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We just got a new rig this last
fall and boy was I afraid that I was going to be the one to mess up. I had
never driven a diesel or a dually and had only pulled a gooseneck a few
times. So I taped a sign on the center of the steering wheel
saying...
Diesel
Fuel
Swing
Wide
Extra
Long (so I didn't change lanes
and run the trailer into someone)
Extra
Wide (the dual wheels and
trailer were wider than I was used to)
I drove it this way for about a
month before I took the sign off. And whenever I would stop to get fuel I
would be so paranoid that I would look two or three times and then in my mind
say. Diesel... D-I-E-S-E-L... Diesel... They had me so afraid that I might put
in the wrong fuel (we have two trucks, a 150/gas and a
350/diesel).
Anyway... now I hop in and go
anywhere, no problem. But at first it helped me feel better to have
my "pre-flight checklist".
Linda
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