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Las Vegas , NV
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In CDL School
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Posted: 3 days, 14 hours ago
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Happy for u Andrey. Best of luck to you.
I started driving for a local LTL company this Monday. So far I am very glad. The biggest difference for me is how there is no need to deal with dock people, always waiting for a door, and then for loading/unloading. I don't know, maybe it is a local New England thing, but 100% of time I drive to the dock, back into any available door, walk in, open my trailer door (yes, it is a roll up door), and then either let someone use their fork lift, or use my pallet jack myself. Stops are therefore about 5-10 minutes each. It does get complicated sometimes to drive through these tiny skinny towns, but why not view it as a free chance to practice? :-) Backing is sometimes tough too, a lot of these warehouses were probably built before first trucks hit local roads... Overall, I like this job much more than my previous regional 5-2.
Posted: 5 days ago
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The first guy I talked to I think was the terminal manager or something and he told me to talk to that guy the ops manager who is dealing with hiring. I can try and see if they have recruiters or if I can contact hr. I wish u did bro lol
What they want and what they can get are 2 different things, I'd try talking to HR or a recruiter if they have one. The opps guy probably wants that so they can hit the ground running instead of training and breaking in a newbie.
Unfortunately, nobody I know has any pull over there since it is well outside our region.
Posted: 5 days, 3 hours ago
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Thanks.
Ya I was surprised I’ve had others there tell me they will consider hiring from school to. The ops manager I talked to yesterday said they were looking for someone with 4-5 years experience I was like wtf. That’s a bit drastic. I even applied to the driver trainer program. I’ve been putting in apps everywhere. I’m still gonna put more in at od. Yes Vegas
Sorry about that.
4 years? That is a new one for me usuallyit's at most a year or a graduate of a approved school. This is the Vegas terminal right? They must have a lot of drivers there because around here they had to drop some of the requirements in order to find people.
Posted: 5 days, 21 hours ago
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Well bobcat talked to od they said they want more experience. He said they want 4+ years but I’m sure after 1 year of experience I can get in
Congratulations!
Hopefully you are able to get in on Monday with OD!
Posted: 1 week, 1 day ago
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🙏🏼
Congratulations!
Hopefully you are able to get in on Monday with OD!
Hope so boss. They said to call Monday to talk to ops manager to set up interview. Hopefully I’ll b a lucky one lol
Congratulations!
Hopefully you are able to get in on Monday with OD!
Kudos, RYNE !!!
~ Anne ~
Posted: 1 week, 1 day ago
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Hope so boss. They said to call Monday to talk to ops manager to set up interview. Hopefully I’ll b a lucky one lol
Congratulations!
Hopefully you are able to get in on Monday with OD!
Posted: 1 week, 1 day ago
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I feel u there I was a class b holder for a while to lol thanks.
Congrats, man! Glad to hear it!
As a class-B holder, I'm living through all of you vicariously, lol!
Congratulations Ryne, now the real learning starts. Hopefully you get a good trainer.
Thanks. That’s true. I’ve yet to decide on a company. Trying for old dominion freight lines
Posted: 1 week, 1 day ago
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Thank you sir.
We knew you would.
Congratulations!
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Posted: 1 week, 1 day ago
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I talked to od they said to call back Monday to talk to a operations manager. They r currently hiring for line haul and a couple p&d spots.
Congratulations!
Good luck on the test!
Posted: 1 week, 1 day ago
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Yes that is true. Ya maybe lol but thanks. Well it’s was much easier at this school location then at the dmv. Just glad to be done with it.
Gratz man! Its not how many times we get knocked down but how many times we get back up. Took me 6 tries to finally get it, looks like you learn a tad bit faster than I do lol, seriously grats!
Posted: 1 week, 1 day ago
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Hey everyone I passed!!! I finally did it! So stoked right now!!
Posted: 1 week, 1 day ago
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Yes sir. But good news we aren’t doing a alley dock we’ll do parallel which I’m comfortable with. Test is in 2 hours. Getting practice now.
PackRat chips in:
Don't forget to use as many free GOALs as allowed. Things look different from behind the trailer.
This is true. But, Fun Fact: a third pull up is one point, a third pull up after an encroachment means 3 points. "Pay" the extra point and be safer,
Posted: 1 week, 2 days ago
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Yes sir. Thanks! I got this!
Good luck!
Remember, the license doesn't say how many attempts it took, all it says it you passed!
Posted: 1 week, 2 days ago
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Yes sir I will this time lol. These instructors and there way of doing it is so much better then in Vegas. I’m feeling good
Don't forget to use as many free GOALs as allowed. Things look different from behind the trailer.
Posted: 1 week, 2 days ago
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Awesome thanks for that sir! I was just frustrated the first time and wasn’t thinking but looking back if I would of just stopped and took a breath I would of passed it. But live and learn and do better the next time.
Rune, I teach CDL classes.
Just yesterday one student passed the skills alley dock with FOUR pull-ups! The pull ups (first two "free") helped him avoid any encroachments. Remember, pull ups are one point, encroachments are two points plus a pull up.
Posted: 1 week, 2 days ago
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A Few Questions about Day-to-Day Life
There are some companies that do that it’s usually in ltl jobs. It’s called slip seating.
RealDiehl and G-Town,
Thanks--and nice! I'm not sure where I got the impression that as a company driver you get put into a different truck for each run, but it's nice to know that's not generally the deal. I'm sure it's nice to get settled in a bit and used to your particular truck and set-up.
And good to know about the options while driving down the road. I know the hours get loooong... but so do my Zoom meetings and spreadsheets currently. Anyway, even apart from career decisions, I always find these kind of actual work life details fascinating... what people's jobs are *actually* like.
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Posted: 11 hours, 7 minutes ago
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My experience with Wilson Logistics training program
I think you have to click go after