how to team OTR with trainer + 2 newbie ??

[echoy97]

can someone explain to me how this work? Is there such thing as 2 newbies + one trainer doing team otr ? Would it be each newbie drive 5 hrs and the trainer sit in the passenger seat for 10 hrs. Then turn off the truck and all 3 sleep the same time? but there are only 2 beds ?

Or would it be just 1 newbie + 1 trainer doing OTR ?

[groinster]

1 newbie...1 trainer. Never heard of two plus one. Besides, there's no room in the truck for another person. You barely have enough room for two.

[Malaki86]

I trained like that for 1 week. It was all I could handle. Especially since I was the newest newbie, and had to sleep in the passenger seat when parked. Ya, got plenty of rest like that...

[echoy97]

hey Malaki86 , you trained with total 3 people in one tractor ? Isnt there a rule that says you have to spend enough time in sleep berth to be considered sleeping ? I was told that if you sleep on a seat,any seat, its not considered sleeping on your log book.

[TomB985]

maybe two sleeping, one driving? I've heard of trainers who run like a team, and sleep when the new driver is driving.

[west_coaster]

I was at the POE in Ashland, OR (NB I-5) making myself a sandwich after rolling the scales, and a truck pulled in and got red-lighted. The DOT guys pulled 5 (yeah 5) Indian guys (the ones from india with the turbin) out of a canadian truck (said Surrey B.C. on the side or something close to that). Apparently, one was a legal driver and 4 were "trainees". Well all of them left in police cars, cause apparenlty none were legal enough to be here. A couple days later I came back through the scales again, and got pulled in. While talking with the DOT officers, they told me that the truck they had pulled the 5 out of had a hole cut in the floorboard, and they would "relieve" themselves right there on the freeway while moving. That's just nasty! Glad to see that they were taken off the road.

West_Coaster

[kc0iv]

hey Malaki86 , you trained with total 3 people in one tractor ? Isnt there a rule that says you have to spend enough time in sleep berth to be considered sleeping ? I was told that if you sleep on a seat,any seat, its not considered sleeping on your log book.

Nope nothing illegal.

I know several trainer that train teams and this is what they do. Or one sleeps on the floor.

I wouldn't accept such arraignment but it seems many will.

kc0iv

[BigDawg]

Covenant does that when they are training teams together i bet that 70 in.space is awful tight,i know it is pretty tight with two ppl. much less 3.

[heritage92rs]

I trained like that for 1 week. It was all I could handle. Especially since I was the newest newbie, and had to sleep in the passenger seat when parked. Ya, got plenty of rest like that...

Hope this wasn't your application I got the other day...

[syl77dar]

goodluck

[Malaki86]

No, that wasn't me - I've had 2 minor incidents, less than $500 each, and haven't had a ticket in about 20 years.

[heritage92rs]

No, that wasn't me - I've had 2 minor incidents, less than $500 each, and haven't had a ticket in about 20 years.

Look at his reason for leaving JB. You saying that you had to sleep up front reminded me of this guy's app.

[Fozzy]

I was at the POE in Ashland, OR (NB I-5) making myself a sandwich after rolling the scales, and a truck pulled in and got red-lighted. The DOT guys pulled 5 (yeah 5) Indian guys (the ones from india with the turbin) out of a canadian truck (said Surrey B.C. on the side or something close to that). Apparently, one was a legal driver and 4 were "trainees". Well all of them left in police cars, cause apparenlty none were legal enough to be here. A couple days later I came back through the scales again, and got pulled in. While talking with the DOT officers, they told me that the truck they had pulled the 5 out of had a hole cut in the floorboard, and they would "relieve" themselves right there on the freeway while moving. That's just nasty! Glad to see that they were taken off the road.

West_Coaster

Ahhh the urban myth lives again.... I guess the Federal Marshals where there too???

[movinit]

I do believe that Schneider will train husband/wife teams together. Years ago my wife and I were trained together, and we shared the top bunk when we stopped (yes that was real cozy, thought my back would never unkink). Not a good way to learn, our trainer spent most of his time in the sleeper and not training.