Funny Story During Training

So as some of you might know I'm currently in CDL school at my local tech college. It's me and 3 other guys plus the instructor and we are all Army Vets so it's great being able to all connect on that and make the class fun. Anyways we finally get to go see the course for the skills test and road test. We stayed out there all day practicing and some of us were doing pretty badly because it was a different truck than the one we have been using for the last 2 weeks. The 90 degree was proving to be a real pain!

We took a break from the skills test and he took us on the road test so we could at least get an idea of what we would encounter when we come to take our actual test. We get done with that and come back to the 90 degree backing. One guy goes for it and messes it up horribly like we all were, then he gets out and I go to give it a shot. I swing around and reposition the truck. I start backing and slowly turning to get the trailer in close to the cone and then turning hard to start swinging the trailer into the hole and before I knew it I was perfectly lined up in the hole, I straightened it out and put the bumper in the little 3 foot gap.

So I'm getting out of the truck and the instructor has his hands in the air and the other guys and trying to give me a high five and everyone's just saying how perfect it was. I looked at them and just said "what happened? I think I blacked out!" Anyways I'll call it beginners luck but it was a glorious moment of defeat for the 90 degree that day, at least for that one moment!

That's awesome! Always feels good to nail it like that!

That's awesome! Always feels good to nail it like that!

It definitely felt great, I just wish I remembered what I did to make it so perfect so I could do it every time!