Profile For Kenneth R.

I was in the class at Appleton same day you started. Passed my CDL test last Friday and home this week and meeting my otr trainer in morning. Was pretty much the same as you said. Think we got pushed harder then usual because tested out on Friday of week 3 instead of Tuesday of week 4 because of Christmas but I was OK with that. Was going to go to Marshfield but got changed the Friday before going to Appleton. We had 8 guys in class, 1 did not show up at all and the guy shearing room with him was lucky because he got room to himself the whole time. Another guy was kicked out first week because he would not listen to instructor at all,22 year old kid thought he knew everything and tried making a turn in 8th gear and nearly flipped truck, instructor told him to stop right there and he was gone. We lost one more in the second week because he could not learn to shift, they gave him extra time in the simulator to work on it and he refused to go so they let him go. I never drove a stick in the 51 years of my life and week 1 had some problems but by the 3rd week I was ok and my instructor did not correct me on my shifting, had it figured out. so out of 8 we had 4 guys pass on Friday and the 5th one already had cdl so he did not have to test. Looking forward to time with otr trainer so I can perfect my backing as that is the one thing I need work with.

I was in the class at Appleton same day you started. Passed my CDL test last Friday and home this week and meeting my otr trainer in morning. Was pretty much the same as you said. Think we got pushed harder then usual because tested out on Friday of week 3 instead of Tuesday of week 4 because of Christmas but I was OK with that. Was going to go to Marshfield but got changed the Friday before going to Appleton. We had 8 guys in class, 1 did not show up at all and the guy shearing room with him was lucky because he got room to himself the whole time. Another guy was kicked out first week because he would not listen to instructor at all,22 year old kid thought he knew everything and tried making a turn in 8th gear and nearly flipped truck, instructor told him to stop right there and he was gone. We lost one more in the second week because he could not learn to shift, they gave him extra time in the simulator to work on it and he refused to go so they let him go. I never drove a stick in the 51 years of my life and week 1 had some problems but by the 3rd week I was ok and my instructor did not correct me on my shifting, had it figured out. so out of 8 we had 4 guys pass on Friday and the 5th one already had cdl so he did not have to test. Looking forward to time with otr trainer so I can perfect my backing as that is the one thing I need work with.