maybe i should quit

try and watch how you trainer does.do this from inside and outside the truck.have him explain it while he,s doing it. also i donb,t stress about getting it in the hole in one shot. my job is too get it in even if it takes 5 tries.once ur out of school there,s no points for too many pull ups. just stay calm and get it in.

 

if at a truck stop find a diff. hole. heck, there some days I can't back for squat !! I pull out, park,wander around cuss afew times. get back in and sometimes get it right. sometimes not. and I've doing this quite a few years.

use your imagination to think where the trailer wheels will be going. "you have to be one with your rig". don't laugh I am actually serious.lol when you are driving in tight spots ,watch where the wheels are and in time you can think of it in reverse. does that make sense ??lol

 

Quick question....

If you figured it out and mastered backing, at least to the point that it became fun in challenging situations, would you stick it out?

 

DONT QUIT !! Working at CRST is like Andy Dufresne going through that pipe in the Shawshank Redemption to gain freedom. I'm dyslexic, so backing was tough for me to. But cheating at the start of your career may not be that bad of a thing to do. I learned with a flatbed and a day cab with a window in the back of the cab that i could look out of. I KNOW, ONLY USE YOUR MIRRORS ! that's how its done. If you can obtain something like that,it might help you get a better idea of how or where the the trailer is going. Of Course an open area and some cones would be needed, and someone that's good at backing to help keep an eye on you. Many drivers would not use this method and I understand that, and I don't think your dyslexic, but it is a trick that worked for me back in 1980. If I started with box van trailer learning to back, I really don't know if would have made it in the trucking industry. Took me three years to get good at it, so you can do it to. Dont give up. That method of mine worked for me, but it is just an idea,nothing more, GOOD LUCK !.

 

I almost forgot how to back up when I pulled a flatbed. Then when I went back to reefers...Ouch!!!

 

Do your training and get out of there.

 

I hated backing when I first went out......I'd get so nervous in truck stops....if I couldn't find an edge or pull through spot I would leave. One day I decided to stop being afraid and start mastering my craft. It didn't take long and I was fine......you will be too!!!

This gig isn't easy......the starting pay blows monkey stick......but when it gets better....AND IT WILL.....there's nothing like.pulling that truck on the interstate. Stick with it....you'll see.