And for God's sake, if you see some cowboy backing his lead trailer up with the dolly on the back, don't try that until you have at least a year's experience. Much frustration could ensue.
LTL Linehaul position pulling doubles
Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by Sam1000, Aug 23, 2019.
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when I was leased to a company pulling doubles, we usually dropped the back and docked the front. there were a few times I had to dock a pup in between 2 53's. with a sleeper truck , that's always fun
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I wouldn’t mention the backing to build the set, although it may be something you have to do for the carriers road test.
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19 years pulling doubles and triples. Don’t sweat it. It’s more important to get a system down for joking and breaking g and stick with it. You will get better with practice. Backing A-train dollies is frowned upon as has been mentioned.
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I'm confused. Is OP asking about backing a set, or single pups? No one will ever expect you to back a set, it will be discouraged by management in general, and if you find yourself in a position where you have to it usually means you messed up.
There are guys that can do it, and some of them are even fairly good at it, but to my mind it's mostly done for show. There's a guy at my first destination that loves to back his set and put his rear box in the door without unhooking first. And when he does, there are at least five pissed off drivers cussing because they can't get around him to get their own work done.
Now backing your lead with a dolly on is worth learning. It comes in handy on rough dirt lots, inclines, and wintertime. But again, I see guys that will spend 5 minutes and a bunch of pull ups instead of 30 seconds to drop the dolly by hand.
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When you got hired with these companies, did they take you on a drive to see if you could drive and back up? I worked for a company a couple months ago that they didn't take me on a driving test until I was hired and a few days before I started actually working.Last edited by a moderator: Aug 24, 2019
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