Comments By Amiel V.

I just started my second week at IITR in Albany, Or. Today we began learning and running through our pretrip inspection. I feel pretty sure about the parts of the truck but I am having a little trouble with the inside cab stuff, specifically the brake check. I have only been driving, in general, for a year. Everything I have driven has been an automatic. I plan on going to May trucking for orientation, training and work. I do plan on requesting to train and work with automatics only. My instructor says that it would be better to stay with a manual for my first six monta just so I will always remember how to do it but I hate manual transmissions and believe that being stuck driving a truck with one would make my time as a driver stressful and irritating. Does anyone have any good tips for me? Wha should I plan to take with me once I start training? I am also an online student in criminal justice and plan on doing that while training and driving as well. I only have a year left for my bachelors and then two years for my masters. Should I make it clear to my trainer that I will need at least an hour a day to have accessible internet for my studies?

The school is very flexible. As a student i have an entire week to complete quizzes, read a chapter from the subject material, attend a seminar and do any assignments that there may be that week. I can easily do a lot of it from my phone and laptop. I just need direct internet access when submitting my assignments.

I am going into trucking school with an open mind. This is my chance to learn from professionals and i will do everything I can to learn everything they throw at me, even clutching!

My plan is yo stick with May trucking for a year and then use that experience to look for a local job so that I can be home more often. With May i will be out two to three weeks with one day at home at a time.

Hey guys! My name is Ty. On august 3rd I will start attending trucking school at iitr in albany, oregon. After that i will start working for May trucking based out of salem oregon. I just have a few questions that maybe you guys can help me with. Would being an otr trucker make it difficult for my two toddlers at home? Do i really have to share a truck with someone else to be trained? Is there any possible way to get an automatic truck instead of a manual? I have an insanely difficult time with the concept of clutching. I am desperate for a job and this seems like the only option right now but I am also worried about missing out on my kids growing up. Since i am an online college student is it possible to do school work at truck stops?

That is all for now! Thank you.