Confidence in your ability.

i knew i made it when i went thru the rte 6 by-pass in Vail, CO....

oh i smoked them up alright........

i had a load of whirlpool appliances, heavily loaded, going down those switchback curves....

after i had stopped to let the brakes cool down, as well as myself.....

i said to myself............




i gotta be nuts doing this...


27 years later......i am still nuts.

 

6 months in... First time down Donner Pass was at night in the sleet. Loaded with 44k of bottled water. Just kept thinking 'slow n steady rules the day'. I kept her geared down and stuck like glue to the right lane.

8 years later I am still picking parts of that seat out of my rear! Never been happier to see Sacramento before or since. Lol

 

DOT routed me on that Hwy. 6 because I had a hazmat load. It was middle of winter.

 

Not my first year, more like 2.5 years in.

I drive Chicago every day! So I can be home every night.

Driving Chicago

Mikeeee

 

Not a one time thing for me... Every day I gain confidence.... One day up a notch or two... Then some days I get knocked down a notch or two... Just keep learning from mistakes, and accomplishments.... Every day
Made some awesome backs... Then the next day have 4 open doors on either side of me and I can't get in straight....lol
Some days I feel like a professional... Other days I hope no one finds out how little I feel I know....
Just keep on trucking.....

 

Got unloaded years back in Hunts Point...guy came out with a shotgun and a lawn chair...sat next to my trailer while two other guys used load dolleys to unload the meat I hauled in...WELCOME TO THA BRONX.

 

Got stock in traffic in PA and decided to take Google maps directions to avoid it. I am sure those little streets have never seen a semi before. I spent much more time trying to get out than I would sitting in traffic. But when I did get out all wet from the sweat, I felt pretty bad ###.

 

I agree with the other driver who said he learns every day from his mistakes and accomplishments.

I remember blindsiding into a dock at a small place in baltimore when the ground was covered in ice. Slipping and sliding all over the place. Cab was at 45 degrees when all was said and done but trailer was almost perfectly flush. Dockworker seemed to understand my trouble and said the small gap i left on my left side was fine and unloaded me. Felt pretty good in my abilities given the circumstances. Of course some days I get knocked down a few pegs lol.

 

On the morning of day 365 when I woke up in my bed at home I knew I would make it a year. (was on my 34).