Stupid docks

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  1. Mototom

    Mototom Road Train Member

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    It took me over an hour to back up to this michaels dock. They put a dumpster right in front of the dock so I had to do a 45* then a 90* then pull up 10 times I feel like a fool
     
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    Don't sweat it, you'll get better. You'll also have bad days even after you've been doing it for years. Some days I'm so tired after a long day of driving, I can't back straight into a wide open space with nothing on either side of it.
     
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    Just a good learning experience... Some guys can't back a straight line into a straight line..
     
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    I was at one last week where the dockwell lined up perfectly with a telephone pole in the street, 50 feet away.
     
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    The fool would have hit something.
     
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    Does anyone know any true long haul companies? CFI only gives me one every so often. I’m always early when I get them. I LOVE THE 1200+ mile trips. They give me Maryland to WA and I love stuff like that or PA to Texas.
     
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    what is your home 20?
     
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    I live in semo kinda. I traveled before trucking so I’m not tied down to one place