How to back a tractor-trailer with limited forward space
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- Опубликовано: 17 янв 2022
- Backing with limited forward space is a challenging situation that drivers commonly encounter on the road. In this video, Bob and Carl provide a step-by-step demonstration of how to back up a tractor-trailer when you have limited forward space.
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Every time I get confident in my backing I meet a shipper or receiver with tight backing and it reminds me I still have a lot to learn.
I feel the exact same way lol
Lol same I did Walmart good but than I go to a different shipper nj they’re tight and I end up getting stuck lol
Facts 😭😐
I agree 100%. I treat every shipper or reciever differently. My trainer from pam taught me to look at the skyview from google to scope out the area ahead of time to get a mental picture in my mind before i even arrive there. It helps little bit, but sometimes I have more space than what it shows from the skyview. Still helps to look it up before you go.
@@jacobbeaver8528 lol
Don't get intimidated with the other truckers around you when you are backing up a trailer. Just stay focus of what you are doing and take your time. If your not sure and feel you gonna hit on the blind side, just go out and take a look. It wasn't forbidden. " do not be intimidated with the other truckers " especially if you're new driving a semi truck. Keep the rubber side down strappers and stay safe.✌
That's my problem I get nervous
When no 1 is around it takes me some.time but I get it but when I'm at truck stops I feel like everybody's rushing me and so I get nervous and then I guess because I'm a girl people are always quick to jump out and help me I literally had to turn someone away today I said I got it and I did I just need to learn what my technique is and I can't do that if I keep using everybody else's
i get nervous just thinking about starting cdl school because of all the times my trucker dad was like "aw man this mfer cant park" lol
@@AshleyNeshea Yes you can sister and keep rolling back and forth smoothly….
Great content I've Learned something new this afternoon.
Don't get discouraged. I went through the CAT program in September/October and started solo late November. I was always told one day you will just "get it" and I can say that's 100 % true. About 3 weeks ago, one day everything just fell into place and ive been backing like a pro ever since
That's true. One day it just happens
I completed program February 2022, still can’t seem to back by myself. Some days are good, some days not so good. I hope one day it clicks for me as well.
Solo in a month, that's impressive 👏
@@kylievelazquez5197 what program are you referring to?
clapping, going for a class A school and this scares the poop out of me...
Yeah, I second a comment below about worrying about other drivers. The first thing I noticed when taking 30 tries to get into a dock is... that even when theire in the front seat, they aren't even paying attention to you. Even if they are you provided them some well needed entertainment, or reminded them of their beginnings. Take your time and just keep truckin'
Better to take all the time you need. GOAL a 100 times sure beats doing the walk of shame once.
Right, they really ain't paying no attention to you. I had to learn that 😂
I realized that when I'm the one in the seat and someone is backing I'm not paying any mind to then at all.
If I am paying attention to someone else backing its to watch the angles to help myself
35yr on the road and drove for SNI only 2yrs but not complaints. Great company. GOAL everyone. Remember: no one ever hit something because they backed up too slow or got out and looked at what they were doing
I love that this video shows the truck backing from all angles. From the above angle, I’m able to see which direction he’s turning his wheel, and how the truck is moving. Excellent video for a newbie like me. Thank you for this.
Happy to help!
Being a yard jockey for 6-12 months will GREATLY help a driver with any backing maneuver I promise. Once you completely understand the way the trailer moves it will be a walk in the park. Your mirrors are your BEST FRIEND and set up determines whether your maneuver will be easy or difficult. You DO NOT want the trailer to pivot, that is for advance drivers. Pivot is for tighter spaces and you can only hold it temporarily then you MUST come out that turn immediately. Note…use all the space available when possible and if you hold it to long your doing it wrong, your going to over steering and miss your mark. Hope this helps anyone. Master yard jockey now driver 😅
I start CDL school next month. I don't care if I have to make 22 point turns. As long as I don't start collecting expensive chrome bits and lights I have zero issues with people having a laugh at my "Austin Powers" tight space backing skills.
You will do amazing! :)
I start next month as well for Schneider, headed to North Carolina for training. Good luck
@@dolliefaced2113 Knock it out of the park!
Heading to CA Trucking school. It's 20 min away although plans have already changed somewhat. Not planning on staying in CA. Few reasons but one big one. Why pay CA taxes if your OTR and not in it most of the time. Ahh life. So fun.
