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I made it!!!

johnday

johnday

The Crazy Scot, #3
Got into Joplin Mo. Monday evening. I wasn't able to get a decent connection until today.
We've been out the last two days driving around in "The Big Trucks". Right now we're in a Kenworth T-2000. 13 speed with a Cat450. Man this is great!!!! A lot different from CDL school. The instructors all said the first day, "You guys have CDL's, so drive the truck the way you want". That made us all feel a lot more at ease. I've been kinda semi float shifting, it works the best for me. What that is, I clutch out of gear, and then slide the trans into a higher or lower gear with the clutch released. That's a whole lot better than that crappy old double clutching. My down shifting needs a little refinement tho. I keep trying to go to too low of a ngear for the speed of the truck. But the instructor is giving me B+s, and sad don't worry, you'll get it.

This morning started out at 0400 for some darktime driving. I thought it was easier than lighttime driving. We went on a bunch of narrow streets making left and right turns. At that time of day, I had all the room I needed, and never scuffed a tire. My shifting improved greatly. We also hit the interstate. In Missouri, the speed limit is 70, and that's what I did. I see why some people get off on driving these things. Once you get it out on the road, it's not hard to drive a straight line, stay in your lane, and you can relax. I've never been a truck that is as comfortable as this. You have torsion and airride suspension on the rears, airride cab, and airide seat. And quiet? No wind noise at all, the only thing you really hear is that bigazz turbo whining. And that aint bad!!:burp::burp::tiphat:


PS. I'd like to thank Jim and Jerry for jumping in on those welcomes.:applause::thumb:
 
Jeez John, do you think you could make me a little more jealous? :D

Cant really say more than that........ :tiphat: :beer:
 
Mith said:
Jeez John, do you think you could make me a little more jealous? :D

Cant really say more than that........ :tiphat: :beer:
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I was thinking the same thing Mith... I think I might like to do that myself(as I plan on what I need to pack for my trip to Dearborn Sunday)...


Congrats John, live it up..:a1:
 
Enjoy John!!

I've always pondered doing something similar but with 2 little kids and these damn companies that keep wanting me to work at a desk, I can't do any OTR trips (which is what I would want to do).

Brian
 
[FONT=&quot]John, I have been following your progress, I have driven allsorts of machinery over the years but never a big rig. I am envious and wish that I had done my license in the past but I’m to lazy now a days. Good onya, enjoy. :applause:
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Congrats John!! :beer:
It's great to be doing something you really want to do, isn't it??
You do make it sound like fun.
 
Thanks all!!!!! I just got off the phone with Jan. She said she never heard me this happy. 30 years or so I wanted to do this, but it never came to happen until I said"ENOUGH" to my last job. I think somebody/something saw to it that everything so far has worked out so well for me.

You know, tractors and machines brought alot of together to start with. I think that this is just an extension of that for me.

I'll try to keep this thread going as long as it interests you guys. Maybe it'll just be that little added incentive for someone else to just say screw it. I was always told that if you're not having fun with what you're doing, it's time to do something else. Life is just too short to be miserable.:burp::burp::tiphat:
 
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