Learning to drive in the winter?

My current job is outdoor physical labor, in all weather conditions, so I'm accustomed to that part of it. I'm no stranger to physical labor and cold weather.

This is another train of thought I had. Learn to drive in the winter and I'll be better off than trying to learn it months later. Get practice driving in the snow with a trainer and be better prepared to do it on my own.

Appreciate the vote of confidence. I talked with a friend of mine who is a truck driver, he is going to try to set me up with his old trainer.

 

Getting a CDL is easy. Keeping it is hard work.

 

that way you can get used to this at an early age.

 

It's all relative..
I'd agree it would be a better choice to learn slick and cold conditions from a experienced driver.
Winter is always just a cold front away anyhow.

 

Or a butane torch.
De-ice spray only does so much. The torch will heat the entire lock.

It can also help free up frozen brakes.

 

Actually the best time but will be a trail by fire so to speak. You will have your trainer to help and you’ll be better for it. I trained in the summer so all I saw was rain and wind when winter hit I was solo on 81 in Hagerstown ing bricks lol. If your ready go for it!

 

Appreciate all the advice. I'm gonna give things a bit to settle down here, hopefully they calm down some. Yesterday was a particularly bad day at work but I'd like to try to get through the holidays here. I've only been in this job for 4 months and it has given me a lot of relevant experience as far as loading, unloading, what is safe and not safe to send down the road and learning DOT regulations as far as understanding log books, pre and post trip inspections, strapping, clearance, width and height restrictions, etc. Definitely something worth putting on a resume.

 

And when to drive outside of your comfort zone. You won’t get better if you always stay the same. Driving outside of your comfort zone is not the same as driving outside of abilities.

 

I started in the winter and the first load they gave me was to Rome New York. Drove in the winter of the northeast for three months straight before getting a load down south.

No reason to put it off. If anything you will have more opportunities available to you this time of the year.

 

well, now that you mention it, the 2 schools i did work at??

we did not allow students on the roads during snow storms, or even a "few snow flakes", or the threat of snow that day.

as a result, many would call the school on a "snowy day" and ask if they'd be going on the road. when told NO, all trucks for the road will be parked, the students stayed home.

main reasons being, they were not experienced to begin with, and the 4 wheeler drivers here (like any place else?) slip and slide and crash. no need for a school to get into that BS, just for road times.