I had an epiphany about backing up a tractor-trailer on a city street

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by expedite_it, Mar 21, 2025.

  1. rolls canardly

    rolls canardly Road Train Member

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    Sure has a high entertainment value, doesn't he?

    I answered the questions as asked, no sarcasm from me.
    I try to be "value added" and helpful, even encouraging.
    Some have nothing to do, and all day to do it.

    I'm not that guy.
    I'm waiting for cloning, so I can send #2 over here,
    #3 over there, #4 over there, and on and on.
    Maybe then I will get something done.
    List of things to do is supposed to get shorter, not longer.
     
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  3. expedite_it

    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    Have you ever heard of the fact that if I GOAL, I would have to walk at least 15 feet to the side of the truck to clear myself in the blind spot or 30+ feet to the rear of the trailer to check my blind spot, and when I walk from the spot where I check my blind spot back to the truck and open the door and climb back in the driver's seat, that a car or a motorcycle could zip up and into my blind spot in the time that it takes to walk the 15 feet from the side of the truck and open the door and climb into the truck and sit in the driver's seat?
     
  4. Vampire

    Vampire Heavy Load Member

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    I asked if you’ve ever heard of GOAL. You replied with excuses. That negative, can’t do attitude won’t get you far. Maybe if you worked with the idiot in the green truck, you would have gotten out of your predicament sooner rather than later.
     
  5. Kyle G.

    Kyle G. Road Train Member

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    What if you back up, let the green semi out, then as you are pulling back up to make the turn, a YELLOW semi pulls up behind the green semi?
     
  6. Vampire

    Vampire Heavy Load Member

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    Then you call these guys:

     
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  7. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    33 pages and the op is still questioning this predicament. Time to get him a job in politics !
     
  8. Vampire

    Vampire Heavy Load Member

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    Some say he’s still waiting on the green truck to make a move.
     
  9. expedite_it

    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    Yes. I have heard of GOAL. GOAL is an acronym that stands for Get Out And Look.

    GOAL did not apply in the situation I was in at the Pilot in Ocala, FL because if i got out and walked far enough to check my blind spot, there still would be time for a car or motorcycle to zip up when I walked back to the truck and opened the door and climbed back in to the driver's seat.
     
  10. Vampire

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    GOAL always applies. Instead of…”maybe there just might be a possibility that some sneaky sneak got behind me. Them clutching your pearls and thinking about it…instead of getting off your behind and doing something about the situation.

    You should have GOATTTD as well.

    Do you block the scales and go for a shower while blocking the fuel island?
     
  11. Star Rider

    Star Rider Road Train Member

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    I think with the OPs 10 years and well over a million miles experience, not to mention all the information he has gathered from his posts, I think he is ready to become an owner/operator.
     
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