The Safest Way to Make this Right-Hand Merge in a 53' Trailer

I don’t need to add in anything about the turn itself as there is excellent advice here. But if you have to stop suddenly in the turn due to yielding to a car or pedestrian and you’re in 5th or 6th gear then it’s ok to quickly put it neutral and come to a complete stop and then put in 2nd or 3rd to get going again. (If empty then 3rd would be good).
It can be hard for a newbie to downshift into 2nd or 3rd before you stop with all the things you got to watch during a turn.. I believe you can’t go more than the length of your tractor trailer out of gear (Neutral),
So, again, if a car is coming and you need to stop and are afraid to stall trying to get down to 2nd or 3rd beforehand; then just clutch into neutral and brake to stop and then put it into your “Go” gear.

 

OP should have retested by now, wonder if he comes back to let us know how he did?

 

pro tip. if you are that far left on the white line. turn when the light turns green. that way all of you are going at the same time and the trailer swing is not a problem then

 

Find a company that you can learn to Flatbed or pull tankers , even Reefers. Any one can pull a box , you want to be versatile and have options .

 

Flatbed is seasonal?! No one ever told me that! So when can start my vacation?

Its still in the 90s here. Ive run all over this country with a flatbed behind me every month of the year. This is trucking, there's no seasonal, part time, kinda easy anything in this job.

And dont be scared of some manual labor Nancy. It's good for you.

 

Like the above poster said dont be scared of manual labor . There are local jobs as well that hire new drivers but require labor if being home is a issue. When they say home weekends its typically just for a 34 hr reset and back on the road . Get your endorsements and learn all you can good luck.

 

Lucky you.
Our instructors will get in deep caca if they even take us near a test route.
It’s bad enough that there’s been ongoing construction through every area where the railroad crossings are in town.