How to handle NO SPACE at shippers/receivers?

A trailer is NOT designed for impacts anywhere but the kingpin and rear bumper. Any contact is a big deal. If you can't do it, don't try it. If you feel like you're too close, get out and look. Get out and look as often as you need to to not hit anything.

 

you must not be driving in New England......but if you are, get used to it. most all the older buildings were built for horse trailers, then all of maybe 30 foot trailers.

you had better not refuse to dock, your company can fire you for refusing to work.

you can call out to a yard jockey to put the trailer in for you, but them if he ain't available to yank it out, it's all on you, to crawl under there, crank it up a bit, drag it out, and crank up all the way, and go.

in this job, you gotta think on your feet, if you have to call your company every time you get into a fix, they can replace you with something like 47 applicants, that can.

good luck.

 

If the company cared about safety.. There would be a macro to report unsafe customer sites.

The fact that they do not is very telling. All the safety bs does not apply when it should.

 

And this space situation is not changing anytime soon either. There is absolutely NOTHING a carrier can do about this either outside of refusing to haul. <<Never going to happen enough to make a difference!

 

As a yard driver myself I would rather you ask me to do it than to have you hit something and tear something up.

Our place is fairly decent size for drivers, but we still have guys come in and hit trailers and other things and if we do we have to report it to our sup for an accident report to be done or risk getting blamed for doing it.

 

I freely admit I have asked yard men to spot my trailers. There is one place up near Newburgh NY that I always hated to go in. Had a yard man help me out. Yard men can be helpful if you have a problem of any kind and need a trailer moved!