One good thing is once you are on your own you can choose were you are going to stay! My husband does not stay at the Flying J's at all!

I am glad it is what you thought it would be! Hope you are enjoying your time off!

Goin Fer It's Wife

 

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tru...ly-o-o-25.html

dont know if that will work...if it was me id just sign up using a made up name and stuff....then watch what i say to whom of course, to aviod being "reconized"

im enjoying reading your adventures....alittle differnt than expected im sure , but if ya enjoy it, well than it just about perfect.....lol

 

Day 19 of OTR Training 07/30/07
I headed back up to Corsicana, TX to my trainers house as it’s time to get back to work. In a sick sort of way, I am actually looking forward to it so that I can get this training phase behind me and get issued my own truck. Besides, after knocking out a huge chunk of my wife’s “Honey-Do” list, I need to get back on the road so I can rest…….LOL

 

Day 20 of OTR Training 07/31/07
We called into dispatch yesterday afternoon to put ourselves back on the ready board. Our Dispatcher gave us an indication that he might have a load for us out of Houston and that we are to call him very fist thing in the morning. At 7am my trainer called in and he was told to call back in an hour. This went on for a good portion of the morning and as each hour passed it looked grim that we would be getting any load at all. We thought for sure we would not load out until Wednesday.

Right about noon, we got a call to head to Oklahoma before 8pm and pick a load going to Idaho Falls, ID. We arrived at our customer in Madill, OK with a ton of time to spare and were loaded with a little over 42,000lbs on deck. It was not a very hot day as it was overcast, but dang was it humid!!! By the time we were done securing the load we were drenched with sweat. I definitely earned a little of my pay today

 

Thanks!!!! I'll check it out later to see if it works as my connection right now sucks.......................it didn't work, still says I am banned. "F" that site...just sorry I can no longer follow you adventures

 

Day 21 of OTR Training 08/01/07
We didn’t get too far yesterday as we were exhausted. We ended up stopping and calling it a day in a small town called Quanah, TX which was only about 200+ miles from the shipper.
Today I drove from Quanah, TX to Denver, CO before shutting down. I kept the left door closed the whole time and we made pretty decent time. Only hold up was the occasional town we had to slow down for and a couple of construction zones along the way.

Today was a great day in that it officially marked the half-way point of my training. However, I may be closer to the finish line than I think. I will explain more later if all works out.

 

DD,

When you get a load assignment, does your trainer have you do a trip plan or does Davis give you routing and fuel stop information? I spoke to GFI last week and he tells me that he has a binder from the company with authorized fuel stops and other information. I wonder if you are using this or if the trainer is making you learn by just using an atlas? Maybe you are using mapping software and GPS(Way too easy! )?

Hey, you are going thru one of your favorite state tomorrow! Tell me if you see those WYDOT bleachers I told you about.

Be safe!

 

Davis gives the routing but I still check it against the atlas. For example, they (Davis) routed us via I-70 to I-25.....what they did not give us, was that you can take I-270 around to I-25. There is a binder with a list of fuel stops. Most are either TA's or Love's and the ones with an "*" are their prefered stops. However, it's O.K. to fuel up at a place that is NOT in the binder but you can only get enough fuel to get you to a stop that IS in the binder.

I am currently on I-80 in WY and now I remember what those "bleachers" are that you're talking about.

 

Quanah is a thriving town isn't it. Did you stay at the "truck stop" that is a Taylor Convience store with truck parking? As you head west out of town on 287 there is a sheetrock plant,I use to pick up alot of sheetrock out of there.

 

That is great that Davis gives you the flexibility and that you are learning the many little details of US roads and maps.

I was looking at routing with Google Maps from Madill to Idaho Falls before you stated that you spent the night in Quanah. I knew the way to go was thru Amarillo(Google defaults is up I35/I135 to Salina, KS and that is NOT right), but I missed going straight west to US287. Looks like you are finding your way around.

When you say you can get fuel anywhere if you have to, does have to be a place that takes your fuel card or can you use a Comcheck? I think in my years of driving I only needed to get fuel out of network a couple times and used a Comcheck.

See you just have to use your imagination to survive WY. I have heard that alot of truckers don't use their CB much anymore. Is this true in WY? I found the best way to make it across WY is run with someone talking on the radio; The miles just flyby!!

Hey, don't hold us in suspense about your training ending early! We all want to know whats up? Thanks.