An instructor was training new drivers one day while I watched. He was demonstrating how to back up the tractor trailer safety by getting out and looking behind the trailer and then returning back to the cab. On his way back I told him that it wouldn’t work. Told him that if he tries he will definitely run over stuff. He told me I was wrong and kept walking to the back. While he did I placed some 2x4’s behind the trailer wheels which he ran over.
Told him a story about how I had gotten out to look before backing up back in the early 1980’s. While I was walking back to the cab a car came up behind the trailer. Luckily the sun made a shadow of the car and I went back to ask the driver to get out of the way.
To solve this problem I came up with a solution that not only works on tractor trailers, but on straight trucks as well. Before backing up, turn your steering wheel all the way to the left and pull forward a little while looking towards the back of the trailer. This way you can see if there is anything behind you before backing up. This trick has worked flawlessly for over thirty years.
GOAL (Get Out And Look) doesn’t always work
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Diantane, Apr 20, 2021.
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