When I was looking at getting my license i checked out most of the super carriers and found it not to my satisfaction. I had a friend who owned his own trucks (2). He hauled coal locally. I went to my local DMV got all the paperwork nessesary. Got my physical at my family doctor. Studied and took the permit test on my own for the cost of $79.50 plus $57.00 for my physical. Contacted Mike and he taught me how to drive. We set up cones and he taught me to back. I went back to DMV contacted an examiner and took my skills test cost of $75.00. Passed my first time and recieved my class A no endorsments for much less than i would have owed any company for helping me get my license. Now i drive for mike in the second truck he has. I am not local though i haul charcoal from kentucky to philly on a dedicated run. I have a year of experiance now no at fault accidents. I had one that was kinda freak. I was parked along the haul road at a mine one day, and the road bank gave out under the truck and rolled me, not fun. i was okay but a little embarassed. So if you can find means to train yourself without using these super carriers do it and save yourself the headache.
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Maybe others will try that if it'll get them into a nice 08 W-900.
Ya reckon.
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Hang on fx4.
The REAL learning has not yet begun.
So far, you've only gone through the EASY part.
Good luck.
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Man-0-Man!
That brings back memories.
I had an instructor do me the same favor.
He found a narrow "S" curve street with cars parked on both sides,
and when I first saw it I uttered "Oh _ _ _ _!"
That, and the look on my face caused him to laugh so hard that he had
tears in his eyes and told me to wait a minute while he finished
laughing.
Long story short --- I made it through.
But the next morning when I arrived early for class, the other instructors
greeted me with Oh _ _ _ _! ---- and laughs.
I guess the story got around, and we all got a good laugh out of it.
Good for you, fx4!
I hope Big truck truckin' is all you hope it will be.
If you can have fun and enjoy truckin' it makes it SOOO much better.
And if you enjoy your own company it's a LOT less lonely.
BTW, have you seen much of the USA, ..... yet?
I found that seeing it, even through a windshield, was quite a treat.
OH!
And the Hawaiian Tropics Girls weren't hard to look at either.
But that's another story ------------------
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