The old man told me you have to trick the trailer, always left to right, never straight otherwise it’s to easy to lose the dolly. Great watching you guys back trailers aye, stock drivers all the way!
Niiice work bro. We all started somewhere. I used to do civil t&t so I’d practice in the yard, backing into all the bins with trailer then jackknife to get truck in. Always volunteer to work weekends so you can practice while no one is around lol
Wicked mate love the nz sayings [bobs ya auntie lol] mate all ya gotta do is sound like ya know what ya doing , your definitely not stupid , anything always takes time . Love ya videos and ya awesome at your craft.
Hi Truckersteve. Your videos take me back to 1970's when I started driving stock trucks out of Dargaville North Auckland. We had totally different gear back than, but some of the roads dont seem to have changed,especially the back country ones. We also didn't have the power or comfort of todays gear. Try 1418 Benz 2226 was a big truck, 350hp 140 Scania was dream truck early coolpower Macks, repowered Comers with 6v71 and later 6v92's went better but didn't stop well, I could go on. But you are carrying more than we ever did.A triple deck unit for sheep was a big back than. Never thought double deck cattle would be the go til I came home for a visit from Aussie.We never had sliding drawbars either and jacknifed wherever we could. The Northland area was great area to learn to drive and it stood me in good stead here in Aussie. Finished driving now finally retired,did my last 200,000ks in 530DAF,what an armchair. Keep the videos coming. More remenencing later. Chur Chur bro.
Well done... practice is the key. .i. just practise, practise. Watching the front end of the trailer and moving the dolly to suit. You are good at what you do.
SKILLS. Your experience definitely shows. As I have mentioned before. I live in my caravan full time and travel every 7-10 days. Get to see a lot of people reversing caravans. You reversed that far more easily than 90% of caravan owners ...... me included. I have trouble when I have to reverse the caravan through 90 degrees. Heaven help me if I had to do your job.
Keep passing your knowledge down to the up and comers in the industry bro, good tips and tricks there for some new drivers. Some cant even back their car at the shops without reverse beepers and cameras nowadays🤣. See people all the time reverse park their cars and they dont look at their mirrors once haha, they looking down at their radio.
Bro its crazy aye, i cringe when people can’t use mirrors like bruh it ain’t that hard come on 🤣🤣 wonder how many crashes have happened cause people just be staring at their reverse camera 🤣🤯
Looks like you had nice opportunity at those yards to jack knife the truck in with trailer still on. Maybe for your next vid keep on trucking bro nice job.
Yeah for sure, pretty easy to do there although i dont do it with this unit, my hoses seam abit short so dont want to wreck anything to be honest haha i’ve got away without doing it for 2 years 🤣👍
@@Truckersteve14 Roger that 👍. Yea I see you are abit of a creamcarter 🤣🤣🤣 I only used to do it with empty or very little on trailer. Puts to much stress on everything other wise 🤠
Great video Steve, and excellent advice on the backing a truck & trailer, im in NZ for 6 months and driving a truck and trailer carting milk and bales, im used to driving semis in ireland so i just need to practice more and more.... its hard to believe how nice the trailer follows with an 8x4 truck and 5 axle trailer, we should have this setup in Europe.
@@virtueofhate1778 not a 8 wheel truck and longer 5 axle trailer with sliding drawbar. A 3 axle rigid and 2 or 3 axle trailer, theres a big difference.
@@jodyoneill134 No, in here a 25,25m long truck (3-5 axels) and trailer (4-6 axels) combination has been the standard truck for decades. Most common being 3+5 axels (60tons) combination and 4+5 for heavy (76tons) timber trucks.
I think I would never be able to pull that of 😢 however give me truck long chassis with a live stock crate, and turn table with a large crate attached to that yeah I would back it up no problems 😅😅😅😅 I guess learning to do it over the years I would get right lol😂😂hey we want the sheep tomorrow not in 10 yrs, have a great one take care love your videos. 😊😊😊😊
Awesome vid dude from a younger perspective, I work with much older driver trainers at a Polytech so yeah can appreciate ya struggle. Nice work though.
Well for a person who thought he is a dumb arse he did a blood good job with backing and how many times did you have to go backwards and forwards to get it correct zero if i am not blind. Dam you can back better than some seasoned drivers.
Similar truck setup in Sweden, with Alex driving and explaining how to reverse it. Only confusing thing is that he calls the dolly axles for 'front axle'. For me the front axle is the one (or two..) on the truck. And the dolly are the pivoting axle(s) on the trailer. So, for those who needs/want more explaining of how to reverse this truck setup: th-cam.com/video/k4c0kWCFgdk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=UekNfmf6aBPcX6lL
I thought shiet was spelt shite😂 Is that actually talking shite I’m dyslexic so I’m always right😂😂😂 Bro,as we both know any truck driver who takes the piss instead of encouraging and helping us a cant driver! Any driver learning is a better driver,I’m 56 and I have never stopped learning and never been afraid to ask a dumb question.You don’t know it’s dumb until you never asked it! I find it mad you drove at Norman’s in the town I grew up,and live in the town we moved too! Dayne Bentley is my oldest mate who works at Norman’s. My father sold them new trucks decades ago. My mother had a cafe in Wellsford called the Cultured Cow,she had a logging crew who would buy 40 pies every morning for years,they genuinely loved her!
