Do sand hauling company road tests usually include backing?

Both jobs didn't require backing? That is hard to believe, as backing up is pretty essential to driving anything forward. I'd be almost certain you will have to back up at some point, I can't believe you made it this far. Many folks freak out about backing, I never thought it was anything that tough, not much different than that boat trailer or camper. You could explain that you never backed up, but if I was administrating the test, it would be all over for you.

 

Instead of avoiding backing, you’d be a lot better off concentrating on mastering it. I was terrible at it when I first got my CDL-A (I spent 20 years driving buses, no trailers) until my training manager had me spend an 8-hour day in our truck yard practicing. I’d set up, back the trailer into the space between two other parked trailers, pull it back out, circle around, and do it again. For eight hours! By the end of the day, I was competent.

I didn’t get good for a few months, and it was even longer before it came totally natural, but backing a trailer is something truck drivers do every single day, it’s one of the bedrock skills. If you can’t back your trailer, you really shouldn’t be driving it truck.

 

How did you pass your Skills Test to get your A if you can't back?

 

Winner.
It’s like trying to graduate school without ever learning literacy. The rest of your life will be spent trying to hide the fact that you can’t do what everyone else just starting school can.

 

You're going to have to back up period.

 

if you can't back up you're not ready for any trucking job