Swift Flatbed Division... ?!

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by RedRover, Oct 8, 2016.

  1. TROOPER to TRUCKER

    TROOPER to TRUCKER Anything Is Possible

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    What sense did it make to take alley docking out for it though
     
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  3. street beater

    street beater Road Train Member

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    Maybe im just tired.. huh?
     
  4. Lepton1

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    Once school is finished you go to orientation. THAT'S where you make SURE you get a flatbed mentor/trainer. After 200 hours behind the wheel you test out and go solo.
     
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  5. TROOPER to TRUCKER

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    In SC they removed alley docking from the cdl test and put in parallel parking instead of just adding it.
     
  6. RedRover

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    Same way you parallel park a car, exception being that you turn the wheel in the opposite direction of the curb/place you want to put the trailer, then countersteer that ######## on in there. Gimme my CDL.
     
  7. street beater

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    ?!?! My parking spot in my yard is either a 45 degree offset or a straight up 90. The 90 is actually easier than the 45 as im backing between product on both sides with a few feet to play with... why would they take one of the most basic skills out... smh
     
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  8. RedRover

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    Watched a UPS guy put his trailer between another truck and a curb in front of him, with less than a foot in front of and behind him. Lost a 20 dollar bet. Never tell a dude that is 60+ and getting ready to dump his piss bottles in a Walmart parking lot before going on a reset, that he can't put that #### thing where he's trying to put it. Lesson learned.
     
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  9. sterone

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    It depends on your home state requirements, I graduated swifts program 2 months ago and nobody in my class had to do parrallel parking. Just pretrip, straight line, off set right , 90 degree backing, road test. I think parrallel is a north and sout carolina thing.
     
  10. TROOPER to TRUCKER

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    Not quite that simple when you sit there the first few times!

    I nosed in a dock and backed a 360 docking the same space without stopping or pulling up. Now it took a lot of asphalt to swing it so hard you almost crush the cab extenders. I was bored goofing off that day.
     
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  11. RedRover

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    Parallel is on the test here in Texas, per a guy who is a 2 year CDL holder. I could be wrong though and it has changed. Wouldn't mind if they didn't test me at all. I'm more concerned with being able to do it repeatedly, than he about to do it sufficiently one time.
     
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