of-rocking-the-boat</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/admin/2009/10/new-truck-drivers-beware-of-rocking-the-boat#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Aquila</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=1904</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I heard a story of a truck driving student who was on the road with a trainer and discovered that the trainer was smoking pot in the truck while the student was driving. How did the student handle this? Did it backfire on him? There are some things that everyone needs to understand about the realities of life in the trucking industry. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/admin/2009/10/new-truck-drivers-beware-of-rocking-the-boat">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I Want Out Of Trucking As A Driver</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2009/10/i-want-out-of-trucking-as-a-driver</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2009/10/i-want-out-of-trucking-as-a-driver#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhonda</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=1819</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me start out by saying I entered trucking in 2001 because I needed a job. A job that paid a livable wage. So I entered as a warm body that companies put in the drivers seat. My pleas for an office duty/inside job were not being heard. At first this new driving thing was not too bad, but soon the newness and “fun” wears off. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2009/10/i-want-out-of-trucking-as-a-driver">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Truck Driving Career &#8211; A 6 Month Review</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2009/09/my-truck-driving-career-a-6-month-review</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2009/09/my-truck-driving-career-a-6-month-review#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TruckerMike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, I can't believe it's been 6 months already. I've completed training, and have been on my own now for a couple months. So, I thought I'd share a few of my initial impressions of my early truck driving career, having experienced it for 6 months now. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2009/09/my-truck-driving-career-a-6-month-review">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving a Company Trainer</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2009/05/surviving-a-company-trainer</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 12:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TruckerMike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, it's been two months since I hit the road with my trainer. I can't believe it's already been that long. Time is really flying out here. As I stated in one of my earlier posts, my training period is much longer than most companies, so I probably won't be done for at least another 6 weeks or so. But since I've put in quite a bit of time with a trainer already, I thought I'd share a few of my thoughts on how to survive your company trainer.
 <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2009/05/surviving-a-company-trainer">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Now Where Did I Put My Red Shoes?</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/corydmac/2009/05/now-where-did-i-put-my-red-shoes</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 10:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Farmer Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the movie classic "Wizard of Oz" the good witch Glenda tells Dorothy to click the heels of her red shoes together three times and say "There's no place like home". The movie ends with Dorothy waking up in her bed surrounded by worried family members...well, my training time is over, and I'm going home. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/corydmac/2009/05/now-where-did-i-put-my-red-shoes">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Disaster of a Trip, but Still Worked Out in the End</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2009/04/a-disaster-of-a-trip-but-still-worked-out-in-the-end</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TruckerMike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since my last trip went so well, Karma had to balance itself out. And it didn&#8217;t waste any time either! This last trip was&#8230;well&#8230;interesting. I&#8217;ll try to describe everything that happened without confusing the heck out of you, but there&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2009/04/a-disaster-of-a-trip-but-still-worked-out-in-the-end">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Life On The Road &#8211; Sometimes You Have One Of Those Weeks</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2009/03/life-on-the-road-sometimes-you-have-one-of-those-weeks</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhonda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot can go wrong for truck drivers on the road, and sometimes you just have one of those weeks where it all goes wrong! <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2009/03/life-on-the-road-sometimes-you-have-one-of-those-weeks">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Real About The Trucking Industry and How Things Really Are</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/admin/2009/02/getting-real-about-the-trucking-industry-and-how-things-really-are</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Aquila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always appreciate hearing from our site&#8217;s visitors. Always. I especially love the thanks we get for putting up positive, honest, and helpful information for those who are considering becoming a truck driver. None of us at TruckingTruth will ever &#8230; <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/admin/2009/02/getting-real-about-the-trucking-industry-and-how-things-really-are">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Truck Driver Training: How To Handle The Time On The Road With Your Trainer</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/admin/2009/02/truck-driver-training-how-to-handle-the-time-on-the-road-with-your-trainer</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Aquila</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The month or two you will spend at truck driving school is going to teach you the basics of what you need to know in order to pass your CDL exam. The real training will begin once you get out on the road with a trainer - and the rest you will have to learn on your own. A lot of people coming out of school have the wrong attitude and take the wrong approach to their time with a trainer, so I'm gonna talk a little bit about the right way to handle it. <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/admin/2009/02/truck-driver-training-how-to-handle-the-time-on-the-road-with-your-trainer">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Getting to know me&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/pappy/2008/12/getting-to-know-me</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pappy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I try to lead a simple life, I'm not after riches untold or fame, I prefer to love, live, and be free. There is always someone out there that wants to control those things that I hold dear. For instance ... I once had a boss that couldn't stand the fact that I was happy in my life. He never wanted to get to know me or understand where I stood. He wanted me to be like the rest of his drivers. These drivers were always griping about their wives and how the law was against everyone and how they hated to work, on an on and on. It was very nerve-wracking for some one of a happy nature to be around people who wanted to lead a depressed life. So I tended to ignore those types as much as possible. Be as that may, there were times when I would have to work in close quarters with said 'want to be depressed people', and finally one day..... <a href="http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/pappy/2008/12/getting-to-know-me">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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