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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barnyard" data-source="post: 3663543" data-attributes="member: 13921">My productive week was on a run that built 3-4 sets a night. I built 1 set and pulled it for half a day during my non-productive week. I was told that if I did not pass the doubles/triples portion of the written test, I could not do feeder school.Building a set is really hard, until it is not. When you are pulling a set, look in your mirrors and note what everything looks like. When building a set, line up the sides of the trailers, do not pay attention to where the dolly is, just to how well the trailers are lined up. If you get everything close and do not think the dolly is going to hit the pin, put your hand on the top of the steering wheel and turn it the direction you want the dolly to go. I have never been able to hero hook, but I can pull up 3 feet and get the dolly centered on the pin. Beware of gravel lots or any uneven surface. I had to crank up a box that looked like a dolly would go under, but would not.Before I had a routine down, I would frequently forget to push the snubber. 1 night my kite was all over the place. Actually scared me on one curve. After that, I developed a routine where I hit the snubber when I turn on the air and hit it again when I walk around to pretrip the other side of the trailer. If it popped while I was waiting to pull, I will check it again at the guard shack, as the run to the shack gets the air built up enough to hold. Also, if the snubber keeps popping out, give it a quarter turn when you push it. That is my habit now. Since I have started doing that, I have not tagged a trailer for a faulty snubber. Adding additional things to your schedule is very easy. When I started, I usually had at least 1 mistake per timecard. It has been 3 years since I have been called in to discuss my timecard. The last Ivis upgrade even made unscheduled CPUs easy to figure out. Even I can do it.</blockquote>

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