Love This. TU
Them old guys laugh at everybody don't sweat it they where just like u once apon a time!
That’s carl he’s one of the best inspector in Schniedr he trained me 👏👏
I come from farming, been driving tractors, trucks, machinery etc. since I was 8, and I feel like Im good at it. With my own car, I havent had an accident since I was 18, 25 years ago. But backing with a truck trailer is just a different animal. Places changes all the time, room can be tight, and the space you may think you have on the blind side, is not always there. That took me a couple smaller accidents to learn to get out of the truck.
I drive different trucks, different trailers, long hauls, city, construction sites etc. Every day is different pretty much. Been driving for 10 months now, I thought driving vehicles was my thing, so I didnt have to go out and look. I learned to get out the hard way, so to other new drivers, know it takes time, and theres no shame in going slow and stepping out and look. The guy next to you may not, but he may also have backed to the same spot at the same place a thousand times.
Don't get discouraged even experienced drivers use pull ups s and get frustrated in tight backing especially at docks and if you're tandems are slid all the way to the rear you have to give yourself even more space because it takes longer for the trailer to start turning the biggest thing I could tell everyone is to get out and look especially at truck stops
@hello Robert how are you doing?
I have been driving 14 years and my stomach still goes into knots when I have limited room in front of the dock
Yes but try a truck with a much longer wheel base like 320 inches or more that little truck is a snap to back in .
I'm the opposite I've been driving for 2 months and I love 90 degree backing when I have limited space and getting it in there like a pro even though I'm not a real pro yet lol.
I'm not a driver. Do you guys really get out of the truck that much to check obstacles? Just curious
@@michaelmcguffin5534 not really. Once you know what you’re doing you almost never get out of the truck
@@michaelmcguffin5534 i would depend on how much spaces i have truck has 322 wheelbase
I'm on day 4 of switcher training at FedEx and I appreciate videos like these, especially with the birds-eye view and detailed explanation of when to turn.
How’s it going now? I’m a shifter at ups. Seen shifting for 6 months and it’s easy now. But videos like these does make a better perspective
Can not understate the importance of GOAL. I'm on my fourth day on the job (and already down for maintenance, friggin 2023's man...) I have been doing GOAL at every back, having a hard time getting it in, and looking silly the whole time.
But the only thing worse than looking silly is looking silly and hitting somebody's truck. Ignore everybody else around, you do what _you_ need to do.
I have a whole 4 months under my belt, I have learned that everyone else can wait, and sometimes they will even help if I am lucky.
Thank you very much, I am about to get my CDL and become a trucker driver. I have learned a lot from all these videos on RUclips
Its been a year, Did you get your CDL?
Always great information I drive for Schneider and a year ago I was going insane until I looked at many different videos and not just from Schneider until I got some experience and found a way that works with me… as I tell any new driver take your time, get out and look, and never let other drivers get to you
Please don’t blow the horn when you’re at the truck stop. People are sleeping. Thanks.
Great video, I needed that, I’m in training having a little problem backing that was helpful thanks 🙏
OK, Let me say this from the jump. It’s been YEARS since I backed a semi trailer. I’m not sayin that I was the world’s greatest driver…….however….if I was in the situation pictured here; I would swing up into that huge area in front of the “obstacle” truck. Instead of wearing flat spots on the trailer tires by sliding them sideways there looked to be plenty of room to be more in line with the space while having plenty of room to clear the other truck.
I said the same thing but maybe they were just demonstrating that specific situation and technique
Agreed, This method is not good. Also the twisting on the trailer is not good, and the trailer won't live long with this treatment.
Excellent review!
Thanks for taking the time, and make the effort to produce this beautiful, educative tutorial, good job, I like what you do 👍
Thank you so much for this video! It really helped me to get my travel trailer into a tight spot with little room to drive forward .
Thanks for that
Excellent video!
Perfect!
I respect trucking because its like no matter how good you are, its always room for improvement and I respect that 💯. I love it
thanks for encouraging the pull ups to correct the actions in backing up in tight closed spaces
Thank you.
yes it does very informative
That was great info. I didn't think the trailer could be rotated like on it's real axels.
It was also a very tight backing. well done.
Thank you Sir
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
It’s magic! Great video. I have a bumper pull RV with a tight storage space and this helps a lot.
Great content!!
