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<blockquote data-quote="Dracula" data-source="post: 2359188" data-attributes="member: 42691"><p>Take your time, get a good routine and stick to it. Don't take shortcuts and don't get lazy, because feeders is a much more relaxed world than PC. Enjoy that, but don't let it lull you to sleep. Always know your surroundings. Make sure you know what you're backing or moving into. There is no race in feeders to complete or win. Just because the sort is waiting on you to back on a door, never let that rush you. Almost without exception, when you get into a hurry, that's when you start messing up. So you get the trailer on the door when you get it on the door.</p><p></p><p>Maybe someone has told you, maybe not, but you will make mistakes. You'll forget to roll the legs down before you take off and will drop a trailer on it's nose. You might forget to disconnect the hoses before you pull off. It happens. The key is to learn from your mistakes. Screw up, just don't do it again. Hopefuly your mistakes don't involve accidents on the road. Always check when you pull trailers. Never get lazy there. Always check inside that no one is in the trailer. Close the door and tell a sup what door you're pulling.</p><p></p><p>Much more so than package car, you live in your mirrors in feeders. Never forget that.</p><p></p><p>And if you're not sure about something, ask someone. That's key. You should find almost all other feeder drivers are more than happy to give you advice. You'll also find that when something is wrong, you get a feeling that something is wrong or you forgot something. That's when you recheck things. Also, something a lot of drivers don't talk about too much, is it honestly takes a year or so before you really get comfortable, particularly driving on the road. And this is actually a good thing, because you tend to be more careful when you're not comfortable.</p><p></p><p>All of this is the easy stuff. The hard stuff is adjusting your diet and getting a solid exercise plan. Otherwise the feeder 15 can easily turn into the feeder 50. No joke.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dracula, post: 2359188, member: 42691"] Take your time, get a good routine and stick to it. Don't take shortcuts and don't get lazy, because feeders is a much more relaxed world than PC. Enjoy that, but don't let it lull you to sleep. Always know your surroundings. Make sure you know what you're backing or moving into. There is no race in feeders to complete or win. Just because the sort is waiting on you to back on a door, never let that rush you. Almost without exception, when you get into a hurry, that's when you start messing up. So you get the trailer on the door when you get it on the door. Maybe someone has told you, maybe not, but you will make mistakes. You'll forget to roll the legs down before you take off and will drop a trailer on it's nose. You might forget to disconnect the hoses before you pull off. It happens. The key is to learn from your mistakes. Screw up, just don't do it again. Hopefuly your mistakes don't involve accidents on the road. Always check when you pull trailers. Never get lazy there. Always check inside that no one is in the trailer. Close the door and tell a sup what door you're pulling. Much more so than package car, you live in your mirrors in feeders. Never forget that. And if you're not sure about something, ask someone. That's key. You should find almost all other feeder drivers are more than happy to give you advice. You'll also find that when something is wrong, you get a feeling that something is wrong or you forgot something. That's when you recheck things. Also, something a lot of drivers don't talk about too much, is it honestly takes a year or so before you really get comfortable, particularly driving on the road. And this is actually a good thing, because you tend to be more careful when you're not comfortable. All of this is the easy stuff. The hard stuff is adjusting your diet and getting a solid exercise plan. Otherwise the feeder 15 can easily turn into the feeder 50. No joke. [/QUOTE]
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