Here's some real world backing.

I was one of those kids breaking glass once.... Baltimore was a tough street situation back then.

One nice thing about the south suh, it takes a while for things to get done, not like the predators back home.

 

Ahhh ... the good ole days. An under building dock in Philly. I'm just glad the dock stopped me before the mirrors got to that 4" lolly column right behind the door. An equal amount of space on the other side .... lol

 

Yes that's how close these docks were too. Have to be real careful backing in because it was too easy to catch the open door of the next trailer and back it right off the end of the trailer.

 

I've posted these elsewhere, but this is a fun spot, too.
-side street delivery
-48' van
-cars parked on curb opposite the dock
-dock is approximately 50' away from the emergency entrance
- pedestrians, POVs, and let's not forget ambulances
-topping it off, doing this at approximately 3:00 am (9:00 pm on Sundays)...

 

In the dark too. Yawn.



Our drop lot looks just like the original post where we P/U the loaded ones. Trailers have ratcheting landing gear handles.

 

Somebody enlighten me on why that was considered a hard back? Plenty of room to set up blindside.