Profile For Steven H.

Lol thanks animal needed that laugh almost stopped training to go home but i didnt have the money grandmother died saturday at 5 am but with that being said i drove today.

First half went smooth was coming up on the on ramp to 380 in 10th about to get over when a car swoops out and cuts me off ok no prob... took the exit made a circle and tried again guy actually blocked for me gotta love those but i passed got my cdl now waiting for a lead

I retest Monday she other than that i would have passed with no points Just crazy glad i didn't smash the guy i know i can drive that truck Just got to do it again instructors are going to bring me in and let run the Trucks up and down the route give me something to do

Well passed pti and backing but failed driving

Stalled the truck but it was a extenuating circumstance Was coming to the train tracks saw the workers they weren't moving So i slowed down but kept driving one came to stop traffic And i had to stop quickly and stalled would have still passed But i forgot to turn on my hazards while i tried to start the truck

Been awhile since I've posted been busy testing and class so I'll update on my progress

Week 1 was all testing getting all that out of the way first shot

Week 2 this where the fun began day one i learned shifting picked it up quick considering i never drove a standard before That same i day i did so well they put me under a trailer 53 footer and on the road

Day 2 backing straight line offset and 90 the 90 gave me fits for a little while but i eventually got it in the bag

Day 3 was the a mixture of the two driving around in town and backing

Day 4 they took me on the dot route 16 miles the night before it snowed and the roads where iced Never spun a tire perfect drive no points

Day 5 i made most of the runs to fuel the trucks and all my instructors Are surprised that i never have drove a stick or a rig they swear its in my blood And i have so much fun driving i feel like a kid in the candystore

Off tomorrow and i test for my cdl Thursday if i pass I'll be hitting the road

Drive safe truckers

Well i begin training with CRST in the morning on the last leg of my 24 hour bus ride from Jackson ms to cedar rapids ia about time :) a new chapter and hopefully a brighter one

Congratulations Steven! Very exciting isn't it?

Here's a tip - when you start your orientation observe the people who are there with you. Trust me, there are gonna be a few knuckleheads there. They will either be the ones that know way more than the instructors, or they will be the ones that you will be wondering why they even bothered to show up in the first place. Avoid them, don't let the instructors associate you as being one of them. You're not there to make friends, you're there to learn to drive big trucks. If you come across someone that seems to want this as badly as you do, you might want to get to know them a little better because they just might turn out to be someone that you would like to team with once you get put in a truck.

Again, Congratulations, and best of luck to you!

;) Thanks old school I'll keep that in mind.. I just hope my team driver likes making money as much as me

Well crst got me in for this Monday already have my bus ticket and everything hope everything goes well ready to hit the road seems like it's calling to me

So, are you headed to Cedar Rapids, or do you already have a CDL?

Dave

Yep cedar rapids going to be so different for me I'm from southern ms so huge temperature difference it's negative 3 their now

Well CRST got me in for this Monday already have my bus ticket and everything hope everything goes well ready to hit the road seems like it's calling to me

Little baby boys...ya'll are just little baby boys !!!

ah...now I feel better....this cold weather is making me cranky..I really like to see young drivers start out from here, because we train 'em right !! TT's grads leave our cyber halls with pride in themselves, their profession, and making the trucking world better, one driver at a time. Nothing will change the opinion the motoring world has of truckers...only truckers can make the motoring world see a better more professional driver... So you baby boys just get on in here and let us older drivers impart some of our hard won knowledge on you..cuz short of spending as many years on the road as we have, its the only way you're gonna get it !!

That is true and willing to learn...my farther in law was telling about when he firstfgot in it about cooking the books on time and good pay to bad that went away i think i have insomnia lol jk

Lol no problem most people don't don't wear a band construction scared me out of them almost lost a third of my finger for wearing one fun times lol

Heh my wife would kill me if i dated not to mention the child support married with two kids been the stay at hone Dad for a year think its time for a leave absence love them to death but have never been the type to sit in one place almost had to go the looney bin plus i like piece and quite

Lol good stuff 2nd place is fine with me lol most jobs i have had I'm normally the youngest i have found that not in all cases does wisdom come with age or maybe its just where i live lol "itching to get on the road "

Good luck! Just go with any company willing to take you on. After some experience, a whole new world of opportunities will open up to you.

A bit off topic.

Steven, how old are you? I swear you look like a bigger version of me.

Lol thanks just ready to get going and I'm 23

Well it looks like celadon is going to be the one hear back Monday with confirmation on my ship date fingers crossed

Recruiters love to see people who are eager to work there. Recruiters normally get paid some sort of commission or bonus based on the number of drivers they bring into the company. So when they see someone that is eager to work there they are normally willing to work with you more closely in the hopes it will pay off for them.

So believe me, they're not going to be annoyed with you for showing you're truly interested in being there. You'll get a lot more attention and things will be pushed through more quickly because of it.

Just got off the phone with Knight apparently safety passed on my app don't know why thoughguess I'll jwait for someone else to call

Thanks i swear I'm bugging the hell out of the girl at knight call at least once every two days i know before the tank in jobs looked as persistence or willing to work but now some take it as aggravating o well that's the roll of the dice i guess

By the way love the site and been researching on it for the last two weeks

applied for multiples of the cdl sponsored training one's yet no replies or forwards to voice-mail the main one i was interested in is knight but to no avail so far. i figured it wouldn't be that bad considering my spotless record but alas my work history is standing in my way of the most of it being a stay at home dad because my wife had a promising career but things change... any advice on remedying this issue would greatly appreciated.

(excuse the lack of punctuation that was never a strong suit of mine :).)