Location:
Tangent, OR
Driving Status:
Experienced Driver
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I have been driving or been employed for approximately 34 years in the trucking industry. It has always been my dream throughout the years to own and operate my own school of truck driving. I have for many years seen the results of poor training that so many drivers have had. It has always been my goal to do my part to create a place where quality training is offered not just for the goal of the bottom line but to actually offer the trucking industry a place to learn what trucking is really about, too often a school will pass a student that is not ready to drive an 80,000 lb piece of equipment down our highways that could cause such a level of destruction and pain to so many in our society just from the simple fact that the training received was at a unsatisfactory level to meet the qualifications necessary to be a Professional Truck Driver. Thirty-five years of working in the trucking industry as a truck driver and company owner has provided exposure and working knowledge in multiple areas. Expertise with numerous types of equipment in the trucking industry include various types of trucks, transmissions, driving various terrains, and the use of many trailer types including flatbeds, refrigerated, tankers, lowboy, and many others. All of this know-how since 1978 has brought to the forefront an earnest desire to address the great need for better, more professional truck drivers. There are just too many current drivers who lack the necessary skills required to be a safe driver on our highways. There are current drivers and future drivers who need and definitely desire to be properly trained.
Posted: 10 years, 10 months ago
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Trucker wants to give back to the industry, pass on knowledge to new drivers
I have just joined Trucking Truth and I am very impressed with the way this site is laid out, I just want to let you know you did a wonderful job. I have been in trucking since 1978 and have had my own authority since 1995. I am ready to get off the road so I have decided to start my own driving school here in Oregon, {this is not an advertisement} just want you to know there is so much " Good Valuable" information on here I was surprised. I have been thinking for several years that I would like to share my many years of being a driver as well as having my own company with others and I got to thinking a driving school would be the best way I could give back to an industry that has given my family and myself so much. I have been waiting on my career School license from the Board of Education here in Oregon and it is not an easy task to start any school in Oregon. the standards are very high. I have been ready to open since June, 2013. there are 9 steps for a school in Oregon and I am on step 3, my curriculum is 2 reams of paper plus 8 other binders of information from Standards and Competencies, Admissions, Business Plan, Record keeping, etc...this is such an involved process, but I do believe it will be worth it in the coming days. I hope to open this spring as the process has just started moving along at a faster rate. As an advice site this is the best I have seen, many drivers will learn from the various experience I have seen on here and I as well will learn from the comments pertaining to the driving schools the drivers went through, I want to know what was the training lacking in. Need more backing time, more trip planing, log book practice, this is information that will help me to have a school that a student can be proud to have attended. I look forward to ideas of what my school should offer for a driver to be ready to be placed with a carrier. Thank you all and welcome to the wonderful world of trucking. This can be not just a job but an opportunity of a lifetime to eventually be your own boss, see the sites, meet new people. Good luck to you all. " Be the best you can, and you will be rewarded".