Blind Side Backing

Heck, i actually keep one eye open. but i do steer with my feet so i can dial on my cell and open a bottle of water while backing.

 

Heck... I break out a DVD and watch it while I'm doin' a blindside... I just put the screen where the window would be!

 

Blind = not able to see.
With a power mirror and a back window allowing one to see it doesnt count as blindsiding anymore.

 

Had fun with this one the other day,I remembered reading this thread so I took a few pics.

Somewhat tight on the blind side to get to the dock.


Pillars on the other side.


Not much space to turn the cab out front either with a pillar and other things in the way.








A daycab would have been nice.
At least I have a power mirror but that only goes so far.

 

What's nice about the T660 is that the doors are closer together so the driver can see more out the passenger side window. When I lose the trailer too much, shift to neutral, pull down the trolley hand brake lever, get up and look out the window as a sort of modified GOAL to see how it is going out there, if a pullup is needed or whatever.

 

Wow, that's an old trailer, I thought those were mostly gone. Where is that ? Sure doesn't look very friendly.

 

Yeah it's one of our old 48' trailers we use for where the 53's won't go.
(SNI dedicated Dollar Tree stores)
This is under the street at Loyd Center Mall in Portland,Oregon.
Not friendly at all heh,that #### green compactor and orange pillar are a real PITA when you ty to straighten while up backing in.

 

That is one place to back in that I am glad I have never seen.

Interior backing always makes me nervous.

 

Bucktrucker, Sometimes its what a person says and how they say it in a post, that gives me the impression, there still learning. Now your reply got my attention, The words are what a driver with experience propbably would say. IM sorry Bucktrucker, another time I was wrong.

Now the comment: Miss Wargames .

My wife, Miss Wargames, has a lot of respect for us truck drivers out here.
She is retired from a Pharmaceutical corp. company.