Took My Test Today...
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Aw that's a bummer that you have to wait until October to retest. But hey, now you know they don't want you to hit a sign, right?
It's no big deal. You'll get em the next time.
There's always a positive to every negative.. At least it wasn't a person lol... Sorry about that you will get it next time....
How to not hit anything while turning with a trailer:
Take a Grand Tour dragging your trailer behind you. You drive your cab in the longest path possible. The widest path to make a turn. The far, "outside" edge of any road, path or lane.
A turn on the road: (if you are turning in to two or more lanes, left or right turn) stay in your turning lane but put the tires on the outside edge of the lane. Proceed straight then quickly turn into the second (not the curb or left lane, depending). Enter that lane like it's the one you want. Start watching in your mirror to see the "inside" side of the tandems. Now carefully steer to keep the rear wheels & trailer side from hitting anything.
Finally, now drive into the lane you want to be in. Drive safely from that point on.
Tandems:
Tandem 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".
Tandem:
Tandem 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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Well, 5 down, 1 to go. I took my Basic skills and road test today. I aced my skills test. However, I hit a sign with my tandems making a left. Instant fail. Now I can't retest til October. I was so excited after the skills( parallel parking was my weak spot, but I nailed it). I was not paying attention to how close my trailer was to the median when making my left turn, so my tandems rode up on the median and my trailer hit the sign. The sign and trailer survived, but my ego was wounded. Very humbling experience
Tandems:
Tandem 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".
Tandem:
Tandem 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".