My quest for class 1

Well guys just a quick update before I go to bed , ref last few posts today was another bad day reverse was a bloody nightmare so much so that when left trainer today sat in my car sobbing my heart out , :cry:
So made a few phone calls and my mate who is owner driver let me reverse his truck round the yard where he parks for an hour , around 5ish had a very long chat with mr smythe who gave me a few pointers and did what he told me tonight started straight and just took the trailer back for about 5 or 6 times in a straight line just to get feel of amount of movement on steering wheel to keep trailer straight Peter I did it 5 times in a row :smiley:
Then I put a little bend in it and started to get the feel for correcting it when goes left of right it was working and felt I was starting to get feel (bearing in mind this in dark ) of how truck reacts to slightest movement so by the end my mate got me to put his truck back in between the other two parked well got it to bend round pulled forward for a small shunt and had it straight went back parked it straight all I had him doing was watching my back end so that I didn’t have to worry about rear of trailer hitting anything so I can do it , even had a go at a test reverse using little stone for cones and i managed to do it so bit more relaxed and not as upset still not sure if gonna get it tomorrow either but feel a bit better , thank q Peter for your time on the phone tonight and will try getting the truck that little bit nearer to line before going through cone B fingers crossed it will come together as tomorrow last day training before test and I’m pretty sure trainer getting ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  off about not having enough time on road doing test routes so a good nights sleep and see what tomorrow brings otherwise not even gonna get out of test enter on fri morn :cry:
Jen x

Glad you found my tips useful. Remember them again tomorrow and, with a little bit of luck, you’ll be sorted. Always happy to help. Pete :laughing: :laughing:

Mystic Harry says you will pass with seven minor faults.

That’s a pass for the end of the week, I can feel it

Written by Jennie on a post to me.

Don’t worry Jennie I think the pass that you can feel is your own sneaking up on you. Rich

Sounds like its going to be a good day today and even better tomorrow when you pass :slight_smile:

Reversing in straight line and correcting slight bends is definitely key to getting the theory.

Good luck for today and tomorrow. Will have fingers crossed for you

Hi Jennie,all the best for tomorrow you can do it,and regarding the reversing exercise when i did my course nearly two years ago i really struggled with reversing right up to the last day (thurs) when it started to click and i nailed it 1st time on test for only the second time all week,so keep focused and concentrate on the whole picture YOU can do it :smiley:

Like I said earlier I remember you @ the open day & you were doing it then all fine just remember what you have been taught

You can do this :laughing:

We all have faith in you.

We know you can do it.

You know you can do it.

Go for it. Good luck. :wink:

All the best for tommoz jennie, sure you,ll be fine, good luck :smiley: :smiley:

well today I did the reverse 2 times and got it in , watched the other guy and applied peters tips from our chat yesterday and it worked managed to suss how to correct it and get the unit back in line with the trailer and what helped was thinking on the first part of reverse forget the trailer and just treated the unit as a paralel park in a ridgid then when was going back got unit drivers wheel to the yellow line then started looking for trailer to fill up my left mirror and started straightening up to get past cone b hit yellow line with my back axle and left hand down to get it arcing back into box straightened up unit and took the shunts ,I now have a faint glimmer of hope that I can do this with a lot of help from the gods not much but I have some which compared to where I was yest is a huge leap so nothing more I can do now but go through things in my head tonight try to get some sleep and concentrate for 90 mins tomorrow so if you can all will things to go right for me tomorrow from 830 till around 10ish I will love u lot for always

Jennie xxxx

Now then Jennie!!

It looks like you’re doing just fine, so steady as she goes!!

We’re all rootin’ for ya!! :grimacing:

Good luck Jennie I know you can do it, I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Definitely all rooting for you.

Keep calm and give examiner a good drive. Uncouple and recouple. Reverse it like you have done today. Then collect your certificate.

Will be watching for the good news :slight_smile:

Go Girl… :wink:

It’s a lot to take in but you have the right attitude which is half the battle. Good luck

Good luck for tomorrow jennie get as much sleep as you can, long hot bath and some ovaltine forget about everything tonight, the butterflies will be there tomorrow morning waiting for you , another top tip chew some gum whilst on test, it helps calm the nerves worked for me anyways. :wink:

Good luck and all the best for tomorrow.

Good luck for tomorrow, if I can do it anyone can.

Good luck for tomorrow Jen. I know you can do it. We are all rooting for ya. :slight_smile:

And if I can do it, you can do it with your eyes shut (I don’t recommend it) !!!