Finished my two weeks of feeder training. Wound up having two productive weeks instead of one non-productive and one production week.
The training went well and while I’m still not 100% on the IVIS and still slow building a set I’m feeling good about this job.
My only concern I have is that I spent my two weeks of training driving an automatic tractor and on my very last day they gave me a 10 speed that I’m still not great with. I can get it down the road, I’m better at floating the gears than I am with double clutching. Still struggling downshifting but getting better. If I knew I was going to get put into a 10 speed truck I wish I could’ve had one for the two weeks of training and not just introduced to it the last day. Spotting a dolly and building a set with this tractor makes me really nervous, the clutch is very stiff and feathering it to back up smoothly is uncomfortable and difficult. My trainer even mentioned that the clutch is not normally so tight, so that made me feel better about it not just being my own fault. I’m sure I’ll get used to it eventually but making my 30 punches would be a lot less stressful if I could have the automatic back that I got used to.
There’s a bunch of little things that need to be wrote up on the truck, hopefully the supervisors and mechanics don’t think I’m trying to get out of it by sending it to the shop. Really trying to make a good impression on my new coworkers and supervisors.
