I'm not sure how your test pad is set up. But for ours we had a end line for the straight back that the truck had to pull up to to start the straight back. We use this same line for our offset. Pull to that line. Then turn the wheel the opposite direction you want your trailer to go. All the way, lock the wheel in. Back up until the drives are pointing about 6-8 inches past the "V" in the landing gear. Then rotate the wheels to the locked position in the other direction. Back up until your tractor and trailer are straight. You should be angled now into the box for offset. If they use cones you want to be equally between each cone. Back up until the corner closest to the parking spot line is hanging over that line. Then again turn the wheel in the opposite direction lock it in. Back up and the trailer will swing into the spot to line up. We had 2 pull ups and 2 get outs for free on this maneuver. As your trailer is swinging out come out of the turn to get your trailer and tractor straight. Then do a pull up to get straight with the spot, and back it in straight back. Sounds easy, I know it's not. Just got slow. Think about the three liver points, tandems , drives, and steers.
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
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So I'm in my 3rd week at Road Masters I can't say I feel great confidence that I will pass the CDL test 1st time around and I'm considering taking the road test in a automatic. We've learned the pre-trip, did some driving, and learned off set. I just have these 2 weeks left to put it all together and I don't have alot of confidence in doing the parking maneuvers. What can I do to improve my off set I need some advice quick I feel like I'm running out of time as it draws near. Would putting a trailer on my car help me practice at home? I'm open to suggestions.
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Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
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