Driving again after being off the road a few months?

No, I took 10 months off about 12 years ago after driving for 4 years. Company performed a check ride with me and I was dispatched a few days later. Felt like I had just been off for the weekend.

 

About 5 minutes.

 

Hell no.

I went about oh... 8 years before I had to play yard goat and back in a 53 foot, it went right into the dock in one move. The shifting side took care of itself by the time I hit high range. And within 10 minutes the rust broke off and everything was coming back to me. You never forget if you did it long enough.

I was running tractors and sometimes trailers among other things into the auction barn until 2013 here and it's no problem at all. As a crew boss I stayed updated on the automatics and manuals teaching the newbies CDL crew if necessary what they needed to know.

If I forgot anything at all it will be in a mack Super liner crane truck I had at the barn once. I was making a circle allowing for the extra 25 feet boom hanging in the front of my cab. (Never mind the trailer) to get into the barn without stabbing it. I got a little bit unsure and forgot the reverse gearing on the 15 speed split which is a rotating device on the Mack superliner I liked so much. It also had that V8 format engine that I missed so much. Fortunately I made it into the barn that day in one move.

If there is anything I dislike is micromanagement and excessive paperwork. Those are easy to forget.

Finally but not least it is not good to stick me into a new truck. All that DEF and emissions crap chaps me to no end. I do best in the older iron. The older the better. If anyone had a 58 to 59 white laying around unused, I'll be taking it out.

 

I got off the road for 10 years after about 9 behind the wheel.

The hardest part for me was getting hired. Companies kept saying I "wasn't current", or were chapped about an at-fault accident in my personal vehicle.

31 rejections, got hired by company 32, been back out here a little under 10 months.

The new hos took some getting used to.

Backing was a little weird at first with a sleeper. My last job was daycab, and the last sleeper I drove was an '82 Mack R model with a coffin sleeper. My current sleeper is a lot bigger.

 

I will never drive again. I know this. However, I would love to find a good simulator!

 

I stopped driving for 10 years. Went for a road test and got hired. Other than a few gear grinds ( all when downshifting ) all whent smooth.
Don’t worry you’ll be fine. It is just like riding a bicycle you don’t forget.

 

Yeah,I was a little concerned about myself,company driver for 4 months,bought a old 2001 Century,decided I couldnt do the ELD thing(I was way too reckless and going to kill someone)Bought a 98 Classic in Oct,broke my ankle Nov,and goin back soon,took me that month to get used to having so much hood out there and the steering radius of a train! I only been out here since 2016,the way I look at it bud,the way someone else posted,like riding a bike,we will be just fine!

 

Just like riding a bike.After 14yrs away it took all of 5min to remember why I stopped in the first place.Oh well, some people never learn,lol.

 

Those are available and can hook to your computer.