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<blockquote data-quote="olroadbeech" data-source="post: 4109598" data-attributes="member: 52145">Agree. The training is good and enough to get you the CDL but the real training is after you start in Feeder. You&#039;ll find that 90% plus feeder drivers are willing to help if you ask. Some newbies get offended if one of us come up to them in the yard and offer advice without them asking . Don&#039;t be that way. We all want you to SUCCEED.We all started some time and all needed help at one time or another. There is no such thing as a stupid question in feeder. remember you could be pulling up to 80,000 pounds and that is pretty serious stuff.you&#039;ll get thru the training but that is maybe 20% of feeder driving. the rest you will get from experience and other drivers. I drove for 34 years and was trying to learn something new EVERY DAY to be a better and safer driver. I even learned important things from new drivers. I even looked forward to the annual ride alongs to learn or relearn things that would make me a better driver. It&#039;s easy to get stale after awhile or to start taking short cuts.The methods WORK. The 5 seeing habits WORK. The 10 point commentary WORKS. Learn them backward and forward.good luck and please check back with your experiences. It will help others with similar questions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="olroadbeech, post: 4109598, member: 52145"] Agree. The training is good and enough to get you the CDL but the real training is after you start in Feeder. You'll find that 90% plus feeder drivers are willing to help if you ask. Some newbies get offended if one of us come up to them in the yard and offer advice without them asking . Don't be that way. We all want you to SUCCEED. We all started some time and all needed help at one time or another. There is no such thing as a stupid question in feeder. remember you could be pulling up to 80,000 pounds and that is pretty serious stuff. you'll get thru the training but that is maybe 20% of feeder driving. the rest you will get from experience and other drivers. I drove for 34 years and was trying to learn something new EVERY DAY to be a better and safer driver. I even learned important things from new drivers. I even looked forward to the annual ride alongs to learn or relearn things that would make me a better driver. It's easy to get stale after awhile or to start taking short cuts. The methods WORK. The 5 seeing habits WORK. The 10 point commentary WORKS. Learn them backward and forward. good luck and please check back with your experiences. It will help others with similar questions. [/QUOTE]

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