RMR: Rick at Tractor Trailer Skid School

Rick heads to Shannonville, ON to learn how to pull an 18-wheeler out of a skid.

[@rickclegg785]

I'm going to this school next week I'm so looking forward to getting there and completing the course this just puts me at ease and helps with the " jitters " thanks Rick 👍🏼🚛

[@andrewunjo158]

Rick Mercer is a national treasure!

[@theresa7380]

" whip out to Sobeys time to time". Too funny!

[@OGTripleTriple]

Skid school was the best part of trucking school. I'd do it again.

[@Lou72939]

Rick Mercer cracks me up. I could watch RMR all day."Really. We're REALLY going to do that? Really?" haha

[@DAVEROULEAUwys]

Rick is the man. Nice work bud

[@Monkeesmum]

I start training through them on the 24th. I can't wait!!! :)

[@Xantec]

i think ALL truckers should go through this as part of their test. infact NO EVERY DRIVER whether in a big rig or a small sedan.

[@stlth3514]

Ttcc have cars with plastic tires to teach how to steer in a skid when please do there g1 or g2

[@BigTimage]

Rick Mercer never grinds my gears!

[@Unstbecsta]

gotta love the faces he pulls trying not to crash, ha!

[@caddy59]

He did get one thing wrong: there are automatic trucks. You just won't really see them used by training schools.

[@MadAcez]

That hand shake at 6:37 was awesome.

[@darrelstinkmeaner4673]

Rick's intense driving face...

[@MartyMotorizedMayhem]

Rick, Hammer Down, 29th gear on the 907.

[@nilloc93]

you can't do a donut in a truck like that, you would get about 210 degrees around then smash into your trailer, the road would have to be sheer ice to actually wind up going in a full circle

[@halflife103]

yup every driver... For example, i learned to drive Standard in a VERY mountainous Climate... Im not the best, but im no where near the words. and i hear someone in the prairies say i cannot drive stick shift, i think, it's flat. if i can learn it in the mountains you cna learn it on flat land. Besides, you never know. Some day you might have to drive a big truck like this to save lives.

[@ericm1430]

im going to this school Monday, and get to do this skid school...should be interesting lol

[@marketha]

Did you go to this school? How was it?

[@joeyjack79]

I love you Rick Mercer!

[@alexfjord]

YAHOO!! Rick, you get to play with all the best toys!!

[@mkwanster07]

I would be so scared of doing that, fear of rolling over

[@rider_ringz5381]

Man broke it lool

[@swss12]

driftin with a tractor is sooooo fuckin sick

[@ironeh]

Awesome. I'm going to be attending the TTCC here in BC

[@catnipasmr]

So can anybody tell me since most cdl school don’t have this as part of their syllabus, If u do end up skidding do u steer into the direction your trailer tail is sliding? And than counter steer

[@kariannemerritt102]

Haha!!!! He's got great character!!! My husband is so excited he's gonna b doing this here in three weeks. :~)

[@ac83052]

"Why did it make that noise and go LULLLLAA!"

[@JohnNorris411]

Do all CDL students get to do skid training or is this something special?

[@andrewunjo158]

The school I went to included that in the course. The schools that don't have it should. If it saves your ass even once then it's worth it. It's saved mine once or twice over the past 17 years. And by the way... it's every bit as scary fun as how it looks!

[@Er3s]

"keep the shiny side up" ROFLCOPTER

[@ironsaber2]

i know it was just a joke since he does a donuts in pretty much everything he drives. he did a donut in a hover craft ffs if i remember right

[@raedenjay]

belleville that's where i am from!

[@letterpool]

lol how have i not seen this before!!!! lol... long live canada!!!!

[@WarOnTruckers]

If you pay attention you will see they use the trailer brakes for the skid and release them.

[@jeffreycairns767]

That's what the spike is. The spike applies trailer brakes only.

[@ironsaber2]

wow surprise there he didn't do a donut

[@nilloc93]

all truckers should not need a school to figure this out, my whole family has been trucking and most of us have never been in an accident that was our fault, the most dangerous people on the road are the people in the smaller cars and the idiots in motor homes and big RV trailers, you would not believe the amount of times people will pull in front of a big rig right into the blind spot, then slow down, all that happens then is they get run over.

[@magicsuperman13]

Do you grind the gears when you do it? Hell no. lmao

[@fgah]

Where is the school

[@zachk.5738]

shannonville Ontario and if your from there u go on old highway 2 until u get to the shannonville race track (not the horse one in Belleville) and in the back of the race track is the school ... there r always drifting trucks in there and it's ALOT of fun to watch

[@golfman90]

TRANSFORMERS!

[@kariannemerritt102]

Not in Canada thou, in Michigan :~)

[@jeffreycairns767]

What?

[@SupportUSandAllied]

Poor Rick doesn't use standards very often, eh? Still seriously ROCKS, though.

[@MalcolmGuindon]

honda civic lol

[@cyrusspears8487]

Cyrus cool

[@ac83052]

LOL @ 2:22!

[@josephsummers2427]

The proper term for "little truck" is "bob-tailing", which means you have no trailer.