Here comes December...

Treadmill · Dec 22, 2015

Wed morning pu, Auburn hills mi to Amana ia. Good money and will be home by noon or so on Thurs.

OntarioVanMan · Dec 22, 2015

Treadmill said:
Wed morning pu, Auburn hills mi to Amana ia. Good money and will be home by noon or so on Thurs.

to me....That is a nice run.....

Treadmill · Dec 22, 2015

OntarioVanMan said:
to me....That is a nice run.....

$1/mi there and back. Sweet.

jujubeans · Dec 22, 2015

Worn Out Manager said:
Family first and always! I lost my Dad this morning, but it was a good thing. Suffering Sucks! No condolences please, just saying: Let 'em know you care

Sending you and your family a big hug and glad he's not suffering any more.

OntarioVanMan · Dec 22, 2015

Treadmill said:
$1/mi there and back. Sweet.

happy dance time.....LOL

amazing how things work out some times....that probably overall pays almost as much as the tother one...

blackpup · Dec 22, 2015

KickStarter6 said:
Seriously took like 25 try's before I finally got it in the dock. The agreement before with my trainer was you do your best I'll tell you if you are about to hit something. Boy do I wanna get better at backing lol

My experience, is after the second or third try , get out of the truck and survey the situation from the ground. Then take several deep breaths of air.

Jimmy

KickStarter6 · Dec 22, 2015

OntarioVanMan said:
so was this a test on your trainers part or you had no choice but to blindside?...

I had a choice but for some dumb reason my brain thought I could do it. My trainer probably just wanted me to learn to asses the situation and make the best choice. Which I failed to do because of my lack of experience, I think he wanted to have one of those teaching moments lol.

KickStarter6 · Dec 22, 2015

blackpup said:
My experience, is after the second or third try , get out of the truck and survey the situation from the ground. Then take several deep breaths of air.

Jimmy

If only that thought had come to mind 15-20 tries before it would've been handy lol. I got tunnel vision and that stubborn mule syndrome all at once lol

OntarioVanMan · Dec 22, 2015

KickStarter6 said:
I had a choice but for some dumb reason my brain thought I could do it. My trainer probably just wanted me to learn to asses the situation and make the best choice. Which I failed to do because of my lack of experience, I think he wanted to have one of those teaching moments lol.

my teacher said to me when you miss the hole shot just pull out and recircle, take a breathe and start over....nothing harder then trying to move over an inch or 2....LOL

KickStarter6 · Dec 22, 2015

OntarioVanMan said:
my teacher said to me when you miss the hole shot just pull out and recircle, take a breathe and start over....nothing harder then trying to move over an inch or 2....LOL

Are the shorter trailers easier to back up or harder?

Treadmill · Dec 22, 2015

OntarioVanMan said:
happy dance time.....LOL

amazing how things work out some times....that probably overall pays almost as much as the tother one...

Yes happy dance time. Ntimevan strike up the band. Not quite that much but close and I'll take everyday.

RoadTime · Dec 22, 2015

KickStarter6 said:
Are the shorter trailers easier to back up or harder?

In my experience, shorter trailers were harder. But probably because I was not used to them.

ntimevan · Dec 22, 2015

Treadmill said:
Yes happy dance time. Ntimevan strike up the band. Not quite that much but close and I'll take everyday.

Hangin at one of Ovms favorites in Seymor , In....

blackpup · Dec 22, 2015

KickStarter6 said:
I had a choice but for some dumb reason my brain thought I could do it. My trainer probably just wanted me to learn to asses the situation and make the best choice. Which I failed to do because of my lack of experience, I think he wanted to have one of those teaching moments lol.

Some times there will be tire marks or ruts, that you can use to help judge your position, when backing into a dock.

Jimmy

Steady Eddie · Dec 22, 2015

Treadmill said:
Not really. I'd do a Steady and burn so fast you couldn't see me but only the smoke.

Is that what it's called now? Doing a Steady. Lol

fastman_1 · Dec 22, 2015

Made a phone call.. Winner loaded 2 hours early

ntimevan · Dec 22, 2015

fastman_1 said:
Made a phone call.. Winner loaded 2 hours early

Load..... Indy to Waterloo , Iowa ....

... headed to pickup

Moot · Dec 22, 2015

KickStarter6 said:
Seriously took like 25 try's before I finally got it in the dock. The agreement before with my trainer was you do your best I'll tell you if you are about to hit something. Boy do I wanna get better at backing lol

You will get better at backing into docks. Like most everything, the more you do it the better you will get.
My first solo run: Fondest Trucking Memory