So I did smething early this morning that felt a little corny, but it worked! I drop off at a warehouse with wide open docks that dont have lines or anyrhing like that. Ive never been able to hit that #### thing no matter what I did. Kept telling myself it's just because I'm tired and have been driving all night.
This morning I set myself to do the back best I could then I got out and stood directly in front of the edge of the dock and dropped my hat, right about where I wanted my Tandems to hit and start the turn. It was 100x easier. Trailer went straight into the dock.
That one step saved me tons of pull ups I normally had to make in the past. Ran over my hat, but that's OK. Made me kinda look like I knew what I was doing and not some stone cold rookie.
Finally hit the dock!
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Thanks! I thought id post that for other rookies having similar problems.
Set up using the 9-12-9 formula thing. Dropped my hat. Just went straight back letting trailer fall off, just a few corrections. Then got behind it and staight back. Once on the hat I did the offset from school. It went straight in.
Doesnt seem like much but for me seriously id be out there 30 minutes or maybe longer backing in and out and driving around like a clueless noob. Wide open dock and couldn't hit it.Lepton1, Dave_in_AZ, Puppage and 1 other person Thank this. -
Codriver: are you alright up there?
Yeah, I'm just at my favorite dock.
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Poor Hat.
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Better still is if you have 2 things to drop. One bout your tandems the other 10 feet up in a straight line. Gives you a square up line so your not crooked
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