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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RoadSideDown, post: 11662308, member: 314577&quot;]DAY 17 / WEEK 4</p><p>Last week of CDL training underway.</p><p><br /></p><p>This week are doing some of the standard drills but the instructors are also focusing each of us on what we can improve on. It looks like all of the five remaining students are solid and likely to pass the state tests. Pretrip, backing, shifting, road drive every day. Plus we finished six hours of more in-depth Hazmat training.</p><p><br /></p><p>My pretrip is fairly polished and complete. I made changes based on instructor feedback and the DMV manual. On about the fifth revision of my memorized script.&nbsp; The straight and offset backing are locked in, very easy. Practicing being patient now, just ease back in idle so any deviation is small and easily corrected with very slight steering wheel movements. Alley docks are 90% using one pull-up and only rarely need two pull-ups. Using GOAL just before getting to the DOT bumper cones to measure final distance. Nailing it every time. I have a much better feel for the trailer angle and wrapping it around that inside cone. Again just easing back in idle and stopping to look better and think it through if any doubt.</p><p><br /></p><p>My road driving is improving steadily. I picked up the double clutch shifting fairly quickly and it is now almost smooth. Making my downshifts easily, more compliments on that. Got feedback today that should smooth out my intersection transitions, and of course need to improve consistency of looking both ways when passing through an intersections and more frequent mirror checks. I’ve lost of my tenseness on the road and enjoy the drives a lot. Otherwise driving safely, no traffic violations, smooth and under control. Traffic was moderate and steady but not nearly as congested as last Wednesday. Probably just one more road drive this week.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the class is on track to do well on the DMV tests we will get a day of hooking and dropping double trailers, maybe do snow chains, and a fun backing slalom course. Three days left and then DMV tests on Monday. Great group of guys I will enjoy driving with at YRC. About half of the class are line haul and half are P&amp;D drivers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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