Tight truck backing. We ALL struggled. Rookie Trucking Life. 

Don’t we just love watching Dave struggle 😂

Isn’t it crazy that Dave’s dropping off the trailer and picking up a load of empty pallets and the yarddog is dropping a trailer full of empty pallets right next to where Dave will pull in?... That’s truckin Dave!

Dave you know you're a beast with backing. All successful rookies are like Dave..im bout to be the same way, God's ppl !!

Dave all things considered you were mighty patient there. I try to imagine myself doing what you do, and it doesn’t look easy AT ALL.

Good stuff as always, man you have progressed so much with your backing it's insane. Borderline super trucker?

When you panic cause the guards don't give good directions and you're not sure if you've done right and then you end up figuring it out on you're own and then all is well 😅

30:40 Me trying to plug my phone charger in at night

my dad is trucker since 2007 and he says that you are good driver. big respect from Georgia

Practice makes perfect (usually). When I first started driving in 85 over the road, my hands would always get sweaty and my anxiety would be high when I got off the interstate and had to drive through a city. Fast forward 4 years and I drove for a small grocery chain with all of the stores in the worst areas of the inner cities between Norfolk and NY where all of the deliveries required parallel parking in loading zones on busy streets--this was all with Kenworth T-600s with single sleepers and a trailer that I forgot the length (a strange size that I believe was a little shorter than a 45 footer if I remember). Point is: after driving with them for a few months--city driving in a semi no longer concerned me.

What a clusterfu**. Standing around for 30 minutes before you are acknowledged is a waste of time. That customer needs a greeter or someone to manage all the inbound trucks. Cant be the one guy on the forklift in the green hat that already has a job to do. Good job keeping your patience and your demeanor professional- not easy in a situation like that. Also, very cool of you to take the garbage with you and not on the customers lot. 'Ol Dave The Professional Truck Driver. That's truckin' Dave!

That front office bouncin' me around would have made me loose my cool. Sounded like dealing with an automated phone call with 5 transfers. 😂✨

8:13 "What am I doin?!?!" Yeah, that's a common question haha

I always crisscross loads like that. To me it just seems more secure. That is the way I have been doing it for 25 years driving.

Big fan dave. Ive been out of a truck for 2 years and am just getting back into one due to corona. Watching you back and talk it out has helped me get back in the flow of things. Plus, it just fun to hear you talk about your life. Stay safe.

Hey it's old Dave gettin all jacked up..Rock on Dave!

That was pretty good. There's a place up in Rochester NY. Some beverage DC where you don't talk to anyone. You call a number, they send a text telling you where to go, and you have to go inside a building to dock, and for whatever reason, they have concrete blocks sitting against the outer wall for you to hit. Then you drop it, go park, they text you when it's done and the paperwork is in the trailer. It really wasn't that bad, but I watched a lot of people struggle with it. Some of these places we go are just insane

Nice job, Dave👍

Backing a trailer is ALWAYS a pain in the butt.

I just found your channel and it fast became my favorite trucking channel. Stay safe driver!

Unbelievable. Delivered there 20 years ago back when I worked for Fastway and I remember it because it was the biggest clusterf#@* I’ve ever seen on the inside. Every door had freight piled up to the doors. That lot you parked in at the beginning was jammed with trucks that couldnt get unloaded cause they had no room to unload them. Since it was so long ago I had trouble remembering what town it was in (knew it was Winn Dixie dc in south LA), decided to watch one last video before I hit the sack and instantly recognize the place. Though where I went were the doors to the left after your initial right past the guard shack. Thanks for the jog down memory lane!

Dave , a trick i do when there an open space beside the dock i am aiming for instead of correcting to early ill just back up as far i can even if I'm far off and then you get enough space to go forward and straighten out

The good places that are this big will give you a map.

Came over because of Jeff Favignano, stayed because Dave seems like an awesome guy and he just so happens to be a great driver! ❤️

New shirt idea. “Struggling” with Dave! 😁 Keep these vids comin bro.

I appreciate your humble attitude. Arrogant attitudes get old quickly!

