How often do you find yourself backing up into tight spaces

I stopped driving in 2012. Honestly what I would call a tight place changed over the time I drove. Maybe twice a week. 3 times tops.

 

Today it happened three times and I had four stops. Monday, it will happen twice out of five stops. What people never realize is a lot of businesses were built in the 1950s-1970s when trailers were barely 45 feet. That extra 8 feet on a 53 makes for a much more difficult back due to constrained spaces.

 

And with that comment you just hit a very important point. Most of the preventables green drivers get are directly related to these outdated docks.

 

anything less than a foot either side of you would be considered a tight space i used to back on to Woolworth dry docks some of them had less than 6 inches either side of the line. no problem for an experienced driver.

 

And don't forget that parking at probably 4 out of 5 truck stops is a little "tight". And it gets worse the later you need to park. Of course, it gets much easier if you get your arse out of the truck and look.

 

Every time I back up I consider it a tight space.

 

In the LTL world all the time driver.

 

Depends how close you are to New York City.

 

You forgot that in front of the short trailer they had a cab over pulling it like 53 foot long with truck and trailer not just trailer