9/12/07


More tests, more videos... dozing off... waking up! :sad:

 

9/13-14/07

Yesterday we watched more videos and covered more chapters in the textbook.

This moring we had a recruiter from Schnieder talk to us. He seemed like a decent guy. He was straight forward let us know the opportunities. They are changing their pay structure. He told me they pay HHG, not practical miles. He said they have always done HHG. Don't they pay practical miles now?

Later we watched some more videos, mostly on making turns and a long, very repetitive video on jake brakes.

A recruiter from Averitt brought us lunch and talked to us for a while. He seemed like a very nice guy, but I would never want to work there. You have to pay $200 out of pocket for uniforms! :shock: Yeah right! Wear a tie to orientation?!? LOL!

Near the end of the day we went over log book and trip planning. We have an assignment over the weekend to go over our trip and make stops for fuel, sleep, and a reset if we have to. This was definitely the most interesting part of the day.

We will be done with the classroom portion of training next Thursday by noon. We will get our range schedules by Wednesday.

 

Hey, my classmate Randy says he has a friend on this board that he used to die cast with in Kokomo!

Hi there. A friend of Randy's is a friend of mine.

 

Hi Colts Fan,

Yes I worked with Randy in Kokomo, but don't hold that against me!! lol
Randy is a good man and likes to get the job done. Sounds like you guys are doing well in school. He stopped by the plant Thursday on his way to school and I got to talk with him a little while. He was telling me he's really pleased with SAGE and said you guys will get behind the wheel next week sometime. I use to drive before but it's been about 16 years ago. Just listen to your instructors and don't get in a hurry with anything, some things will come easy and some things might not but try to keep from getting frustrated. Sounds like you have some wonderful and experienced instructors there and I'm sure you guys will do just fine!

I've really enjoyed reading about your training and I too might go back to driving if something goes south with the company I'm at. I would have to go through schooling again if I return to driving since it's been so long since I drove and I told Randy about SAGE and that I thought it was probably the best school in our state to get trained.

Good luck to you both and keep it safe out there !

 

Colts Fan

As I write this, my wife is on her first truck session at the "range". The Missoula Sage seems to run on a different schedule than yours. Our schedule is generated at the corporate office for Sage in Missoula Montana.

I get in the truck tomorrow :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :lol:

Rick

PS You're right Hazmat was a piece of cake :mrgreen:

 

Hey friend,

Randy and I get along well. It looks like he is leaning towards doing flatbed with TMC. I can definitely see him doing well with flatbed. If you decide to go back to driving school I would recommend SAGE. Mary is a great instructor.

 

Hey rj, congrats on getting past the Hazmat. You did better than I did, I missed 2! :wink:

So how did it go on the range? How did your wife do? I hope everything went well. We start on the range later this week. Our classroom side ends Thursday Yes, our schedules are completely different. We did all classroom first and will finish the next 2 weeks on the range.

So anyway, as far as class is concerned we have been blazing through the textbook and working on a mock trip. We had to log a trip from Indy to Dallas to Ft. Worth to Chicago and back to Indy. I finished that today. So all we have left to do is finish the textbook and take a final exam over the FMCSA book (an open book test). That takes place Thursday morning and is supposed to take 3 hours! :shock: I'll be glad when that's over and I can get to the range and drive a big truck. 8)

 

Hey Colts
Glad to hear all is going well with Sage in Indy, and RJ and wife are in Missoula.
My wife (Wingz) and I start Sage here in Salt Lake tonite!
Will be interesting to compare notes as we go along. We will be taking it a little bit slower as I still work a full time job, tho get off at 2pm. Wife and I have a motorcycle busines we are in process of shutting down, but she still has a few reservations to honor. SOOOO, we will be going some in afternoons, and some in evening, and weekends. SAGE is being great so far and says they will totally work with whatever time we can put in.
I will start my own thread also, and you and us and RJ's as well as any other interested can compare notes.
BOL there!
Cheers

 

Good stuff Roadie, BOL!

 

9/19/07

We finished our texbooks today and got our range schedule! I will start on the range on Saturday!!! We have a final exam tomorrow over the FMCSA book.

Just for everyone's information, instruction at the range is one-on-one and consists of 11 four hour sessions.

RJ, how has your time been on the range?