turning with 53 ft trailers

Smaggs · May 2, 2011

Well if someone cuts in on the right, then just stop and wait for them to move. If you stay too close to the curb, you'd have to cut even further into oncoming traffic if the road isn't wide enough on the street you're turning on to.

rkb2170 · May 2, 2011

thank you truckers very much , i am now at ct oreintation , tommorow i do road test pee test and physical things , they say lifting a 110 lb tarp from squat to shoulders , i need everyones prayers that my bad rt leg will hold up- someone hit me on motorcycle/ 4-10 and i still have some weakness in that leg .

Otr3.5 · Feb 16, 2020

flyingmusician said: ↑

wow if they're not giving you experience with the longer trailers then you aren't getting your money's worth out of the school.....i'm guessing it's an abbreviated program as well? mine runs 8 weeks and they have us on the road pulling 48's and 53's giving us real world experience from the first week.....and i don't mean on the highway either but in town and downtown.....some of those turns are really tight but they're teaching us proper setup for each type of turn. we started by backing and turning pups on the yard only because they react quicker and are more difficult to back but for the road work we've pulled the bigger trailers from day one. it's not that much more diffcult than the smaller trailers you just have to go deeper on the turn before you cut back into the turn.....the advice smaggs gave you is dead on......especially the part about watching the mirrors and waiting if you have conflicting traffic that won't allow a safe turn to be made.....wait wait wait if you have to patience is your friend in a situation like that......and use ALL of your lane, right over to the white or yellow line if you have to to setup for the turn but just don't encroach into the other lane unless you just absolutely have to......using those small trailers for roadwork is shortchanging you in my opinion because they track so close to the tractor.....but if you can do it with one of those and not bump the curb then you'll be fine just adjust to the length by waiting longer and going deeper (straight ahead ) into the turn before you commit to turning.....
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Otr3.5 · Feb 16, 2020

Which school were u trained at

x1Heavy · Feb 16, 2020

blanks said: ↑

"adviCe", ask for your money back asap
who teaches someone to drive a tractor trailer in this day and age with a 30' trailer?
I learned on 38' and 45' and that was possibly before you were even born?
no wonder I'm afraid to pull into a truck stop parking lot.
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I learned on a 40's era 17 foot and about a late 50's two axle white daycab.

The big stuff came later on after school and Class A (Before CDL in those days)

Just take the room you need. 53's are easier and 100's even more easy. //snark

Wargames · Feb 16, 2020

Otr3.5 said: ↑

Which school were u trained at
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there were no schools for me, never heard of any.

Otr3.5 · Feb 16, 2020

Even such an advanced country? So how did u learn

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