Backing

Practice, practice, and practice some more.

 

You said Net ops account,are you driving for Werner?Sure it gets easier.Backing for most is the hardest.But the more you do it the better you get and easier it becomes.Heck one day you're going to make an awesum back slicker then snot and say to yourself,how'd I do that,lol.

 

If the dock looks difficult to back to, watch the other drivers if there are any, and see how they are setting up. You must set it up correctly first, so concentrate on the approach. Take all the space you need, or is available to get your set up correct. We all still struggle from time to time with backing, but like pool (billiards) you eventually start to automatically "read the table" and will know what to do. After sticking a few tough spots, you'll build your confidence up, which helps considerably.

Hang in there, it gets better.

 

There ya go,stick it out a while.Companies like to see an application that does'nt have alot of work history on it.

 

Sorry, but no it doesn't.

You do get better with practice though.

 

First, stop hatting it. View it as a challenge and as bikertrash61 said practice, practice, practice. Find a spotsome place between Clarksville, AR and West Memphis, AR and make a point to practice everyday.

Find a closed off place, use common sense, a place where no cars or pedestrians can "sneak" up on you. A place where you can straight line back several hundred yards and do it everyday. Get to the point that you can straight line through an imaginary box at speed (in low reverse), give it throttle,I mean to the floor throttle! The first time you punch it, it may feel crazy to back full speed but do it until can back up fast and still keep the truck under perfect control. The purpose of this is to give you confidence. Now when you slow down, at idle, or near idle to back up, you will not be uptight about it and you will relax, it will all seem to be moving in slow motion.

Now when you ally dock, you can just get in the ball park close, do a pull up and it will be more like a straight line back, which at this point you have great confidence in straight line backing.

Of course there is more to being a complete all around good backer, but the rest will come with time and practice. As everyone says, all good backing starts with a good set-up. Start asking more experienced truckers about backing, don't just say "oh gee, I am not a very good at backing, what do I do?". Focus, ask and understand how they would set-up to start backing in a given situation and go from there. Ask follow up questions about the set-up. Focus on how and why they would set-up in a given way. People will help you if they see you are really making a good faith effort to learn.

 

Learning how to setup is a big part of making it eaiser on yourself, And yes it will get eaiser

 

In my experience its impossible to explain with words how to back up.
Practice...
Thats it, just do it a few hundred times and pay attention to what happens when you turn the wheel. Ask yourself "why am I turning the wheel this way"? Then make a mental note "did that work or was it the wrong thing to do"? Find an empty parking lot or field and set up some Coke cans like a dock. You can relax and not feel like people are laughing at you, take time between moves to THINK about your next move, slow down and think. Practice.......