Bro Dayne was the first driver i went with before i started there to see what it was like doing freight, he kept that R560 he was on blinging, top operator that fulla very thankful he taught me alot of what i knew back then 👌 there were a few good buggers at normans that looked after me very well and will be forever grateful for that, legends 🫡
@@Truckersteve14 wicked! Doesn’t surprise me,damn right that boy can drive. Starting to make sense why you are such an awesome op. I don’t care if you can reverse ,when I see your consideration with other road users and your temperament with the cattle,I already know you’re top level. I have known Dayne since I was like 5 so over 50 years man.Dude useless at communicating but😂😂😂 They was a mob,my mother called the dirty half dozen,Dayne and I are only two left.
@@mungogerryjnr cheers bro! yeah can thank those fullas for all that thats for sure, yeah hahah i need to catch up with him too, suppose we all get abit like that sometimes, turn into a hermit and just keep working 🤣
@@Truckersteve14 funny that,just had a talk with my wife bout “connected disconnect”Having a phone permanently but never call anyone 🤷♂️🤷♂️. It’s fckd. I have his cell if you need,how can I give it to you?
as a swede who drive this type of truck every day this is nothing new. In sweden we sit on the left side of the truck then rigth reverse is hard but is it the other way around for you guys?
Chur bro My old stomping ground ah Chopper terrorist😂😂😂 Number one rule! Even number turning points equal equal turning 2,4,6 point,even turn steering wheel left equals rear of trailer turns left to. Same with the opposite turning right. Until I started with three(odd)turning point I soon found out I couldn’t reverse.The above started to really come into play. If you’re learning remember the above or do your head in trying to start backwards correct! Steve did you ever play at Wellsford 2nds very late ‘80s?
Nice of you to take the time to show us... the truck/trailer drawbar setup is pretty clever... so is the inside "maze"... safe trucking.... cheers 🤟🤟🤟
Cheers mate 👍 much appreciated
The old man told me you have to trick the trailer, always left to right, never straight otherwise it’s to easy to lose the dolly. Great watching you guys back trailers aye, stock drivers all the way!
Yeah for sure man that is a good point, it does disappear then you dont know where it is at that point haha brings in some anxiety 😂
Yep with these A frames it's lock on lock off
Just follow left- and right side alternatively and you always know what angle the dolly has.
love this video，can see clearly from the side mirror how the steering control the trailer direction. And master level reverse skill
Brother...love your content.. keeping it raw and real...way to go👌
Bro I understood your language small movements off the steering wheel and slow and steady cheers for that .
Keep on keeping trucking . 😊😊😊
Thats good hahah was hoping someone would 😂 cheers mate 🤙
Mate , frightened me to death for months , but finally with practice as you say it starts to come together . Great vid mate . 😊
Niiice work bro. We all started somewhere. I used to do civil t&t so I’d practice in the yard, backing into all the bins with trailer then jackknife to get truck in. Always volunteer to work weekends so you can practice while no one is around lol
Cheers mate 👍, Yeah for sure thats the best time to do it 👌
Wicked mate love the nz sayings [bobs ya auntie lol] mate all ya gotta do is sound like ya know what ya doing , your definitely not stupid , anything always takes time . Love ya videos and ya awesome at your craft.
Thanks mate much appreciated 🤣🤙🤙
Hi Truckersteve. Your videos take me back to 1970's when I started driving stock trucks out of Dargaville North Auckland. We had totally different gear back than, but some of the roads dont seem to have changed,especially the back country ones. We also didn't have the power or comfort of todays gear. Try 1418 Benz 2226 was a big truck, 350hp 140 Scania was dream truck early coolpower Macks, repowered Comers with 6v71 and later 6v92's went better but didn't stop well, I could go on. But you are carrying more than we ever did.A triple deck unit for sheep was a big back than. Never thought double deck cattle would be the go til I came home for a visit from Aussie.We never had sliding drawbars either and jacknifed wherever we could.
The Northland area was great area to learn to drive and it stood me in good stead here in Aussie. Finished driving now finally retired,did my last 200,000ks in 530DAF,what an armchair.
Keep the videos coming. More remenencing later. Chur Chur bro.
Well done... practice is the key. .i. just practise, practise. Watching the front end of the trailer and moving the dolly to suit. You are good at what you do.
