Comments By Chad C.

Congratulations man!!!!

Definitely a fuse or break in the circuit. I'd have Prime take care of it next time you're in a position to. And as long as the dash plugs are working you'll still be able to charge your electronics until then.

Watkins Shepard is a fully automatic fleet. They do forced dispatch though and are based in Montana. They are also the only company I know that does not require you to go with a trainer when you are a new CDL graduate. They do a two week Missoula, MT training and then, assign you your own truck. It is then either sink or swim.

That's nuts!!! I'm going with sink or tumble down a mountainside lol!

I believe they can disclose things like that on your DAC Report.

Yea I wasn't sure because there's so many other laws that protect prospective employees from getting "black listed" by a former employer when leaving under bad terms. Thank you.

Does anyone know the laws that dictate weather or not a former employer can disclose your records to a potential employer in regards to non preventable incidents which did not go on your DOT record or CSA score? Meaning no accident report filed, no ticket or fine, no injuries, and no disabled vehicles.

I'm learning the hard way how precious being patient is in this industry, and how quickly expectations can derail you, so I understand what you're feeling. The vets are right, you can only control a few things on this equation so don't let it run away on you. And your company will make sure they get their money's worth out of the school and make sure you're qualified to begin driving for them. Companies aren't going to lose out on their investment (you) by any means. Hang in there and good luck to you.

I'm a rookie so my company put me in an 07 Mack with almost 1 million miles on the clock and doesn't seem excessively loud, and Macks probably aren't the most OTR friendly trucks when comes to driver comfort, so I'd think your truck noise level in the cab is probably safe, all just speculation though.

Thanks for the support and a good laugh too fellas! I'm my own worst critic and sometimes set my expectations and standards at an unrealistic level.

Any of you other OTR solo rookies feel you're the only rookie on the road, in a drop yard, or at a truck stop? Sometimes it feels that way to me. I have days when I can stick it in a dock on the first shot, then later the same I look a blind man backing a trailer lol.

So as the title says we started backing in school today I nailed the straight line packing no problem but I'm a little rusty with the offset after being out ofthe truck for 6 years it took me 1 pull up each of the 3 times I did it today but with practice I'll nail it with no problem come test day

Sounds like you're not that rusty at all. It'll come back to and you'll smash that test! Good luck!