Comments By Grumpy Old Man

Also known as 50% of Wolding shipper/receivers. Which is why they specifically train for it and you have to pass it to get hired.

My trainer always told me to keep half of whatever room I have up front to give room to swing the cab to follow the trailer.

The training is described here somewhere, there’s a procedure to step off distance.

But basically you want to end up with the center of your tandems at the corner of the trailer to the left of the open spot, with the cab at a 90° angle to the trailer. At 90°, the tandems will not roll, but will pivot.

I pulled into a KwikTrip in Fond Du Lac WI. They have a row of pull through spots in the middle. Everything else was full, and some driver parked perpendicular to those spots behind them, blocking 6-8 spots.

I pulled around the row, backed into the spot in front of his drivers door, and left him about a foot to squeeze into the cab.

Yes, I know I am an ahole, but hopefully it was a teaching moment for him.

I didn’t realize there had been a change.

But I’ve heard a lot of drivers that use it to go shopping, drive home, etc.

Since FMCSA made the last change to PC in its words “To give more flexibility” it has been a mess.

Larger companies restrict it to save drivers from violating it, thus damaging their CSA score.

Smaller companies tend to try and get away with getting more done by misusing it.

DOT inspectors WILL scrutinize logs much more if they see much PC on them.

I’m currently dealing with log issues and getting drivers up to speed for a small company. Until monday they didn’t have PC and when I asked why, I was told they didn’t know what it was so it was never activated. It is now and they were all given training on the proper use of it. If it gets to be a problem I’ll have to reevaluate, but on a case by case basis.

I hate the drivers that will creep along at 62 until you start to pass them, then speed up to 65.

I avoid truck stops if at all possible. If not, I try to nose in. For noise, for me.

Will your truck not idle, or they just don’t allow it?

If I couldn’t idle, I would be looking for a new job. It isn’t safe to be in your truck in the hot sun, and it also isn’t safe to not get a good nights sleep.

Although dispatch says loads are slow, they keep me moving. Maybe because I made it plain if I’m going to be away from home I expect to be working. Otherwise I’ll retire.

I just saw this thread. Granted I’m not on here much any more.

I am about as unhealthy as they come. I hit pretty much every comorbidity. I got Covid in October. Unvaccinated.

I’ve had much much worse flu.

I was really sick for two days, completely better in five.

My vaxxed wife got it from me, much worse symptoms, too over 7 days to get better, still felt like crap for 2 weeks.

I’ve always gone straight from post trip to sleeper berth.

I’m not going there.

I watched a driver with no idea what direction to turn his truck to make his trailer go where he needed it. Then he wold pop his breaks, start beating his steering wheel, then move 3 feet and repeat.

All at a dock with at least a truck length and a half up front to maneuver. And all he was doing was moving over one door.

How long are Crete trainees with a trainer before going solo?

It may be longer for you coming over from HOW.

How long are Crete trainees with a trainer before going solo?