Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

Your slipping a bit in your old age...
Make sure he takes his rubber suit with him too.

 

Yeah, I am actually getting some backing practice so hopefully I will get the hang of it after a while. I do have a hard time with it though, ughhh.

 

Keep working on it... It does gets easier. More and more practice... Every opportunity you get.

Best advice I got, actually from my Fleet Manager, was to "make a lot of little mistakes"

That helped me break it down to smaller pieces and recovering from a few small mistakes is easier than one big one...

Keep at it!!! You'll get there!!!

 

Heard on the CB the other day: could not hit a bull in the but with a bass fiddle. LOL

 

Yes, I drove for 9 months back in 06 and 07. I resigned because my wife was working herself to death with our 3 kids. Now, our kids are in college and working. So, they are mostly self sufficient. My backing is still suffering a bit, but coming around. I don't back enough to get the practice I need.

 

We were told differently in orientation. But, I don't know.

 

I don't expect you to understand. You don't know me. But think of it this way: If we are all alike, why are there 3 major types of pain relievers? If we are all the same, why won't one work for everyone? Because different people have different abilities and disabilities. And, if you want to ridicule me, at least quote me right. I never said napping is a physical limitation. I said, perhaps my inability to take naps is a physical limitation.

Now who is being the negative nilly?

 

There is a lot that should be covered in the yard before any trainee gets on a trainer's truck. Backing is the biggest one. An extra day spent backing and going over the QC in depth would be very valuable.

Once on the road things can get very busy and stressful and a particular trainer may not have the patience required to actually "teach" under those conditions nor could a trainee be able to retain all that is being taught.