Trucking Tip - How to Fix This Backing Mistake

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[bobhupandown]

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

[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.

[TheKaydacap]

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

[AZVIDS]

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

[renedominguez]

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

[Jonymultani]

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

[clover]

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

[proudcanadian]

@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 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

[SolarWraith]

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

[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.

[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

[rustyrobinson]

When I was doing it daily it came second nature I did it without even thinking about it retired now really miss it

[iffyrichi]

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

[MJ-ttww]

Reminds me of that golf cart scene in Austin Powers 😂

[Walleye]

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

[MikeDCWeld]

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

[oxpbusg]

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

[jakethehitman-]

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

[lordgman]

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

[sanjeevsingh]

Great video bro
It helps me a lot
Keep it up