How do you trip plan?

Well I can't answer the question right now but it begs the question - isn't the term "trainer" being used wrong here?

 

rand mcnally road atlas, trucker path pro(app/play store), truck stop guide. figure shpr to consignee in miles divided by mph. gives you rough est. of how long it will take. know your route, ie....low bridges, weight restrictions. oh, cb also, will help you avoid traffic jams/rd closures. weather app. dont drive b4 you know where you can stop. good luck

 

I never planned where I'd stay for my brk or reset.I just started looking for a place an be or so before my hours were done for the day.The main thing is keep track of your hours and plan where you're goi,g to take a brk from that.You'll learn as you go But I would suggest asking your trainer to show you how to trip plan.

 

The OP just mentioned that his 2 trainers do not trip plan..... bad way to start a career... You should always know where or close to where you will be shutting down...

 

My trip plan for the load I pick up tomorrow. I don't move the truck if I don't have a trip plan in place. I need a destination.

 

At the fuel island .

 

I agree and isn t it part of a trainers job?Someone with exp it's pretty much routine so they don't need trip planning except the routing part.But new drivers should be taught the correct way.

 

Combination of my Truck Stop Pocket Guide and Tablet/GPS. I'll pick out an area with truckstops or one of our company yards and enter them into my GPS and watch the ETA time against my log time.

I have pushed it hard sometimes time wise with company yards just because I know I won't be burned looking for parking there, but show up with just 10 to 30 minutes left because I watched my log time against my GPS time and I knew I was okay to make it.

 

That reminds me of this Transam driver.I waited 10 minutes behind him in the fuel island and here he is yapping with the cashier.I said to him as nice as I know how isn t that your trk,He said so serious I'm out of hours and other things that got me laughing so hard.he made my day.