What to expect during my mentorship

@Penumbra ..#6 in your list is exactly what I was getting at, starting in too high a gear can do ya in everytime, until you get used to the whole shebang.

I've gotta rock a nap before my 0200 departure; more tomorrow. Sounds like you had a great day of progress.

Thanks, @88 Alpha for the thread rescue, yet again. You rock.

G'night, and peace; and KUDOS, O/P~
Tomcat

 

Downshift... easier to tell than to do.

Allow her to die off in top gear as the RPMs drop below say 1100. Get her out of gear before she bucks on you...

Slap your hammer and get engine back above 1600 somewhere near that RPM is your next downgear waiting for you. You should fall right into it. No scratching allowed.

 

Probably take your shower in a 30 minute break while Mr Snore takes his 10 or whatever in the bunk. About time I think up something useful for that 30... er.. 2 hour break yea that's it. Preferably at a casino where you can add to your salary or lose it all in a heartbeat. (Don't ...)

Your trucking journey is you. All you. I had one trainer that was pretty bad. I quit. Boss yelled at me by the car, your training aint done yet you don't quit. I told em a very bad word combined with off and said that the trainer needs some sort of vacation time to get all the complaining out of him for all of our sakes.

(He was given 2 weeks off and a round trip ticket to anywhere in the USA.)

I cannot share what materials I got off this one. Its really not for a Politically correct internet that gets easily offended today. They would have a posse on me before too long should I write some of his material that was very funny back in the day. But painfully limited because it is only funny one way and a hundred other ways a problem.

 

Ha. Dont be a princess that needs to shower every day. Get some Dude Wipes or equivalent from WalMart, etc. This doesn't help you now, but when your solo get a 5gal container that how a spout on it and fill it with water. I keep mine in my passenger floorboard and use it to wash up after loading/tarping (flatbed). Get some cheap body wash to keep in a travel bottle and you'll be surprised at how a 5min rinse can make ya feel better.

As for him "making" you drive a certain way, tell him to stop. If you're comfortable with a 2 car gap, you hold it and you work on your shifting.

3rd if you're comin down 35, construction traffic sucks right now. Also watch traffic on loop 410 in SA, there is perpetual construction there. Otherwise you're clear headed south.

 

Agreed. Tell the above poster, would'ya?!?