Comments By Mike H.

If I ever end up with a purple truck I'm naming her " plumb crazy". Mopar guys will get that reference.

Well, picked her up a little while ago but here she is.

Black Cherry Nora.

Brett is correct, you don't need a drop yard or terminal to get you home. Your dispatcher will get you a load heading close to home then you will either bob tail home or have an empty trailer with you.

When I have an empty i park at a truck stop close to home and grab a taxi

Your amount of time off really depends on your dispatcher,mine is awesome. She dosent do the one day for one week, her policy is take the time you need as long as you stay productive on the road.

First off, hey! Haven't seen ya for a while! How ya been! Lol ok I know, I've been pretty scarce myself

Second, deep breaths MG. Deep breaths. I know how hard you fought and struggled to get where you are, and you've had a few setbacks, but you continue to move forward. Like you said, you do tend to over think things, but you got this. You'll make this work.

Realist , it's not so much about what is said, but what is unsaid. If I'm going through pre trip with 4 or 5 students, are you engaging and asking questions? Or just folowing along. Be proactive and be where the instructors are, ask lots of questions.

PapaG unfortunatley those trainers are out there, I had one for tnt training at prime and I was just someone to help pad his wallet. Fortunately my primary or PSD trainer was excellent, a 25 year veteran with lots of insight.

I'm not exactly sure how to fix that problem, but I would like to see training standardized nationwide which, I admit would be difficult since all states cdl training is not exactly the same

I was in trainer certification class with Daniel and he's absolutely right. Around wed that week I went to campus inn and went prospecting. Here's what that means.

I'm looking for a student that's sharp, ready to learn and has everything in order ready to go. I had a few candidates picked out and took them to the shifting range to see how they would do.

I also saw some current week students on Friday at prime east, taking them around the pad and getting them started on shifting, this was also a test. How are they at handling the vehicle, can they follow directions, how easy do they get rattled. In the end I think I picked the right student and so far it's been a good experience for the both of us.

Just finished up training to become a cdl instructor for prime and will be hittin the road with a student tomirrow.

Cool thing was, Daniel B and Ken C went through the same instructor class as I did this week.

It's been a fun week gentlemen. It was good to meet the both of you

Tell you what, here's my cell 515-491-4139. Let me know if you want to meet up somewhere. I'm at the lease office today getting a full size truck

I like the way you think

" the dude abides"