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One of the best videos I have watched on backing a semi-truck. It shows, in calm manner, on what to do when the truck is off the mark, which happens so often when learning. Newbies panic when the truck is off the mark and the semi-truck starts to make turns faster than they can 'think', 'respond' or 'expect'. Learning to anticipate what the semi-truck will do and respond in time, is something that comes with practice. In most of the truck stop , 90 degrees will be needed because of lack of enough space. Thumbs up!
Depends on the average nose of your tractor or fifth wheel base And the placement of your tandems. But to keep it simple: Should be 8 Truck widths (go past the spot 8 spots if it’s like truck stop parking) and you must back at 90. Or if it’s spacious like in this video: Go 6 spots ahead of the spot you’re backing into. Main thing is get out and look setup to where your tandems are a little past the spot you’re backing into. But counting spots for setup is a simple trick to setup nicely every time try and practice at your terminal too.
Very helpful. I’m in the process of trying to get my restriction lifted and this helps me a lot. I’m trying to switch gears way too fast. This helped a lot
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Videos never show enough. If there is a slight change in grade, it affects the RPm's or if you have to slow down abruptly. I can go on and on. This is why I preach use the speedometer as a guide, not the RPMs
Loved it! I have a miniature Dashchund and his family. Scrapie gets his name honestly and has taken on ground hogs twice his size. Just don't call him a mini weiner!!
I honestly don't like the teaching about turning to the left if you want the trailer to go to the right. That only works in straight backing up. And because of that teaching, you find some students focusing on the back of the trailer instead of the entire thing. Understand this your steering doesn't control the trailer it controls the tractor. You change the direction your trailer is going by swinging the front of the trailer to the left or right which is connected to the tractor head by it's kingpin. When I was doing my training I saw trainnees good at straight backing but had difficulties backing into an alley. Why? They did not understand the relationship between the two and how it works. Not even to pull up to correct they couldn't do that. At the end of the pull-up, you have to finish with the tractor turning in a direction that you need to put pressure on the kingpin as soon as the unit starts rolling. For example, if you need to chase your trailer when you pull up finish with the tractor if not directly in front you need to be as close as possible to the front of the trailer. If you want it to go to the left finish the pullup with the tractor to the left of the trailer. And remember the tractor will take some time to move around the kingpin so always compare the angle of the tractor and trailer vs. the angle of the back of the trailer and the space you're backing in.
How do you feel being an idiot, never figuring out it wasn't in neutral this entire time? That engine is rather unique and historical, being the first 4 stroke outboard way back in the 1960's. If you want subscribers, you better be competent.
We had a Winner Pink Panther with a Bearcat 55. One spring we went to get it ready and started it up. It was pissing oil out the water outlet which meant the block/waterjacket split from ice... To the junkyard it went.
