Comments By The Persian Conversion

Lol it's good to see that not-so-great minds think alike!

Persian Conversion prescribes:

Go straight to the top and turn around. On your way back down, enter the lot from the top driveway apron, but then continue going south straight down through the lot, keeping as close to the docked trailers as possible. When you reach the second apron, go as far as you can then cut a sharp turn out into the street and go straight across (at a slight northward angle) into the lot on the opposite side until you're straight. Then you should be set up to back in at about a 20-30 degree angle, with a correction after your tractor clears the grass planter in order to come straight in to the door.

That's exactly what I did!

It didn't work. I pulled out to the street and started over.

I would see if there someone above your DM you can talk to regarding breakdown pay. Seems pretty arbitrary that just because the breakdown happened at your home terminal, you're not entitled to it. Sounds like they're giving you the runaround honestly. I would politely take it up the chain of command, all the way up to the president if necessary. I'm sure someone along the line will be distant enough from the day-to-day operations to see the big picture and understand why this is wrong.

Sorry for posting so much, but I keep looking at this, and now I'm pretty confident that turning left into the opposite lot is the way to go. If you look closely you can see tire marks towards the southern end of that entrance which show that many other trucks have made that turn before.

Now that I think about it, I bet that's a good way to figure out tight backing situations. Just pull up the satellite view and search for the tire marks!

Actually, looking at it again, you might be able to just turn left into that lot opposite your door directly from the street.

I was gonna chime in here, but as usual OS said it all perfectly. Allen, I hope you can swallow your pride and look past the way OS just basically *****-slapped you in order to see his words for what they are: tiny little golden nuggets of wisdom which could potentially alter the course of your career, if you take them to heart.

Go straight to the top and turn around. On your way back down, enter the lot from the top driveway apron, but then continue going south straight down through the lot, keeping as close to the docked trailers as possible. When you reach the second apron, go as far as you can then cut a sharp turn out into the street and go straight across (at a slight northward angle) into the lot on the opposite side until you're straight. Then you should be set up to back in at about a 20-30 degree angle, with a correction after your tractor clears the grass planter in order to come straight in to the door.

They don't just make planes... they make 3D planes.

Keen Transport

1775 Baseline Rd, Oswego, IL 60543

I didn't know Caterpillar makes planes.All I've ever gotten out of Keen was Cat parts, in North Carolina and Texas. I guess that Illinois plant handles the aircraft.

...rest easy knowing that you're lost in the noise of the information of hundreds of millions of other ordinary people.

Dude, that is a perfect explanation! Well said.

How's the pay with them? Will you be taking a step up or down?

Besides rolling the truck...

Actually, in my experience, rolling the truck doesn't necessarily mean you'll get fired!