Im in school, & wanna impress my teacher

too tall gave it to you straight .. but when i back i always look at it this way... just like when you are tightening a bolt, turn right to tight and left to loose.. always works for me .. never had a problem with backing except when i am in very tight places and you will get into them places, i am sure you can hear many horror stories about tight places and backing ...

 

i once backed into a dock tighter then my last girlfreind.... and it was less gratfying too also she didnt find that joke as funny as i did

as i said for the backing and wheel-hand placment. to each thier own. i never preach just one waycuz my way might not work for you. but give it a try and a few others see what works.

as for ur range instructor... id complain to the dean/head honco/whatever about it (in secret). my school had the best classroom instructor and at least 2 out of 3 of the best range instructors i could ever come across. the instructors really make the school. so mabe thats why i felt mine was the best

 

Ask your teachers why it pays more to be Teamsters Local 470 dump truck driver, or a Local 830 beverage truck driver and sleep in your own bed every night, than it does to drive some OTR thing with a box on the back that you have to live in.

Watch how they try to BS you then. I'll bet they try to tell you some kind of "office with a window" or "see the country through the windshield" or some other kind of crap.

 

i think everybody should go out and do at least a year or two OTR. it gives you a chance to see things you normally wouldn't have a chance to see and a chance to make a few dollars doing it. plus most local and LTL companies won't touch a driver with no experience. and i have seen companies asking drivers about experience with winter driving. after you get the wheel time and have seen all you have out there you want to see go to an LTL company or local job. it's really the only way to go in the long run. good luck in your decision.

 

What they are telling you is pure BS. If you go OTR you are going to usn up making about 10 bucks an hour without overtime for working 70 hours a week.

I think the Local 470 rate for a triaxle dump truck driver is $23.60 an hour regular time with overtime at $35.40 after either your 8th hour in a day or your 40th hour in a week.(I cant remember which)

Think this



NOT THIS



Well that is unless you want to wear a dirty wife beater and go pee-pee in a milk jug.

 

Yeah, I saw enough to know that I won't do it again.

 

your lucky to even graduate from that school after threatening an instructor. you would have been removed immediatly from class and lost any money paid.