Does it have an option where you back in six inches off another truck into a building? Your mirrors are looking into direct sunlight so you have your left hand trying to shield it from your eyes, all while swatting the love bugs swarming and trying to come into your open window? And it is pitch black where your trailer is going, fun times. I just did it about ten mins ago.
OP, that's the constant type thing you deal with out here. Its very unnerving. You start sweating somedays just trying to get in places by feel.
here is a demonstration about how tough backing and maneuvering in tights places can be
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in a side wall, measured a 34' flatbed, added 6" on sides, and Skil Sawed the old floor. Ground was dry and solid for the first 4 or five uses.
Then a little rocking to march the ruts. Good part was clamp truck op could come around to ether side and
touch up the shaggy bale to inside the rub rails. "Dark in here" was your common greeting to the loader.NavigatorWife and shogun Thank this. -
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What about 60k on a spread, backing in a machine shop in the Cleveland heights. 4pm on a Friday, crack head helping you back in off the street next to a check cashing place and won't stand still in to a dark building that was built when 35 foot trailer and a day cab were huge, plus a fire plug on the corner? Have a simulator?tscottme, NavigatorWife, shogun and 2 others Thank this. -
What about backing up a kilometer on a twisty, narrow bushroad to the loader. Pitch black at 2 am and only four, 55 watt spot lights mounted to the headache rack for illumination?
For added difficulty, try it in winter with 2 or 3 sets of triples on.tscottme, jamespmack, NavigatorWife and 2 others Thank this. -
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The biggest flaw with the simulator and games is there is no feedback. Biggest thing I HATED about the simulator was trying to see. In a truck you can lean over to see a different angle from the mirror. You can sit up higher in the seat to see closer in front of the truck or better out the side windows. All those strategies are useless in a game.
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The school Halliburton used back in 2007 had one. A big rig with I don't know how many monitors inside. The reason I don't know is because I insisted in going out to the lot and practicing in the real thing. I believe I called the sim "a video game, not real life" ... I am technologically challenged...
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The truck is not required to have any placard on it for HazMat. The trailer is required to have placards on all 4 sides.
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