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FedEx Freight | Need help learning how to drop and hook a set of doubles.

trucksrfun said:
Hi I'm in the process of getting a job in the ltl industry and unfortunately have never broke down or hooked up a set of doubles and I have to know how to do this for this company during the drive test and they don't train. If anyone is willing to show me in person or let me get some hands on experience I would greatly appreciate it. I have already watched all the videos I can and I need the in person experience. I would even be wiling to pay someone for their time. I have called trucking schools with no luck. I live an hr north of the Los Angeles Ca area and an hr north of the Ontario/Fontana Ca area. I have already taken the drive test once and failed in the beginning of the hooking up because I was very nervous and the drive test instructor could tell I had never done it in person. The hiring manager is giving me one more chance but told me to go get hands on experience and call her back. I have very limited time or I will lose this opportunity all together.
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ABF sends many of their trainees to a local technical school in my area. If you could get to watch someone do it a few times or listen to an instructor giving some good step by steps, that may help. It would be difficult to find someone who privately owns doubles or a company driver willing to let you fiddle with their company's equipment. Like someone mentioned before, watching someone do it in person may help a bit more than videos alone. Not sure if 'Mohawk' runs on the west coast but it's a flooring company out here. They run doubles and lease all their equipment from Ryder. Check a Ryder/Penske yard for doubles.
 
I even asked about going to the school and the hiring manager told me they only send drivers with less then 1yr of driving experience. I have only seen one or two Mohawk trucks. I will definitely look into finding a Penske/Ryder yard. Thank you
 
trucksrfun said:
I even asked about going to the school and the hiring manager told me they only send drivers with less then 1yr of driving experience. I have only seen one or two Mohawk trucks. I will definitely look into finding a Penske/Ryder yard. Thank you
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They're not overly common but a smaller company like that, the driver may be more willing to help out. Especially since it's leased equipment anyhow.
 
If you had to, could you disconnect the pull trailer on a set of belly dumps or pneumatics?
After all, they do have pintle hooks, air valves and air lines, they just don't have landing gear.
 
Most of the major LTLs cover that area from the Valley. You should find lots of dropped trailers and gears in the industrial parks.
 
I had no idea how to hook, drop or pull a set till I came to work at FedEx. Only trailers I'd pulled before were '53 singles. I was given a crash course during my road test.

Up here, there's no licensing qualifications to run trains. If you can pull a trailer, the government assumes you can pull any trailer. Learning the nuances is up to you.
 
Guardrail said:
Canada does not have a lock on that distinction. California seems to be chalked full of the same type of holders.

Guardrail
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Steering wheel holders are everywhere these days. We import a lot of ours from countries that have a lot of sand. Any idiot can get a CDL these days, it seems.
 
Richard Cranium said:
********* was wondering if you meant to use the adjective chock full?

Posters. Poster's.
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I didn't know The Dick was such a Grammar (⊙▃⊙). Too much time reading the road signs will do that to a driver. Might I incite your grammar and spelling senses by using words like centre and colour?
 
Richard Cranium said:
********* was wondering if you meant to use the adjective chock full?

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Nope. I was using voice to text and went with it. I've never cared about someone's grammar and punctuation, as long as the meaning comes through. What bugs me is someone correcting another person while making mistakes themselves. That's when the fun starts.

Guardrail
 
FXFC1620 said:
I didn't know The Dick was such a Grammar (⊙▃⊙). Too much time reading the road signs will do that to a driver. Might I incite your grammar and spelling senses by using words like centre and colour?
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Dick is a certified grammar (⊙▃⊙), badge and all.

Don't forget about tyres.

Guardrail
 
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