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The general consensus to backing up a trailer, is do everything the wrong way in a car. To give a quick walkthrough, pick a spot on the drivers side of your direction of travel. Then, going slowly, when you are looking straight down the place you want to park, make a hard right, when you have made a 90 degree turn, turn back left until you are going the same direction you were when you first started, then cut the wheels hard right, and at a timely interval (about 2-3 seconds) with transmission on low range reverse, turn the wheel one complete turn to the left. This should about get you in perfect. This method takes up a lot of space in front of you, but works well for beginners. This method is for a 53' trailer, and a conventional tractor with a sleeper. Changes in this trailer tandem position, trailer length, type of tractor (i.e. Peterbilt 379 will not turn as good as a Freightliner Columbia), how much space you have to work with, and how much stuff you have to use as a reference to back up straight all affect backing up. Don't back up if you don't know what's behind you, get out and look. Don't back up doubles or triples. Practice makes perfect, although some never get it. Some days you'll be able to blindside a trailer into a spot just barely big enough to fit off a city street in the middle of a snowstorm and hit the dock perfectly, other days, you won't be able to straight line back. Don't get frustrated, smoke a ciggarette, and relax. Just doing it and being careful, and learning from others will be Oh, blindside is when you back a trailer in with the trailer to the right of your tractor, try it once, and you'll understand why they call it blindside. Backing accident frequency, according to DOT, are about 1 in every 1/2 mile driven. So be careful, don't hit anyone. And you will hit someone/something at least once. Don't worry about. |
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