I started driving a month ago. This is the only video that helped me and showed me how to do it properly. Thank you.
Great video! I can see from all angles.
Very impressive...you definitely have skills Thanks for this video👍
Thanks for posting, big help
Thank u so so much. These are awesome videos.
Great video!!
This helped me a lot!!! Thanks 👍
I’ve seen many videos about BKUp, But I like this one better... kuddos to the host!!
Ooooh! 😅 This is making more sense to me now!!! 👏👍
Espectacular explicacion !!
Thankyou for your video tutorial, it has given me good pointers. I am a new driver & I have just begun to back up a semi trailer. This helps mate.
I love this video, it's brilliant. I am 3 months into my job and faced this same situation the other night.
And I did it!! With loads of trucks around and a a couple of pulll ups or three.
What helped was this video AND the man on the ground whose eyes will tell you if you're doing great or about to hit something.
I know we should be able to do this solo, and, yep, when you're on your own - you are definitely on your own and G.O.A.L. is so valuable.
But sometimes, sometimes, you will actually know what to do, and have the confidence but with something in the way obstructing your progress. I saw this on the ground when a young lorry driver was trying to reverse into the back of Jessops in Norwich at night and surrounded by pedestrians but impeding his progress was an old fashioned Street lamp. I imagine many a truck driver has cursed that stupid lamp.
So this young man, had to try it again and again and again getting round that street lampost.
I had asked him if I could possibly help as a pair of eyes on the ground but he said he just had to deal with the street lamp.
He did it in the end and I admired his determination, dexterity and knowledge.
Am just sayin' sometimes you can be Ace of the Base but then gave to pull a rabbit out of the hat with knowledge, focus and determination.
It appears that on his first pull up he went beyond the line out from the right side of the "obstacle". If that were a curb or a wall (I've had to deal with both and absolutely hate this type of situation) he would not have that space. Up here in New England these types of situations are common. Great if you're in a day cab. Crappy for the rest of us.
Preach!!
I saw that as well. Some truck stops have smaller space between rows and if they are all packed in it going to be hard to do a pull up. I hoped this video would of addressed that.
Oh thank you so much, this was very helpful. I got a friend going through CDLA School now and I was trying to explain HOW to do this back because his school is doing the limited space and was struggling with it. I am not a trainer at all but I figured I could help him.
I also learned something too so thats ALWAYS a bonus!
Something that should be mentioned, if you have the tadems forward, you do not want to be closer than 4 feet from the trailers or building beside you. Tail swing will potentially hit anything beside you if you are too close and turn to sharp.
Also, if there is room, starting at a 45° angle increases visibility of what is behind the tractor in the swing. A 90 degree back should only be used if there is no room to set up for a 45°.
The way this was demonstrated was well done. I just thought I would add my opinion for what it is worth. It bothers me to see drivers to 90 degree backs when there is more than enough room to do a 45 or even straight back, all it does is flat spot the tires and tear up the gravel or pavement.
I agree w/ you. Don't have to make it harder than it is.
Very informative, thank you so much!✨
I am sorry I am alittle confused, don't you need more room for a 90° angle, because once the tractor and trailer get straight into the whole it will be needing a lot of room.
@@richardr2362 it depends on where and how it is done. Technically, they all need the same amount of room, because the size of the truck is the same, what changes is where the room is needed. There are very few reasons to need to do a 90° back. But in most cases a 90° back needs just as much, if not more foom in front of a spot to back into if the tractor is going to be straight when parked.
@@Bendigo1 oh thank you it makes more sense.
Thank you for this video. I'm training now and sometimes seeing is better than reading.
You're welcome! Happy to help!
Very nice explanation 💯
Great video
Real good useful information
needed this! I am so rusty! I been missing being over the road.. was working an office/warehouse job but thankfully they promoted me to a CDL driver so it scratches the itch.
Thanks
It's all about the setup
Excellent, truck back good job nice video God bless you good trainer & good driver
Greatest video ihave got my cdl and ineed like this training truck
Nice safety jacket Carl!!!
Nice and those moon hub caps at the end are saweeeet
The more I see you the more I gain knowledge...Thanks
This works until it doesn’t during training in the yard this is possible but in real world depending on the situation an trailers in front of u it’s not possible without running out of space in the front there’s no right or wrong way backing it takes time u will get better over time hope this helps somebody struggling take your time I once struggled now ima back king 🤣🤣 u will be to 💯
Very good sir, 👀
Very good video
Congratulations
You teach well 💚👍👍
When i grow up to be truckers thanks for helping me
That's brutal. I had a back yesterday that tested my rookie limits lol.
