Comments By Papa Bear

Thanks everyone. I'm so happy i can help others such as Hammer, Reyn, and Colin. Drivers from this formum and Prime helped me immensely and I really want to extend that to others.

Love youz guyz

Matt, it probably is smaller, but i have big hands for a woman lol

You been a big part in me telling the PRIME Recruiter yes. Maybe I can say thank you in person one day.

Today I received my award for 2 years of On Time Delivery. The gold ring has a diamond and my initials engraved. As additional awards, they will embed additional diamonds. I am eligible for a second diamond in April. Pretty Sweet!!! Previous awards included money, jackets amd leather duffle bags.

I thought it important to point out that proper time management and trip planning can lead to constamt OTD as well as trust from dispatch. With the right attitude and communication with dispatch, OTD over long periods is absolutely doable. As with most things in trucking, it is about self discipline and personal responsibilty.Its okay to mess up, but accept it and learn from it. Why were you late and how do you prevent it next time?

It also shows people who claim mega carriers do not care about their drivers and treat us as just numbers are wrong. I always feel appreciated and like family.Its amazing that 18 years at the USPS, I never got anything like this. I usually didnt even get a thank you and often had to argue with management to process the mail correctly. what a change

So hang in there and learn that trip planning

Congratulations.

I don't get that cause I was told any division would work fine cause company would let you take truck home I think tanker was only division that was limited

Man it was really close between prime and cfi and I mean super close so close I hope I picked wisely

Best of luck to you! I'm not far behind you. I'm heading to train with CFI on Saturday. I am nervous and excited as well.

Alright it's time this Saturday I'm taking the famous bus ride to Springfield, MO for my prime orientation beyond nervous got my BP naturally down to under 140/90 heart rate back down and I'm beyond nervous but yet excited all at the same time I think reality is setting in about being away from my wife and kids but I'm pushing on I know what division im wanting and my plans with prime are in my head.

Woooooo!!!! Here we go

I'm sure you did! I looked at Prime too but was limited to flatbed because of where I live and wanted to start with dry van. The other good thing is that there is more than one good choice.

So i needed to reschedule my appointment because of the Company I'm working at now. So i have another week getting things ready before heading to Springfield.

Where you leaving from I am leaving from Tennessee

Alright it's time this Saturday I'm taking the famous bus ride to Springfield, MO for my prime orientation beyond nervous got my BP naturally down to under 140/90 heart rate back down and I'm beyond nervous but yet excited all at the same time I think reality is setting in about being away from my wife and kids but I'm pushing on I know what division im wanting and my plans with prime are in my head.

Woooooo!!!! Here we go

Now isnt that awesome. If you look i posted just about a hour ago. I got the Ok from Prime to take the Bus Ride Saturday Night. And yes beyond nervous hits the nail, so to speak.

Im going from South Carolina.

Alright it's time this Saturday I'm taking the famous bus ride to Springfield, MO for my prime orientation beyond nervous got my BP naturally down to under 140/90 heart rate back down and I'm beyond nervous but yet excited all at the same time I think reality is setting in about being away from my wife and kids but I'm pushing on I know what division im wanting and my plans with prime are in my head.

Woooooo!!!! Here we go

Now isnt that awesome. If you look i posted just about a hour ago. I got the Ok from Prime to take the Bus Ride Saturday Night. And yes beyond nervous hits the nail, so to speak.

So after thinking i was all set, now this call and Email changes everything. I'm not sure if I'm happy, scared or everything at ones. So what happened? I just got a call from Prime INC telling me i was accepted and can start on the 8th. I'm so nervous now, because after waiting so long i thought Prime was out of the picture. I know we have allot of proud Prime drivers her, so every information is appreciated. I know i need to decide now there is not much time, to make my decision. A really anxious Papa Bear.

So i came along this you tube Video

Personally, I think you will save yourself a lot of trouble and worry by "just saying no" to Youtube during your time of preparation for this career. I get it, and understand completely why people dig through all that stuff, but my personal experience with starting this career was that 99% of what you're going to be seeing on their is a complete waste of time.

Oh i should cleared this up oldschool, you tube is not my source of information for any of this. The only thing i use you tube for is Entertainment. If i have questions or there is something in my way to this new career, the only source of information are the people her. And i have to say even her in the Forums i learned to sort people in and out, like you for a instance i know that your information comes from heart and is to the best of your knowledge. So what I'm trying to say is. when you tell me something i know to listen, i hope that gets over what I'm trying to say.

This youtube Video i watched just reminded me that i wanted to ask about the bad weather advice you guys have. Because going slow and look ahead, or if in doubt stop, in a safe place to do so. Just saying this because her in the south people think if there is a snowflake the best thing to do is stop on a street and go home, like if the roads where just a parking place during snow/ice. If you cant make it yes i would stop and let the company know the Road is at the moment not safe, so the load will be there as soon as i can drive safe.

So yes in basic i know what to do, but i was wondering what other advice experienced people have on the topic in my first post. Because this happened to me in my car. I went up a hill and no problem till a car in front of me hit his breaks, for what reason ever i don't know. This left me stranded in the middle of a hill, in my car no problem, a little scary but no Problem. When my car started to slide backwards, i just made sure nobody was behind me. Then i went with the slide by just making sure i keep control of the situation, till the car got traction again. Because i new i couldn't make it up this small hill without having enough momentum in the start, i turned the car in a drive way and used another road home.

In a 18 wheeler we are talking in a complete unknown situation for me, so i just wondered. What stories, information and Tips the Truckers have on this.

So i came along this you tube Video. You Tube Video

I lived in Germany for a long, long time. So driving in Snow and Ice isn't new to me. I was just wondering and couldn't find any answers to this, what you gonna do if you get stuck on a hill? I mean there can be a million reasons for this, another vehicle in front of you does something stupid and doesn't make it up the hill. Then you lose your momentum, just one of many examples i could think of. So the Truck, if your lucky stands on the hill(worst case it starts sliding back), what you gonna do if you cant get it moving or if the worst case happens?

I told you i gonna come up with some stuff over time, wail I'm learning to get in to this new World.

Congrats Curtis !! After getting my permit it feels so surreal. It’s like this is it. I’m actually doing it !

Congratulations

Papa bear...keep in mind that Roehl has a couple of recruiters who deal only with the GYCDL program. The one I dealt with was Kim Calhoun. She was very professional and everything she said was correct. Maybe Brad passed you on to someone else.

Good luck. I start back with Roehl on 1/22 and am looking forward to seeing how things turnout.

I still hope that my Recruiter maybe just took some vacation over Christmas, but still needing info and can’t get it is hard.