TMC Drivers

Good evening everyone. Day 8 is here and gone. Good news is that I'm still here (so far). lol Well today consisted of yard work and on road driving. Did I mention it was cold! About 25 to 30 below wind chill. Also did simulator. My scores today were good and showed improvement. Just 3 more days to keep showing the improvement and all should go well. Basically all I need to do is improve my shifting and everything else about driving the truck is good. It will get better, has everyday so far. Our class is down to 27 from 33 now. Heard tho that some never make it past the final week, for various reasons. They are starting to make plans for rental cars already for those who took bus up here. I'm lucky I drove up and get to drive myself back home. That's all I have for now. Take care.

 

socal, thanks for the advice. I'm going over the shifting in my head (repitition). It will come. Upshifting is not a problem for some reason downshifting is where I seem to mess up occasionally. I just need to focus on the task at hand and talk myself thru it out loud as I'm doing it. Anyway after today just 2 more days to go. Take care.

 

Day 9. Today we had simulation training which gets a little harder each time. I improved on that with no accidents.Also had 45 degree backing and figure 8 training on yard all while it was snowing (about 4-5 inches lol). I didn't take out any cones. It was a long day because I was one of 4 drivers who had to go out on road 6pm to 8pm to drive in the snow and ice. That was interesting but went well. I did well on shifting and scores improved so that is a good thing. So 2 more days (Thurs & Fri) and it's over.Also, lost 1 more driver yesterday sent home because of problems shifting couldn't get the shifting down. 33 drivers down to 26. That's it for now. Oh by the way I will say hello to Tommy B. back home who apparently is following my post. Howdy Tommy hope all is going well and everyone is doing fine. Take care.