First time driving a big rig today

The first time I actually drove on the street my Dad and I had unloaded at Vienna sausage on Soto in Los Angeles, as normal he told me to pull it forward and use the customers hot water to wash out the trailer, when he came out from the receiving office to my surprise he told me jump in the driverseat your taking us home.

We lived in Downey then, driving down Slauson that big old hood on the W9 seemed huge and all the gears seemed endless (4X5) with a Brownie Overdrive.. Somehow I got us home woth him right at my side.

All I can say is you never forget your first love or your first drive, in some cases its one in the same.

10-4 get back.....

 

As a recent grad of RM in Tampa,,,,right there with ya. By the end of the three weeks though, i pretty much had it licked. Trust me, the tranny KNOWS the rpm and speed better than you and it WILL let you know if it doesn't wanna be downshifted. Haaaaaaaaa.

 

most of us do not desire your respect but do desire that you share the road and move over when faster traffic encroaches regardless of what you are indoctrinated to do.

best of luck driving truck and with the job you needed.

 

to quote my instructor at Roadmaster "you'll be driving it like you stole it before you know it". so true. Wow and to think that was only nine months ago when I was in your shoes. So much has happened since then. Feels like a lifetime ago.

 

On a very, VERY serious note here GUN. . .

You seem like an intelligent guy, so hopefully, you won't take this the wrong way. But you are right at an experience level where you can actually be the most dangerous, to both yourself, and others on the road. You have enough experience to feel you can handle just about anything, so it is an easy time to get ####y.

Using the term "drive it like you stole it," gives me a cold chill down my back. I'm sure you did not mean it literally, but just in case I'm wrong, "KNOCK THAT CRAP OFF!" OK?

 

I see how that came across Big Don but no, dont worry. I was just quoting my instructor and thats how she talked. I didnt mean it literally and neither did she (just how she talked. Shes from hemet explains everything if you know the area). I keep it no more than 3-4mph over the limit (if you remember my truck goes 73 so you know this one is a conscious effort), slow on curves, and constantly visualize what CAN go wrong in any given situation and that really keeps me on my toes.

 

Oh good grief, I didn't know ANYBODY was actually FROM Hemet. I thought everybody went there to spend the last couple of years of life, before dying!