Hard docks/blindsides

once you get the truck at a serious angle it becomes pretty useless on my cascadia though. Doesn't turn far enough....


And speaking of all this trucks without spot mirrors.....As everyone here knows, I own a 1986 volvo and a 1990 volvo, both silver 240 DeLuxe station wagons. They both have manual mirrors. When I drove the 86 with a passenger, I'd always teach them how to adjust the mirror with the little lever, and get them to do it until it was perfect. Lots. Then I got the 1990, and noticed that I never had to do that anymore. It didn't get out of adjustment so easily. Then I noticed the words etched in the mirror.."Objects in mirror are closer than they appear". The 1986 didn't have a convex mirror! They're so common that I didn't realize they ever had cars that didnt, and certainly never realized I was driving one that didn't! Hahahahahahaha. The days of "can you adjust the mirror up a little....with that black lever? no, the other way. a little more. noo, down a little. out a little. no, the other way. a little more. too far. no, too far, out a little. up. no, too far. up. up. up. up." are over. hahaha.

 

The other day i helped a guy slide his fifth wheel at the dc. He said it wouldnt slide. I asked for permission to try it, jumped in the drivers seat, and it was a newer t600, so I looked over the controls for a minute, hit the air dump switch, made sure the trailer brakes were set, released the tractor brakes, and put it in gear and...it worked for me...hit the fifth wheel lock switch... I was in a rush so i got out and went back to my truck, and hes like "its not locked in!" and i told him "just rock the truck it'll locK!". Basically the guy was a rookie and didnt jack the landing gear up enough to take the pressure off the fifth wheel. But the air dump switch did it...