Starting in Trenton 8/22

In CVille on 10hr break, and so my trainer can do a train the trainer meeting so he can keep training. Just got off of a few days of home time which as a nice break, got to cook up and eat some real food. Took the first shot at Ohio's CDL test and failed, don't agree with what was considered encroachments and the break test part tee'd me off but it is what it is and will just retest now that I know how they run it. Nailed the entire pretrip, but the examiner didn't give me the break test part so that fails it. Said when I was talking about the protection valves popping they where already popped out. No clue what that meant as they popped after the red light and while I was still doing the test. For you Ohio people, when they say you only get 2 get out and looks during a backing part it means only 2, if you get out a third time they can make you pull out and start it over. Also when pulling up, if your trailer isn't inside the cones yet you have to pull out the way you came, can't pull forward and straighten up until after your trailer has gotten into the box, so make sure you can nail your approaches enough to get the trailer in.

 

No misunderstanding on your in. The valves where in when I did the pump down my trainer even heard them pop and he was a good 30 feet away during it. Not worrying to much about it figure its a way for them to increase revenue. And I missed you in cville I walked into the driver room a couple of times but it was packed every time with trainees waiting or drivers.

 

Sitting a little north of waco tx till appt time tomorrow. Customer isn't open on Sundays so its been a alow driving week. Took 2 days to get out of dalton with carpet going to e. St. Louis. Dropped it and took beer from bud down to here. Got to test out the new gps in st louis and Dallas so far no problems to speak of. Got the 7" rand mcnally. Got the 2nd cdl test scheduled for a week from Monday.

 

Wow been forever since I posted. Finally got the cdl out of the way and got tested out today. Will be in truck 21054 its a T2000. Training was a great experience, my trainer was a+ got to see all different terrain and weather outside of snow was always ahead of it. Will post more down the road.