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[Twolanerider]

Dood, I know that feeling, I'm always trying to be the best driver I can as I pilot load 26-30 wheelers down the road weighing 130,000lbs or so. I went back last winter to the guy that trained me and got him to take me back out on the skid pad! They have a giant blacktop yard with a "slippery" surface that they wet down. They get you up to speed and on the other end is three color coded markers, the instructor tells you to head for one then all of a sudden he hollers a different color and you swerve, meanwhile he has controls on his side of the rig that will lock up whatever axle he wants and sends you into skid or spin and there you go! after a few runs you adjust and get the hang of driving out of a situation, but the first few times - whoa, hang on to your lunch. There's something not right about sliding out of control and looking out the door and seeing your trailer catching up to you! All in all its a blast and a major learning experience, I've done it twice, but the guy that runs the pad must be a lil cuckoo - he does it all day a couple of days a week!

Good god that sounds wrong in so many ways.  And I really really really want to do it.

(I'd even be a passenger in D00d's firetruck)

[RJ749]

I went back last winter to the guy that trained me and got him to take me back out on the skid pad! They have a giant blacktop yard with a "slippery" surface that they wet down.

Nothin' like a good skid pad to get the blood flowin'.....you get immediate feedback on what works and what doesn't.

[Fired00d]

Good god that sounds wrong in so many ways.

[The Mysterious Q!]

Keep on truckin dOOd [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]


* BigDaddy would love to ride with dOOd when he is trying to be Colt Severs