Can I get at 53' into my driveway

Remember too that when you are new, backing into difficult places is a lot harder than it is for experienced drivers. When I was in school I thought I had backing down pat... then I got out into the real world and realized its not as easy as it seemed. When you replace those orange cones with Semi's, buildings or trees its completely different. My point is if your a new driver, you may not get it into the driveway right away, but it will get easier as time goes on assuming it fits.

 

That isn't that bad, I have backed into something that tight with a 60 ton tridem low-bed with a booster attached. Maybe total length close to 60 feet.

I would say it is doable without sliding the axles but again pictures can be deceiving.

 

Thanks for all of the advice and comments. I know I am asking a lot since looking at pictures is not the same thing as using the old eyeball.

For TruckingBum: I had made a 14.6' pole to use as a guide and have already trimmed all of the branches up to at least that height.

For Paledr: I do have aerial photos that I have taken periodically while out flying but none show the recent changes I have made to that area of the drive. Rural area, not advanced enough to have fire hydrants yet. Knocking house over is not a problem it is about 1500' away.

I had already planned on leaving with a left turn. The road is a loop off of a main road so I can enter the loop from the right and leave to the left.

What I did not think to poing out before is that I will not need to make a 90 backing turn. The gravel to the right of the main driveway is at a 45 angle to the road. The gravel off to the right of the driveway extends about 60' which is where I plan on parking the truck. I can extend or widen that area if necessary. The main challenge for me will be to get the trailer moving off of the road going between the two trees at about a 45-60 degree angle.

Again, thanks for all of the help.

 

just have your trainer let you park at a Pilot every chance you get (or the flying hook at X 323 on 80 in VA).
once you master backing in there your driveway/road will seem like an airport runway LOL

 

the trees all-together and back the trailer behind both trees ( cheat and back the trailer on the "lawn" behind the trees , when you get all the way past the trees, can you then pull up and straighten it out?

 

shouldnt have a problem it will slid right in. If you have to have a spotter.

 

Well, someone beat me to it - but slide the tandems all the way up and slide the 5th wheel all the way up.

A couple of times - well - anyway, I won't go into the time I back over the mailboxes and flattened them like a pancake, but I will say that a few times in such tight conditions, I positioned the trailer in - a way I can't really describe - but it was set up perfectly for me to drop the trailer, pull out from under it, and then back under the trailer at a different angle, allowing me much more leeway. It's one of those you'd have to have been there things.

But it's worth keeping in mind if it might help get that thing backed in there.

 

Sorry, that was as clear as mud.
Let's put it this way. Let's say you have that trailer back in there as close as you can get it, but you can't go any further and your truck is already jackknifed.
Doing 10,000 pullups/backups might or might not do the trick. I have foudn that, especially with long wheel-based tractors, in such tight situations, that simply dropping the trailer while it's jackknifed, pulling out and repositioning your tractor underneath the truck has caused me to be able to back a trailer into a place where it was otherwise impossible, or would have taken an hour's (exaggeration, just making the point) worth of pullups.
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trying to make earlier. I 've done it myself several times as a yard jockey and it works. Just be extra careful not to rock the trailer and crank the landing gear enough so you won't cause the trailer to rock when you drop and hook it. it's safer if you can do it an a 90 degree angle as opposed to let's say a 45 degree