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Message:: [QUOTE="turnanburn, post: 1784518, member: 59451"]As a farmer I've had trucks for a very long time. I can drive them, fix them, and back them up. But no CDL until last year. I always kept putting it off. The farms trucks are legally registered, insured, inspected, but have farm plates. Cheap plates, but you are then limited to farm stuff only. That's why we "upgraded" to real CDL status, to be able to haul freight. But to the point--after looking over the state's CDL manual, and reading up on the subject, I attended a local school. Smart move I think. There's just so much to know. In particular, I spent a ton of time backing on the range, and practicing for the DMV test. In VT you only need to do a 90 degree alley dock. I back just about every single day, but I learned from my school experience none the less. On the test day, there was snow all over the place forcing a set-up unlike any in practice. Got it done. But only because I had a ton of dedicated instruction/practice in backing. It's always served me to approach things from the perspective that others have some things to show me--I'm glad I went to a training school.[/QUOTE]