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Story by Andy H.<\/p>\n

From Teacher to Trucker<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

It was March, 1998. I\u2019d been hanging around a large truckload carrier\u2019s terminal in Northwestern Georgia for a few days. I was a rookie driver who\u2019d been assigned to a driver-trainer (DT) for on-the-job training<\/a> (OJT). My trainer hadn\u2019t arrived yet.<\/p>\n

Those were bleak times. I was broke, having borrowed money for trucker training. I was going over the road (OTR)\u2014in other words, away from home most of the time. My girlfriend wore her brave face, but she wasn\u2019t happy. I didn\u2019t know what to expect. It was cold; winter hadn\u2019t released its grip.<\/p>\n

The good news was that\u2014as the plan went, anyway\u2014I was starting a new job and would finally make decent money<\/a> (more than I\u2019d made teaching high school and college English, teaching, anyway). \u00a0I was excited to get started, even if I had to start with OJT.<\/p>\n

An Explanation of On-the-Job Training<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
\"Sunrise
New drivers train on-the-road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here\u2019s how on-the-job training works. Companies that hire rookies\u2014no experience, fresh from trucker training\u2014require that they get about six weeks OJT with a driver trainer.<\/p>\n

During this time, the truck earns mileage pay, but it\u2019s all for the DT. The trainee gets a weekly stipend: a few hundred dollars.<\/p>\n

For the first couple of weeks, the DT must be awake and in the passenger seat while the trainee drives, and the truck doesn\u2019t earn much.<\/p>\n

Once the DT trusts the trainee enough to sleep while the trainee drives, the truck runs \u201cteam\u201d and earns a lot more: $1,500-$2,000 a week, all for the DT.<\/p>\n

Getting Hired by a Large Trucking Company<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Large trucking companies<\/a> hire dozens of new drivers every week. Some companies have their own trucker-training schools. They have benefits and procedures for new hires: motel rooms, meal tickets, and naturally, numerous safety classes. After all, the companies entrust drivers with equipment and freight worth hundreds of thousands\u2014often millions\u2014of dollars. Where trucking companies are concerned, drivers can\u2019t get enough safety training.<\/p>\n

During this training process though, the new drivers are \u201chomeless.\u201d Everywhere we went, we lugged all of our possessions along. We tried to be cheerful. The company treated us nicely. But both sides\u2014rookie drivers and trucking companies\u2014are making big investments and taking big risks.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of Truckers<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

So I waited at the terminal.\u00a0 Hundreds of drivers, from everywhere, with different problems and stories, were hanging around there. Some were on break for a day or two. Others were new hires who\u2019d run into issues with medical clearance, commercial driver\u2019s licenses (CDLs), or something else. They waited in \u201climbo\u201d while strangers from the trucking company decided whether they\u2019d be truckers or go back home.<\/p>\n

Other rookies paired up with DTs and left. I kept asking about my DT and was told he\u2019d arrive any day. I was anxious to get going. Late on the third day, he finally arrived.<\/p>\n

My Truck Driver Trainer<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

I was\u2026 let\u2019s say \u201cchagrined.\u201d My DT was \u201cMister Big\u201d: not tall, but still nigh on 400 pounds. He was dirty and sloppy, and not just his clothes and appearance. The inside of his truck\u2014the cab, the sleeper area, inside the fridge\u2014were a filthy mess. This was where I\u2019d live and work for the next six weeks, as the plan went.<\/p>\n

Of course, I tried to hide my disappointment with my trainer. \u201cHey, great, glad to meet you, yes sir.\u201d He showed me my space. \u201cThat side\u2019s yours. This side\u2019s mine.\u201d (No problem!) For the time being, I got the top bunk. I stowed my gear while he dropped off a bill of lading (BOL). We refueled the truck. His driver manager (DM)\u2014the company\u2019s name for dispatchers\u2014assigned us a load. It picked up in Chattanooga, a short drive away.<\/p>\n

Trailers<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
\"Empty
Truck drivers don’t stop at sundown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We needed an empty trailer, and I got my first lesson with a persistent issue: finding empty trailers.<\/p>\n

The DM sent a list of empties on the terminal lot. All were gone or out of service, so the DM gave us a list of empties nearby, and the search began.<\/p>\n

Night had come. I\u2019d been awake all day, but I was about to get another lesson: truck drivers don\u2019t stop working at sundown, even if they\u2019ve been up all day.<\/p>\n

We checked a few places for empty trailers and struck out each time. Finally we found one, and I got another lesson: the trailer was a mess and needed sweeping.<\/p>\n

The DT said forget it; we had to get the load. By then, it was after 10:00 p.m., and the shipper closed at midnight.<\/p>\n

