Backing up doubles

Maybe this will help. This is a typical B Train set up.
This a typical A Train config. They are a nightmare to back into anything. The rear trailer is usually shorter than the lead trailer

 

The longer the trailer , the easier it is to back. 28 ft doubles react so quick is what makes them so hard . The dolly , most times, a single axle all but jumps sideways .

 

Tandem, tridem and quad jeeps and boosters are easier to back than single axle dollies. So are longer tounged dollies. Just like longer trailers are easier than shorties.

 

I'll be honest guys, I never did get the knack of backing up an A-train. With more than half a century of driving every trailer combination possible, I guess I failed miserably with that aspect of trucking.

 

That's ok snowy. You can work on it in the next 5 decades. :-0

 

Nope, lost my CDL because my night vision went for a ####. If it wasn't for that I probably would still on the road cussing swearing at everything under the sun. actually, I sort of enjoy this easy life of waking up in the same place every morning.

 

I know your right.

 

When you have three pivot points and the trailers not being the same length, the equation adds up to a completely new vocabulary.