Chris
Happy Saturday ''day off'' LOL! That was some funny sheit you guys pulled on your classmates! Sneakers burning out on the floor! I'm glad you are having some fun along with the education too! I keep saying that laughter goes a long way in just about anything you do! It's also nice to hear you have such a supportive group of people to train with and to train you! Enjoy SOME of the weekend ''off''but some how or another I imagine that you will be out in the truck most of the weekend!
Running With Watkins & Shepard
Discussion in 'Watkins & Shepard' started by chralb, Aug 13, 2010.
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Hey there sammycat,
Thanks but it's not much of a day off really. Much to do. Yeah, Vern and I hung out in his room for an hour or so aferward and just laughed and laughed about it. He was telling me about their reactions and the looks on thier faces while he was going off on them about it in the classroom. I'd have paid BIG money to be a fly on the wall to see it...LOL
I'm going to walk over to the terminal now and hook up an empty trailer to work on some docking. I can do it but I really want to work it out in several different setups as no two are the same out there. Some places (from what I aw for that month) have all the room in the world. Others are so tight it's actually "work" to get them in...LOL
I'll reply to your PM later today when I get back. Then it's laundry tonight. Since Vern left, we don't have a car to get around so I'll be sure to get some excerise for the rest of the stay. W/S will send someone over to get us each morning next week but the weekend and any before/after school errands are on foot from here on out...LOLsammycat, Blue Screen and difference-maker Thank this. -
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Hi ocalag8r and thanks for the kind words.
Well, being that I'll not go out with a trainer, it will be a bit tough for me to compare but, I just spent most of the day in the terminal yard working on backing into various spots between trailers. The setup for each one was quite different. Some were open with a lot of pull up room and others I chose had just enough room to 90 degree the box in. So from that experience alone it sure would have been nice to have a spotter. Would have saved a LOT of G.O.A.L (Get Out And Look) and if the trainer is a good driver who cares, I'm sure he/she could have guided me a bit with the setups to begin with. Of course to me, that doesn't really let "me" figure it out and learn from it. Anyone can follow directions and if something goes bad, it's easy to say "well, he told me to do that".....LOL So without that pressure, I have to wonder just deeply one learns??
Now obviously it would be a help to have those little reminders from time to time because as a newbie, you're focused on so much that the little things tend to slip buy. I can use an experience I just had yesterday with Vern. Now here's a guy who not only knows driving like he does breathing but "really cares" to pass it on.
On one of those tight twisting roads I mentioned above, I'm doing good, cruising along, following the "speed limit" and he starts saying "break it down .... break it down .... I'D BREAK IT DOWN NOW!!!" Of course I did so because he's the BOSS and I'd never argue but MAN!! I'm glad I did because the very next set of triple S-Turns was wicked!! His point was that I was going faster than I could "see ahead". He was right!
We're all so used to driving cars that we tend to forget just what we have here. Now, would I have made it through those turns OK, probably, but it surely wouldn't have been as "safe" as it should be. Would I have slowed down "once I was in them" sure, but that in itself can be a VERY dangerous move with a fully loaded box. Not a good idea to steer quick or break hard in turns. So having him there was a BIG help there. As I said, reminding us of the little things which, in a TRUCK, aren't little at all.
I'm sure there's a whole host of benefits that come with having an experienced driver with you. But, like you, I just can't wrap my head around living with a stranger for any length of time in a cramped space. Especially in "THEIR" house. Unless of course, she was good looking and single!
What this boils down to is, by myself, I'm gonna have to be EXTRA careful out there to make up for missing the watchful eyes of a pro.
And thanks for asking the question and thus, making me think about that.
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LOL...no...I did mostly sight side as far as getting between two trailers. I did do a couple blind sides with two docks open next to the slot I wanted.
Slow and easy man...slow and easy. The last thing I need to do is bend up the comapny equiptment BEFORE I even get out of the yard....LOL
Besides, what would I do tomorrow??
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