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Old 01-26-2007, 06:52 PM
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The hardest places to put a truck into are the places built in the 20's and 30's that were meant for small panel trucks from that era. Companies move into the buildings and expect you to park a 53ft. trailer attached to a tractor with sleeper. Thick cement posts on either side, entrance on a single laneway into a dark area. Cleveland Ohio is famous for these places. Drive safe everyone.
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Douglas, everyone has given you good advice here, just keep a positive attitude and you will do fine. If you did so well with the parallel parking, it wont take long to learn the rest! Keep up the good work.
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Old 01-26-2007, 07:13 PM
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Anyone been to the caves in KC or Joplin Mo ?
Yip. Been in Joplin once and been in all the caves in KC hundreds of times. Some of these are tight while others are no big deal.

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Old 01-26-2007, 08:03 PM
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Douglas, everyone has given you good advice here, just keep a positive attitude and you will do fine. If you did so well with the parallel parking, it wont take long to learn the rest! Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the advice everyone! I'll try harder! But I only did well because the instructor was there to guide me the whole time. He pretty much drove the truck for me.
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Douglas,

I know when I was in school the instructions (for parallel backups) did not work for me. Everybody has different approaches. Like another poster, I do better in tight situations, and my instructor was insisting that I use all of the space with slight adjustments. Worked for 90 percent of the class -- but not me. No matter how you approach it, I would suggest that you GOAL incremently (every 20 feet or so), so you know why you are positioned where you are. It beats guessing with the mirrorS and getting frustrated. Eventually the need to GOAL will taper and you can JUST use your mirrors and trust your instincts (especially while in a blind spot) with confidence.

It will come. Probably a non issue in a weeks time (at least the basics).
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You are using the back of the tractor to push the trailer where you want it. Remember that and it might make it a little more intuitive.
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Backing???? Parralell Parking???

It's so easy, even a CAVEMAN could do it!!
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practice practice practice. I had a hard time learning how to back up. I was over thinking it. just take the time now to cut the wheel and learn what the truck and trailer will do. do not over turn the wheel and get back under the trailer before you think you need to. after a few months you'll notice that it just becomes second nature and then you'll have to think about how to back up bobtail.
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In all seriousness, Douglass, hard as it may be to imagine, your are right where a student should expect to be. I was right where you are when I started to learn to parallel park, and I could do it as long as my instructor talked me through it. You'll be fine, and you'll get better at it, I promise you!! I struggled at first, and regardless of what other people may try to tell you, most everyone else struggled as well!!

Thinking in terms of "backing" is a concept that I wish driving schools, instructors, and trainers would abandon; it makes for a confused perspective.

Forget about "backing", and start thinking in terms of using the tractor to PUSH the trailer into its desired position. Focus upon the rear trailer tandems, and mentally work your way from the back tires up to the steering tires on the tractor.

Then you'll feel more like you are guiding the trailer into place instead of doing battle with it.

Also remember that with the tandems slid all the way to the rear of a 53ft. trailer, the trailer is going to have to roll about fifteen feet before the trailer tires begin to respond to corrections from the steering tires. I was just stubborn as hell about accepting that reality, and so were my class mates!! And as stubborn as I was, the tires just could not have given a damm less; in the end, when I just accepted that reality, things started to get a whole lot better!!

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Backing???? Parralell Parking???

It's so easy, even a CAVEMAN could do it!!
Yeah, but I have a college degree so I took FOREVER to figure it out! LOL
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