Comments By Larry K.

What kind of fuel mileage is a good target/ expectation.

I get differant trucks larger, lightweights etc, just a kindageneral expectation.

I understand various companies reward better fuel mileage. Just eant to see what kind of target to shoot for during tnt phase.

Curious what is general thoughts on using music players ( cd playets, mp3 players, smart phone music players etc) with bluetooth earbuds/ earphones, while driving?

Come to the Prime side......

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Congrats Rainy.... keep em rolling..

Thanks, and yes, I get 250.00 bonus, and a free steak dinner, trainer gets 850.00.

Well, PSD is offically completed.

TRIFECTA BABY.

Much thanks to all here who offered tips, hints, suggestions, and flat out encouragement.

Now back to our regularly scheduled program on "What if"

You are the first student driver I have ever heard say; "parallel is easy." If so then the trouble you are having just might be all in your head cause if your skills are at a point where parallel is no problem, then you clearly have what it takes to handle everything else.

Good luck...!

Most definatly all in my head, thats what is crazy. 😩

Oh, and currently the only piece of the CDL skills test im concerned with failing, is the ally dock back up test.

Again - I'd opine (and it would probably be IN YOUR CONTRACT) that if you can't get the skills down enough to pass a CDL test, you might find at least some forgiveness from the company as far as your debt goes.

Rick

And again, dont read anymore into the question than was asked, these hypothetical question comes from more than just this forum, lots talk about bonehead moves, costing them their jobs, some even comment on how much more is involved on OTR driving, indicating maybe it isnt for them ( and yes even in this forum). Then they just disappear, so what happened? Quit, failed, accident, anger management issues, the list is wide and varied.

So I posed the question, what happens with them, their contract, and yes, i get if they simply walk, but that was not the question, what if the COMPANY requests they walk?

Now Prime, Swift, and larger companies do no strike me as outfits that would indebt someone, let ( not cause) a student to fail, then hold their feet to the proverbial fire so to speak.

Again, all hypothecal "what if " questions/scenarios.

What would stop an outfit from doing something like that?

Get it? A Hypothecal query.

Nothing more, nothing less, while still being quite a complex issue.

Oh, and currently the only piece of the CDL skills test im concerned with failing, is the ally dock back up test.

Dude - everybody learns how to do this eventually. And even for veterans - it may not be pretty - but as long as you get it in and don't hit anything, you're good.

I'd think you'd be more concerned with the parallel park. Most folks I know can barely parallel park a CAR - much less a 60 foot plus tractor and trailer rig.

The alley dock is something you will have to do almost every day of your career (or at least the days you are at shippers/receivers). Most trainers will bring their guys back to practice on the pad a day or two before their skills test.

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Again - I'd opine (and it would probably be IN YOUR CONTRACT) that if you can't get the skills down enough to pass a CDL test, you might find at least some forgiveness from the company as far as your debt goes.

Rick

Wow, guess im backwards, parrellel was easy, hell he had me doing them in an unlit lot tonight 😨

I get that the 90 deg. Is pretty much a staple, just dont make it any easier for passing the skills test ☺

For what ever reason, the cones yada, yada, yada, By today i was able to get it with only 2 to 4 points inside the time limit, course in real life the s/r is not gonna tell ya you only have 7 minutes to dock, and score ya. May not be a super backer, but i can hit all but the tight spots at TS,s at night ( a common refrain i hear on here).

And yes, the day or two practice stop is exactly what am doing now, we have a very large group feeding through prime, so pad time is difficult to acquire right now.

They are building more pad space, but thats not helpful right now.

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