Comments By Amber L.

So the hoses where attached to the bar across the back when I did my pre trip in the morning all high enough to not get caught and not to tight. But somehow during driving they came off the bar and got caught under the tires during the turn thus pulling them out of the truck, the glad hand connections were still connected.

The way my trainer said it made me think this was a problem on lots of trucks, which I thought it's not going to be on mine! I'll figure out a way to make it not one!

But now with what you all are saying it sounds like it was something he could have fixed but didn't and look where that got us!

Walking around the yard today I saw all different configurations of how the lines are held up, I just know ours will not be able to come off from a darn bump!!

Errol thanks for explaining that the trailer would just pull you to a stop, I was afraid with the rain and all it would skid and swing out but i see now what you mean about the truck still going faster. Not as scary but people behind you might find it quite surprising!!

Viking, planning on making sure this can't happen on our truck. The brakes locked up so fast and I was only going slowly around a corner, on the highway at say 60 wouldn't your trailer skid pretty quickly especially with rain?? Wouldn't the trailer jacknife?? How do you correct that with no way to release the brakes??

Packrat, I thought it sounded weird but that's what he said. The airlines came off the truck not the trailer. Like the mechanism that holds the springs that hold them off the cat walk came off. Like I said we will be making sure this isn't possible on our truck.

So I posted most of this only training diary but thought it might be worth it to post this here so more newbies might see it. I've tried to condense the story down a bit.

I did my pre trip in the morning at about 3am everything was good to go. I headed out and drove a couple hours to our drop off. One of the things I was surprised about was how ruff some of the freeways are!! That morning I hit a good one that made me catch air in the seat and I was only doing 50, it was raining hard and still dark out. So not long after that bump I get off the freeway and I am making the turn onto the street where the yard is and there is a loud bang and the truck immediately feels weird!! My trainer is up immediately and I have already put my hazard lights on when I realize we are loosing air pressure. It's dark out and my trainer yelled at me to stop when he was getting up so we have ended up stopped in the middle of the road. I hop out to see what had happened, some how our air line came loose and when I turned they got caught under the tires and ripped them out of the truck. My trainer said the mechanism they have to hold the airlines up has a flaw that when you hit big bumps it can unhook and leave them dangling!!!! He said it had happened just the other day while I was sleeping!!! So we had a 43000lbs load so we couldn't drag the trailer out of the road. Set out our triangles and called breakdown, we were there for about an hour before a mechanic got there, he caged the trailer brakes and we eased on into our destination.

Now I'm new but the fact that the airlines can come loose from hitting a bump scared the sh** out of me!! I mean if those airlines had gotten torn out on the freeway that could have been a major accident!!! I mean there are a lot of bumps out there!!!

I saw Susan had posted a safety quiz about a steer tires blowing. So what would the seasoned drivers say about having your airlines ripped out while traveling on a freeway in the dark with it raining hard?? What is the proper response?? Especially with a 43000lbs load??

Thank you old school!!

I forgot to mention the very scary thing that happened. I did my pre trip in the morning at about 3am, one of the few I had time for, everything was good to go. I headed out and drove a couple hours to our drop off. One of the things I was surprised about was how ruff some of the freeways are!! That day I hit a good one that made me catch air in the seat and I was only doing 50, it was raining hard and still dark out. So not long after that bump I get off the freeway and I am making the turn onto the street where the yard is and there is a loud bang and the truck immediately feels weird!! My trainer is up immediately and I have already put my hazard lights on when I realize we are loosing air pressure. It's dark out and my trainer yelled at me to stop when he was getting up so we have ended up stopped in the middle of the road. I hop out to see what had happened, some how our air line came loose and when I turned they got caught under the tires and ripped them out of the truck. My trainer said the mechanism they have to hold the airlines up has a flaw that when you hit big bumps it can unhook and leave them dangling!!!! He said it had happened just the other day while I was sleeping!!! So we had a 43000lbs load so we couldn't drag the trailer out of the road. Set out our triangles and called breakdown, we were there for about an hour before a mechanic got there, he caged the trailer brakes and we eased on into our destination.

Now I'm new but the fact that the airlines can come loose from hitting a bump scared the sh** out of me!! I mean if those airlines had gotten torn out on the freeway that could have been a major accident! We were thinking of taking a good look at the system they have on our trucks and figuring out how to make this not a issue. I mean there are a lot of bumps out there!!!

I saw Susan had posted a safety quiz about a steer tires blowing. So what would the seasoned drivers say about having your airlines ripped out while traveling on a freeway in the dark with it raining hard?? What is the proper response??

Whew!!! Training was demanding! Took 3 weeks for me to get a trainer, ended up with the one I had requested.

He was decent, one thing I wasn't super happy with was him changing my duty status for me all the time not allowing me to get used to doing it myself, I said something a couple times but it didn't change so I know I need to work on that.

We did a pre trip the first day then never again together, I did one or two on my own when I had the time but was so rushed or he would say he did one, never really did a post trip, talked about it but didn't actually do it. We did pre trip the trailers we picked up, found bent/broken cross members, flat tires and brake lining's that were very thin and cracked, we didn't take those trailers and I got to learn how to report those issues.

He was super impressed with my backing so we did just a little practice mainly on the 45 because we didn't do those at the school I went to (it's not on the FL exam) I feel like I know what to do with backing I'm just very slow with it which is fine, slow is safe.

I had to get 175 driving hours to complete training, it took just over 3weeks. I'm set to upgrade to driver status tomorrow!!! So hopefully all goes well there! Not exactly sure what will happen next my husband and I are set for home time till the 28th so I don't know if we will be pulled off of that early or what. We tried to do all the shopping for our truck yesterday (Christmas Eve) so hopefully if we do get pulled off early we are ready!

So excited about starting with my husband!! I think we will be really good together out there. I can't say how thankful I am to have found this site, it has prepared me for so much and I love the community here!! I hope I can find the time and energy to keep up with it out in the road training was a little too demanding to want to try for me.

My husband and I just started at us Xpress. We are both trainee's, he is upgrading today as he got his trainer first I have about a week left with my trainer. It's been a crazy busy experience mostly good. Pay attention to all the advice about checking your expectations, that has been some of the most helpful advice for me. Good luck and don't give up we can do this!!

Happy Thanksgiving!! My first with no family or friends to spend it with, but I will finally meet up with my trainer on Saturday and start this career!

I'm so thankful for this forum and all the people on here who have helped me!!!

So you should pee clean, different time lines for how much you smoke and metabolism etc. then wait at least 3months after that before doing a hair test. You can get at home anonymous kits for both at CVS so you can be sure before going to a test at a job. There is no reason to fail a test at a job if you use those resources. THC is the most unreliable in hair tests so just spend the money and check yourself before submitting for one on the job. Good luck

You can if Florida, it costs more than if you take them all at once.

Another cool appliance that I have been thinking about is the Ninja foodi or something like it. It's like an insta pot combined with an air fryer. It draws 1400w, probably more start up but I can't seem to find that info.

Here's the link https://www.amazon.com/Ninja-1400-Watt-TenderCrisp-Technology-OP301/dp/B07FDFP79J