Day 12 End of Week 2

Aug 10
   
     What an amazing week, with the exception of yesterday. Got a lot of driving done these last two weeks, and a lot of RECALLING. Today was no different, woke up around 0530 had breakfast, took a shower, caught up on some paperwork and studying, got to class at 0800, found out our driving truck was in the shop, so we didn't get to drive today, so spent 8 hours on the yard going in reverse. To make things more difficult the instructor set up two trailers 11' apart and we had to back into the area as an alley dock. "What makes that maneuver difficult?" Well your trailer is approximately 9' wide so you really have to be accurate on getting it dead center or your tearing up trailers, and we all know what happens when you wreck a $180,000 truck/trailer combo, we go straight passed go DO NOT Collect $200 straight to the unemployment office. oh did I mention we also had a "wall" to avoid, that is 70' from the front of the alley. Started out first 2 times nailed it 100% no issues, then things went to crap, struggled the rest of the day trying to hit it. Then at the last run of the day, we had to do all 3 maneuvers, Straight line back, right side off set and alley dock. Guess what nailed all 3 perfectly with no issues, slowed down took my time and some how figured it out. What a great way to start the weekend. Feeling Relieved. Nailed the Pre-Trip stuff 100%, struggled a little with the inside Wednesday but today NO ISSUES. Now we just spend the next week and a half or so polishing up the maneuvers. Really proud of all my classmates they are doing amazing, won't be long and we get to meet up with our trainer for some OTR Training and then get our own big rigs. It's been a great learning experience and have made few new friends.

Thank you for Following, I probably won't blog again until Sunday night after the family goes back home.
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Love One Another
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