Comments on: After My Graduation – Final Thoughts and Advice For Those Considering Truck Driving School http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2009/02/after-my-graduation-final-thoughts-and-advice-for-those-considering-truck-driving-school Helping Those Who Are Considering A Career In The Truck Driving Industry Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: SickRick http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2009/02/after-my-graduation-final-thoughts-and-advice-for-those-considering-truck-driving-school/comment-page-1#comment-791 SickRick Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:47:26 +0000 http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=512#comment-791 Nice Blog Mike. I'm starting school (in a county Vo-Tech) on May 13th. While mine runs a little longer (9 weeks, 320 hours) - I get a feel for what to expect. Looking forward to seeing your continuing adventures documented here. Shoot me an email (sickrick@sickricklive.com) and let me know where you ended up getting a job at. I spent last year driving a 43' bus and 10' trailer. Backing was a HUGE PITA. But I suspect the tractor/trailer will be a little easier because the "fulcrum point" is so much much further to the front... Tumbleweed - in addition to making 4-wheelers ride in a rig - they should make them spend a week on the back of a MOTORCYCLE too - so they see how vulnerable WE are... Again, GREAT SERIES Mike. Maybe I'll have the time time to document my training experience as well as you have... Rick Nice Blog Mike. I’m starting school (in a county Vo-Tech) on May 13th. While mine runs a little longer (9 weeks, 320 hours) – I get a feel for what to expect. Looking forward to seeing your continuing adventures documented here. Shoot me an email (sickrick@sickricklive.com) and let me know where you ended up getting a job at.

I spent last year driving a 43′ bus and 10′ trailer. Backing was a HUGE PITA. But I suspect the tractor/trailer will be a little easier because the “fulcrum point” is so much much further to the front…

Tumbleweed – in addition to making 4-wheelers ride in a rig – they should make them spend a week on the back of a MOTORCYCLE too – so they see how vulnerable WE are…

Again, GREAT SERIES Mike. Maybe I’ll have the time time to document my training experience as well as you have…

Rick

]]> By: Jim http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2009/02/after-my-graduation-final-thoughts-and-advice-for-those-considering-truck-driving-school/comment-page-1#comment-538 Jim Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:52:27 +0000 http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=512#comment-538 As a wise man once said "it's hard work making somehing look easy." While I've not entered training, and am not sure when I will. I have a small amount of knowledge from my step dad driving tow trucks. It's not as easy as it looks. As a wise man once said “it’s hard work making somehing look easy.” While I’ve not entered training, and am not sure when I will. I have a small amount of knowledge from my step dad driving tow trucks. It’s not as easy as it looks.

]]> By: Tumbleweed http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2009/02/after-my-graduation-final-thoughts-and-advice-for-those-considering-truck-driving-school/comment-page-1#comment-536 Tumbleweed Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:21:42 +0000 http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=512#comment-536 Trucker Mike - "Going into training thinking it will be easy because you have the stereotype of toothless uneducated truck drivers in your mind will give you a whole new respect for everything truck driving entails." Excellent post, Mike! I'm quoting above what you said close to the end of this post. This is where most "4-wheelers" get their adverse opinions of truck drivers. Even though we are the safest, most professional drivers on the road, they still have this idea that it's a no-brainer and that only idiots are behind the wheel. Those of you who have to go through the CDL schools find that it's not as easy as it looks. I sometimes wish that the "driver education" for "4-wheelers" also included a two-week stint just riding in a truck so that they could see what we see and why we do the things we do in the big truck going down the highway! Keep up the good work! And congratulations again! Trucker Mike – “Going into training thinking it will be easy because you have the stereotype of toothless uneducated truck drivers in your mind will give you a whole new respect for everything truck driving entails.”

Excellent post, Mike! I’m quoting above what you said close to the end of this post. This is where most “4-wheelers” get their adverse opinions of truck drivers. Even though we are the safest, most professional drivers on the road, they still have this idea that it’s a no-brainer and that only idiots are behind the wheel. Those of you who have to go through the CDL schools find that it’s not as easy as it looks.

I sometimes wish that the “driver education” for “4-wheelers” also included a two-week stint just riding in a truck so that they could see what we see and why we do the things we do in the big truck going down the highway!

Keep up the good work! And congratulations again!

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