Cheers mate 👍 yeap practice over everything thats for sure, no amount of explaining can out perform time in the seat doing it i reckon
SKILLS. Your experience definitely shows.
As I have mentioned before. I live in my caravan full time and travel every 7-10 days. Get to see a lot of people reversing caravans. You reversed that far more easily than 90% of caravan owners ...... me included. I have trouble when I have to reverse the caravan through 90 degrees. Heaven help me if I had to do your job.
Larger trailets are often easier to reverse since they are designed that way.
Great skills man...learnt heaps from this video....I always check in so keep them coming
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. You are patient hence on the ramp each time. Regards Sam.
Keep passing your knowledge down to the up and comers in the industry bro, good tips and tricks there for some new drivers. Some cant even back their car at the shops without reverse beepers and cameras nowadays🤣. See people all the time reverse park their cars and they dont look at their mirrors once haha, they looking down at their radio.
Bro its crazy aye, i cringe when people can’t use mirrors like bruh it ain’t that hard come on 🤣🤣 wonder how many crashes have happened cause people just be staring at their reverse camera 🤣🤯
Kia Ora matua.. another great vid! Reversing a big rig like that ain't no joke! Serious skills there Tama!
This is what I tell all my trainees. Small movements on the wheel is key. If your making big turns on that wheel then you’ve fucked it!
nice video, that scania v8 sounds amazing
Nice job brother....awesome
video starts off with the draw bar retracting.......that's all i needed to see chur
Chur bro 🤣👌
Wicked man. Bloody interesting. Well done
yeah man good angles going on! fire brother
Awesome video bro!!
Very helpful instructions. Cheers mate.
Looks like you had nice opportunity at those yards to jack knife the truck in with trailer still on. Maybe for your next vid keep on trucking bro nice job.
Yeah for sure, pretty easy to do there although i dont do it with this unit, my hoses seam abit short so dont want to wreck anything to be honest haha i’ve got away without doing it for 2 years 🤣👍
@@Truckersteve14 Roger that 👍. Yea I see you are abit of a creamcarter 🤣🤣🤣 I only used to do it with empty or very little on trailer. Puts to much stress on everything other wise 🤠
Nah, sweet as. I found travel speed, the slower you reverse, the smaller the corrections, and you're dead right, the setup up is important
Nice stuff mate👍👍👍 You are pretty handy on those things
Great video man very interesting viewing I've got my class 5 but never done much backing so this help cheers
Great video Steve, and excellent advice on the backing a truck & trailer, im in NZ for 6 months and driving a truck and trailer carting milk and bales, im used to driving semis in ireland so i just need to practice more and more.... its hard to believe how nice the trailer follows with an 8x4 truck and 5 axle trailer, we should have this setup in Europe.
Well, here in Europe this setup has been the standard for decades.
@@virtueofhate1778 not a 8 wheel truck and longer 5 axle trailer with sliding drawbar. A 3 axle rigid and 2 or 3 axle trailer, theres a big difference.
@@jodyoneill134 No, in here a 25,25m long truck (3-5 axels) and trailer (4-6 axels) combination has been the standard truck for decades. Most common being 3+5 axels (60tons) combination and 4+5 for heavy (76tons) timber trucks.
Love the, shoes!😂
Bloody good tutorial, bro .
😂
I wanna practice some Michael Jackson moves now on a die-cast model truck and doly set up.
Yeah hard thats probably the best way to do it, alot cheaper if you hit something aye 🤣🤣 Cheers bro 🫡
@Truckersteve14 Yeah , Steve,thanks, aye 👍
I think I would never be able to pull that of 😢 however give me truck long chassis with a live stock crate, and turn table with a large crate attached to that yeah I would back it up no problems 😅😅😅😅 I guess learning to do it over the years I would get right lol😂😂hey we want the sheep tomorrow not in 10 yrs, have a great one take care love your videos. 😊😊😊😊
Awesome vid dude from a younger perspective, I work with much older driver trainers at a Polytech so yeah can appreciate ya struggle. Nice work though.
Nice draw bar outfit
Chur. Mean vid bro! Like your style
Cheers brother 🫡 plenty more to come
Love your content bro keep them coming
Cheers mate will do 👍
Gud stuff steve , keep up the gud work m8
Mean bro! Awesome video
Good effort .yes, it's an art that you need to practice.
this video is very informative. Thanks mate
Seen you in Silverdale the other week
Can’t hide anywhere bro 🤣🤣
Wicked dude 👍
You done alright son
Mean skills bro❤
Cheers brother 🫡🤙
Top man for showing this video
Bro
Kickarse reversing mate
"Translate to English" is under your comment.... 😂😂😂
@@stephenwallace7288🤣🤣🤣
Appreciate that mate 👍
I put a steering wheel knob on mine, it’s a game changer I wonder how I managed without one
I had one when i was on the tractors a few years ago, forgot they existed, shit yeah made stacking bales a breeze 👌
@@Truckersteve14 Temu 14 bux, treat yourself bro
You are no dumb arse my friend you all good keep on doing what you doing 😊
Mate, have your hand on the Bottom of the steering wheel, it is like that for any trailer.
