Question:
met with my first choice company today and asked all the questions that i have learned to ask from you fine folks around here... thank you all for the great heads up on the companies...
a question that i thought id ask you all is...
what is the average miles of the student/driver trainer for the 6-8weeks as a team?
i understand that it could be alittle more here or a little less there, but on average what is it for a TRAINING TEAM?
thanks in advance...
Tinman *its all about the heart*

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Once school is over and they hook you up with a trainer, the truck should be ran as a solo driver truck! Not as a 'team operation'.
This, most likely will not happen as the trainer usually gets paid for ALL miles the truck rolls (when there's a newbie on board). So, the .30 cpm the trainer gets paid for the miles he drove, add the 400 (or more) miles you drove, plus add the extra (maybe) $xxx a week for being a 'trainer'.
So..........
Trainer drives 500 miles
You drive 400 miles
Total miles for 1 day, 900 x .30 cpm = $270 per day .........yada, yada, yada......
As a student, your trainer is required ride in the jump seat, supervising your daily progress and teaching you. If your logbook shows 'Line 3', his should show 'Line 4'........ and vice-versa.


http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rulesregs/fmcsr/regs/interp395.2.htm

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in my case...
i get paid if the truck is rolling...
when i drive i get paid my cpm., when the trainer is driving, i get paid my cpm.... ill make sure i get this in writing, but thats what i was told today...
i just didnt know what kind of milage i could expect with both of us driving...
reading what you wrote, wed only be getting 900miles a day, right?
thanks...
Tinman *its all about the heart*

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With the 11/14 hour rule, IF the company was able to keep you loaded and moving, the truck would be in motion maybe about 12 hours per day (due to loading, unloading, fueling, pre-trips, etc......).
12 hours x 50 mph (overall avg. speed) = 600 miles per day
Remember, you're driving logging Line 3, trainer logging Line 4. Trainer driving logging Line 3, you're logging Line 4.
Most trainers, once they get used to how you drive, will try to run as a team. Don't let them train you like that.

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Most trainers, once they get used to how you drive, will try to run as a team. Don't let them train you like that.[/quote]
explain... i dont understand what you mean...
thanks for your interest in this... thanks for all your help...
Tinman *its all about the heart*

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During your training period (4-8 weeks), your trainer is responsible for TRAINING YOU! You are NOT a part of a 'team operation truck'. Your trainer is there to teach you how to handle any situation you may encounter on the road. Your trainer needs to be alert and in the jump seat to answer questions and provide guidance to you whenever that truck is moving.
Your trainer is just that, a trainer, NOT a team mate.

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What's the name of this first choice company?

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In other word your trainer should not be in the sleeper while you are at the wheel.
Now on the other hand if your in the sleeper and he has hours available to drive I see no problem with that.
But sooner or later that will catch up with him and he wont be able to log line 4 while you are driving and thus the hosing begins.
As Hoss stated a good trainer should be awake and seated beside you at all times when the truck is rolling.
I am no longer with the company I trained with but still talk to my trainer 2 or 3 times a month.
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As far as I am concerned a 6 week training program should go something like this under ideal circumstances.
Week 1-4 the trainer is in the passenger seat at all times you are driving.
Week 5: Trainer starts to give you a little "freedom". Starts spending a little time in the bunk but is awake at all times
Week 6. Trainer is allowing you to pretty much run the show. Still awake and available to help you work through problems and answer questions.
All miles are dispatched as solo miles through the entire cycle.
Week 1-4 sees you and your trainer splitting the miles driven with more and more miles being driven by the student.
Weeks 5 and 6 the student should be driving 95-100% of the miles.
Trainee should be doing at least 75% of the backing weeks 1-4
Weeks 5 and 6 100% of it.
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i understand and thank you very much...
Tinman *its all about the heart*

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I was with a trainer for 6 weeks. He was good. At the end of the 2nd week he started spending more time in the bunk while I drove solo. The middle of the 3rd week we started driving as a team. It was ok because I found it easy to drive on the highway. Getting fuel was easy but we did that at driver change. If I needed help I would ask and he would come up front. He was upfront the first 3 weeks when I had to park. The first 3 maybe 4 days we drove about 500 miles. Then we drove about 600 miles the first 2 weeks. When we drove as a team we could get around 1000 miles a day except days we had to get loaded or unloaded. Maybe 3 or 4 short days a week. I did not like the team driving because I could not sleep very well. It takes alot of adjustment and I did not adjust very well.