Off to the Consignee<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

All this time, I\u2019d been a passenger. The DT kept telling me to watch what he did. He explained things that he felt needed explaining. I absorbed as much as I could.<\/p>\n

We got to the shipper and picked up a load of \u201croll stock\u201d: large, heavy paper rolls, near maximum weight. Then we left Chattanooga westbound on I-24 and soon reached Mont Eagle: a long, steep climb. Taking a max-loaded truck up such an incline is routine for experienced truckers, but it\u2019s dangerous for a rookie who\u2019s never done it. The DT thought about letting me drive but decided to do it himself. Once again, he admonished me to watch what he was doing and explained his actions as we went along. As a rookie with no experience taking max-loaded trucks up long, steep hills, I didn\u2019t understand the danger, but the DT\u2019s serious tone told me that it was important, so I watched carefully.<\/p>\n

Truthfully, I was tired and more interested in stopping for the night, but that was the ongoing lesson: truck drivers often don\u2019t stop working when they\u2019re tired. Moreover, they often handle dangerous situations\u2014like heavy loads on steep hills\u2014when they\u2019re tired.<\/p>\n

Scales<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

We climbed the hill and pulled into the Mont Eagle truck stop for my next lesson: \u201cscaling\u201d the load to ensure we weren\u2019t overweight on any axles. I\u2019d learned about maximum axle weights in trucker training but had never actually \u201cscaled\u201d a load. The DT was disappointed. He found it hard to believe that the school hadn\u2019t taught drivers how to \u201cscale.\u201d Weighing a loaded truck and sliding trailer tandems and fifth wheels to balance the weight, i.e. \u201cscaling,\u201d is something that all truckers must do frequently. I\u2019d left trucker training without learning how. The DT was justifiably irritated.<\/p>\n

We had to slide the tandems. It\u2019s easy with two drivers\u2026who both know how. With the trailer brakes set, one driver gently rocks the truck back and forth while another \u201cpulls the pins,\u201d i.e. retracts the pins that hold the trailer body in place on its chassis. Rather than explain it to me\u2014by then it was well past midnight, and cold\u2014the DT got help from another driver while I stood by watching and feeling foolish.<\/p>\n

It was good that I felt foolish. It\u2019s an uncomfortable feeling, but it was being drilled home to me that, although I\u2019d had four weeks of trucker training and was top of the class, I didn\u2019t know squat. Truck driving is dangerous and often doesn\u2019t forgive even small mistakes. The DT would soon be putting his life in my hands. I had a lot to learn.<\/p>\n

The other driver and the DT slid the tandems, we re-scaled the truck, and that was enough. We were finally going to sleep\u2026and I learned another lesson: most truck stops\u2014especially popular, busy truck stops, like Mont Eagle\u2014fill up early. We couldn\u2019t find a parking spot, so the DT drove to the \u201cget-on\u201d ramp for westbound I-24, pulled to the shoulder, and set the brakes. That\u2019s where I\u2019d spend my first night on the road. It was about two a.m. when we hit the bunks. So far, I hadn\u2019t even driven the truck.<\/p>\n

Teaming on the Road<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Awakening brought more learning: no bathroom nearby. The DT had a coffee machine, but\u2014predictably\u2014it was filthy. He didn\u2019t have sugar, the milk in his fridge was\u2026oh, hell no, and I got another lesson. Some truckers drive until they\u2019re tired or forced to stop by their log books, pull to the side of the road wherever they are, sleep, wake up, get behind the wheel, and start driving: no bathroom, no coffee, nothing. I wasn\u2019t ready for that, so the DT let me walk to the truck stop, get coffee and a snack, and use the bathroom: brush my teeth and wash my face. (Another lesson: the DT rarely brushed his teeth.)<\/p>\n

Back at the truck, the next lesson awaited: \u00a0synchronizing log books. (I\u2019d actually learned that in trucker training.) I hadn\u2019t driven, so it was easy. I was on line two (\u201csleeper berth\u201d) or line four (\u201con duty-not driving\u201d) because, as the trainee, I had to be awake and in the passenger seat when the DT drove. However, when we started driving \u201cteam,\u201d ensuring our log books accurately and legally accounted for the time we worked got more complex.<\/p>\n

Downhill<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

We got rolling, and my next lesson came up. The previous evening we\u2019d climbed Mont Eagle. Now we\u2019d go down. The DT briefly considered letting me take the truck down the hill.<\/p>\n

\"Road
America has a vast landscape for trucks to cross.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In retrospect, he should have.<\/p>\n

