Truck/trailer u-turn

[gkram1985]

My dad drove double 53'ers for Reimer express, he never liked trying to back the rear trailer if he had to

[tonym63]

Originally Posted by SwitchAssault800

I'm in no way saying I'm an expert, but that maneuver in that video, looks pretty damn straightforward. Back up, crank truck wheels, good to go. I bet I could do it first try.

Some people are just naturally good at things, and some people just naturally sick at things. I've seen guys on their class 1 test, never backed up with a 53' trailer before, do incredibly well. I've also seen some people do incredibly NA lol.

Kinda like parallel parking. When I took my road test, I'd never parallel parked before. Got it first try in only 2 moves.

I bet you could take 20 poeple who think they could do that, out to a big open field and i bet not 1 would be able to do it without numerious attempts. And 15 out of 20 would never do it :)

[bookwood]

i made my truck license in germany with a unit like that. never drove a semi till i was in canada. and on the farm back at home we usually have only 4 wheeled -a frame/tounge trailers so i grow up with that kind of driving.

[Bister]

Originally Posted by SwitchAssault800

It just looks Damn easy to me.

I saw on the internet, a guy land a plane on the Hudson....it looked pretty easy to.

[lowandslow]

Originally Posted by SwitchAssault800

Buy me a truck, and trailer, find a big ass cliff, and I'll post a hundred videos of it. I'm not an Internet genius. I'm not even a genius. It just looks Damn easy to me.

Minot saying that exact situation, with the high chance of death and what not it wouldn't be nerve racking, but the general idea if the maneuver is pretty simple.

No, it LOOKS simple cuz the guy is good at it. Hook up yer quad to a short trailer and try the same thing. Backing a quad and short trailer makes EVERYONE look like an idiot. I've never seen anyone do it well. This guy puts that trailer in the right spot so his truck can slide in beside it juuuust right. I woulda put the pup in the middle, too far left, too far right or anywhere but in the exact spot he did.

[SwitchAssault800]

Woah woah woah.
I never said I could do it first try.

Lets stop ganging up on me, and chill out.

Like that other guy said, some people can't wrap their brain around things like this, and some people catch on pretty quick.

I catch on to these kinds if things pretty quick. It's just how I am. You show me how to do something, and I can pretty much do it.

Then there's some people you show a million times, and they still dont get it.

All I'm saying is, I think I could do that. Maybe not on my first attempt, but I don't think it would take me long. First time I ever backed a trailer up with my truck, I put it exactly where it needed to go first try. No re aligning myself or anything.

[gkram1985]

Talk is cheap, all I got to say on the subject, over and out

[pizalm]

Originally Posted by SwitchAssault800

I'm in no way saying I'm an expert, but that maneuver in that video, looks pretty damn straightforward. Back up, crank truck wheels, good to go. I bet I could do it first try.

Then...

Originally Posted by SwitchAssault800

Woah woah woah.
I never said I could do it first try.

lol

[SwitchAssault800]

Notice the word "bet"
It's probably a bet I'd lose, but I'd still bet on it.
If I bet a horse is gonna win the race, does that mean its a sure thing? Nope.

Gotta watch the words sir.

[pizalm]

Originally Posted by SwitchAssault800

Notice the word "bet"
It's probably a bet I'd lose, but I'd still bet on it.
If I bet a horse is gonna win the race, does that mean its a sure thing? Nope.

Gotta watch the words sir.

Whatever helps you sleep at night super trucker.