Food service downtown 53 ft trailer new driver

Thats how you learn. My third or fourth delivery OTR was to Hunts Point in the Bronx. Talk about thrown into the fire then my pick was in Queens

 

I'd be freaking out going there as a rookie. Looks like madness.

 

A 40 ft trailer isnt too bad and you will definitely learn backing skills the more you get thrown into a city environment.

 

Navigating traffic with a big truck in a big city isn't as bad as you think... You take your time so as not to hit stationary objects, and stop and wait for the mobile objects to get out of your way. Use your triangles to block streets if necessary (not always effective) when you have to back up off a street. I recently loaded in Detroit at a very old place designed for straight trucks... I had a 53 foot trailer. There was not enough room to turn around on the property so I had to back up 1.5 blocks, then back in a u-turn fashion off the street through the gate and finally to the dock... Thank goodness it wasnt a very busy street.

 

Go check out RLC TV on YouTube he does food service

 

DFW ain't that bad, but it's not that good either.

 

I did Syco 40-48 ft trailer down in the tight very busy beach area. Backing into parking lots, down tight alleys. It was a pain but looking back it really helped my driving go to the next level.

 

Hey No Germs,

I was wondering about Sysco Atlanta and what types of equipment they used. I used to work for Sysco Central Florida and they had side ramps on every trailer, even on the 28 footers. Then, I transferred up to Jacksonville where they do not use the side ramps at all. In fact, they are completely outlawed. They even had the lift assist on the rear ramps on the 28 foot trailers so that way you could not take the ramps out from the back and use them on the side. It really sucked because if they loaded your pup all the way to the back, in which most cases they did, it made it difficult to get the product out of the trailer using the ramp and hand truck.