Need Help Again

Hard to understand what you're being taught exactly.

My only advice is watch or envision the back of the trailer (where its pointing) and make the smallest adjustments you can once you have it on line.

My school taught us to watch for the glad hands and then get back under it. But it's much simpler once you start watching the back of the trailer.

Hope this kind of helps

 

depending on where your tandems are, how much tailswing you have and how much room is in the parkn lot you wont always be backing up the same way. at least i dont, i back up for what the situatiin calls for, ive seen too many trucks back into the truck next to them because they were doing it the same as they would if they didnt have much room, the point is to use what space is available and not hit anything. there are so many different situations that will b different from what u learn in school. i see alot of trainers out here with there trainee backing up a truck and they seem to make everything harder. so as far as advice just do the best you can. i got my cdl in 96 and there are still those days when i prob look like the idiot of the place but they are usually the tightest places, and ive never seen one driver back it in some of those places like it was easy

 

Ok, I think I understand better.

So once you are pointed into the right lane, push the trailer back straight and then start angling toward the center cone between the two lanes.

It just takes practice and feel. You'll get it. Just don't start angling to soon or you'll be too tight on the center cone.

Does that help at all?

 

have u checked out any utube videos?

 

Give the trailer time to work and don't over steer while doing that.

 

I'm not a driver yet so take what i say as worth less then 2 cents...lol anyway

For me my opinion is backing is a feel people telling you to do this and do that is good for the overall gist of it but the majority is the feel and knowing the mechanics of how the tractor and trailer move.

I'm the type of person that learns by doing not by listening but that's my opinion.

 

Man, you're giving my brain a workout...haha

But so try to envision what you want the trailer to do, and work on making it happen...but my opinion is once you are pointed at the lane, just push it back straight until you have some space to clear the center cone, and then start angling the trailer towards the center cone. Sorry it's tough to explain it like this. Just, honestly, keep practicing and getting a feel for the trailer.

Like others said, don't oversteer it. Small corrections will work. Biggest mistake you see out here is oversteer.