Day 7

Day 7 -

We started the morning with Pre-trip. The first student that went did real good. It was COLD. Windchill had to be in the teens. During pretrip we found a powersteering leak. A hose was broken. The freightliner drivers got on the range and we had to go back to the class. After standing out in the cold for an hour I was happy to go inside. A mechanic came and took the international and we worked on mapping and miles. A local guy who hand makes these tools came by and sold each student a device called Truckr-Tool. It's a fith wheel pin puller, tire thumper, hammer, chisel and can aid in the tie down straps if needed. It's pretty cool. The teachers used one on their trucks and showed us the tool. seemed pretty handy to have so I got one. After lunch our group got in the Freightliner and practiced more of the same. On our alley dock we get two turns. It never fails, I nail the first one then I botch the second one. I can get the truck in there I just don't understand why yet. Double cluching is now second nature and my downshifting is getting smoother. I am getting to the point that it doesn't matter what truck I am in I will be able to drive it comfortably. Defintely taking my pretrip on the International. Now I am off to get dressed to go for today.