The adventure Begins!

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by TruckerDragon, Sep 22, 2010.

  1. Gears

    Gears Trucker Forum STAFF - Gone, But Not Forgotten.

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    A hearty congrats to you TDragon. You're doing great my friend. Keep it up!
     
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  3. CarolinaCatJack

    CarolinaCatJack Light Load Member

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    You've come a long way in a week, Dragon. We're proud of you, driver. Keep up the good work!! :wav:
     
  4. LRWerewolf

    LRWerewolf Bobtail Member

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    It's times like these bro... I really just gotta say... I mean, seriously... you passed...

    ...

    THANK GOD I'M IN ANOTHER STATE! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!:biggrin_2559:

    Just kidding. Congrats bro.
     
  5. TruckerDragon

    TruckerDragon Heavy Load Member

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    My leg feels like rubber!

    Today from 10 to 5:

    "Alright! Go forward!..." <go forward>
    "Alright, crank your wheel a random direction!" <does>
    "Alright, ....Make it straight while backing up!" <does>
    Great!"
    "Good."
    "Do it till five."
    "...What? Oh god."

    My leg feels like rubber :D

    Tomarrow 7 till 5....same thing
    Sat: "Free day" Im gunna spend alot of time practicing my incab, becase that if you fail your in-cab you fail your final exam period!
     
  6. Gears

    Gears Trucker Forum STAFF - Gone, But Not Forgotten.

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    That clutch pedal will surely get the attention of your leg muscles. How do you like it so far? I know you've not done any driving, but at least your getting some seat time.

    Keep up the good work!
     
  7. TruckerDragon

    TruckerDragon Heavy Load Member

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    Honestly? not nearly as scary as I thought, and backing was easier than I thought, the way he explaned it was, "Turn into trouble, if you start seeing your ### get bigger in left mirror, turn left, if its getting bigger in the right mirror, turn right! :)

    It was fun, I think its going to be more interesting next week when we start going on the road.
     
  8. CarolinaCatJack

    CarolinaCatJack Light Load Member

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    Wait until you get some experience, TD.... You'll use the clutch to start and stop. That's it. You'll learn to run the RPMs up, let off the fuel, and knock her home. That's down the road a ways though....
     
  9. LRWerewolf

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    Man, I'd be in trouble. My ### always looks like it's getting bigger... and you know how big my ### is already!

    Still, I like hearing the things your instructor's saying, he sounds like a cool guy with a sense of humor and his head firmly attached to his shoulders and not up his backside.
     
  10. Gears

    Gears Trucker Forum STAFF - Gone, But Not Forgotten.

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    Where's today's update?
     
  11. TruckerDragon

    TruckerDragon Heavy Load Member

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    Right here!

    Today was a good day I think, I am getting down the pretrip I THINK, I could be wrong.... But I think I got it it down, Today was more backing forward, back forward back.

    But After the first half of the day they put me and my partner into the most JACKED UP truck I have EVER seen....This trailer frame was twisted, jacked up, no brakes on the trailer, it was JACKED, I had to put ALL my 200 pounds (Lift my ### off the seat!) to shift this thing and STILL had to grind it in because the clutch break was jacked up.

    This truck was BAD ill try to take pics tomarrow.


    But after all the backing we got back to the 'crib' and tomarrow is the 'free day' Where we ccan work on everything we have done to this point. Sunday is a free day that we dont use the yard, just a 'off' day ya know? :)


    Questions so far gentalmen? And ladies? ....And injun? :D
     
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