Comments By Simo

I wish someone can advice me if he/she been there

i sent you a pm with info

It would be nice if you would present the information publicly so others can learn from it.

For sure I will share my experience with everyone when I star my orientation

I'm going to orientation by next month for melton at tulsa terminal. Plzz any advice how it goes etc. Anything it will he appreciated

Scooter- I am currently going through orientation with Melton and while I cannot really answer to the specifics of your questions I can say that they are a great company and very honest about everything. Now I do know that he can use his GI bill here as OTJ training for up to 1 year. I just filled out the paperwork for that today. So that'll be a bit of extra cash in my pocket every month. If he has to come to Tulsa for orientation a couple of the instructors here are Vets and all of them are pretty good guys. The orientation is really good and they get into stuff that most companies never talk about. Like today we had a class on the realities of trucking and the family issues that can come with it. They talked about things the driver really needs to consider as far as making sure things go as smoothly as possible. I'm sure being an Army wife you guys have been through some of those sort of lectures. Most of what we work on is trip planing, load securement and tarping. You'll hear a very few folks here and there complain about it being so easy to be kicked out of orientation. We started with 23 and are down to 17 today. A couple left because they realized flatbedding just wasn't for them. The rest were sent home for completely legitimate reasons. The ones they sent home they even gave a bus ticket.

I wish someone can advice me if he/she been there

Thank you I'm ready for this challenge I will do my best in orientation

Simo, Welcome to the forum!

Is this your first trucking job? If so, you've made an excellent choice as a starting point for a flat-bed driving position. I hear a lot of good things from our members who have gone through Melton's orientation and new driver training.

There's no reason for them to send you home unless you have your own issues. If you can pass a drug test and physical, and demonstrate a good strong work ethic while getting along with the others there you will be just fine. The reason you hear about people getting sent home is that most people trying to get started in this are totally unprepared for what they are getting into. It's always tough at the beginning, so just hang on and expect a tough ride at first. After a few months it will get easier.

Here's some valuable resources for you to check out.

• Truck Driver's Career Guide
• Brett's Book: The Raw Truth About Trucking (free online version)
• High Road Training Program

Next month,I'm going for orientation in melton terminal at tulsa OK. But after lots of research aboUT training orientation stuff. I saw alots of people got denied for some reason. My problem I don't want to be in situation . I just got my cdl like 2 months ago. Plzz any advice it will be appreciated