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dtrain
Joined: 17 Aug 2004
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Location: Easton, Pennsylvania
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:33 pm Post subject: Finally Getting in the Saddle! |
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professional drivers; yes it is true. Dtrain is finally going to get in the saddle. I have been posting here for over a year and trying to make up my mind to go into trucking and decide who to work for and how to get trained. Well the wait is over. I start school on 14 March for five weeks here in Pennsylvania. It is a PDTI certified school at LCTI (Lehigh Career and Technical Institute). I decided private school would be better than obligating myself to a company via company-paid training.
There are probably drivers out there like Littleman2, Redsunn21, Patrick, Old Codger, Sanchez, and many, many others saying "its about time!!" Well I'm prepared for it now and am looking forward to the training. So it is off to school for me and soon I will be in the saddle. :D :D :D 8) 8) .
Drivers its snowing out there; be careful. I prefer to speak at ya and not read about ya! Go safely; see you on the big road! :rock: :asta: |
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Uturn2001
Joined: 10 Jan 2005
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Location: East Central IL between the corn and the beans
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah its about time. Good grief dtrain, thought you were taking the slacker exam first at the rate you were going. :wink: :wink: :wink:
Seriously though. One of the reasons many new drivers fail is they jump in without looking, so you taking your time and making sure this is what you want and that you are going about it in the best way for you puts you a step ahead of many.
God luck and remember. If you can see the tread on the bottom of the tires you did something wrong. :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol: :P :P |
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littleman2
Joined: 03 Jul 2004
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Location: Washington State
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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| best of luck dtrain may you be happy in what you will be doing. |
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golf/jetta
Joined: 19 Feb 2005
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Location: City Of Ottawa, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Uturn2001 wrote: If you can see the tread on the bottom of the tires you did something wrong. :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol: :P :P
what does mean? if i flipped the truck? |
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dtrain
Joined: 17 Aug 2004
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Location: Easton, Pennsylvania
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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golf/jetta wrote: Uturn2001 wrote: If you can see the tread on the bottom of the tires you did something wrong. :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol: :P :P
what does mean? if i flipped the truck?
golf/jetta; it means you are in a position you don't want to be in; with a view that you don't want to see! :oops: :oops: :o :o :cry: :cry: :cry: :roll: :roll: Just like it you can change the taillights of your trailer from the cab of your tractor; you're in trouble. :P :P :roll:
Go safely; see you on the big road! :rock: |
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wanderingson
Joined: 19 Nov 2004
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Location: Beertown, USA
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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Just wanted to wish you the best of luck, dtrain!
I've read many of your posts on here,and it seems to me that you will be a good truck driver. Let us all know how it goes! |
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4roses
Joined: 28 Aug 2004
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Location: BrokenArrow, Oklahoma
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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:rock: Congratulations on your Life changing decision .... sounds like your a smart person ..... checking everything out First and running the hwy's for the Right reason .... It's a Life Style ~ not just a job ...
so on March 14th .... go get them and make Us Proud !!! :moose: :moose: :moose: :moose: |
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marklangdon4
Joined: 26 Sep 2004
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Location: San Antonio, TX
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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| just wanted to say good luck out there dtrain |
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javaking
Joined: 29 Jan 2005
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Location: New Castle PA
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:38 am Post subject: "Finally Getting In The Saddle" |
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| Good luck to you dtrain. It seems you did all the right things before making a life changing decision. Carry that with you through school and beyond, you'll be a great addition to the road. Again, best of luck to you. |
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Midnight473
Joined: 09 Jan 2005
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Location: Birch Run, MI
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Good luck Train! I know that I am excited now that training is done to get out with my trainer. I am sure after you get through the training you will get that stronger desire and not be able to wait either.
To steal a line from you, "Be Safe and see you on the BIG road!" |
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photoblaster
Joined: 02 Feb 2005
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Location: Hillsboro, OR
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:49 am Post subject: NO KIDDING! |
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Uturn2001 wrote: Seriously though. One of the reasons many new drivers fail is they jump in without looking...
No kidding... I started school today, and have been apprehensive about it, thinking I'd be the oldest old fart there, with a bunch of 20-somethings taking up most of the class. One is 23, another 26, and one lady is about 35.... out of 15 students, at 48, I'm the next youngest one there! The oldest, is a guy who retired from the phone company at 62, and went and bought a new Peterbilt, only to find out AFTER, that he has to have a CDL to drive it... Talk about jumping in! Poor guy, I feel sorry for him.
I'm just wondering how he got the truck, because when you go to buy a car, you have to show your license before they even let you take a test drive usually, and certainly while they are filling out the paperwork. Do they not require you to have a CDL to drive one off the lot? He's from Washington, so I have no idea of the laws up there, but that just seems like a 'given', to me.
Things that make you go, 'Hmmmmm...' |
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dtrain
Joined: 17 Aug 2004
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Location: Easton, Pennsylvania
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:48 am Post subject: Professional Drivers; Thanks for your support! |
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| professional drivers; I could list all of you by name but that would occupy more space than CAD has memory for :lol: :lol: . Each of your post has been both an inspiration and learning in helping me get a foothold in this new endeavor. My road/range training at school will be one - to -one with just me and the trainer in the truck. I don't believe that; I think it will be crowded in the cab with all of you good teachers in there giving me 'atta boys', 'high fives', and nudges in the back to keep going and stay the course. :lol: :lol: :lol: :D :D . I can only make it in this business with the support of good teachers like you that have been down the road that I am going. I may have twenty-five years of motorcoach experience to take with me there but that is a whole different horse from the one I'll be riding now. In trucking I'm still a baby and don't know :dung: . I go into this as an elephant and not an alligator "big ears and very little mouth". I'm fond of saying "prefer to speak and ya and not read about ya". That is true. Your professionalism; from driving to your words of wisdom are valuable. I would say that if I met all of y'all at a truckstop I would buy you a cup of coffee. I think I would run out of money because there are so many of you good teachers out there. I'm proud to be counted among your number. GO SAFELY; SEE YOU ALL ON THE BIG ROAD!!! :rock: :asta: |
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AmEagleDrvr
Joined: 09 Feb 2005
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Good luck to you and keep a positive mental attitude!! |
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yoopr
Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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| you don't have to have a CDL to buy a truck |
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oldcodger
Joined: 15 Jan 2004
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Location: Central Texas
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Yah, it's about time. :lol: :lol: :lol:
But, seriously, good luck to you and I believe you made the right decision on going to a private training school. Once you have completed school you will be beholding to no one.
And don't believe the B.S. you will hear from at least one other student in your class. Every class has at least one "I know everything about trucking" clown. Then you ask Mr. Clown, "so, ah, how come your here"?
He'll try to bluff and bs about why, but that's all you will ever need to know about him.
Again, the best to you, and if you can't be on time, be early. 8)
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