flunked skills test twice

Hang in there John, keep trying, you can do it !

 

Go to a toy store and get a toy semi. Then practice backing it and watch what happens.

 

My husband went & got one of our son's toy semi's and was driving it all over the living room showing me how it works

 

The toy will really help you understand the physics of it

 

This was me when I read this: Hahahaha... oh wait.. lol.. that's actually not a bad idea!

 

Yes this really can help. When I was going through school, a guy from a previous class could not back. They had the toy trucks. The day before his last shot at passing, he sat at a table with a truck. Used small objects to setup the offside and parallel parking. He worked with that toy truck for a couple of hours at least. The next day he took and passed his skills test , zero points on backing!!!

 

i was gonna say , our toy store sells a big well it about 7 inchs off the floor high and about 4 feet long not sure buts kewl, its all remote control and fun then heck too drive, that real hard too back too but its fun trying i failed 4 times trying too back into the orange cone docks they had setup 5th time i nailed i. i had lots of pullups too

 

Sounds like your school failed you as well allowing you to test without the minimal proficiency needed...

 

First of all, I'm not trying to discourage you. Having said that, I graduated from trucking school 3 weeks ago and scored 100% on backing (100' straight line back and 45 degree alley dock). I'm 1 week into training OTR and school doesn't serve justice to the real world. We trained on 48' trailers in school. Staying inside the cones at school was easy. Now that a trailer is on either or both sides, it's a lot more intimidating. I know I'm a rookie, but I also know setup is very important in backing.

Good luck john b and don't give up!