"Never do a buttonhook after you pass your CDL test"

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by expedite_it, Mar 31, 2025.

Do you agree with Knightcrawler that a truck driver should never buttonhook a right hand turn?

  1. I agree with Knightcrawler that after a trucker passes his CDL test, he should never buttonhook.

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  2. I agree with expedite_it that a driver should buttonhook right hand turns onto narrow streets.

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  3. I agree this thread needs to be closed

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  1. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    I never make right turns, only lefts. Much safer that way.
     
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  3. Star Rider

    Star Rider Road Train Member

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    I thought he already covered this in his buttonhook thread: (and our hero in the yellow car makes an appearance)

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  4. gentleroger

    gentleroger Road Train Member

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    The problem is one of vocabulary.

    What you're calling a jug handle, I and Schneider call a button hook. What you're calling a button hook, I would call squaring off.
     
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  5. Bean Jr.

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    To be honest, Armstrong steering wasn't that hard when the truck is rolling. Just sitting there, it was work!
     
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  6. rbrtwbstr

    rbrtwbstr Road Train Member

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    Wow. I never heard such a bickering over making a right hand turn. Now we have buttonhooks, and jughandles and squaring off...what is this madness y'all speak of? Just drive the #### truck. Do what you gotta do and do it safely. It ain't rocket surgery.

    I try to avoid tight right hand turns, but guess what? I still have to make them! I do it daily! Sometimes I even impress myself, other times I look like a rookie. But I don't lay awake thinking about it, either
     
  7. Concorde

    Concorde Road Train Member

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    But, did you vote?

    :)
     
  8. JB7

    JB7 Heavy Load Member

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    Excellent. 3 left turns make a right turn.
     
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  9. expedite_it

    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    I go by DOT's definitions in the CDL Manuals of all 50 states. DOT is the authority for me, not Schneider.
     
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  10. Oxbow

    Oxbow Road Train Member

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    I'm reasonably sure that when I got my chauffeur's license in 1980 that buttonhook and jug handle were not in the manual. Also, power steering was not as common as it is today. And now, I am ashamed of myself for reading as much of this thread as I have!
     
  11. SmallPackage

    SmallPackage Road Train Member

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    Only if you are not on his ignore list. Notice the votes are in his favor. Coincidence? I think not.
     
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