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at that. Who the hecks idea was this? :twisted: I have to say my first visit to the Carthage caves was bad, must of taken 45 minutes to get in my dock (pillars, walls, other trucks) were strategically placed in my area. But my 2nd trip last night was a breeze. The only hinderence was the truck door beating alarm clock that seemed to hapen seconds after falling to sleep. Does anyone else have any cave or other unique setups they have been too?

Trust me the caves in Carthage are nice and not too bad to back into, the ones up in Kansas City are the real nightmare they are old dark and very tight,Carthage are newer and have alot more room for backing!

Agreed the caves in Kc are not big truck friendly.. I've seen many truck's come out missing pieces..

Carefree Caves Industrial Park, Independance, Mo. Now there is a real nightmare for you.

6 weeks out of training and I had to blindside into a dock there. :shock: :shock:

The first time I pulled into the caves in Carthage ... I couldn't breath .. the closed in space was to much :shock: .... now I've been in several caves ... Carlsbad and other's, but I was walking :wink: ... but the second time I went to Carthage, it was much better, I knew what to expect and was prepared. .... haven't had the pleasure of going into the others that's been spoken of. ... maybe some day :wink:

GeoSpace in Indep Mo is another down right "FUN" one to try sometime.

Gotta agree with the KC Caves been a nightmare. My father in law used to haul out of the Carthage Caves every week and my mother in law worked for Con Agra in there. My wife says that when she was a kid, they went on a field trip into the caves and were told that in case of a nuclear blast, the survivors in the area would be taken there. Theres enough food and supplies for 20 years for 1000s of people (she isn't REAL sure of the exact numbers).

Caves?!

Now that you mention it, I do have vague memories of someone telling me about this once upon a time, but I can't remember what the caves were all about.

Anyone care to shed light? Why the hell do they put tractor-trailers inside CAVES?!

lets see

oh yeah

warm in the winter

cool in the summer

and no snow shoveling to clear a dock for loading and unloading

i have been to the space center

and the other kansas caves

they are just good practice for parking

one suggestion is pull your tandem pins

this allows you to set your trl at cali

when you first start to back in

and if your trl swing is too great

you lock your tandems and pull the box forward

then release your tandems and back in

your tandems never moved so your perfectly set up

to back in

with 0 trl swing since your tandems are all the way back