Photos from Newport, Arkansas - post four

Another blog and photos (by Joe Staebell) for the three weeks of truck driver training at Arkansas State University in Newport, Arkansas (ASU-N). Click on one of the thumbnail photos to open a new web page and to display a larger version of that photo.


Photos of the 'Serpentine Backing' practise station.





In the above photo, the student has positioned the tractor-trailer rig between the leftmost and center barrels. The student's next steering adjustments will position the rig to the left of the center barrel and angled toward the space between the center and rightmost barrels. The starting position of the rig was parallel to the the line of three barrels, with the trailer bumper approximately 6 feet to the left of the leftmost barrel and two feet away from the barrel line.




In the above photo, the student is backing the tractor trailer rig between the central and rightmost barrels. When completed, the rig will be positioned parallel to the line of three barrels with the tractor bumper approximately six feet to the right of the rightmost barrel.




Shown in this photo are two of the range instructors: Dennis standing beside the golf cart; Bobby Joe seated in the golf cart. The instructors used golf carts and other small 4-wheelers to travel the range. During a typical day on the range, a student walked a mile or two on the range, walking from car parking area to range truck parking area, to/from the range's break room/bathroom building, etc. By the 2nd week of training, instructors usually allowed students to drive their range rig to/from the break room/bathroom.


Additional photos will be added ASAP..!