My Swift Academy Journey. Will it be a swifty one or not?

Strong post. This is intriguing.

 

YA know..i'm in a foul mood tonight.. SO THE EF WHAT if the driver has compromised abilities with his 'out takes..' SO?? DOES THAT MAKE HIM LESS than a man, and/or driver?

I think NOPE.

 

Six9, that backing stuff just boils down to finding a system, an explanation, that works with your own mind.

You don't consider yourself one of the stupid people, and I agree with what I see in your posts.
But we are all stupid when we fail to understand something.

After nearly 9 years in this business, I still consider myself stupid in many ways.

I really hope you post about your first experience in a cave.
Swift seems to like sending fairly new drivers to that place, and I have been there twice. It is 'fun'.



As for your 'thing' that is not normal...
My thing is that I simply don't want to share my space and I like my privacy. I paid for half the room to be by myself as well.

I wish you good fortune with your mentor.

 

Never said that...

 

Still wishing you the best, man. We've ALL ALLL ALLLLLL been through some sort of indoctrination process starting out this profession (<<and Yes, I will STILL call it that, for it is for those of us who want it, believe it, and achieve it.) Fingers crossed and all that good stuff. Thanks for keeping us in the loop.

Sounds like we might have another 'pro' out here, eminently. Best wishes.

Tomcat

 

Good luck and congrats on following through with this. Hopefully this winter doesnt discourage you too much

 

One MAIN thing to try to learn (or insist on learning) from your mentor, is PROPER BRAKING in winter. Different trucks, different stuffs, but 'proper braking' (and downshifting if you train in a manual) is 90% of the equation. Not trying to scare ya, becomes 2nd nature, but sure puts a lot in to the mix.

Btw: Change your avatar back (or to something else, haha!) I keep thinking it's @RoadRooster when I skim, LoL~! A lot of us 'old hands' around here, kinda know (of) people by their avies. Real cats is Dave, cartoon cat is Tuck, man on the bike is Pup, man I could go on and on ..LoL~! (Give you something to do...be creative, haha!) Moosetek has had the same one; we know him by that...imho.
(Or you could be an avatar stealer like some choose to do.. but just don't). Moosetek has had his for awhile, too~! Creative is good.... but... LoL~! Killing Time (i miss him...) helped me pick mine from a BAND cover about 8 years ago, via my kids. Still like the quote....and the tritechadodecahedron, haha!

ps: TIGGERS BOUNCE. You don't wanna, LoL~!

 

Years ago in a car I would seek out snow. Nothing would stop me, mainly because I knew I had the tires and skill to handle it.
I would practice sliding around in different conditions, ranging from snow to ice to mud and gravel - in a car.

Still, no chaining even then. If it was chains mandatory I didn't go.

The truck is way different.
Truck tires are not designed for snow conditions, at all.
Neither are air brakes.
The combination is a sure way to start sliding.

And you can't add chains to your steer tires, and they have the least amount of traction in those conditions. Once you lose traction to the steers, you have zero control over where you go.