John Deere made delivering easy

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  1. Nahbrown

    Nahbrown Light Load Member

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    I Delivered steel tube to JD in Ankeny Iowa and was prepared to back my flatbed into another dark abyss… not here though . JD has you pull straight into the building for unloading and then back out when unloaded. Wow was that so easy with the daylight behind letting you see what’s there you as you back out.

    just a new driver’s thoughts on the matter
     
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  3. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    Ohh, Cmon!!
    You got this. E78A38EF-C163-4900-AB1A-739789E59064.jpeg
     
  4. Espressolane

    Espressolane Road Train Member

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    Backing into a black hole is not as bad as it sounds. A little practice and you’ll get used to it.
    You gotta have faith.
     
  5. Nahbrown

    Nahbrown Light Load Member

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    Black holes aren’t bad until they add the catwalks you cant see either o_O

    And while Im whining let me add that lines on the pavement are a myth!
     
  6. kylefitzy

    kylefitzy Road Train Member

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    Agco in Heston, Kansas you just pull all the way through the building. No backing at all. That’s the way these huge facilities should be. Come right in the main gate and practically straight into the unloading bay. 78826BAF-9D96-4984-BBCA-885491736EA3.jpeg
     
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  7. Numb

    Numb Crusty Curmudgeon

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    need to put some chicken lites in there. lol

    backed into a place that did that. they were sunk into the wall.

    worked great!
     
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  8. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Agreed. Gotta keep the skills up.
    It may surprise some, but even the multi axles have to load at places where you have to back into a loading bay. Lock the stinger, and back her in.
     
  9. Buc

    Buc Medium Load Member

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    I think one of my favorite black holes to back into (of course I'm being 100% facetious) was Chicago Metallic down off 49th and Austin on Southside Chicago. It's just one large awning with several dock doors...but the docks themselves are caddy-cornered from an intersection, so you constantly caught guys running all up the curb on the other side doing their best to "guess" where the back of that skateboard was going...because you couldn't even see the dock doors until you were halfway under the awning.

    As silly as it may sound, that was one place that may have actually been easier to back into when other trucks were already there...at least you could then see between their noses what spot you were to aim for...
     
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  10. OLDSKOOLERnWV

    OLDSKOOLERnWV Captain Redbeard

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    I always walk in and make sure nothing is laying in the floor first, and get a mental picture of what’s back there…,
     
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  11. Opus

    Opus Road Train Member

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    One of my top 10 customer peeves..........what's the point of painting lines when they mean absolutely nothing at all?
     
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