Well, if you can laugh about it you didn't hit anything. Hope you gained some sort of a learning experience from it.
Safe travels...even if it's only through the fuel island.
You did it YOUR way safely and didn't hit anything or anyone.
My first month solo I banged the trailer on the island barrier.... so I say GOOD JOB
I've had to fuel my reefer at a small gas station (yes, meant for cars lol) before. I did the same thing!
A refrigerated trailer.
Saturday I watched a driver actually hit the fuel pump at a truckstop... So for the first few lines of your original post I was like this must be that person... O you didn't actually hit it..
No...thankfully I didn't hit anything! That's what I told my trainer as I was laughing about the whole thing. I've had some really close calls...like an inch between my trailer and a fuel isle post.... I don't know what it is about me and fuel islands.
Saturday I watched a driver actually hit the fuel pump at a truckstop... So for the first few lines of your original post I was like this must be that person... O you didn't actually hit it..
No...thankfully I didn't hit anything! That's what I told my trainer as I was laughing about the whole thing. I've had some really close calls...like an inch between my trailer and a fuel isle post.... I don't know what it is about me and fuel islands.
Did the trainer teach you the serpent move? Or S maneuver? I didn't understand it in PSD cause the guy didn't explain it in a way I could understand...... but basically.... when you go into a fuel island swing way to one side until your tandems line up with the space. Then swing way in the other direction to bring the front of the trailer in line. Then swing back to the original direction. By exaggerating the swing in the frot you are lining rhe back up.
I didn't get it. But now... I don't hit the pumps hahah
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Prime Inc has a CDL training program and the first phase is referred to as PSD. You'll get your permit and then 10,000 miles of on the road instruction.
Prime’s PSD begins with you obtaining your CDL permit. Then you’ll go on the road with a certified CDL instructor for no less than 75 hours of one-on-one behind the wheel training. After training, you’ll return to Prime’s corporate headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, for final CDL state testing and your CDL license.
Did the trainer teach you the serpent move? Or S maneuver? I didn't understand it in PSD cause the guy didn't explain it in a way I could understand...... but basically.... when you go into a fuel island swing way to one side until your tandems line up with the space. Then swing way in the other direction to bring the front of the trailer in line. Then swing back to the original direction. By exaggerating the swing in the frot you are lining rhe back up.
I didn't get it. But now... I don't hit the pumps hahah
No...wasn't taught directly how to do that...or more why to do it that way. I have the same issue sometimes pulling into rest area pull through parking spots. I'm actually swapping trainers so I can finish up faster (current trainer going home for surgery) and I'm hoping he can work with me some more on stuff like that.
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Prime Inc has a CDL training program and the first phase is referred to as PSD. You'll get your permit and then 10,000 miles of on the road instruction.
Prime’s PSD begins with you obtaining your CDL permit. Then you’ll go on the road with a certified CDL instructor for no less than 75 hours of one-on-one behind the wheel training. After training, you’ll return to Prime’s corporate headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, for final CDL state testing and your CDL license.
Did the trainer teach you the serpent move? Or S maneuver? I didn't understand it in PSD cause the guy didn't explain it in a way I could understand...... but basically.... when you go into a fuel island swing way to one side until your tandems line up with the space. Then swing way in the other direction to bring the front of the trailer in line. Then swing back to the original direction. By exaggerating the swing in the frot you are lining rhe back up.
I didn't get it. But now... I don't hit the pumps hahah
No...wasn't taught directly how to do that...or more why to do it that way. I have the same issue sometimes pulling into rest area pull through parking spots. I'm actually swapping trainers so I can finish up faster (current trainer going home for surgery) and I'm hoping he can work with me some more on stuff like that.
Some rest areas can be scary at first. You basically have to make it look like you are going to rear end the back of the parked trailer then hug the side in order to get the tandems where you want . Others are so slanted it feels like both your but and front are sticking out hahha
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Prime Inc has a CDL training program and the first phase is referred to as PSD. You'll get your permit and then 10,000 miles of on the road instruction.
Prime’s PSD begins with you obtaining your CDL permit. Then you’ll go on the road with a certified CDL instructor for no less than 75 hours of one-on-one behind the wheel training. After training, you’ll return to Prime’s corporate headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, for final CDL state testing and your CDL license.
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Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself... I'm probably going to be on you tube. LOL I pulled into a very small truck stop to top off the reefer , and I ended up at a weird angle to the fuel island. I pulled partway in, saw I was going to hit my left side....so I backed up to straighten out some. Tried pulling forward again and was still too sideways for my liking, so I pulled all the way through to straighten up. Backed into the fuel isle so I could get fuel and had to squeeze between the pump and the reefer tank. LOL I wasn't willing to make any more adjustments after that fiasco. My trainer was like "what on earth are you doing"?!?! 😂
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.