Comments By Papa Pig

What were the liftgate issues? Walco or one of the max pro? It wasn’t always possible but I did my best to learn how to fix as much liftgate stuff as I could on the fly because road breakdown didn’t seem to know crap or Sunday Evenings when we didn’t have anyone in the trailer shop

I wouldn’t rent a uhaul and have no idea how a rangefinder would help. I think you may be overthinking. Remember be calm. You shouldn’t get any points on straightline , and maybe have to use one extra pull-up on offset.

Don’t hit any cones, and use your get out and look while saving one for final position. Even though you are only given 2 free pull-ups, you could potentially pull up more than 10 times and still pass. Remember most times on the 90 you need to pull up to the left . When using a pull-up ensure that you are looking in your mirror while pulling up instead of ahead On the alley dock when you get your trailer initially cut in the lane ,you turn your wheel and when the tractor is straight in front of the trailer .. stop…get out and look. If you don’t have room to keep swinging pull up a bit.

When training my students as they get frustrated while shifting , hitting curbs, drivin in general.. I like to tell them “ drive with your brain and your eyes” leave your emotions out of the equation. The same thing can be said with posting on the internet. Take a breath , not everyone is gonna agree with you. Doesn’t mean the whole site is bad nor that all of your ideas are bad

I worked for Werner for a bit and would still be there if i didn’t need to get off the road. I did not use road master but I had a friend who did . I think they put you through the school and you pay it back through payroll deduction. Don’t quite me on that and talk to a recruiter.

As far as the company itself I enjoyed working there and did not feel micromanaged. If you are reliable and safe they stay off your case

And of course once you get straight. Don’t be in a rush. I’m sure you already figured out this hack but slide tandems ALL the way forward backing into that pos store lol . I would def get safety ti see about that one being an front door delivery

Is that store a mandatory and does it have a restriction size on it. To me that should be a 45 or 48 foot restricted trailer. It should say on the stop line of your paperwork. From looking at the overhead and then Seeing street view they either remodeled that store and changed the parking lot because I bet that they designed it originally to be driven around. I would not be surprised to see if that store wasn’t supposed a front door delivery at one point due to the safety reasons and that the dms weezled their way out of it. There isn’t FD anywhere on the paperwork is there?

Definitely the previous gentlemen have the correct advice for how I would approach it. But I would definitely bring it up to safety. That stop should be a front door mandatory delivery.They put those boulders there because trucks were having. I choice but to pull up in that area. I wouldn’t be surprised if many drivers hadnt ripped off a bumper there.

A year is a Long time to go on that account. If Schneider is anything like Werner you will be fine. Safety asks the dispatchers what kind of driver you are. That is always considered. It’s a blow to your pride . Learn from it and move on bro. You are doing a good job. A driver once told me (driving in general not just dg) that it’s not really a matter of if you mess something up but when and how bad. Lol Get back on the horse cowboy

I loved that truck stop. Drove by it a couple of times a week when I was still with Werner. Delivered to Tenn quite often

Does that mean a name change? (Heartless express’s biggest fan?)

Johnny

I think that paid training from a company would definitely be your best option. That way you can get pre checked out in the employment history and have an answer before you spend thousands of dollars on a school. Good luck!