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Well looky there !! I've been qualified !!! The bottom of the steering wheel thing is weird when you first try it. but its 2nd nature to me, and I've been over 15 years backing, and have never hit anything. Now I do have to say, that since 2000, we have pulled a skateboard, and we seldom have to dock our flatbed. But we still get lots of practice in the truckstops.
I'll tell you an interesting fact about TSB, who has been driving well over 40 years. He can put a trailer, set of doubles ,or even triples in any spot that they will fit in....
..BUT......
He cannot parallel park my little Chevy Blazer..
.For myself, I can put our truck and 48/102 anywhere I need to. I can put a pickup and horse trailer anywhere I need to, and the same with the pickup and boat trailer. But I've never pulled doubles or triples. And my hat is off to those guys who can 90* back em in a hole, drop and hook on angle with a pup you can't see on.....That kinda skill just amazes me.
Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Hey man, Congrats! I have been on the road all week, and finally got some layover time to crank up the lap top. Good to hear you made it through. We both came on the web site around the same time, took different paths to it and got there. Now I am sitting in my truck, in the rain, at a truck stop in Tacoma Wa worrying about getting a load out of here. Hope you get out there soon. It has all the highs and lows just like the experienced people here ave told us. Overall though, I am loving it.
TROUB!!! Man, I've been wondering when you'd come up for air! Great to hear you're lovin' it overall. Right now, I feel like a serviceman waiting to go on deployment. I've read a lot about what to expect, heard even more, but I have to experience it for myself to get the real scoop. Lock and load!
Starcar, how are you at backing a pickup with no trailer? One old ex-trucker told me he could back a 53 footer into any slot from any angle, but he can't back a car or pickup unattached to save his life!!
Hamrhed....I was raised on a farm.....if it moves, I can park it anywhere you want it...and that includes a pair of draft horses pulling a side reach wagon.....I'm multi talented 
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Hey man, Congrats! I have been on the road all week, and finally got some layover time to crank up the lap top. Good to hear you made it through. We both came on the web site around the same time, took different paths to it and got there. Now I am sitting in my truck, in the rain, at a truck stop in Tacoma Wa worrying about getting a load out of here. Hope you get out there soon. It has all the highs and lows just like the experienced people here ave told us. Overall though, I am loving it.