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Once a year after seeding it takes me about 15 minutes to reverse the seeder's tow-behind cart into a shed. The cart has front caster wheels so is effectively 2 trailers with about a 1m long front trailer and a 4m long rear trailer. The header comb trailer is similar but slightly longer both sections and it gets parked about half a metre out from and parallel to the side of that shed. Patience is mandatory for each!
Imagine trying to back a B-double or a triple!
I always felt pity to the blokes with B doubles trying to reverse the 2nd trailer into the dock( which is inside the warehouse,as they are side-loaded),
as the area to do it in was not much longer than the B double itself when I worked at WOW.
Some of the blokes could do it easily, but most had a hard time reversing them into the dock.
cheers
DG
Not that I've reversed a B-double but I've watched a few unloading at my place and I think reversing the seed cart would be a lot harder. I reverse my semi quite a distance when unloading at dumps when the stack is only new. I've not seen a triple reversing.
At a place I worked we had a bloke who, even though he was licenced, could not reverse his B-double, don't know how he got his licence. I was three trucks behind him one day at Woolies DC and he went to the truck behind him (who refused) and then over to a double driver already in the docks and got him to reverse his truch into the dock. When he would get back to our yard he would just park it in the middle and let someone else put it on a dock. I tried reversing a B-double in the yard once, that's why I stuck to singles, and some of the places I've had to reverse them were really dodgy.
I am no Truckie,but with large trailers i have seen them fit pins so the drawbars are locked,making them a lot easier to reverse.
Watching people reversing at boat ramps is only a small part of the fun, The Real Fun is watching some of them launch and retrieve their boats.
I have seen many outboard legs dragged/reversed along the concrete, Boats actually falling off trailers on the ramp, boats drifting off because nobody is holding the rope, trailers and cars ending up in the drink and full on punch ups.[biggrin]
With the amount of trailers I use I don’t even think about it any more, they just go where I wan them to now. Practice, like anything makes life easier.
That is why my mate says it is a good Sunday entertainment to go and sit down next the boat ramp and watch the fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
My first ex was a dressage coach and all the young ladies that turned up for coaching could put a horse float wherever you wanted it.
Quite a few were on their P's yet could back with confidence.
Then the law changed in NSW and P platers weren't allowed to tow.
Another dumb, blanket law, as they were all very good, very aware drivers from towing their horses.
And yes, I was finally able to convince the ex to put her Patrol in low range to tow. It did take a little convincing.
She couldn't believe the difference in control.
It just gives you time to react.