It's one day to central ID, another day to Western WY. Next day to Grand Island, NE, 4th day arrive in Gary, IN. Wake on 5th day and deliver. This is actually the 31st in this situation. Another 350 or so to get to Zanesville.

And I drove easy.

This is an easy run and you're getting an idea of how May operates.

520 miles, 475 next day, 600 next day, 600 to Gary, IN. Looks like about 350 to Zanesville from Gary.

Easy money!

 

Will they be able to unload it on the 31st? If they can will they then get the next load? For his first load the miles are not bad! He said his trainer is nice.

Goin Fer It's Wife

 

It's possible, but I would look at getting to Gary or Zanesville with enough time for a reset.

I would rather always have a fresh 70 hours to drive, instead of delivering early. Unless both of those could be done on the same trip.

It's highly likely he could get a restart on his first week.

 

Well I start my orientation on the 2nd and ill be doin the 11 western. Goin Fer Its wife, you said they let you choose what type of rig you want or would want?

 

Yesterday my husband drove to Baker City Oregon and at that point he was burnt out. His trainer then drove about another four hours to Jerome Idaho.

My husband said he had a good nights sleep last night and headed out about 7:45 am this morning.

He made a big rookie mistake at the fuel stop in Ogden, Utah. He did not want to pull through the pumps so saw an area that he thought he could pull into find a parking space. He ended up going the wrong way OPPPS! He said that he should have gone through the pumps. He was very glad that his trainer was there with him and helped him get out. He will not make that mistake again! He said that his trainer handled it all really well!

This morning he left Jerome Idaho and is now in Evanstan, Wyoming so today so far he has driven approximately 260 miles and he said he plans on driving for a full day.

He said so far it has been an adventure and he is enjoying it!

Colin your routing seems to be dead on! I guess they still follow the same route.

I will try and update later tonight when I get the call.

Goin Fer It's Wife

 

Congratulations! My husband said everyone was really nice and treated him well there.

As far as the truck they asked him what his preference would be of the three trucks. Depending upon availability they will attempt to put him in the truck that he asked for. I thought that was cool and so did he.

Keep us updated! Are you going to go out with a trainer or do you have enough OTR that you will go out on your own?

If you go out with a trainer they ask that people do not bring laptops because of space issues.

Either way please update us whenever you can!

Goin Fer It's Wife

 

I only have 2 months local exp. which means nothing haha. But im flying up to orientation on tuesday afternoon. I wont be able to update unless my trainer has a laptop, but ill update when i get back from the 2-3 week training.

 

Yesterday my husband drove from Jerome Idaho to Laramie Wyoming. He did approximately 560 miles on his own.

After that his trainer drove. They stopped at a truck stop in Grand Island Nebraska a stop were the trainer said they had good showers. My husband said it felt great to take a shower.

After the shower my husband went to sleep. The trainer drove until 4 a.m. to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
My husband woke up about 5:30 and pulled out around 6:30. I guess the trainer is doing team driving now. My husband is fine with it at this point.

My husband then drove to a stop near Davenport, Iowa. He said it is the largest truck stop. Three stories high and even has a truck inside on display.
They have an arcade and all types of shops and food places.

They wanted to do an early drop but they were told they cannot do an early drop. The dispatcher is attempting to do a swamp with another driver so for now they are going to stay in Davenport until they find out if they can do a swamp with another driver.

My husband told his trainer he was shooting to train for only two weeks. The trainer told him they usually like the guys to stay in training for at least three weeks. So we will wait and see.

Goin Fer It's Wife

 

We will be looking forward to the updates whenever you can get them to us

Goin Fer It's Wife

 

Dispatch told them to drive on to Indiana so they are on the road again. Once they reach their destination in Indiana they will find out if another driver is going to meet them there.

Goin Fer It's Wife