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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RoadSideDown, post: 11641214, member: 314577&quot;]DAY 5</p><p>More practice rotation. I did pretrip before break, moved to offset backing afterward. I was in a big old 1997 Freightliner with a pup and just could not get it today. Figure I am at too much of a starting angle. Monday will try again in the shorter Kenworth or Volvo. Frustrating but confident next try will be much better. After lunch I was in one of the old Kenworths doing more runs around the yard practicing shifting. Feeling good about it so far, don’t see a problem with the road test three weeks away. After the last break I was on the federal video training. I will finish those this weekend which will free up another 1.5 hrs per day for additional driving time. </p><p><br /></p><p>Overall a great day. Next week we continue with pretrip and offset backing and possibly easy road driving. We can only get up to 7th gear in the yard so it will be great to run through more gears on a real road with real traffic. Another student started acing his straight backing and offsets and is a natural on the stick. A few others will start shifting around the yard Monday. A couple are having problems with straight backing but we are hopeful it clicks with them soon. </p><p><br /></p><p>At this rate we will be getting 4-6 hrs/day driving fir the next three weeks. One on one with instructor as needed and mostly solo. The instructors are very good. They help as much as needed but also give us free rein when we demonstrate competence. </p><p><br /></p><p>So far very happy with the YRC/Reddaway training. The program is less than a year old but the instruction is great and access to trucks and trailers excellent. I love all the drive hours![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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