http://krisko1973.hwyblogs.com/ A newbie drivers experience on the road ©2007 Krisko1973. All rights reserved. en-us Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:59:06 CST Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:59:06 CST HwyBlogs.com - Free Blogging 120 http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1350.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1350.php Well... I know it's been awhile but I've been real busy... I did however pass my state exam and now have my CDL. Yay for me. Well i've been all over our country. Right now I;m in Trenton Ohio, and am leaving to St. Louis and then to Mississippi. ... General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1350.php#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:59:06 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1339.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1339.php Well... Its been a long week. We made it to California last week. It just so happened that I had to take a 34hr re-start in Cali. My Dad was happy to see me, we went golfing and had dinner with my Grandma. She turned 83 the day I had to leave, so ... General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1339.php#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:35:57 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1324.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1324.php Well... It's been awhile since I've had any computer access, my trainer was able to get his laptop working and is nice enough to let me use it. Since hitting the road I've been to Geogia three times, up and down through Indiana and Illinois, ... General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1324.php#comments Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:10:43 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1310.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1310.php Well... Tomorrow will be the day that I hit the road with my trainer. I'm not really sure what to expect, but I know that I am confident in my skills to make it as a driver. I'm looking forward to seeing the states and meeting the expectations of ... General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1310.php#comments Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:48:01 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1303.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1303.php Well... I graduated! I did really well on my finals today. I was amazed that I was not nervous. I clashed the gears a little, but that will get better as time goes by. I'm happy to be going on to the next step with the driver trainer. One step ... General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1303.php#comments Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:50:05 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1294.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1294.php Well... We spent the night driving all over the Milwaukee area. When I finally got behind the wheel around 4AM the fuel pressure started to drop at highway speed. It kept falling below 5lbs. So we had to take the truck back to the campus so that ... General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1294.php#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:54:34 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1292.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1292.php Well... Day 11 was cancelled due to the extreme weather (-31) and the fact that the fuel in the trining trucks gelled, and would not start. Day 12 was spent driving over the roads near the training campus, I'm getting better I think. We ... General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1292.php#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:24:43 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1278.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1278.php Well... We all passed to the next section of training. Road training from now until the end of school. Woo Hoo! Have some homework to do and sleep for tomorrow, gotta be rested when driving on the roads.... Krisko General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1278.php#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:08:58 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1277.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1277.php Well... We have been spending the days freezing, but getting better at all of the backing manuevers. We have the range test tomorrow. I think I'll pass. Really can't wait to get out on the road course... More homework to do so.... "Keep the ... General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1277.php#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:18:40 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1275.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1275.php Well... Out in the cold again. Spent the entire day backing. I had some difficulty, but who has'nt? Other than backing just have some homework to work on and we'll see what happens.... "Keep the rubber side down" Krisko General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1275.php#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:21:36 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1273.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1273.php Well... Today was spent with more backing practice. Lord knows I need it. Unfortunitely It was around 10 degrees with a wind chill of -5. GD cold. We worked on blind side parallel and sight side parallel, we then worked on serpentine. All of them ... General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1273.php#comments Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:05:39 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1269.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1269.php Well... Today we spent the entire day with backing practice. Gotta say it takes getting used to. I had some trouble right off the bat. I keep comparing myself to the the others in the class. Which I see now was not good. The other guys have cdls ... General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1269.php#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:14:03 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1263.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1263.php Well... Today was not too difficult, just classwork. We watched a couple vids on pre-trip/post-trip inspection and the importance of them. I just can't see why someone would just start the truck up and drive off without checking the damn thing, I ... General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1263.php#comments Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:39:05 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1262.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1262.php Well ... Finally we started to get behind the wheel. We spent the entire 9hrs today behind the wheel, bobtailing. I have to say that from the outside looking in it seems that it would not be that all THAT HARD. Well IT IS. I felt like I might ... General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1262.php#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:07:18 CST http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1261.php http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1261.php Hey all... Today was a fun filled day of bookwork again. We spent most of the day with our log books and such. We also went over pre-trip and safety. Spent alot of time on map reading and proper trip route. Had a good time learning. Went into ... General http://www.hwyblogs.com/blog/krisko1973/b1261.php#comments Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:40:19 CST