Use your trailer to push the other trailers out of the way. Make it fit.

That's why when I started I was trained to be able to back up on a triangle two lane road 3 sharp turns with little room.

Here's a couple hints for you and your backing process. First: Get a good look at the space you are going to back into. Are the trucks in the neighboring doors in straight? If not, that could mess you up if you are using them as a guide. Is there enough room to align yourself for a more "straight-in" attempt? Backing straight in, even if it's a longer distance, will result in fewer pull-ups to reposition. Second: If you still need to jack it in, slide your tandems all the way BACK. It's much easier to steer your trailer when the wheels are all the way back as opposed to it pivoting somewhere in the middle. Obviously, that isn't the case when driving and maneuvering around corners, so remember to put them back up at the 41' mark after you load/unload and are getting ready to leave. Third: Use the painted lines on the pavement as your guide. You already checked out the space, that should have included noting where the line goes...right to the edge of the door or a few inches (or more) to the side of the door, to the edge of the rubber bumper, for instance. Fourth: Night time backing into tight spots. Get some sort of battery powered LED light strip and clamp it onto the back of your trailer so you have enough light to see. Stop and remove it before bumping the dock, but after you are in the right line to hit the door squarely. Stay calm and laugh often.

Thanks for another great video.

Hi Dave, I am new to the channel within the last week or so. I am enjoying it so far. A tip on strapping the pallets is to make an X with the two straps. That way it gets the stacks more top to bottom instead of two single planes like you did.

When ever I get a chance I immediately go to finish Dave's videos.

additionally, it's a lot easier to sit here and look at what he 'needs/should' do, than it is to sit in that left seat and do it sometimes.. :) another good video, brother.

That place really reminds me of Quaker in Tacoma WA, place is tight af lol but at least to me, once you get the trailer in, there is a special feeling of accomplishment. you did awesome though Dave!

Win Dixie saved a couple hundred thousand by not buying that extra little piece of land needed to give the trucks room to maneuver, but single handedly cost millions of dollars to trucking companies that operate for multiple companies and multiple agencies. Good to see they care that the price of your milk is now tripled in price because of their own penny pinching and that it takes them 9 hours to back a truck in and cost millions a year just because they saved 300k that one time when they built the yard

I love the videos Dave watching from Australia much love and respect to you sir

I just had to do a very similar back today and it was in Louisiana also, but Lacombe,LA. though.

Good job on that backing!!!

I'm not strapping NO PALLETS especially when they're to the door but I understand better safe than sorry.

Thank you dave much love ❤️❤️

All my loads that I strap down I always make a x pattern. It was what I was taught, I recommend it tho! Especially on those pallet loads

When i do pallets like that. I get two straps and do them diagonally (top left to bottom right) (top right to bottom left). Makes me feel good about the load that way haha

Memphis, my town. 🤘

try X-ing out your staps on that type load. great job on the backing Man!!

I back with the door open you can see right where you need to break your rotation at. Give it a try. Set up open door one foot on pedal one hand on wheel turn and look out of your door

It’s funny, you ask if we see a CFI over there, but with the wide angle view for us it’s a bit hard to see far away.... lol

Tougher the back ..... the better the views Dave 😆😆💰😆💰💰😆😆😆 i used to back at a place like this everyday and i know the feeling of trying to hurry up and back in before a yard dog slams a trailer next to your dock 🤣🤣🤣🤣

It's all good, Dave. Stay safe:)

You did a great job

that mirror on trailer really threw me off lol

Awesome thanks you videos dave.👍👍👍👍👍💋

Dave, You are doing too much work trying to strap the pallets lol

You back up better than you think

You and that Alex are strap crazy

Driver lock just your trailer brakes push the front of the trailer over then unlock it and roll it back into the dock. I am a fan watching ice road truckers I learned that trick it’s helped FedEx driver out few years ago.

dude your videos are awesome

Dave always take your phone with you show her on the GPS Google maps and have her point out where your post to be just a tip

Try a load steer tires for a semi truck that falls out delivering. That's really funny, that's no fun at all.

