Ask A May Trainer

Yeah. He has a handheld stop sign and orange flag he uses to guide the trucks into the back.

 

I crawl down the 6-7% hills. 45mph or less. I'm not going anyplace that the 2 or 3 minutes I might gain are going to be that important. Funny thing is, I'm still rolling when I pass those guys with smoking brakes who are now parked at the bottom.

 

? for May trainer..
if i'm accepted out of cdl school, i've read the test drive is on a 13 speed.
We use a 10 speed at school, there's also a 9 speed.
Will they take that into consideration as i go merrily down the road crunching gears?
What about pre trip? we do one at school, but i'm reading places like Georgia Dot has something like a 130 step list.. Se just get under the hood and push and pull on stuff, check fluids and lights and tires. I do have a list, but it seems way easier to start on one side and work my way around because i can see the belts and wires and stuff...
Thanks
Mary

 

you will use a 13, but you will drive it like its an 8, you wont split the top gears, grind away they know most schools dont use 13's, hes watching to make sure you don't kill someone and know how to drive the truck safely, keeping your eyes open, paying attention to signs, same thing with the skills course, get out and look, as much as you want
pretrip, just a basic pre trip, its all much more relaxed than your CDL test itself. they aren't there to grade you and bust you if you miss something and kick you out

 

Thanks. We practice backing and parking in the lot at Goodwill. Troy ( instructor)
says no cones in real life and idiot 4 wheelers cutting thru the lot. Also have a loop we drive thru Ft Worth on the service roads. If you've been thru DFW you know Texas road engineers love overpasses. And around passes. And you gotta go here to get there overpasses and side roads. And changing over 3 lanes on the freeway for your exit. Some day I'd like to drive in a straight line for more than one mile!
I' m really enjoying it tho.
Thanks.
Mary

 

yep, been thru DFW a few times lol, mostly down on the ft worth side, 35W & I20 area usually it seems. was there last week, when of course my apu on my truck died on me so I could sweat my ### off. up and down 287 up to Denver (Limon anyway)... not a fan of that road lol

 

Can you tell me what cb channels to use im in brooks and i ran the i5N and not one beep this is my 4th day solo so i still dont know the channels thnx

 

mines set on 19, not sure if the west coast guys use something different but i never change my channel from there unless I go to a pickup/dropoff and they call us on the radio

 

Yeah but i guess running trough cali the channels are different and the i5 goes from cali all the way north i dont know if my settings are correct cuz i radio check and get no answer

 

Channel 17