and from the wrong side of the cab of the truck!!

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Not to take away anything from this guys backing but those are B trains which are far, far easier to back up than the same combinations involving A dollies. I could even back up the double setup like he did with a little practice. But the A dollies I would be lucky to back up the length of the rig and that wouldn't be very pretty. There is another very short joint with each A dolly which make it real tough but possible to back them up. Not me though, or at least not very far. Backing up the doubles on his blind side and right next to another trailer was impressive.

I worked one Christmas season @ UPS and my trainer said they had 2 guys on the west coast that could back triples into the docks. I saw a number of the guys back up doubles and a dolly to hook up the third box. I was impressed with that.

 

i was watching the video, and my wife walked in the room and said "why are you listening to mariah carey?!"

I didnt know how to respond

 

Go to Youtube and search for 'DingosGotMyBaby'. Good road train videos.

MikeyB

 

Whats equally impressive is how he takes care of his rigs.. They all look new and clean. He cares about his driving like he takes care of his rig.. He should get a job as an instructor!

 

Id hire him. Good lookin trucks too

 

But he's driving on the wrong side of the road!

 

was it just me or did he run a red light too ? :-P

 

Mmmm.... Steering wheels is on wrong side, driving on the wrong side of the road.... continuing with that logic maybe red means go???

 

the backing of the doubles was good, but it was not blind-side, as it was a right-hand drive truck. the backing of the triples didn't do much for me, as it wasn't apparant that he was headed for an obvious spot or anything, he was just "going backwards" in an empty gravel lot. i didn't see anything that a professional driver with 18 years experience shouldn't be able to do. sad thing is that i see drivers every day that can't handle a single 53 footer. now backing a hay baler and a wagon some distance or into a tight spot, thats impressive.

 

hay baler and a wagona takes A LOT of practice, especially with them kicker wagons, baler goes one way, trailer goes the other, my dad still busts my *** when i have to get off and let him do it when back into a tight spot to unload

 

Hero trucker?

 

Aw, your right. I forgot about that. Much easier that way. B-trains are fairly easy to back up with a bit of practice. I never pulled them but a couple times so never got really good at it. I have backed C-trains on a chip dump a couple of times but can't always do it. Company is doing away with most sets and going to 53 and 56 footers so they have not bought any new stuff in years on the doubles side. The lock on the dollies gets real sloppy and the wheels turn back and forth enough to make them tough to back up. You never know which way it will go.

http://www.walshtruckingco.com/services.php

 

I have a 10 year old cousin that can back a bailer and a wagon or two wagons into the barn with less than a foot clearance on each side, now that is impressive if you ask me.

 

Yeah I hate backing up hay wagons, one's tough enough, but 2 or 3 is awful, a buddy of mine can do it in one shot. And yeah, anyone with enough driving experience should be able to back doubles into a general area in a big lot.

And yeah, I too have seen plenty of drivers that can't handle a single trailer, takes half the day and about 25 pull ups to get into a parking spot. I got my CDL about 8 months ago for work (taking tractor trailers back after working on them) So I'm no professional by any means, but if ya take your time and think about what your doin I can back a trailer into a dock with at most 3 pulls ups.

We had a guy come into our shop a while back pullin a covered wagon with a Western Star with one of those enourmous sleepers. He'd put it in gear, stand on the outside step, hanging out of the truck and back it up. I can't imagine if he'd slip or something, get run over by his own truck and put it right thru our building