45 degree backing

Its real simple. Dont sweat it. I still cant back into a truck stop single spot without pulling up at least twice. Have your trainer stand around the back of your trailer AND STAND WHERE YOU CAN SEE HIM IN YOUR MIRROR. Then he will tell you before you hit anything. So just keep trying till it works for YOU. Just pull up so others can go by you every 5 minutes. Good luck bro.

 

If you don't have enough room to go past the 90 degree mark then just go as far as you can to the right and cut it back to the left sooner then

 

Backing is the hardest to learn by so many coming into this industry,45 was my hardest to learn.First thing is you need to understand your trailer and trk.You need to understand the pivot point and the concept of backing.Once you understand that it gets a lot easier.

 

The next time you and trainer have a few hrs to kill or a day,ask him if you can practice backing.

 

Here is the best answer......./\

Yea practice is gonna help alot more then a youtube video.

Oh and your gonna make mistakes . We are all human here...
Just try not to hit anything. ...

 

that...and don't be afraid to get out and look.
Don't be afraid to pull up and back up as many times as it takes, and get out and look as many times as it takes.

You only look stupid when you hit something because you were afraid you would look stupid.

 

If your tandems are set fully back, as some places require before entry, you can be at an angle right up to the point of the side truck bumpers.

But if you have the tandems far forward then you should be in line and straight before entering the space because you will have big trailer swing.

i.e. get out and check that blind side (often) before you scrape him! Not that you should not GOAL every time.

In school they had us pull up to a cone for the 45 setup. But I said I did not want to do the same setup all the time. I wanted to learn all different angles. They just wanted a 100% pass rate for their school.

Practice all setups that you can with a trainer watching you. Some shippers/receivers are super easy to get into with lots of room, others not so much. The same with truck stops. Usually the tightest back will be at 3am after running a 10 drive hours and only one spot left.

Mikeeee

 

Hi Bigfoot, that's one of those things that's hard to explain, even though we've all done it a million times. I was told, get the back of the trailer as close to the hole as you can, meaning, like someone else said, drive down the row of trailers as close as you can, when you (drivers seat) get even with your spot, crank the wheel hard to the right, until trailer is about half way past the hole, then crank wheel hard to the left until trailer straightens out, somewhat lined up with the hole. And remember, like someone said, if the tandems are forward, watch out for trailer swing, as the trailer reacts a lot different with the wheels up than back. Again, like someone said, GET OUT AND LOOK. After a while, you'll be backing in like a P&D driver in no time.

 

Nothing funnier than a guy who can't figure out what to do with his hands when talking. This is a good video if you have all that room for a setup. Unfortunately you almost never have that kind of room.