On Monday, I had a Peterbilt dump truck in my shop. It was waiting to be picked up. Well,, I had another one, Freightliner coming in at the same time. I wanted to get the Pete out of my shop before the Freightliner got there. So I jumped in the Pete and started it up. I called my customer, the freightliner guy, who was on the way. I asked him, Hey Dave, where's reverse in a Peterbuilt.?" He told me usually you pull the stcik shift to your leg and then up. So I did it. I backed it out of my shop. Turned it around, and pulled it out to the front drive way. So now I'm a truck driver.
Posted by Kristie Byrnes (Member # 3510) on :
You go girl! I do that quite often too. But my brother drives big trucks, so he taught me to drive them long ago, when I'd take a ride with him occasionally. They are cool to drive.
Posted by Susan Banasky (Member # 1164) on :
Good going Alicia....but how did your feet ever touch the pedals? Ha Ha....right on!
Posted by Brian Snyder (Member # 41) on :
I worked as a midnight shift dispatcher at a trucking company about 14 years ago. A mechanic that worked the same shift taught me how to drive the tractors and hook them up to the trailers. A few years ago I had a customer drop off a nice Peterbilt to get lettered. I lettered 1 side and decided the other side was too hot in the sun so I got in and turned it around. When the customer came back to pick up his truck he said "I could've sworn I parked the truck the other way." I messed with him for a little while before telling him I moved it.
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
It seems as if I just about gotta stand while driving. I'm 5'3".
