Me complaining or is it an actual problem?

Hey if they say hes finding excuses then corner them and see what they say after asking them to adjust the seat..Thats why I said what I did to see what instructor says.So what was so wrong in what I said.Tell me funny man what would you have done?

 

adjusted my OWN seat, funnygirl......

 

We have no way of knowing how much of this is because of their equipment, or how much is your own problem. But you ARE paying them good money, (even if it IS a loan and you "only had to pay the school $100.00, WHO IS GOING TO REPAY THE LOAN??????????) You deserve to get your money's worth. If you are physically unable to operate their equipment, due to your size, they never should have accepted you to the school. Unless they are a brand new school, they HAVE had other short folks around.

I honestly don't know how to take your OP, since we seem to be being bombarded with BS threads in the last few days. And it is difficult here, but I will resist linking to the Randy Newman song, Short People!

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Now, this is another good reason why it is important to visit the school, get in the trucks BEFORE any commitment (if feasible). I visited the school I wanted to attend last spring because I needed to know if my knee was ready for the clutch (I had reconstructive surgery).

OK, the knee was definetely not ready yet, but most importantly, I had the same problem as the OP. I'm short, (5'2"), the seat wouldn't adjust in either truck, and the instructor was rude. When my leg is ready, I'll visit another school. If not possible, I'll call to make sure the seat does adjust.

BTW, I've been getting in a few new trucks at dealers' to keep testing the clutches, and all seats do adjust just fine. Your school has old junkie equipment.

 

Sit on phone books lol

 

Don't you have to pretrip a truck ? Report the defects and refuse to drive it . Call the local tv station action line but if the school advertises on that tv station you're wasting your time . Sue the school for the loan money if they don't refund . They won't want it as public record in a suit .

 

I don't know. I've noticed that allot of people like to take the truck out of gear, and wiggle the shifter around every time they make a maneuver. Leave the gosh dog thing in gear. That way all you have to do is pop it up to the gear you want at a stop. Or whatever your doing. You need to practice that anyway. Leave it in gear. The DOT officer will be watching for that on your test as well. These trucks are old that are taught with. Clutch brake is usually worn out do to people pushing the clutch all the way in and keeping it there. Allot of people don't even know a clutch brake is on the truck. So they don't know how to preserve it. If you can't get it into gear at a stop, kill the engine. It should go into one of the gears then. Start it up. Then don't come out of a gear unless you are going into another.

 

I agree with Okieron, Truck driving schools have to follow the same laws as trucks on the road.

 

Less-then-perfect trucks are a staple of many trucking schools (and a bunch o' companies as well, it seems!). But such a truck should at the very least be able to be adjusted to fit most every potential driver. When you apply for a job, one of the questions on modern apps is along the lines of "Can you perform all aspects of the job with reasonable accommodations?

I would think that the standard for a school should be at least similar.

 

IMO sounds like the truck's just might be junk. I do have a potential fix for one of your problems though. wedge shaped foam core. Won't be soft a fluffy like a pillow but will act like the back of the seat. I had one made for me when I was assigned to 1st lt in the Navy, I often got "transport" duty, I was one of the few their at the time that could drive a stick. The duece and a half we had, the seat wouldn't go foward enough for me to push the brakes in all the way, let alone the clutch. Most Wal-marts and practically any arts and crafts store would carry it. Foam core cuts with a reasonably sharp serated knife.

Not sure if that will help, but it allowed me to sit better in the seat and not have to adjust everything from the much taller men that drove on night shift.