Trucking Tip - How to Fix This Backing Mistake

[@whysomeday]

This video is great for clarifying how the steering wheel turns the truck, not the trailer. Thanks for showing this example. I've been in less severe versions of this too many times and never quite understood what was going on.

[@AZVIDS]

I wish I found your videos 3 weeks ago!👍👍👍

[@bobhupandown1471]

a tandem axil trailer reacts different to a tri axil and every make of truck differs, 30 years of trucking and sometimes i still fook it up. so new drivers don't worry,,,if in doubt ask for help its no shame , 10 shunts are better than 1 bump

[@robertfranklin9505]

I've told myself since day 1 that if I don't hit anything it's a successful back whether I get it in 1 or 20 pull forwards. As a new driver of 4 months I can say my first 6 weeks were worrying of what anyone watching would be thinking but now I couldnt care less what anyone who may be watching would be thinking. Take my time and GOAL every couple feet in tight spots. Once I realised most drivers already parked are sat on their bunk watching Netflix I feel a lot better

[@boombang903]

Thanks I'm new to driving and only mainly drive 3 axle trailer what would I have to do differently to this example Thank you

[@proudcanadian9816]

@MyTruckingSkills Hi David, I am ACTUALLY doing this now !!!! :) I decided to try this and. . . IT WORKED for me. I'm that guy from Ontario Canada that you helped with backing up. I was TERRIBLE at it. I'm better now but still have a long way to go. The trucking company I work for delivers for a major grocery chain in my area. So two days a week I shunt trailers at the grocers warehouse. It's an old warehouse [probably about 70 years] when the company had all straight boxes and may some tractors with pup trailers. . . anyway, in one of their produce areas of this warehouse, they have 9 docks in an underground garage. And of course now there are no straight box trucks. It's now tractors and 53 foot trailers. In this garage, there's barrrrrrely enough room to back up into a spot with a shunt truck but it can be done. And if your jack-knife timing isn't just right, you end up with your tractor in a hard jack-knife. Not as bad as in your video but still at a considerable angle. I just could not get that timing with regard to "when to jack-knife" and I was struggling. Until one day I sat there and thought about your idea and decided to try it. . . AND IT WORKED !!!! Tell you what, I still have your email from when we communicated last year. So the next time I have to shunt there, I'll take pictures of it and send it to you. I have to say I'm pretty proud of my accomplishment, and I have you to thank for it. Thanks so much for that tip man, now I use it all the time. Talk soon, Mike

[@MyTruckingSkills]

That's awesome to hear, and I would love to see this picture. Great to hear that things are going to for you, and I'm that I was able to help you out.

[@NelleShadowblue]

Absolutely loving this trick!

[@renedominguez7621]

I’ve seen a guy dock at a 90 degree angle like you Demonstrated. Tight dock with hardly no space, I was really Impressed

[@Thekaydacap]

Thank you omg ive been having this problem at every yard to drop off. So embarrassing

[@Jonymultani1]

Learned lot from ur videos when i was new. They always help a lot. Thanks a lot.

[@silvercrystalct]

Second video of yours I have seen and both times you presented situations & solutions that I have been in/used, granted the rig I was driving for 8 years was a 1 ton truck and 16’ tri-axle cargo trailer and never had a problem in a yard/dock but out at some of the sites I had to deliver/service… example Power Substations built to fit as much equipment in as small an area as safely possible, sucked to service.

[@SolarWraith]

Shimmy the trailer back and forth in small increments. Need to try that with the pups.

[@clover7359]

I was expecting you to say to unhook and rehook with the truck straightened, but no, this works just as well and much less cranking

[@iffyrichi]

Thanks David, forgive me if I got your name wrong, your videos have really helped me

[@jakethehitman-187]

Sweet this will come in handy

[@Brianpeckin]

The best way imo was just pulling to the left as I said to begin with and just adjust backing. But I guess if you're newer this is better since you're basically in the hole

[@vortexfx420]

yeah normally just know where that left trailer tire is and hug the line and get under the trailer making small adjustments with the occasional pull up to finish the job

[@victorperez-tp3cg]

Excelent!

[@jakethehitman-187]

What angle is the best to start chasing what degree?

[@MikeDCWeld]

2:52 from here you could also just drop the trailer and rehook it.

[@sanjeevsingh9946]

Great video bro It helps me a lot Keep it up

[@Walleye2564]

Son of a biscuit eater! I just had that issue at Walmart DC. I should have watched this as soon as you uploaded

[@jakethehitman-187]

This happens to me a lot I think why this happens is because I do not know when to chase I think I'm chasing later than I should is there any videos on chasing that would be great

[@lordgman1]

The only problem I could imagine is that you can't see the far side of your trailer when you're in this situation. You may have to get out of lot or use a spotter to to the shimmy safely

[@MyTruckingSkills]

Absolutely, lots of getting out and looking

[@user-ox7pb5us5g]

I think I saw this method in an Austin Powers movie!

[@MJ-LazyBones]

Reminds me of that golf cart scene in Austin Powers 😂

[@MyTruckingSkills]

Ya, I was thinking that too when I made the video

[@pawpaw3236]

Hey, I think your Mts Eu has a bug. Can you fix it. (Iphone)

[@MyTruckingSkills]

whats the bug?

[@Kanon-fq5fh]

But if you do all that in an automatic freight liner you will have a warning beep popping up on the dash saying “ clutch is overheated “ and your steering wheel will harden up and will make it 10 times harder to correct it

[@Brianpeckin]

Lol what? I never once had this happen when I'm backing and I've driven dozens of different freightliner.

[@MyTruckingSkills]

Never happened me either. But just because it never happened to us does not mean it never happened ever and could be a problem. I miss manuals.

[@DC-nc9cn]

I had the same thing happen in a old freightliner lightweight, after switching to a newer truck fixed that issue 😂😂

[@andrewdinh5428]

Dont feather ur brake too much and u won't get that clutch overheat issue you either not using brake or just fully press the brake when backing.

[@Brianpeckin]

@@andrewdinh5428 I agree it has to be this you feather to much.

[@jakethehitman-187]

Is the root cause of this because we are chasing late?

[@userI3I2]

I was going to download this game but the developers sell user's data, including location and Device ID.

[@munirahmad7015]

Austin Power

[@sergueyherrero9071]

Mamba

[@dewaynem559]

That doesn't work when you don't have all that space in front of the truck like about 80 percent of the vendors in california.

[@conradcoolerfiend]

well it does, you just have to be deeper in the spot before being able to do it. So you need to do a better initial back in job.

[@dewaynem559]

@Conrad Coolerfiend I drove trucks since 1973 my 23 year old son could back in with that much space and he's never drove truck after going with me for years on the truck I taught him there was better careers then trucking

[@TheTruelakersfan]

😂

[@vernoncrown]

If you need this advice you better mail your CDL in and find a job at McDonalds.

[@Walleye2564]

The trick is the schools just teach you how to pass the test. I learned very quickly that knowing how to off set and parallel doesn't help at all for getting into a dock

[@Zigizi986]

Ok super trucker