Drivers who didn't go to school

I told my instructor that after I get my class A, that I'm going to sign up for a few more hours with him so he can teach me how to drive properly rather than the dangerous crap the CA DMV mandates. Because all that double clutching crap among other things not only makes it hard and physically tiring to learn, it also puts me at risk of crashing from being unable to stop or distractions.

That way when I sign on with a company I'm not killing their trucks and risking people's lives.

 

You had better learn to be proficient in 'double clutching and all that crap' because the day will come when you're float shifting and you miss a gear heading down a steep grade and the only thing that will save your ### is double clutching to find a gear.... I'd also suggest that you learn to drive in the mountains without using a jake...

 

I wish I knew someone with a truck I am a one on one learner not in a class room

 

I must be missing something-lol.... I never went to school and never double clutched either. Not sure you can double clutch a triplex

 

myself i learned on the farm many moon ago and just took off from there i always ran flatbed till about 3 months ago i didnt have to back that flatbed often the many years on the road and it was only 48 foot now i am runnin a 53 foot reefer and have rto back everywhere i go that has been my hardest step to take it just takes me aq lil time but i get it in there i have to goal a few times in the really tight spots but im gettin better just takes time...

 

go to prime then they set you in the class 4 a week to get your permit then its ojt from there crawl in a truck with a trainer and go get the deed done just be very open to criticism and listen to the old timers on the road
there are a few that are all doom and gloom but when the day is over another starts....

 

You're kidding about the triplex, right?

 

No school here,bought the 'ol pete and a 39ft.frameless dump to haul my own grain/sand for bedding on our dairy. When i went to take the road test,me and the trooper talked about turkey hunting,good places to fish,and the best way to skin a deer.When we finished the road test,i had my cdl and he had a new place to go hunting. 14 years later and quiet a few miles ago,i've still got that 'ol pete and he still has a place to deer hunt every fall. I guess times are a tad different now.

 

I learned on the farm too. 71 IH conv. 8V71 Detroit 13 sp. and 2 Mack 237 Maxis with 5 sp.. No PS or AC. We also had all floor trailers no hoppers. That old IH wouldn't crank when they let her on. They 'd push me and I'd crank on the downhill off ramp.

 

Didn't do school. Learned a lot from observing my grandfather from the shotgun seat in my younger years. Decided to get back into trucking, bought a K100, learned to drive it bobtail. Started riding shotgun with several mentors, and finally needed to use the K100 with a trailer to make a move...so took one of my mentors and learned with a 53' trailer. One week after first dragging a trailer around, I took my practical test.

Between my three mentors, I learned a LOT of stuff I would have never learned in a truck driving school.

One-on-one instruction is best...that's how you learn to fly airplanes. Works a lot better in trucks, too.