Angled parking

"Too many drivers leave the wrong way out"...

Yeah, they do. And it's rather amusing when they aren't blocking you from leaving/entering.

 

When you have lemons, you make lemonade. In other words, get it done and done right. Park in the lines and tuck all the way back.

 

If the spaces are angled "left" someone will try and pull out right...

Lost my first hood from that.

Of all the places for it to happen, it was at an angled spot practically pointing the direction to go. And yet, they decided to go against the flow...

 

Angle does not matter. You find the line on your left tandem tires. Check often to back in. Get out and look more often as you go as long its painted for a 18 wheeler you will be fine.

Yes there is a certain amount of losses from front ends being torn off and you would think all of the training, testing etc would prevent that waste. But no.

Just do not pull into a angled (Or any spot really)

 

Plenty of angled docks out there. Better that you got some practice at the Pilot before trying it in the real world.

 

I love the blindside angle concept.....

 

Angled parking is the best. It makes it really easy when u figure it out, especially with a spread axle. I will not even attempt some of them tight truck stops u have to alley dock at, no way. Flatbedders love angle parking

 

A right (blind-side) angle can be more difficult, but you can square up with it best you can and back right in.

 

Ehh...nine years of dragging spread-axles has gotten me used to backing in at some of the absolute most WTH spots there are, particularly all up there in the northeast...never ever an easy deal, and there were many a night where I fought that tire drag tooth and nail to get it in there (case in point: the Pilot across from Sapp Bros at 80/29 x4 [?] In Council Bluffs IA--and shoot, that Sapp Bros itself), but I got it in there. For the past nine months I've been dragging 53' spreads--and these particular ones are the longer wheelbase ones (meaning it's not a 48' with 5 extra ft of deck; that back axle is barely two feet off the back edge, meaning even MORE of a turning radius now)...makes for some really fun and challenging maneuvers sometimes. But if you really want fun, try all that with a 53' spread stepdeck--with 17.5s on it. That'll work some torque out of your elbows...lol.