Ditto on what Walter said. Been having long days but today was my last day with orientation 1. I'm just waiting around now for my trainer assignment..............

 

Some other hints.
Your trainer is gonna want you to "float" gears. Basically once you get rolling in first you don't touch the clutch again for your shifts. If you can double clutch well, it won't be hard to learn, still match your rpms to speed.
Also, that whole tooting the air horn b4 you back up, that goes out the window as soon as you leave the yard. That's the only place we do that.

Biggest thing with your trainer is to communicate, tell him what you need to work on.

Its a whole different animal with a loaded trl. in the real world. Don't fear it, but give it respect.

 

Yeah I know about floating the gears. My dad taught me how to do it with his truck when I was 10 years old. I never blew on the air horn to back up on the practice pad anyways, so that's not going to be hard either, haha. I am going to milk my trainer for everything he is worth. I've come too far and worked too hard to let someone else fuck up my career path with bad training. Going to work with my dad when I was younger has def. helped me getting used to things, so I already know what to expect with a loaded trailer. It should be an interesting 5 weeks.

 

WOAH! :o