Navigating Turns

You can play it safe and just use as much space as possible on every turn. If your tandems are near the front you can make sharp turns, but if they are further towards the back your turns are much wider. As you are turning, look in your mirror to see the path your trailer tire is going to take.

 

Just tell him that since you are new you feel comfortable playing it safe. It is better to take a turn too wide than to hit something. In time you can take the turn blindfolded. If he yells just say OK and keep doing it.

 

Until u learn the whole process take as much room as u can... I think it's always better to swing wide and have your trailer a few feet from the curb than be the one who has to backup traffic behind u so u can back up to try again. Trust me after u get comfortable you will be able to put the trailer inches from the curb without thinking twice and wonder y you even made this thread lol

 

learning to drive a truck isn't rocket science that's learned over night.

your trainer can yell at you all he wants. but in reality. WE ALL BORROW SPACE. like mentioned above. better to block the people so you have room to breathe. then to get trapped blocking traffic. cuz they'll give you the finger. specially in rush hour traffic.

when i'm in my car. i want trucks to get out of my way. i don't care how much space he needs. just make the turn. and be done.

your going to make turns on TONS of streets that you'll wish you were never on. they aren't wide enough for a car, let alone a truck.

my trainer wouldn't like my turns but i'm 13 years into this profession and i don't really care. if she were in the passenger seat. i'd just giver her the finger. but i dn't take up space just becuase. the rules i learned are still in my head. but i'll do what it takes. and sometimes there just ISN'T ANY room for rules.

 

hello mr.jowsuf, do not give up, you have come this far, you will make it.have a bless day.

 

I always use as much space as is possible, i hate dragging over curbs. You really dont need to brush them by a fraction of an inch.

Your "mentor" sounds like a douche that can never be wrong.

 

someone yelling isnt being a mentor at all,and the best method i use is a "button hook".your are "arching the length around a corner and as you move foward the "piviot point" moves foward also. research this online if you dont know what im refering to,please. its far better to endure him yelling than u hitting something,cause that ll stay on your record for years.