Gave My Trainer A Story... (aka, Popped My

You have a really really really good trainer.

I was going to say the same thing! Can he be my trainer?

Been there, done that. Isn't it the damndest thing how those curtains open at the worst possible times?

I was driving us into a receiver once on my TNT truck, at like 4 a.m., and I didn't like the parking option so I thought I might pull us around the block to get to one I previously liked better.

Trip around the block put me in a nasty little residential area. Was a situation where the front left of the tractor couldn't clear the car parked on the street and the back right of the trailer couldn't clear the telephone pole. I GOALed, got back into the driver seat, released the brakes, and then the curtains opened.

"Hey! Good morning! We're stuck in a neighborhood and can't make this turn!"

He just started laughing. Luckily myself and my trainer were both psychopaths (flatbedders) and thought dire situations were funny.

I had to back out of that tight right hand turn I started. GOALed about four or five times. Then took it several miles extra just to get back to the receiver on safe roads.

Was a lot of fun and a great learning experience.