So my brother is moving out tomorrow and I'm pulling this trailer down to Cincinnati tomorrow. Well we had to move the cars around the driveway and I drove this trailer around the block. That's my truck that I drive everyday (my personal car) and I set up and ally docked this trailer into my driveway with one shot (I was a tad surprised, but I just went and did it ha-ha). I know it's just a little guy, but those little guy trailers react fast and can be kind of tricky to back up, however I just went slow took my time and the trailer went right in. I used what I have learned the past 4 weeks driving big trucks around and it helped a lot and was good practice for driving the big trucks. So by god I think I might have actually made some progress a little bit at time it's all I can do. I'm not a fast backer I kind of just go for quality not speed so much I guess. I know that's like a total new guy thing to say, but I figure hey at the end of the day the result is the same.
I think sometimes I tend to want to try and do to much. Like today I loaded my wheeler down at a stop weigh to heavy and the load on it got away from me. Now I saw it coming and was able to kind of control the fall, nothing broke or anything like that, but the guy I was working with, kind of smiled and said "Hey man don't kill your self." I said all red in the face " I'm trying to do to much."
He said "I saw it coming I knew it wasn't going to work ha-ha."
Any how I did kind of learn a little bit backing up this little trailer. It actually confirmed something in my mind. Oh well like Alanis Morissette said back in the mid 1990's "You live you learn."
The first year is the worst which is why a lot of places want a year or two of experience. It's going to take me probably 6 months to start feeling comfortable. I take my turns in the truck wide. The guy I was with today said "You drive like a grandpa." Ha-ha. I laughed and said "I don't really drive my personal car all that aggressively I am certainly not going to speed around in a big truck." On the highway 55-60 that's pretty good speed for me, I suppose if I was out on 71 in the country I would wind it up to 65 or whatever, but that's fast enough.
I know I know some probably feel that's slow, but I like to manage my space in front of me you never know when there might be a chair or some stupid thing in the road and you have to stop or slow down real quick. I don't like to tail gate, I don't even do it in my personal car, I certainly won't do it in a big truck. You can't stop a big truck on a dime.
I think sometimes I tend to want to try and do to much. Like today I loaded my wheeler down at a stop weigh to heavy and the load on it got away from me. Now I saw it coming and was able to kind of control the fall, nothing broke or anything like that, but the guy I was working with, kind of smiled and said "Hey man don't kill your self." I said all red in the face " I'm trying to do to much."
He said "I saw it coming I knew it wasn't going to work ha-ha."
Any how I did kind of learn a little bit backing up this little trailer. It actually confirmed something in my mind. Oh well like Alanis Morissette said back in the mid 1990's "You live you learn."
The first year is the worst which is why a lot of places want a year or two of experience. It's going to take me probably 6 months to start feeling comfortable. I take my turns in the truck wide. The guy I was with today said "You drive like a grandpa." Ha-ha. I laughed and said "I don't really drive my personal car all that aggressively I am certainly not going to speed around in a big truck." On the highway 55-60 that's pretty good speed for me, I suppose if I was out on 71 in the country I would wind it up to 65 or whatever, but that's fast enough.
I know I know some probably feel that's slow, but I like to manage my space in front of me you never know when there might be a chair or some stupid thing in the road and you have to stop or slow down real quick. I don't like to tail gate, I don't even do it in my personal car, I certainly won't do it in a big truck. You can't stop a big truck on a dime.