mistakes that let everyone know youre a rookie

For me it's watching how they back into a hole, which somewhat falls in line with what you said. If you're uncomfortable in the seat, the vehicles behavior will mimic that. I've seen 30 year veterans that couldn't hit a dock to save their lives.

 

I was testing for my first card at a loading rack.Everything was going good.
I had entered the correct amounts,scully plug,hoses to all the right compartments.
Hit the start button,and was having a nice talk with the guy testing me.
Kept hearing a loud whinning noise?He hits the stop button,and finds out I had not
opened my valves,and no gas was going in.I had practiced this forever,but dam if
I didn't miss that.Didnt get my load card that day,but tested for it later that week,
and was eventually turned loose to deliver on my own.

Cross dropped at a QT store.I put 1500 gals. of 93 on top of 87 regular.That was
horrible day.My boss was a real cool guy about it,but it had to be pumped out.
The guy pumping it out tried to make me feel better about it.He said he had done it,
and so had a lot of others.
It still made me feel like mudd.They had to shut down all premium pumps,not to mention
what it costs selling the fuel off to a 2nd party.

 

I have seen this time and time again.

When you stand on the side of a mountain tryna figure out how to put on your tire chains.

If you been driving long enough you should know how to do it better yet do go west if you dont know how to chain down

 

that's terrible lol

 

What makes a rookie look like a rookie. The way you get into a truck. Going forward into a parking stall so you have to back out and hit somebody. Having that OMG look driving down the road

 

So true..or being from back east or the Midwest, heading west and stop on top of a big hill get out and wonder how you are going to get to the bottom and still live.thank God for disc brakes..they only get better the hotter they get.

 

how about trying to put 2000 gallons in a 1200 compartment. The scully works shuts it off..first reaction is HUH??? Then having to get a bucket and drain enough out so the scully let the computer keep pumping. Put extra gas in the other compartment. Or waiting for customers to buy gas so you can finish draining your hose.. It happens, you just try to keep it to a minimum .

 

Lol I see what you did and the other guy about cross dropping all the time. I've never done any of that knock on wood. I've had a trailer top sensor at a rack but that ended up being because the rack was loading more gas than it was reading. A bucket fixed that problem. Hauling gas you can make a ton of mistakes in a matter of seconds that's for sure. Dont tighten a valve all the way and you mix gas and diesel, don't measure the tanks correctly and you blow gas out the vapor lines all sorts of issues lol

 

Not setting up well for a backing maneuver. Also not being able to get the truck straight in a pull-through parking spot or the fuel island.

I personally don't consider two-timing a back job to be a rookie thing. I've seen guys who've been driving for 20 years do that. Also you're better off cheating to the driver side anyway on a tight back-in, then pulling up and lining it up dead on when you can see down both sides of the trailer. That's a lot less embarrassing than putting the blind side of your trailer into the one next to you.

 

Yea even the old vets have bad days backing. I have days where I stick a tough back and feel pretty good about myself, then have days I completely fudge up an easy one and walk away with my tail between my legs. It happens. Doesn't mean you're a rookie.