alley doc backup

Try THIS sometime:
Blind-side back into an open over-head door into a building from a narrow one-way street in The Bronx, while impatient 4-wheelers pass you on BOTH sidewalks because you are using the whole street. AND they honk and flip you off as they pass.

 

Thanks

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maybe I'll check out those wheels for myself.

 

Wow RBPC, you've got me seeing myself in a whole new way...

Now if I was just that skinny!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahZwddBPfkw

Try this video on backing an 18 wheeler

 

The only thing (about the video game) is that you can't stick your head out the window!
If you check related video, there is one by a Prime driver where he has to back into a lot off the street. Not bad video, but it didn't look all that tough.

 

I agree, watched it too, and seemed too easy! Had a really easy one today, and the shipper was terrified at the thought of me backing the 53' into his yard... was fun!

 

Here's a tip gained from learning how to push back aircraft with a tug. I was learning to push an aicraft with a multi million $$ Learjet and being a bit nervous about denting said aircraft it was giving me a bit of a time. The old time mechanic on the tug with me finally made ONE comment and suddenly it all clicked.

Whether an aircraft or trailer the process is the same except that you are facing different directions. When you have a tractor/trailer into a turn, do NOT think........"now which way do I turn the wheels to go where I want" Think of it from the stand point of pushing the trailer..........but the key phrase mentioned above.........once into a turn think"follow it around" meaning to simply turn the tractor so it "follows the path the trailer has already taken. Should get easier from there.

 

I know how you feel I had a terrible time learning how to do it here are some tips that will probably help a great deal

#1 don't oversteer barely turn that wheel just enough to make the trailor move.
#2 Turn the wheel right the trailor goes left. Turn the wheel left the trailor turns right.
#3 Use the clutch to slow you down not the brake. press the clutch in while moving the wheel the trailor will be a hell of alot easier to manuever.

#4 learn the 90 degree back. if you are doing a (NON BLIND BACK) just keep the trailor as close to the line as possible without touching the line as that rear trailor tire is close to the line give it a hard right as hard as you can until the trailor jackknifes as soon as that happens give it a hard left and it will end up start as hell everytime. I like to open my door myself and look under the trailor and watch the passenger side trailor tire iif its close to the line then its time to jack knife it back to the right. I learned that when I accidently hit a parked truck. ever since then I have never had any trouble backing into any place I need to back...Im so #### confident in my backing that I'm ready to compete in the Fontana truck backing competition I know I could surely hold my own against any of those old timers now.

 

I went to roadmaster back in 1999, we had cones set up to as if they were the dock, my instructor (a former prime driver not sure if that means anything )kept screaming at me saying am i as blind as stevie wonder , cant i see the imaginary line there, after 4-5 tries and him about ready to pop a vien in his neck i hit the air brakes and told him ,no i dont see no freakin imaginary line and park this p.o.s where you like i want my full refund, i paid cash (3500.00) back then and proceeded to the office for a full refund, then i got a different instructor went to a place called ybor city (tampa fl,)i did parreel and dock and had no problem, I guess what im saying is you paid the money so demand more training or a full refund.

 

Backing manuvers are normally won and lost in the setup.

The reason its important is because it may be a car or a person you just backed over unstead of a white line.

When backing try steering with the bottom of the wheel then right stays right. you still move the wheel in the direction you want the trailer to go.

take your time , use small steering adjustments.