Practice makes perfect. You got this!
@hello Roy how are you doing?
Nice backing up I wanna drive like this..
thanks from morocco
I have done many time the 90degree .and still have hard time to get it ..but still learning..
I'm currently applying to a trucking school (hopefuly i'll be admited as it's my dream job) and I am so happy to have stumbled upon this chanel.
This would have been useful 4 weeks ago in orientation. Nope, I got a preventable instead. Thanks Schneider!! /s. Yes, a Schneider driver. But for how long I have no idea.
This gives me the idea of placing a camera on the trailers blind side. Even using an iPad w/ a facetime app's camera view. The downside is that it will break if it falls.
Get something like a gopro that can be connected wirelessly to your phone or tablet, or even a drone over head. Work smart not hard
Awesome 🦾
Yep, I did that at least once. Backed into a dock in a tight spot, and forgot to open the doors first.
This is Great. I can do this with about 13 pull ups.
Love it
GOOD GOOD GOOD.... Perfect view!!, Nice and slow!! and clear!!, i took the sound off and just study the drivers moves to fully understand on backing... Perfect clip.
My short story: I had a backing with just trailers only, spaces were tight as a CAR parking lot (have to walk sideways between trailers tight), LOL like i was going to back that in...lol i gave that job to the lumper.... i was out of there.
I have months where I can back into just about any space and then all of a sudden I struggle. After being in a slump for a few days I can back again. Sometimes it feels like I've never backed before then other times It is pretty easy.
Schneider trained me. They did a great job & I love working for them. Honestly though, this is more space than 50% of the places I go. 🤣. And quite frankly, you probably won’t do 3 pull ups and 3 GOALS, maybe one of each. You’ll get used to it. I probably would’ve done a 90. A 90 gets your tail in the hole much faster because you’re starting much closer and so you now can use the forward space to get under your trailer. Last night I had less than this forward space, I set up for an 11:9 or 11:8:30, it didn’t work. I reset up and did a 90 and boom, just like that. I did a pull up because I needed to slide my tendems.
I seen a Schneider driver getting trained yall lucky i had to learn on my own yall get the best training im my opinion
Are these tight spaces like in the video common?
@@bj2200 Are these tight spaces like in the video common?
Good
You try to nail down everything, then
God may bless you .
Great Vid! , We will be backing next week for Schneider, just continuing until they release me to my route!
Best of luck to you Kevin!
👍good job
I been a driver since 1980 and driver trainer for a foods company in az , thanks for those short clips very helpful
Hello from TrailerJack !!
My mentor never taught me any of this. Got me on long straight aways, and went to sleep knowing he was racking up money via me when he slept. Not bad really 🏆
Some trainers are sadistic and narcissistic and love to watch you flail and flop and squiggle and squirm … watch out for certain people always in ever situation
I have no idea how I ended up here or why I watched this entire video, but I did.
Carl did good. Carl deserves a raise lol
Thanks☺️👍🇮🇳
Put 2 big hood trucks still coupled to trailers on each side of this dock. Take your time, but put your trailer between them big hoods. That is definitely one way to know if you can back in or not. That's exactly how I was trained. Those kinds of backs will weed out steering wheel holders.
Saludos de Monterrey N.L Mex. Veo muchos vídeos excelentes los practicado y me hago más profesional también hice la escuela y esas maniobras nos la enseñaron pero no con ese profesionalismo como se ve en estos video ahora después de andar en carretera ahora soy Pateo y acomodo cajas con todas las maneobras de sus videos saludos .
i need to practice alot on my back. my straight line backing is pretty good, but i gotta practice the 90 degree backing.
Ustedes solo se complican la vida
Excellent video 👍. This instructor explained things very well to where u can understand & made it look easy..... Until I do this. Lol. Much better
Good info. Sir, what is jack knife in backing. How to diagnose it n avoid it. Regards
Hey do the super single tires perform well on ice and snow compared to the duallies
What's important here and not discussed in this video is where your tandems are. Looks like this trailer had the tandems all the way back. Completely different set up if your tandems are all the way foward