Should I Wait?
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I would wait until after the wedding. If you go now, you may not be able to get enough time off to cover the ceremony AND the honeymoon (depending on how long it is).
Also, if something were to happen put on the road i.e. Truck breaks down, or load gets delayed, it could cause you to be late for your hometime.
An event as big as your wedding is not something you want to take a chance on missing or being late. Especially since you have everything reserved and paid for!
As far as the other events, I would suggest requesting the start of your hometime 1 or 2 days before the actual ceremony. That gives you a bit of a buffer in case something unforeseen happens.
Just my opinion!
Just out of curiosity, why are you getting your ordination if you are going to be driving a truck for a living?
Congratulations on the wedding and ordination by the way!
I would wait until after the wedding. If you go now, you may not be able to get enough time off to cover the ceremony AND the honeymoon (depending on how long it is).
Also, if something were to happen put on the road i.e. Truck breaks down, or load gets delayed, it could cause you to be late for your hometime.
An event as big as your wedding is not something you want to take a chance on missing or being late. Especially since you have everything reserved and paid for!
As far as the other events, I would suggest requesting the start of your hometime 1 or 2 days before the actual ceremony. That gives you a bit of a buffer in case something unforeseen happens.
Just my opinion!
The QUEEN of the "unforeseen event" has spoken.
I'd listen to her...
LOL...
Rick
I agree. Wait until after the wedding and then you should be good to go.
Well, I currently am a bi-vocational minister and I know about 5 other ministers in my area that drive truck. Some local some regional and I think one or two OTR. Factory work is all I've done my hole life except a couple office jobs. And my future bride wants to be a stay at home mom and at the pace my current employer is going I would be lucky to see 40 hours a week in the next month and if they keep it open another few years.
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Definitely wait until after your wedding, especially if it's next month. You run a reasonably high risk of missing your wedding if you leave now. I'm getting married next year and my fiance and I are putting our two weeks in before the wedding (we're going to buy a home after our wedding and stop driving OTR). We originally wanted to set the date for this October or November, but there would be no guarantee we'd make it to our own wedding, especially with early winter storms factored into the endless list of things that can go wrong.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
I would wait until after the wedding. If you go now, you may not be able to get enough time off to cover the ceremony AND the honeymoon (depending on how long it is).
Also, if something were to happen put on the road i.e. Truck breaks down, or load gets delayed, it could cause you to be late for your hometime.
An event as big as your wedding is not something you want to take a chance on missing or being late. Especially since you have everything reserved and paid for!
As far as the other events, I would suggest requesting the start of your hometime 1 or 2 days before the actual ceremony. That gives you a bit of a buffer in case something unforeseen happens.
Just my opinion!
The QUEEN of the "unforeseen event" has spoken.
I'd listen to her...
LOL...
Rick
Haha! Yep I know a thing or eighteen about unforeseen events.
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So I have posted awhile ago about what to expect during training. However, as I begin to realize getting into a truck is getting closer and probably smarter, I am unsure of a couple things. Do I want to drive truck. Yes, ever since I was small. Matter of fact Marmons were my favorite trucks next to Kenworth and Petes. But what I'm concerned about is I am getting married next month. Honeymoon already paid as a gift, date set etc, and in November I'm going up for ordination as a minister and ordination service in Feb. Both are huge events in my life. Should I wait to pursue the training until after the wedding and try to get my dispatcher to get me home before the ordination events? What's all of your opinions?
Dispatcher:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.