Backing In Off The Street

I had a place I backed into from 4 lanes of traffic in Santa Rosa during rush hour. It wasn't fun and I did do it pretty quick. Apparently just the idea of a truck trying to back into a place was enough that these two people got really impatient and pulled out at the same time and crashed right into each other. It was actually pretty funny because they got out and started yelling at eachother.
I hate backing off the street. It still grinds my gears when I see CR England pull into one of our yards because they try to hit the dock for over 30 minutes, I could only imagine one of those guys backing in off the street haha

 

Hmmm.....I know the area pretty good, 2400 north, Lot of small businesses with overhead doors.......

I did a smoking tough 1 a few months back gasman- I mean SMOKIN' TOUGH! Lived in chicago my whole life- know the city inside n out...Check this 1 out


Polar Hardware co- On Montrose and Ravenswood- To get to the dock you gotta turn on Honore street next to the purple line go down 1 block go under the trax into their yard...

Google it... Toughest Mother Ive done yet with a 48 foot wagon.

 

weekly oregon stops, 4 x into driveway from 4 lane road, 2 x off hwy 99 to side street. 1 blindside back out onto 4 lane in Portland. 1 back across 2 lane city street.

Oregon car rules, if you can fit a car between the curb and the trailer you are good to go.

 

I'm so glad I'm line haul, I don't envy you guys at all.

 

I had several stops in my FedEx days that required back in in off the street, especially on my route that I'd done for about 13 years. It was in the Nalley valley area of Tacoma, and fortunately for me, I almost always did that route with a 28' pup.
Some of the places I would go would show mercy to the OTR guys, and have flaggers assist in traffic control so the driver had a decent chance at getting in.

 

I spent a year running around southwest Chicago. The worst back off the street I had was backing into the Combined Warehouse near 47th and Central. Sure there were tighter, more difficult docks to get into, but having to try to time the lights at 51st and 47th and backing off a six lane arterial was its own special type of fun.

 

I know that hardware store. I'd be requesting a pup trailer!