Sunday, September 25, 2011

Oh Yes I Can!

This is the truck that T.J. is driving right now. He's able to bring it home so that saves gas money for him. On Sunday, after the football game ( Yes, I now watch football! I have seen more football in two weeks that I have seen in my lifetime!) He asked me if I wanted to take her for a spin, I said "I sure do!" He let me drive it all the way up the driveway. I did pop the clutch the very first time, but he said it was his fault. He still had the gear in high gear and not in low gear.


I did really well going forward, no problem with shifting gears, backward? Not so well. I would get to the end of the driveway, then try and back it up back to the house and by midway of the driveway I would have the truck jacked knifed. Then I would pull forward and try and again. T.J. then would take over and back it up to the house and then I would go forward to the end again. It was a blast!


We talked about how I should get my CDL so we could team drive. I told him that I would do all the forward driving and he could do all the backward stuff. he said no, it doesn't work like that. Guess we won't be team driving anytime so.

5 comments:

  1. I'm like you ~ give me forward and I'm doing okay; but driving backwards ... the brain to wheel command just doesn't engage. I can't back up anything!

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  2. That's a great pic! It looks so big in your driveway. There are 3 ladies at my work with CDL's so I know that women CAN do it. You just got to learn. You love driving, that would be an awesome job for you. You could get a little dog to keep you company although it might be hard to park one of them things in a rest stop so the dog can go potty.

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  3. I can't even back up our little trailer behind the lawn tractor. My hubby is a tractor trailer driver and it amazes me how he just backs that thing like I drive forward.

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  5. I understand about the backing up stuff. I cant back up our snowmachine trailer. I have a tough time with the little one that goes behind the 4 wheeler!

    looks like fun!
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    Rose

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