Advice Backing into a tight dock!

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  1. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    Here we go.

    I need to snap a different view we are dealing with a interesting problem here.. Might have to edit my thoughts.

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    830A48C6-CC86-4487-9722-08FD7AB4F0E3.png 2163D41E-7E63-4AAD-84A7-8A622C7BD282.jpeg E1B15C11-349F-42B8-9606-A6192EBC3EB1.jpeg this is a store i go to sometimes in the dc area
     
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    I could not get that special 100 foot tall view that I can sometimes. But the dock is there most certainly and there is less room than apparent.

    You essentially will try a reverse offset from left to right off the embankment of greigs above your head to the dock on your right.

    It cannot be simpler than that. To type it out would confuse people.
     
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    some of the stores are a sams/walmart. you del in the the parking deck.
     
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    Yeah you wouldn’t get features like that for a place like Terrace in the far reaches of British Columbia lol.

    thanks a bunch for the advice really appreciate it :)

     
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    DC is just crazy. Ive taken containers downtown with tile to a little tiny office barely big enough to hold the whole load of tiles.

    To this day to vent a temper tantrum over the stupid tiles... I think everyone has something like Superman and Kryptonite. For me it's 10000000 little itsy bitsy picking heavy bricks of tile. UGH. And to be told not to drop the delicate things and so forth like a child only rubbed salt into the experience.
     
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    That big steel pipe fence on the left of the dock really says "HERE I AM. HIT me."

    Only don't lol. /tease
     
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    Gotcha. Much of the driving I’m used to is back roads, oil fields, and ground deliveries using a power tailgate where precision backing isn’t usually required.

     
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    Lol... sorry couldn’t help it ;)

     
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