Profile For Linda M.

I am not sure but I think he might of got the atlas.. I got the Rand McNally Gps,, I got a reburbished on to save some money.. He has been from OK to Seattle,, then to San diego, then Dallas, then too Miami,, now NC.. Hopefully home in Pa for Christmas.

What is everyones recommended GPS? I think that is what I will get him .. he said he is going to need one..thanks, and any other ideas?

I posted before about my son and his trainer.. Well things have improved and so far so good. He as been from one coast to the other. I am not sure that he will be finished training and in his own truck by Christmas or not.. He said he will need a truck gps,, but then heard the QUALCOMM will have gps in them next year? What other ideas would be good for truckers? I know he will want a tv eventurally? What size? what do you do for keeping food cold? small fridge? thanks

Thanks for the replies. I appreciate it. Yesterday was an 18 hour day so I guess they are team driving. He is only supposed to be in training for 3 weeks. That does not seem long enough to me to learn all you need to know.. I know that he is tired and I don't think prepared to run everyday for so long and no breaks at all. He was a Marine for 5 years so I know he can handle it.. He just wants to get thru the training and get solo. I hope it all works out.. He wants to do OTR for about a year and then move back out west. He loved it there when he was living there while on active duty.. He would like to get a regional route out that way.. Thanks again.. ps, he didn't say whether or not the trainer was still pushing him to drive faster,, so hopefully when the trainer saw that he wasn't going to do that he gave up..

I am asking this as I have a son that decided to make a career move and went got his CDL with privately. He got hired on with a flatbed company and is out on the road with his trainer.. He texts when he can and some of the things he says his trainer has him doing seems excessive. The trainer has told him numerous times that his wife lost her job and he needs to keep the truck moving and rack up as many miles as he can. He even got upset at my son a few times because he was going the speed limit and he was telling him to go faster and get "some miles in" I think he is kinda having my son team drive with him to rack up more miles and they are doing 18 hours some days.. is this normal? I don't want him to hate truck driving because of a trainer that is pushing him too much.. He said driving 10 hours on his first and second day was scary which I am sure is normal but when you are being told you are going to slow??? I just wanted to hear how other trainers did things? I have been reading here for months with him, he too comes here to read but I know he doesn't have time now.. you have lots of great info..