Day 4 of academy. Passed straight line backing evaluation. Pre trip time

Needless to say I was SCARED as fucc.

Everytime I tried to press the clutch(initially) my leg and knee was shaking like a flag on a flag pole during a thunderstorm.

I was having major issues straight line backing.

Eventually i did it once I learn how to properly adjust my mirrors. Needless to say, everyone has their own way of doing something. Doing it exactly the way my instructors did had me going all out of bounds.

But regardless I got it down, atleast from that length. Apparently next week we straight line back again, but for about 3 times that length that we did today.

One thing I do not like tho, is the gear shift. Its a pain, IDK if its because old equipment(same with the clutch being so hard to push down) or cuz it was my first time, but regardless I hate it.

But yea man, atleast I finally got it down, my roommate, who is an ex CDL holder(let it expire) was helping me alot and by my 5th or 6th time I was doing it by myself with really no supervision, and doing it pretty "perfectly"

 

One thing I didnt like though, the instructors, especially one of them is an ###. Literally made one dude in my class today hop in his car and drive off the range cuz of yelling and screaming at him for not doing it right the first time.

At the end of the day, I almost hit one of the instructors lol. Apparently when we park the tractors, it has to be at an exact line, not around it, not in the general vicinity, but exact, straight imaginary line. To do this, the instructor gets in front of the truck and puts his hand on the hood like hes superman or some ####. Needless to say, for all instructors out there, its not a wise idea to stand in front of a truck(with an attitude at that) driven by a 21 year old rookie driver whos foot can accidently slip off the clutch at any time.

 

yea