Don't ever use the top of the wheel.
The shorter the draw bar the faster the reaction the longer the draw bar the slower the reaction lil movements and just follow the dolly
Wellsford sales yard ?.
Well for a person who thought he is a dumb arse he did a blood good job with backing and how many times did you have to go backwards and forwards to get it correct zero if i am not blind. Dam you can back better than some seasoned drivers.
Thanks for that 😅👍 few jiggles on the last reverse job but i got there, more stressful when theres a camera recording to be honest hahah
Great one. Thanks
Take note Australians , it’s a trailer , not a dog 🤦♂️
Similar truck setup in Sweden, with Alex driving and explaining how to reverse it.
Only confusing thing is that he calls the dolly axles for 'front axle'. For me the front axle is the one (or two..) on the truck.
And the dolly are the pivoting axle(s) on the trailer.
So, for those who needs/want more explaining of how to reverse this truck setup:
th-cam.com/video/k4c0kWCFgdk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=UekNfmf6aBPcX6lL
Facts, if someone wants a more detailed video watch the bro Alex’s video, my chanel is far from being serious 🤣
He calls them front axels because it's not a dolly. It's a trailer with permanently attached front axels that can't be removed from the trailer.
I thought shiet was spelt shite😂
Is that actually talking shite
I’m dyslexic so I’m always right😂😂😂
Bro,as we both know any truck driver who takes the piss instead of encouraging and helping us a cant driver!
Any driver learning is a better driver,I’m 56 and I have never stopped learning and never been afraid to ask a dumb question.You don’t know it’s dumb until you never asked it!
I find it mad you drove at Norman’s in the town I grew up,and live in the town we moved too!
Dayne Bentley is my oldest mate who works at Norman’s.
My father sold them new trucks decades ago.
My mother had a cafe in Wellsford called the Cultured Cow,she had a logging crew who would buy 40 pies every morning for years,they genuinely loved her!
Bro Dayne was the first driver i went with before i started there to see what it was like doing freight, he kept that R560 he was on blinging, top operator that fulla very thankful he taught me alot of what i knew back then 👌 there were a few good buggers at normans that looked after me very well and will be forever grateful for that, legends 🫡
@@Truckersteve14 wicked!
Doesn’t surprise me,damn right that boy can drive.
Starting to make sense why you are such an awesome op.
I don’t care if you can reverse
,when I see your consideration with other road users and your temperament with the cattle,I already know you’re top level.
I have known Dayne since I was like 5 so over 50 years man.Dude useless at communicating but😂😂😂
They was a mob,my mother called the dirty half dozen,Dayne and I are only two left.
@@mungogerryjnr cheers bro! yeah can thank those fullas for all that thats for sure, yeah hahah i need to catch up with him too, suppose we all get abit like that sometimes, turn into a hermit and just keep working 🤣
@@Truckersteve14 funny that,just had a talk with my wife bout “connected disconnect”Having a phone permanently but never call anyone 🤷♂️🤷♂️.
It’s fckd.
I have his cell if you need,how can I give it to you?
what's the fuel comsuption for this v8 r620？ around 50L per 100km？
as a swede who drive this type of truck every day this is nothing new. In sweden we sit on the left side of the truck then rigth reverse is hard but is it the other way around for you guys?
Might be nothing new to you but i think hes targeted this vid at new drivers so it could be new to them. Yes we sit on the right 👍
@@Scootdogg_Vlogsthanks bro saved me a reply 🤣🤣, these swede drivers hard to impress 😂 we not serious enough over here 🗿
Love the vid will help a lot of rookie truckers even though u made it funny as fuck 😆😆😆😆
Hopefully bro thats the goal, although nothing is better than time in the seat i did try 🤣
*India has joined the chat*
I need more practice on ultimate truck simulator 😂
You must know Paul Proctor?
Tell him Mungo says Gidday
Dont think so bro doesn’t ring a bell
Chur bro
My old stomping ground ah
Chopper terrorist😂😂😂
Number one rule!
Even number turning points equal equal turning
2,4,6 point,even turn steering wheel left equals rear of trailer turns left to.
Same with the opposite turning right.
Until I started with three(odd)turning point I soon found out I couldn’t reverse.The above started to really come into play.
If you’re learning remember the above or do your head in trying to start backwards correct!
Steve did you ever play at Wellsford 2nds very late ‘80s?
Nah bro i wasnt even thought of till the late 90’s, only a spring chicken mate 😂
Thanksbuddy was useful🙏🏻