If I\u2019d been in his position\u2014a DT with a raw trainee\u2014I\u2019d have let the trainee take the truck down the slope because it\u2019d be a great learning experience. However, I\u2019d have provided a lot of instruction first.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d have explained that taking 80,000 pounds of truck and top-heavy freight down a slope like Mont Eagle, with its steep declines and sharp curves, requires judicial and simultaneous use of the truck\u2019s engine brakes, air brakes, and gearbox.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d have sternly lectured the trainee to do exactly what I said to do while descending the slope because, while such tasks are routine trucking, they\u2019re still dangerous. A rookie driver\u2019s small mistakes could easily cause catastrophe on a hill like Mont Eagle.<\/p>\n

My DT was having none of that. He took the truck down Mont Eagle. \u201cWatch what I do,\u201d he said, while explaining his actions. That was somewhat educational for me, but not nearly as educational as driving the truck down the slope myself would\u2019ve been.<\/p>\n

I Finally Get To Drive<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

We were headed out west, partly because the DT had tickets to a big rock concert somewhere out that way (maybe Utah), and partly because he had a bad tooth and wanted to see his dentist at home in Idaho. Our load didn\u2019t go that way, so we wouldn\u2019t deliver it; we\u2019d drop it at the company\u2019s terminal in Lincoln, NE.<\/p>\n

We took I-24 westbound through Tennessee and into Kentucky before DT finally let me drive. He pulled into a truck stop. We synchronized logs, and I took the wheel.<\/p>\n

While I\u2019d grow fully accustomed my DT\u2019s lack of hygiene and often surprisingly gross habits, I still to this day appreciate his style of teaching. He was a good, kind and gentle man, about 15 years younger than me. He didn\u2019t raise his voice. He knew a lot, and he knew how and when to provide instruction and insight. Whether I was driving or he was, he kept up a constant lecture, seizing every opportunity to explain events and tasks in depth. He was patient with my lack of experience about so many things, including my lack of awareness about the OTR culture in general: how truckers communicate over the CB radio, how they live, how they think. I\u2019d been a \u201cgreenhorn\u201d before, as a sailor in the U.S. Navy, as a college student, and as a teacher. I knew that those with more experience were not always so kind to rookies. Now in retrospect, 20 years later, I can see even more clearly that my DT was good at his job, and part of the reason was his understanding of his trainees.<\/p>\n

And so with his instruction, I continued to drive. We took I-24 west to I-57 north to I-70 west. In Kansas City, we took I-29 north to Nebraska Highway 2 west. That took us to the Lincoln terminal. We dropped the trailer in the company\u2019s muddy gravel lot and got rooms in the company\u2019s hotel. While experienced OTR truckers usually enjoy a hotel room as a break from routine, I was a little disappointed. I already knew how to sleep in hotels. I needed to learn to spend my nights in a truck\u2019s sleeper berth.<\/p>\n

Technically, that ended my first \u201ctrip\u201d as a truck driver. It had been a \u201clearning experience,\u201d just as it was supposed to be. What I\u2019d learned most of all was that I had a lot to learn. I could perform most of the necessary tasks, but I didn\u2019t really understand them, how they interrelated with each other, or how they fit in to the grand scheme of trucking. Two days OTR had been like seeing a picture of the work and the lifestyle that would consume my future. But to actually climb into that picture, do that work, and live that lifestyle\u2014to actually become an OTR truck driver\u2014was a process that would occur over a period of years. It was a job and a lifestyle that had its own language and view of life in general. Some drivers had been at it for decades. I respected them enough to know that, after two days, I was still just an observer, on the outside of OTR trucking, looking in.<\/p>\n

After the First Ride
\n <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Looking back, it was an uncomfortable time because I was learning a new lifestyle, not just a new job. Trucking OTR is much more than just driving. Truckers live on the road and sleep where they work. I hadn\u2019t learned that yet and wouldn\u2019t for a couple of years. As well, during my OJT period, I was up north and out west most of the time. It was cold and snowy, and driving was scary.<\/p>\n

\"Road
Trucks move in all weather conditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is a life filled with hardship, but I\u2019d eventually \u201cfall in love with trucking.\u201d<\/p>\n

For one thing, I\u2019d faced and overcome much more challenging hardships before (no food, money, or income). For another, I had nothing better to do.<\/p>\n

Most of all, however, OTR trucking appealed to me. It was my kind of work and lifestyle: driving those big, powerful vehicles; life on the open road; the constant change of scenery; facing nature at its most fierce, one-on-one; becoming self-sufficient and independent; doing honest labor.<\/p>\n

As well, trucking paid off, allowing me to make decent money consistently for the first time in a while. It also led to a job as a test-driver and writer for a major trucking-industry publisher.<\/p>\n

However, during that first trip from Chattanooga to Lincoln back in March, 1998, I was just trying to make it from one day to the next without getting into any trouble.<\/p>\n

I did all right with that.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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