Thursday, June 3, 2010
Heading back east again!
Well I had a stone attack in Nevada a couple weeks ago. I was rushed to the hospital that was 30 miles away and boy was I in pain. It passed 10 days later and I'm back on the truck. Since then i have went to LA with a load and I'm now in Washington. I just dropped of a Costco load here in Washington at the distribution center. I was given the thumbs up and passed my driving test and now I'm officially a GTI employee. Im heading to Ohio tomorrow for a 10 day trip up and back. This will finish my training and I will come back to Washington to finish my orientation and get my truck. it has been a long process from going to truck driving school and GTI training to getting my truck. It is well worth it all though. I was given the opportunity to work for Gordon.
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Hi Mike.
ReplyDeleteLes here.
Started following your blog at the wife's prompting. She told me about you, the Bee, and your career change. After 30+ years in construction, I too, am looking at changing careers, and acquiring a CDL. The info you make available, has been quite helpful. The Alliance program has been initiated, in my regard. On your suggestion, the Western Pacific school, and GTI, sound like the perfect combination. I've already looked at other schools. Of course, that was all pre Zyphor blog, and Wow! You are absolutely spot on with your suggestions.
Western Pacific by far has the highest standards, and turns out the best calibur graduates, of any other CDL school.
When I was a kid, my best friend's dad drove line for Faccino Freight Lines, out of San Jose, Cal. On occasion, during the summer, I would ride along, taking coffee down to LA, and bringing bananas back. 2 trips per week.
At the banana dock, I was offered the lumping job. It paid $20.00. Big money back then.
Okay, enough with the history lesson. Thank you so much for taking the time to keep us informed, concerning the rigors of the career change, and the related challenges. After the research I've done, having first hand input, from someone that is a few months ahead of my efforts, is a real boost. Accurate information, about any subject, is vital to those wishing to learn all they can, prior to getting in over their heads.
Thank you, again. I'll be looking forward to future posts. Be safe and have fun.