4 Docks Bumped In One Day

So today I delivered to my consignee in New Jersey no biggy. I wait for my load assignment and what do they give me a 3 stop pick up. And all of three of them had some janky docks. The first one I had pull up an intersection that was the industrial park and cut it right the round a curve without hitting cars that were park randomly. The second would have been alright if I didn't have company box trucks inching their way towards my truck then pull up right in fron of me when im obviously not straight and blocked me in. And the third one the easiest even though the only way to do it was to blindside back. After all of those my hours are up and I only drove 132 miles still in New Jersey and fill as exhausted as my first day training at USA truck 5 years ago. Do backing exhaust you guys at all?

That is a rough day for anyone. The bright side is it is over and you did well. Congrats!!!

Most any time I see the words, "New Jersey" on the dispatch, I cringe.

Nice job today, Mike!

You made it through without hitting anything or killing anybody. That's a win!

Thats why my 8 hrs ran out i get out and look everytime i stop. I have watched all the backing fails on YouTube and they have one major similarity not one of Got Out And Looked. Yes yard jockies get mad at me but I need this job.

Normally backing into a dock, even tight or odd ones, don't bother me much. Yesterday, in Calexico CA, I delivered to a UPS place and it was beyond tight with all kinds of things on pallets near where I had to make my move. It took me 25 minutes and a bunch of GOALs, but I finally made it! 10 minutes later they ask me to move cause the floor was too low. Easy spot.

Laura

Great job Mike. Don't worry about other drivers or yard jockeys. Their bark is always worse than their bite. On a normal day I'm hitting 3 to 4 docks and its something you get accustomed to once backing clicks. When I started I dreaded needing to back now I actually kinda enjoy it. Not getting stressed or nervous due to making others wait will help it not be so exhausting. It's easier said than done but you'll get there just keep doing what you're doing. Granted the places I'm backing I'd guess are much easier than anything you typically see in the northeast. It sounds like you had your first taste of what a local driver deals with 😁. Keep it up driver!