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could be worse

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by dca, Feb 29, 2016.

  1. Feb 29, 2016 #1
    dca

    dca Road Train Member

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    could've been a bllnd side with out the yellow reflective tape. 20160229_141233.jpg
     
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  3. Feb 29, 2016 #2
    Ridgeline

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    What??
     
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  4. Feb 29, 2016 #3
    dca

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    it's a dark dock..inside a building
     
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  5. Feb 29, 2016 #4
    gokiddogo

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    I hate backing into dark buildings like that. ... took a door off a trailer that way once.
     
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  7. Feb 29, 2016 #5
    w.h.o

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    I have to do this many times and hate it. I have to back into their building so their crane can get the load off the bed, and usually it's sunny out blinding me and dark inside.

    Lucky most of the time there's someone guiding me but I still don't trust them.
     
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  8. Feb 29, 2016 #6
    White_Knuckle_Newbie

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    Had an instructor at school show us how to back into a dark dock by placing a flashlight on the driver's side where the trailer would bump the dock.
    Nice little tidbit for us Rooks.
     
    White_Knuckle_Newbie, Feb 29, 2016
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  9. Mar 1, 2016 #7
    dca

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    while they exist it wasn't my intention to bring up such a disliked subject. I don't see dark wholes everyday, when I do I look for some type of guide or make one. I thought the reflective tape was a nice touch on this. it was the guide.
     
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  10. Mar 1, 2016 #8
    Bob Dobalina

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    I always do that. An oldtimer showed me that a few years ago.

    Some of the better inside docks will have lighted boundary strips on each side instead of reflective tape. Those are pretty nice.
     
    Bob Dobalina, Mar 1, 2016
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