Failed CDL skilled test 2 times

Don't give up. Where are you located?
The examiner is the problem, not you.
What school are you in; a private school or trucking company school?

 

I failed each section of the skills test once. That is, it took me 3 tries to pass.

My pretrip examiner was a Richard Cranium also.

Don't give up! You'll get this! You've come too far to step back now.

 

Don't give up... If you got into the hole you got the hardest part down, take some time and practice if you can... Alone if that is a possibility. Having people around to critique you often times only compounds the pressure you feel.

Everyone has days that they will take forever, and many attempts to do an alley dock. If you don't believe me just go to a major truck stop every night for a week and participate in the spectating of drivers trying to back into a spot. Watch how they set themselves up, and take note of the setups of the guys that make it look easy. Watch their steer tires and how the trailer reacts. Then compare all that to the Drivers that struggle to get it back into a spot. This can be a great learning experience... I have picked up several techniques for backing up by watching other drivers in this very fashion. But its probably best to watch in an inconspicuous manner.

 

Learning to do it in a manual is a VERY good thing. Some pointers if you struggle reaching the pedals...

1. Let ALL the air out of the seat so its as low as it will go.
2. Tilt steering wheel down as far as it will go or as far as you need, whichever happens first.
3. Tilt the back of the seat forward slightly.
4. Slide seat forward as far as it will go or as far as you need, whichever happens first.

Also, usually when you are backing up (or starting out going forward) you shouldnt need to worry about Appling much, if any throttle... These trucks are designed to start moving without Appling the throttle... Just let the clutch out and it should go... Even when loaded.

Hope this helps, keep at it... You will never regret getting your CDL.

 

Werner owns Roadmaster so don't let them talk you into a Dollar General account. That account has derailed many, many new drivers trucking careers.

 

Do not quit. I'll tell you one time something like that happened to me.

I just finished a overnight through a winter storm into PA and arrived at the customer. He was a 22 dock warehouse with a pretty paved and EMPTY few acre paved area in front of the wonderful docks with nothing in any of them. They tell me pick one and they will get to me soon enough.

I had fought a winter storm half the day prior and all the night since and had been up the day before that waiting to load to get to here. So Im pretty bad tired. A zombie basically.

After everyone got through laughing someone stuck it into a dock and I called it a day to go rest when empty. Took about a day and half to get everything all together and rested again after that episode.

That goes to show you anything is possible when trying to put a trailer somewhere. Never mind the very tight places.

Your family, if they are not part of trucking they will not help you any. Mine did not with very few exceptions.