Just had to share this -
This week in school we started our baby steps towards the final result. Tuesday was shifting. What a pain in the butt. Upshifting no problems, down shift - well we gave the diesel tech students something to work on. Yesterday (Thursday) it was snowing pretty good in Appleton Wisconsin and we got to drive the trucks again! All of a sudden shifting just clicked. Im not saying I was prefect but I only nicked a few. What an experiance bobtailing in the snow. We learned real fast down shifting was necessary. Then today I went and took my IP test. Well right out of the gate I passed Gen Knowledge, Air Brakes, Combo, Tanker and Double / Tripples. Next week I will go after Haz Mat. Then to make matters even better our class is getting trailers on monday. Man am I glad I was able to get into this class over the winter months.