Backing into tiny spots

I asked this over in the crete section, but figured it's good to ask here too.

I had to drop a trailer at a Walmart DC and the hole was very small. So narrow I could barely fit between the trailers, and I'm skinny.

Looking at the hole, I knew it would fit, but not by much. So I set up and did it.

First GOAL, everything looked good. Backed about 5-10 feet. GOAL again, and I was only 1 inch from trailer on my right side. It was very close. On my sight side it was looking like it would go in. But it was very close there too. It was making me uneasy.

So I wiggled it a bit, not enough, it seemed.

Luckily a yard dog came and grabbed that trailer on my right and took it. So after that, easy. The yard dogs were whipping those trailers in like it's nothing

So how do you handle those tiny holes? Is there a different setup you use? It was 90 degrees backing up and I was using just the standard setup maneuver.

Would it be better to not pull as far away from the hole when setting up and swing harder? It would get my tractor very close to trailers on the other side.

My backing is so-so. It works for docks, and most situations. But apparently not the Walmart yard.

 

I actually had that thought. I thought I am going to have to crawl under. Then I thought if someone just drove by and knicked the trailer while I was inbetween them, or if there was an earthquake or something that shook those trailers even just a small amount, I would be crushed.

 

I wasn't getting it. The yard dog took trailer in my right, so it was easy after that.

But I came to 1 inch of that trailer. The second GOAL saved me.

I was pulling up, trying to adjust, wiggle it. But it wasn't quite going.

 

Was that driver having a stroke or something? That's really bad. LOL