mistakes that let everyone know youre a rookie

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by dogchimp, Apr 23, 2013.

  1. dogchimp

    dogchimp Medium Load Member

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    How much space did he have in front of the dock
     
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  3. JIMROY

    JIMROY Medium Load Member

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    there was the drive isle between the rows of parked bobtails at least 4 trucks wide and he had more than 100 yds, it was probably closer to 200 yds, to pull up straight in and then back straight into his door.... i pulled in and put it in reverse and backed straight into my door in one shot. no problem. so i guess you could say he had miles of room and 3 doors on each side of his with no trucks parked there... that was my entertainment for the evening lol....
     
  4. dogchimp

    dogchimp Medium Load Member

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    That sounds like a hole that should have been easy as bell to set up for
     
  5. JIMROY

    JIMROY Medium Load Member

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    yup a trained chimp from the san diego zoo, could pulled that one off in one shot , left turn straighten up and back straight into the door.... I watch him start with #### near a u turn to the left then back to the right at a 45 degree angle and try jacking it into the door , ok i expected him to pull up once then to straighten out and finish backing straight in.... Noooooooo this guy almost takes the fender off the kw next to me and the kid still has three empty doors to the right of the kw and to the left of his door ..... His co or trainer was outside micro managing him which made it worse , but this guy had absolutely no clue what he was doing at all..... He was praying that by putting the truck in reverse it would happen all by itself i guess....he had near a square mile of room to do it in too.....lol ok well i am exageratting that part.... Haha
     
  6. dogchimp

    dogchimp Medium Load Member

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    Sounds like an England driver
     
  7. JIMROY

    JIMROY Medium Load Member

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    i would have yanked his cdl after seeing that display of skill....then sent him to jimroy's school of truck driving..... Hell , thats what i should do is open a truck driving school, and actually teach these kids to drive and be an actual truck driver upon graduation , not to only pass a dmv skills test.
     
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  8. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    Wow!
    I've never done any of those things.

    I think y'all are just making this stuff up.
    :biggrin_2556: :biggrin_25522: :biggrin_25523:
     
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  9. JIMROY

    JIMROY Medium Load Member

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    just wait, sooner or later mr murphy will bite you in the butt too..... Your day will come when you least expect it.....lol
     
  10. Colorato

    Colorato Road Train Member

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    Didn't secure a trailer door properly while backing up to a dock. The wind blew it just perfectly in line with the trailer. Yea those aluminum hinges don't hold up to the weight of the truck pressing on the door against a building. Broke everyone of them and the door came off.
     
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  11. toostroked

    toostroked Light Load Member

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    You mean crank the trailer up, the dollies were already down. Your lucky, when I did this, it was a loaded trailer.
    My micro ProStar does that all the time, when backing in with a slight upgrade.
    Thanks, so I never ripped out my air lines.
    I thought this thread was to make fun of our selves.
     
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