The new job is going well.

[Tobin S.]

I trained on moving trailers and driving a forklift. I also had to go out on the road for a test drive in a tractor trailer. I'm not going to be doing that kind of work, but I'm technically a driver for them so I have to be D.O.T. certified. I had not driven a tractor-trailer for five years. I was stoked after I passed the test. I was really sweating that. I wanted to tell the guy administering the test that I hadn't driven that kind of vehicle in five years, but I thought it best not to. I just told him it had been a little while

I was a little shaky in the yard truck backing up trailers early in the day. I hadn't done that in five years either. But it's all coming back to me. I think I'm going to like it there. I also think I'm going to lose some weight doing that job. Lots more walking than I'm used to.

[GreydeeThos]

1. Great Tobin

[pinboy3niner]

2. Praise Jesus!

I mean that sincerely, Jesus.

Good job!

[elleng]

3. Good to hear, Tobin.

Been thinking of you!

[rurallib]

4. good to hear.

Hope your fellow workers take well to you.You seem like the kind that gets along well with most folks

Really hope this is a break that helps turn things around.

[Iris]

5. yay! This is your first week? n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Glad to hear this, my dear Tobin!

I've been wondering how today went.



You will get more fit!

[Flaxbee]

7. Very happy for you!

I know how much you (and Jen) wanted you to have a new job. Very glad it is going well.

[mnhtnbb]

8. I hope you continue to like the job and enjoy your work colleagues

as you get settled in there. Sounds like some old driving muscles will get stretched
and maybe some other muscles that haven't been used much for a while: great combination!

[Worried senior]

9. Sounds great

and when you get that first paycheck it will be even better.

[trof]

10. Good on ya!

[Kali]

11. this sounds great!

congrats!

[denbot]

12. Cool beans Tobin..

I have long wondered what it would be like backing a 53' trailer using one of those yard goats and conversely one of those long nosed Peterbuilts, or Kenworths.

Do you have A/C in that thing? Not to be a downer, they also look like they'd be cold in the winter

[Tobin S.]

13. The yard goat responds quickly to inputs on the wheel

compared to a typical conventional tractor with a sleeper. It has heat, but no a/c. I don't know how well the heat works, but because you're in and out of the cab a lot driving those trucks I would imagine that they are colder than other trucks. The good news is that the places I'll be working have places where you can warm up or cool down quickly. I don't have to be out in the yard truck all day with no relief. I will also not be the yard driver every shift I work. I think probably about two-thirds of the time I'll be working inside driving a forklift.