Backing In Between Two Trucks

Hey guys, just about every day we back our trucks up between two other trucks. sometimes we get lucky and have a whole lot of room and sometimes its a little tight.

for the youngsters and rookies. YES I am a rookie too and probably have more bad days than good ones. but check this out.

Not only do we back our trucks up. Everyone else is too. Watch them. You might see your not as bad as you think you are... I watched an older guy today backing up his truck was shaking all over the place (im sure his leg got tired)... he was having a bad day.

for those of you that may have a hard time backing in between two trucks at a truck stop. start observing Your Path when you pull OUT of that spot. try to emulate the same path backing up.

I have noticed the problem is the set up most of the time.

notice where your truck is. Pull out slow and stop for a second see where it is. pull out more. stop look where it is. do that your entire time pulling out once you are completely OUT and at an angle with the truck and trailer all bent in the turn look where you are. then complete the turn look where you are. STOP. now put it back.

Whats someone going to say? talk crap? lol. do this for a couple months and youll be better than the majority. youll just pull up and back it in with no pull ups.

you will always have a bad day here and there. it happens but the days will turn into less often and then sometimes it wont even be the whole day it will just be the 5 minutes...

I've been on here long enough to remember when ... Mr Smith was a semi-pro skateboarder who wanted to move from four little wheels to eighteen really big ones. What he says is true - for most drivers that backing thing is still a chore of one kind or another.

One thing I'll add - turn off your CB if you have one. That way you won't think they're talking about you.

Sounds like good advise mr. Smith im going to try and remember to do this when i start out solo.

Your right when you say the set up is a lot of drivers issues. They drive in the middle of the aisles and don't leave enough room to swing it in The key is the get as close as you safely can to the front of the trucks you'll be parking next to. Seems like a lot of people don't realize that though.

For me the problem with a setup was not going past the hole far enough before cutting out so I'd end up angled to the spot next to what I want to hit and by pulling forward to fix it you lose the angle and room to work out front. Recently I've started making sure I use the space in front to pull forward it's a lot easier to back straight up a little as opposed to trying to fix the angle.

Now I'm not a good backer it is coming but slowly and comany training doesn't allow for a lot of extra time so oh well. I've found that no matter how stupid you think you look someone is doing the same thing. I've had docks with plenty of room and it's a challenge for me as long it gets there and I don't hit anything I'm ok lol as long as we go slow look when we need to it will get in there everyone else was new at one point and had their struggles as well. Just another newbies .02