Generally speaking, how close must a truck be backed to a dock

I try not to slam into it, but I always bump the dock.

 

I like seeing guys pulling out of inside tight docks and hear a "hhhheeeeeyyyy" In the Background only to see the door hanging by a thread once outside- Everyone outside at the Grill begin to laugh out loud,
Driver then sees it and begins to laugh too....Then everyone at the Plant goes outside and starts to laugh.....
Then The driver goes over to the Grill and Grabs a Chicken Breast and a Hamburger While Still Laughing

Then after about 5 minutes...The Door falls off and hits the Ground- and everyone Falls off their Chairs and 35 people Bellow out a laugh so strong, that all the businesses down the street can hear.

 

That is a story to detailed to ever make up,u must be speaking from experience ? Lol

 

12”??? The first time the forklift pushes the truck forward the dock plate will collapse and you will have a stuck forklift best case scenario.

 

Boy,This Tommy Cougar is something else

 

I feel like he’s a robot.

 

I think @shogun is the only person that can properly answer @TomCougar s questions

 

For your software purposes, if the truck is tight up against the dock it will rub the little bumpers off the back of the trailer. Put the trailer against the dock and then slightly pull forward. An inch or two won't matter in *most* cases. Older dock plates, though, weren't very long, (maybe 18-24"), too big of a gap would be detrimental to getting unloaded.

 

I've seen it. Idiot gets out of the truck, locks his door but doesn't set his brake. Any guesses what happened next?
That was a mess at an already too busy dock as he killed the radiator among other things.