We?re picking up seed potatoes at work this week. We had
some heavy wet snow mixed with rain when I headed out this
afternoon with the tractor trailer. I drove about half the speed
limit and gave myself extra time to make it there safely. The
place I had to back into was a little tricky for a newly licensed
big truck driver. I had to park along side of a busy parking lot
and back through a busy 4 way intersection and up a steep
hill covered in snow and aim the trailer to have 20? of a stacker
boom go directly inside the trailer as I back up. I made a
couple of attempts as the warehouse owner helped direct me
in. I said ?I?m pretty new to driving trucks it?s really slippery
and if you don?t mind backing it in I won?t be insulted?. He said
sure ,he made 3 attempts before he got it close enough to
load. The third attempt he had it in the high reverse and he
was flying back and lined it up perfectly and spun out and got
it as close as it was going lol. I said thank you and I?d rather
ask for help when I need it than destroy something because I
was too stubborn. I don?t mind taking my time trying to get
backed in but at this point I?m not comfortable yet backing up
as fast as it?ll possibly go trying to line it up perfectly with only
2? on each side for error.
some heavy wet snow mixed with rain when I headed out this
afternoon with the tractor trailer. I drove about half the speed
limit and gave myself extra time to make it there safely. The
place I had to back into was a little tricky for a newly licensed
big truck driver. I had to park along side of a busy parking lot
and back through a busy 4 way intersection and up a steep
hill covered in snow and aim the trailer to have 20? of a stacker
boom go directly inside the trailer as I back up. I made a
couple of attempts as the warehouse owner helped direct me
in. I said ?I?m pretty new to driving trucks it?s really slippery
and if you don?t mind backing it in I won?t be insulted?. He said
sure ,he made 3 attempts before he got it close enough to
load. The third attempt he had it in the high reverse and he
was flying back and lined it up perfectly and spun out and got
it as close as it was going lol. I said thank you and I?d rather
ask for help when I need it than destroy something because I
was too stubborn. I don?t mind taking my time trying to get
backed in but at this point I?m not comfortable yet backing up
as fast as it?ll possibly go trying to line it up perfectly with only
2? on each side for error.