Back up until you hit something, then set the brakes

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  1. Woodchuck88

    Woodchuck88 Medium Load Member

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    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    :biggrin_25521:

    Good one, skippy.
     
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  5. Suspect Zero

    Suspect Zero Road Train Member

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    Technically I think that would be...

    Back up until you hit something, then 8 feet more.
     
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  6. FoolsErrand

    FoolsErrand Road Train Member

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    Brand new dollar general gets built on a slope where they built up a pad and did a stone retaining wall and railing. First week two kids in a sleeper cab 53 van decide to do a 180 in the tiny lot [which is an engineering disaster for trucks, essentially back in only from a busy road and plug the stores only entrance]

    Anyhow trailer tail knocks the whole railing and wall out. Kid just kept pushing backward to make clearance for the tractor nose to pass the building. It was a real usa truck moment. Codriver just sat in the passenger seat. Couldnt be bothered to spot his partner.
     
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  7. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    "company fired me for touching a pole and bumping a trash can while backing up, will anybody hire me ?"
     
  8. almost as bad in a parking spot and somebody starts backing up and gives you a goodnight kiss
     
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  9. that was the best one of all one of the original viral videos what people realize you can make money off of a dash camera & YouTube
     
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  10. starmac

    starmac Road Train Member

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    I have actually done that before, it was a very light kiss, but when I walked back to see how close I was, I was touching. lol
    I figured the driver would come say something, but he didn't.
     
  11. not a lot of times you'll find if you don't own your own trailer and you pull company trailers somebody gives you a little kiss goodnight you just pretty much ignore it...
    now if you had some big fancy piece of equipment your own all decked out with a shiny hiney and everything else that's a different story
     
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