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Hey brian hope you update soon. interested in hearing how your biz. is doing .....rootin fer ya

Thats very cool ! what town and truck stop?

Congratulations Velma !!

Yes! try not to stress . you can get through the school . i had the same thoughts as i started my school but once you get in there you will feel better and gradually learn how to handle a truck and everything needed to get your cdl. good luck!

Great question! i have been thinking of jobs you can do while riding along too.. i think online stuff is the most obvious.. what about telemarketing? i know thats not a great job but its something or maybe some kind of school for computer work if not knowledgeable enough..

Hello all , just wanted to throw this out there .... I'm on my first reset starting last night and im ready for it..haha I felt like we were running pretty good last week but my trainer said we were taking it easy.. I guess i will build up tolerance for driving longer hours without breaks but right now im feeling good about 3 to 4 hours at a times.. I've learned alot so far and have alot to go but so far driving has been close to my expectations.. one thing thats irritating...MAN !! can i just pump some fuel in the tank without punching in 50 different numbers in the thing...lol.. but not paying for it is nice...showers so far have been cleaner then i thought they would be. my trainer is kinda old school he doesnt use a GPS ..company directions and an atlas . so i figure its a good thing to know the atlas and how to use it....i do plan on breaking my gps out maybe week 3 though to get use to using it...well im trying to keep it short so i will end it here....Peace JJ

Thanks Brett and Phox, ya i hope i have a good experience too , sounds like i will be out about a month with the trainer. hey Robert ya hopefully we can meet up sometime out there. glad to hear your getting the miles still.

Hang in there mike i just went through the same thing but like you said theres a few options out there. my first choice wsnt interested either but the next one was . good luck to you and keep us posted where you end up at.

Hey Carl , sorry to hear about your back, hopefully you will recover with this next surgery. My prayers are with you .

25 feet!!! aaawwhhh man so close . at least someone stopped to help ya with the fuel pump though...

just an update for everyone here, I got through orientation in phoenix last week . yes !! i will be heading out with a trainer when he arrives here in sparks sometime tomorrow or the next day. Im looking forward to finally getting out there on the road , it seems like its been such a long process to get this far and im excited ,anxious, nervous and well informed thanks to TT ....thanks again to everyone here at trucking truth i have read so much great info. you guys ROCK!

Lol, just saw this is a yr old thread.. i will have to catch up on 29 pages of reading ..

Thanks for starting this thread. i will be reading intently.. just starting out myself on my first job in trucking too but will be going regional after training..good luck too ya 6string

Congratulations!! sounds like you have made a good choice.. best wishes.

To bad you had to cut it short with Abigail. I am glad to hear your continuing this thread though. looking forward to seeing how you roll for another week. clearly we can stop and enjoy ourselves a little out there when we have something we want to see. i was hopeing this would be possible.

Sounds like good advise mr. Smith im going to try and remember to do this when i start out solo.

Good Job sunshine ! heck your starting a day before i am ..haha which company are you driving for?

Good Luck ! you got this!

Loving every minute of it, plenty of miles, working my clock and learning a lot along the way. I'm headed back to the house in the morning for home time this weekend, then right back at it.

Glad to hear your loving it and getting plenty of miles. I cant wait to get started !!

Welcome Jordan, Good Luck with Pride also If you want some great additional info and training check out the high road training program here. it helped me quite a bit.