What would you do???

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  1. diesel drinker

    diesel drinker Road Train Member

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    IMG_20170707_071919.jpg Today I was loading in TX and @6 am I was given door.I started backing up (reefer) and...(look at pics). Went back to shipping,told them to give me another door and was told they only have one,that truck on pics belongs to other company and will be moved around noon so I can either back up or wait till noon.Also I couldn't angle it because you can't see it on pics but there was another straight and employees cars parked to the left of that door.What would you d IMG_20170707_070600.jpg
     
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  3. I glide 47

    I glide 47 Road Train Member

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    Go to Walmart buy cheese to go with all that wine
     
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  4. diesel drinker

    diesel drinker Road Train Member

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    . What exactly are you trying to say?That I should hit that truck or what?
     
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  5. Diesel Dave

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    What did you end up doing ?
     
  6. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    It's hard to tell without seeing the object blocking the other side, but if I can't fit, I guess I would wait.

    Reminds me of one winter, snow on the ground and both trucks ####ed inward and they give me the door between them.
    I waited and it was a quick unload for them so I could hit my door.
     
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  7. diesel drinker

    diesel drinker Road Train Member

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    IMG_20170707_071934.jpg . They both posses great parking skills.
     
  8. diesel drinker

    diesel drinker Road Train Member

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    I called my dispatch to give me different load but they took their time so after 2 hours I ended up getting loaded next door after they finished loading their straights.
     
  9. diesel drinker

    diesel drinker Road Train Member

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    I would have probably tried with a van but reefer doors are much thicker and besides they don't pay me enough to take chances like this.
     
  10. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Could you have backed in a little crooked and the dock plate still fit enough to unload. Then when you leave, knock his mirrors off.
     
  11. diesel drinker

    diesel drinker Road Train Member

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    I sure was thinking about it!This or leaving him with all flat tires.I couldn't really backed crooked because there was another straight parked in front of that empty space.
     
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