Really need a shirt that says that's trucking Dave😂

The struggle is real!😁

Great job just take a deep breath and 🙏

Keep a small 2x4 or something small incase you over shoot the pin I did that once cause trailer was up just enough that letting the air out of the back didn't help had to shove my flashlight to prop up the 5th wheel so I could pull out again

Put your straps on in an X pattern and it will cover more skids. If they are short enough for ya to get across the top that is the best way. Theres no real good way to strap them like you had on that load. Just do what you can driver and it will have to work.

Yess sir another video

I'm in school now to get my cdl backing a trailer into a tight spot is not easy at my job there's barely enough room to walk in between trailers you gotta walk sideways

Hey Dave just a reminder it takes fuel about 30 mins to transfer back! Lol 😂 stay safe brother

Correction: struggle. Us split axle boys have a terrible time at some of these truck stops 😭😭

Love the videos

That's all Dave does is drop and hook 🤣 with the technology we have you would think they would have electric motors on the landing gear

Enjoy your channel if I wasn't retired I would be out running my self

When in doubt. Always ask the yard jockey. They know the lots lol

that was awesome haha, not a trucker but that was awesome

Driving around the truck loading area look like taxing around the airport lol

I saw CFI in Chattanooga TN and I be like Dave is that you

Slide trailer tandem all the way forward, best way to back in to tight spaces.

You can tell a new driver from an old one that’s been on for years. If he just parks it by himself and he doesn’t fix it that’s when you know he’s been on the road rules for more than a few years. But #RidingWithDave because he’s new he wants his parking to be perfect and in between the lines when there is nobody there. And if you ever go to a different company or any job interview you can tell him your strongest quality about you is that you don’t put half of an effort into your job and if they don’t believe you just show them these videos especially this one and they wash know what they’re signing with

One inch from knocking the door off jeeze 🤭 I started driving in 1998 than went to drive yardjockey truck for 13 yrs and now for the last 2 a daycab I can whip those trailers in the door coming from any direction Nomattter what I'm driving I've started when there was no GPS, no cell phones all you had was bad directions from the Qualcomm and a map you guys have it easier lol

Love the vids

My dad is probably going to illinois too he works for a small otr company

I love these vids, but how do these companies have such small yards when they know there are trailers going in and out of there? It doesn't make any sense

So funny seeing the difference in securement from a dry van compared to flatbed

And I have to put the trailer truck in places that people ask me how I got the truck in there. The driver with the 48’ said he couldn’t get in there. My 53’ goes right on in there.

Say a command? That's trucking Dave!!! lol

Most of these places should have locals in these tight spots or if only that fence was a couple of inches further up

The same thing happened to me in truckers MP lol 21:27

The roads in the yard are making evrryones pull out game worse😂😂😂

When your earlier than early

Been there done that but I delivered at winn dixie

hello from Memphis tn

Yo, I drive to Memphis Daily maybe I will see you on the road. I will honk if I see you!

I don’t strap if load is all ways to the door.

Man these videos are great. Props. But why don’t truck yards make ADEQUATE space for drivers to park?

Damn Man!! How do you drive with that camera facing you??

0:44 I guess someone doesn't like Tennessee, something made a fart noise as soon as he said it.

Nice

Places like this are terrible I used to ride with my grandfather back in the day that's how I know also because of farming got to drive a grain trailer around and back it into driveways

To set up perfectly for your bobtail to line up to your trailer, stop when the nose is about halfway infront of the trailer, then turn your wheels all the way before moving. Then just turn with the wheels cranked, and you will be perfect. This video explains. Skip to 8 mins 15 seconds if you don't want to watch the whole video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8AmK3anJstI.html

You let that yard dog take advantage of you. You should have blocked him. Im just venting I hate when bullies TRY to run shit. I still respect u dave. Thats truckin!!!

👍👍 good job.Less input when reversing,

I like live loads better then drop and hook because when they empty you they load you for the next run.

Would you quit think negative about things you know you can do. You can do it. Joy texas