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<blockquote data-quote="Cementups" data-source="post: 2819030" data-attributes="member: 8590">4 weeks ago I never drove a tractor a day in my life.&nbsp; First day, spent half the day in the office cramping my fingers, second half he showed me how to drive (shift) it. Second day we hooked up a trailer and took a ride about an hour away and back.&nbsp; 3rd day he had me backing.&nbsp; 4th day I was with another trainer who had me drilling pretrips and rook me out to do some more backs.&nbsp; 5th day, more pretrips and a ride to make sure I had it all down.&nbsp; Day 6, took me for my CDL test. I actually failed my road test the first time and they took me back out a couple days later and I passed.Day 7-10 was with an on road sup who trained me how to hook up doubles and driving them as well as taking me out with 53 footers.Day 11 I was out on my own.&nbsp; In the last 3 days I have been on call and been to 3 different places, no problem.3 important rules.&nbsp; Take the right trailer.&nbsp; Take it to the right place.&nbsp; Don&#039;t hit anything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cementups, post: 2819030, member: 8590"] 4 weeks ago I never drove a tractor a day in my life. First day, spent half the day in the office cramping my fingers, second half he showed me how to drive (shift) it. Second day we hooked up a trailer and took a ride about an hour away and back. 3rd day he had me backing. 4th day I was with another trainer who had me drilling pretrips and rook me out to do some more backs. 5th day, more pretrips and a ride to make sure I had it all down. Day 6, took me for my CDL test. I actually failed my road test the first time and they took me back out a couple days later and I passed. Day 7-10 was with an on road sup who trained me how to hook up doubles and driving them as well as taking me out with 53 footers. Day 11 I was out on my own. In the last 3 days I have been on call and been to 3 different places, no problem. 3 important rules. Take the right trailer. Take it to the right place. Don't hit anything. [/QUOTE]

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