Having trouble with alley dock

you tube it! Surely plenty of videos online

 

*low soft whistle*.............

Crazybread backing is really a one man show... You aren't going to get it first shot even 20% of the time in the field. Listen to your instructors, then - THEN - when you do some real trucking don't worry about 8 pull-ups to get straight in your PETRO space with 6 open to the left and 3 to the right... What you need to do right now is mind your instructors and get your CDL. School is not trucking. Isn't even close.

Mind them if you consider them good, and most importantly: Keep your ### in that seat. Practice, practice, practice.

 

The key to getting this down, is anticipating where the trailer is going to be in about 8 seconds, if you keep holding the steering wheel at the same angle. You find that if you hold the wheel at the same angle and you never make adjustments, you will quickly jackknife the tractor and trailer. The key to getting this down, is to learn to make minor adjustments as if you were doing a straight back, to avoid the jackknife scenario. Just before the trailer is lined up perfectly with where you want to put it, you have to chase the trailer with the tractor, to get perfectly straight. Don't be afraid to slow down on this one. Chances are nobody is going to ever put the trailer in the dock with 0 pull-ups. Don't be afraid to use a pull up at a crucial moment

 

you will have good days and you will have can't hit the broadside of a barn days. calm down, take it slow, keep your eye on the ball-the ball being your tandems or tail.

 

Relax.....backing is a lot easier after you have finished school. As for now you must learn to use your rearview mirrors and learn the behavior of steering backwards.

 

It says 90 degree backing but it is basically alley docking.

 

Very informative and he makes it look so easy

 

One thing I learned is to always go slow as I'm backing up and do GOAL if I'm unsure, it's better to get out than hit my trailer onto something or somebody's property.

Good luck

 

You will have drivers try to intimidate you by pulling up right in front of you as if trying to rush you into getting out if there way, ignore them and stay calm. I had a a hard time backing for a long time and with the help of others plus YouTube it Finally clicked one day, I learned that for me ( some say not to do this) that looking out the window as helped. Not one driver does exactly the same, I also learned that when doing your set up your not necessarily going to be doing the 12 and 3 o'clock thing but make sure you have at least ten feet in front of the truck to maneuver and get as close to the trucks where you will be backing but leave enough (about three feet ) room to not hit them and never pull up and back the same way because you will not change anything your trailer was doing if that makes sense .