Is it a huge deal if you’re a little crooked at a dock?

Uh Oh... Over the 2" allowance on the left side there driver....

 

They'll get over it over it or ask you to straighten it up a bit .

 

Truck ain't crooked it's the lines that are crooked

 

I wish I knew how many docks I backed into, got to be in the thousands, and some, you just couldn't get into. My Pete( in avatar) without P/S was particularly tough. If the lip of the dock plate went all the way across, even barely touching on one side, good enough. Sometimes, they wouldn't take a towmotor when like that, and I had to bring it to the back with a pallet jack.

 

Yeah, don't forget the lines that bear no relationship to the actual dock bumpers......like, none

 

If the dock plate and dock lock fit properly, the biggest problem may be anything out of square to the dock means one side of your truck or trailer is more in danger of getting hit by the truck/trailer next to you.

 

I usually ask them to move their building a bit. Whoever painted those lines was smoking something.

 

Sad thing is, I've been to too many places this is actually true.