Comments By Grinch

Bk, the mini kuerig works great. I have had mine in the truck about 2 years now. I just used the heavy duty pre pass style Velcro to mount it to my counter top. It doesn’t move unless I go through Shreveport. IFYKYK.

I have a pressure cooker/ crockpot that I use for various things. It works great. I usually set in all my ingredients on my 30 during the day. Hit the buttons and let it cook. I specifically went with a pressure cooker version for the locking lid as I am going down the road.. as far as mounting it I have a small tie down strap that hooks to the passenger seat goes through the top handle and the other end hooks to a metal ring by my bunk floor. It just stay cinched down on my counter top all day while driving

A successful backing maneuver is one in which the truck and trailer are where you intended and needed it to be, with zero equipment damage. Period.

Naenae couldn’t have said it better my self. Awareness of surroundings, GOAL as much as needed and more. Patience. I’m training new cdl holders in backing a 10 ft spread axle in an extended kenworth. Davey uses one of tricks I do which is always look at the location in Google maps and street view. You can get a lot of information from that.

I personally drop my trailer in our yard and bobtail home about 60 miles. And back into my driveway. The church parking lot route is a good option, we have another driver in our neighborhood, he parks his in the church lot on the edge of our neighborhood in the back corner. We also have a tmc driver I see his truck and trailer parked in a united moving storage lot up the street.

It happens.. I had to retake my road test because of the very last curb decided it wanted to jump under my trailer tire. Sounds like nerves. Don’t beat yourself up anymore. Just move forward with it. You got this

No worries! I figured you got hung up somewhere. Hope to catch you down the road somewhere!

I do have a few questions about the steps after training regarding DQP, readiness, mentor, home terminal. So much. If you are available to answer some questions, I'd appreciate it.

Stay with it, you can do it. It takes time. As Davy said you are probably focusing on one mirror more, that can cause you to subconsciously drift at times. My current student had that issue. Now that I have him looking at both mirrors equally he is in much better shape. Keep your head moving you have 7 mirrors on that truck. Use them ALL!!!!!!! I have put my number in my profile bio. Shoot me a text with your questions.

I have a 3-1 galanz microwave/ air fryer/ convection oven is my primary tool. I also have a crockpot pressure cooker as well. That gives me the ability to a pretty good range of things. I have a portable 30 qt freezer on the truck as well with an assortment of pork, chicken and frozen veggies as well as anything I may have prepped at the house, And Usually at least a 2 or 3 simple microwave meals as well for the nights I am fried and just want to nuke something and be done.

Sorry I missed you I got hung up getting out of headquarters in pheonix. Didn’t get into Fontana till almost 7 that night and we rolled out at 7 am for our delivery in anehiem. Good luck with your next phase of training.

I may bump into you Tuesday afternoon. I’ll be rolling in there to Fontana. I’ll be the only flatbed in there with 2 vans on a flatbed trailer. With an American flag flying from the headache rack. If you see me stop by and say hi.

Congratulations. There is a good set of instructors there at Fontana. I was just there last week. I am a flatbed mentor for Swift. Pay attention and listen to your instructors. Don’t get over confident and you will do fine in cdl training. After that and you get your license and officially hired by swift, you will begin your over the roadtraining. It is proficiency based not a set period of weeks or driving hours. It usually takes most of my students about 4 weeks. Plan for that. Don’t rush that part of your training. Suck up as much knowledge as you can while your trainer is there with you in the jump seat. It will make it easier when you are on your own. I still talk to all my former students atleast weekly. You will always be learning something new. There is more to this than just driving from point a to b. Good luck and before you know it I’ll see you rocking down the road.