Him suggesting drivers carry around a toy was brilliant. Always great to take on a safe challenge every now and then. The greatest advice was at the end. DON'T DRIVE ABOVE YOUR ABILITY.
I am a beginner, first thing I did was to buy a toy and download a simulator. Its been very helpful, I got my CDL license. Now for actual driving, will cay my toy.
That goes with everything in life...DON'T DRIVE ABOVE YOUR ABILITY. Know what you are able to do and know what your limits are with everything in life. Know when to ask for help or when to further educate yourself before you make a mess of things. I always admired people that was honest with their self and wasn't afraid to say it out loud. I have hired many workers in the glass business and those that spoke up and told me they are un-sure if they can do a job that might be out of their skill set. I would take them to the side and find out their uncertainties. Then give them a few tips and listen to their plan then turn them loose. Most times they did the job with zero issues and got a little bonus. I would have guys volunteer for an average job with all the confidence in the world and the customer would call with concerns that would take me showing up with a couple my top guys to start from the beginning just to satisfy the customer enough to where I was able to leave to job with those top guys by themselves to finish. Never fired anyone but got rid of a few. I would run those hotdogs off over time that could do it all. No one can do it all but not everyone know they can't.
Huge respect to the guys and gals who drive these B-Double's. Most car drivers have difficulties maneuvering 4 wheels in a straight line, never mind reverse. Truckies are the lifeblood of commerce .. give them plenty of room when you're driving, and put yourself in their shoes when things get tight. Cheers from Melbourne.
@@Thechist781industry problem drivers need to say no more, not to force trucking companies to do anything but talk to customers and demand they incorporate a lay down plan that works for the trucks they expect to receive, improving their throughput and everyone’s profits. A driver who spends time planning, time fixing up a mess, time in an accident or incident involving another company can be fixed with ingress and egress sensibility.
Yep, mine, too. Played hours on this thing. No trouble reversing doubles, or better say, the European Turntable Trailers. Same story, two pivot points, just a different structure.
So funny. The dry humour of a blokey Aussie truckie teaching a novice. Very enjoyable and informative -- even for someone (me) who's never driven any truck!
Absolutely LOVE the hands on unbiased approach. Where most would scoff at the idea of using a toy, you have easily created a visual bridge between the mental planning and physical accomplishment phase
MegaJohnhammond Were you the original driver for the old country song, "give me fourty acres and I'll turn this thing around!". There has been times I have heard that old song in my mind as someone with no truck driving ability is telling me where they want me to get my rig into. "Well my neighbor got his pickup truck in there once several years ago!"
Great idea and good video about this!! I learned how to back trailers with my 1983 wired-remote control toy semi tractor trailer. At 18, I drove semis to deliver equipment, and was good at it because I could "see it in my mind" like the man says in the video. You have to envision what you're trying to do. By the time I was in my 20's, I was excellent at it and became an instructor. I'd recommend to people to practice backing up a trailer in an empty parking lot behind a car or SUV using only their mirrors (looking forward). People never practice. They wait until they're hooked up and trying to back a boat down the ramp and get crossed up all over the place. Practice. Goto a parking lot and practice backing up around it until you can back into a parking spot with ease. Growing up around trucks, I always heard that "the longer the trailer, and the shorter the pull vehicle wheelbase, the easier it is to back a trailer." So true. If you can master backing a tow dolly trailer behind a car, truck, or suv, you'll easily transition to semis. If the distance from the rear axle to the front axle of the car, pickup, or SUV (pull vehicle) is greater than the distance from the rear axle of the pull vehicle to the trailer axle, then it's really hard to back it up. Conversely, if the distance from the rear axle of the pull vehicle to its front axle is SHORTER than the distance from the rear axle of the pull vehicle to the trailer axle (or mid point between multiple axles), like a semi truck, than its MUCH easier to control backing it up. From the driver seat, if you line up the side of your trailer with where you want it to go, it'll go there if you keep it lined up as you back up. It's almost like theres an imaginary arrow down the side of the trailer that is pointing to where you want it to go, and then you keep steering as needed to keep it lined up. Getting used to trusting your mirrors and doing so on reflex takes a LOT of practice because everything is backwards, but eventually becoming second nature, like driving a stick shift transmission. Good luck, and good video about this. Truck drivers don't get enough recognition for their skills. For example, Fire-fighters are great people, they sacrifice to help others, and it is a noble calling. They are heros. Although I'm not comparing the two directly, truck drivers deserve at least a little recognition for what they do for this country. Its because they have to be responsible ALL THE TIME for handling 40 TONS of steel and product moving at 70+mph next to 4,000 pound cars and SUVs that they could tear through like toilet paper. Truckers have to leave their friends and family behind, miss holidays and birthdays, and weekend cookouts, and live in a hot or cold small cabin sleeper of a truck sleeping in parking lots for weeks at a time and worry for their safety. It's a hard life. A 40 hour work week is standard in most jobs. Truckers put in 40 hours by the 2nd day of their work week, and many have to work 6 or 7 days straight. They don't get off work because they are ALWAYS responsible for the truck and the load and what happens to it, or if it hurts someone or something. They spend 168 HOURS A WEEK baby-sitting the truck and the load, often for weeks at a time before getting to go home, but usually they don't get paid for anything except the miles they drive. