Trucking in Australia, reverse docking 26 mtr B Double FH16 VOLVO 550 

its funny how society thinks we just sit behind the wheel and pull ourselves but the driving is the easy part...its things like this that drivers are renowned for so good work on putting up the vid mate to show everyone our day to day struggles

As a Pom who drives tiny 13 metre artics , I am in awe of this , especially as I suspect that the camera position shows more than the driver's real sight line .Top marks !

I once watched a truckie back a B-Double off a busy Sydney road 90 degrees into a narrow driveway. He did it in one go in about two minutes. I was so impressed, I applauded him. It was an impressive bit of driving under pressure.

It's amazing to think you can do this and some people cant reverse park a regular car. Funnily enough those are the same people who complain about how bad truck drivers are all day.

This was great. They run these types of combinations in Canada and I watch these guy backing up in the truck stop. Leaves my mouth wide open everytime . One of the few times I got to drive doubles I tried backing up it went real bad real fast, but of course we really don't use those types of trailers with the plate on the end of the trailer. So with the con-gear instead it was a whole other element of turn, its not impossible I've seen it done but it takes some skill . Keep the vids comin

My totally respect for this outstanding job. Well done man. Greetings from Germany

Nice work. I used to drive a 2 trailer road train back in the 80s - with the dolly between. Man, backing that thing was a total nightmare. Driving straight was OK.

Goodness 3 inches! this nice video tells how hard to reversing onto a dock, thanks for your precise imformation as well.

Great driving....I wouldn't have thought it could be done if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. Bravo!

always in awe at the amount of skill these drivers have. id have no hope !

Best presentation comes with first time no mistakes!! To keep you happy i have just given myself an upper cut whilst i was backing in on the blind.

I dock my 30ft b-doubles all the time... These look a little longer than mine which may make the task a little easier. Good job driver

I've been around trucks my whole life but still struggle backing bdubs up U made it look easy man good driving

Impressive, driver! I have issues backing a small 7x5 box trailer into my garage with my car. :) Watching your video made my brain get sore. Impressive. Thanks.

Love that engine sound!

Very impressive, I have a lot of respect for people that drive b doubles, that shit looks nerve racking.

And some people can't even back up a single axle car-trailer on their driveway lol. There's a lot of good truckdrivers out there and you seems to be one of them. Nice to see you drive Volvo they build them in Sweden where I live.

Seen it done, i don't know how many times as a security guard at a DC; and going on what I remember that's pretty good.

Great angle of that reversing! ☺

you should be a trainer now and deserve more. your experience would help beginners to learn quickly. thanks for uploading

...good work mate, takes me that long to do it on a semi!!

seems a fair go, it would take 8mins if you want to be fussy, you have ya good days & not so good days, I liked it

The B Double is basically an overgrown "dog trailer", it has the same physics and the main difference is the length of the "dolly", your correct in saying the Style is the same, yes it is, but we have to program our brains a little differently for the same effect Valtter..The configuration you drive is known as Body and Dog in this country, hence the term I use overgrown dog for the B Double, which is what this type of combination is known commonly as. cheers mate, .Ricky.

Yep that's how I do it too, line up the b tri tyres with the yellow line then inch forward and back until the whole units straight. Nice!

Very nice job man thank you for the video

Beautiful driving my friend.

Thanks FAZ..all part of the therapy.

Nice work, wish i had been doing video back in the days of Woolworths and Pepsi tunnel dockways in Auckland NZ.

Thanks for the vid. I have enough trouble putting a single into those type of docks. We'll done old mate.

No prob mate only happy to oblige. Like i said i was very lucky to have started my career with old pros that took us young fellas under their wings and showed us how things should be done without being a cowboy. I have carried this philosophy forwards and never stand and watch people struggle and just stand and laugh. If we all shared knowledge and were not too proud too accept advice from others we would all have much easier days. Agree or not that is just my opinion.

Amazing skills

Thanks for the comment Johnnyf, your right though plenty of "B Double" drivers out there but to place these things accurately from this type of docking is not that easy, it is mainly about being able to judge when to start from and how you set up the approach and when to cut and chase and also how long for...I find it fairly easy to back these in a straight line.

well done buddy !

What you probably don't see are the thirty parked cars of the employees that work at the dock in front of the truck, causing a repeat back and forth action for the driver. Nice job mate! If it was me I would've just separated the B-trailer from the A-trailer (and I would be better off from the start with my driving skills).

respect I struggle with one ! hat of drive!

excelente vídeo

Well done mate.

Love reversing b doubles real challenge , but you get used to it, great job tho , I learnt backing one up in a dock when I was 10 , still doing it ever since i got my licence 5 years ago

10 out of 10 driver!

Stressing me out watching. :D

WELL DONE MATE

Well, then I am even more excited.

Thanks Russ.

I have seen these setups on here...impressive. That type of trailer is called a Dog trailer here.

Never done it on my 'good' side. But I often backed in through a 12' roller door on my 'blind' side. Quite easy ------ once you get the hang of it.

Thanks ol mate.

Nice work mate. I drive cold store around laverton. And some of the dock are real pains to back on

very professional :) nice to watch. Here in Finland 25,25 meters is the maximum lenght but we don't have b doubles very much... I drive a semi trailer - a close-coupled trailer combination

I do have another one but need to get motivated...cheers

i always dreamed to drive that b double...

Complimenti!

Sorry if i offended you with my original comment it was not meant like that. Keep up the good work and remember anticipation will make your job much easier and make it look much better. Small turns.

Respect .

Jos, it is a disconnect and dock the A trailer following the B trailer... there are some B double applications where the trailers are closed up and roller doors are opened to allow access, but not these trailers..

Having a licence does not equate to being a good driver take a look out the window next time you go for a drive. Being a pro doesnt even mean that you are the best at maneuvering the vehicle it is your all round performance. Loading, unloading, punctuality dealing with clients and maintaining the vehicle. If you want to be classed as a pro you have to be the complete package.

We do have to have full guards on all axles... and when you blow a tyre..you usually wreck the guard as well.

Good job, i drive a b/Double locally in Brisbane, and go to a lot of different places and still struggle at times

nice mate, please do im looking forward to it

Es lo más fácil con un Dolly H. Complicado con uno de lanza ahí si mis respetos

Similar dock at Coles DC. I only drive singles atm. Some day's I get it on in one fell swoop, other days it takes a couple of forward corrections. That said, I've been doing RORO work lately. Cole's docks (like the one seen here) deal in inches, whereas roro's deal in millimetres. Delivering beverage cans...

Chewing up some rubber

The B trailer is 45feet in length and can fit 22 pallets, and the A is usually 40 or 45 feet, it has capacity for 12 standard pallets, the gross for this truck fully laden is 62.5 tonne, and with mass management is 64.5 tonne...hope the info is useful for your interest.

Bravo zulu!

Good Work mate haha.

If you haven't done it, you don't know.

Nice.

great reversing there.all in all how long would this manovure taken?cheers

this is a highly skilled driver this shit is very difficult to do .

Yes Sir.

Nice backing. Wondering if you have some camera attached to the rear trailer, so that you can at least see the obstacles coming.

Nice job sir..!!how long are your trailers and what kind of weight are you pulling?

better than i could do . but best watched with the sound off ..

How long did it take you to learn how to do it with two trailers? nice work man.

Good

Its all good mate just takin the piss

The Dog trailer description was not intended for this setup, it was for the setups that are used in some European countries, sorry for any confusion here.

Its a reasonable paying job now, and your right about the parking across from the docks....when were you driving there?..I have been there for a couple of years.

Respect....... vraiment

Not sure what you need to do but look up Vicroads site and there may be info on how to...and apologies for being a bit of a drag, but I wanted to get the whole combination all in a straight line and evenly between the guides..but it was on the dock in under 4 mins and able to get the leveller on...but wanting to get it right..well...

They did did they...must like it for some reason...

Это жесть! водиле респект!!!

What a fucking boss.

Have driven these for a while - "spltting" the trailers takes much more time - and perspiration. Remember once they're apart - you then need to remove them both and re-couple. Plus; then to back as a ""Single"; all the movements are the exact "opposite " The front "A" trailer usually can't be fork-lift unloaded from the rear- unless the Prime Mover is coupled underneath - because they can go nose-down. Unless you put movable "legs" under the nose of that uncoupled trailer. Backing into "dry-goods" docks can be worse - because once the back "B' trailer goes into the shed - and darkness- you often can't see the back end at all - must just judge the angles. In reality - you "use" the front Trailer as a "Pusher" for the Back "Box" On the road they handle so beautifully - without any of the sometimes "fragile" feelings of a single trailer.

yay!!!

Good work, thats not easy

Is the first trailer shorter than the second? And how much weight can you load, just curious since I saw that the "link" as we call it in Sweden has 3 axles : O

bravo mai baiatule parca esti de pe la noi....

Several attempts but you got there in the end. ;-) might have been less time just to split the trailers?

Impressive! I've only just learned how to reverse a full trailer and honestly I don't think I'd ever dare to try a B double.

Point 1 ,to get the b trailer into the dock faster than the shuffle, 2, it looks like a walk through trailer ,could be a door running through so u dont have to trailer shuffle into docks..disconnect etc

its a little bit worse situation when you drive side loader truck and need to push the entire B trailer in the dock but good job anyway

good job. r u making anymore vids

XACTLY what i was thinking!And the length I would think would even be an advantage as its like in slow motion,if u get me.....

I drive an fm 13 , 500 semi (i drive) and i hate it not the truck but the gear box. It maybe one of the better autos but it sounds like an old double decker bus whining it's head off. When I started driving you drove the truck , 16 speed splitter and range changer now we're steering wheel attendants. Here in England you pass your test in an auto then you can drive a manual we had one bloke start for us saying yeah no worrys I can drive that and in less than 10 miles he had blown a hole the size of a tennis ball in the gear box

Do you have a vid to show the world Chris?.. This was shot over a year ago as well.. it still does not change that much, its all about judgement at a distance Chris, you know exactly what I am talking about.

B-doubles are also quite normal sight in Finland. Total length is 25.25 meters. This year we'll be raising the weights from 63,000 kilos to 76,000 kilos. Rest of the EU still uses 16.5 meters and 42,000 kilos, BWAHAHAA! :D

God you need some patience to do that xx

There are places where backing a single 53' is a pain in the ass but damn, that is ridiculous.

....nice post man. I'm

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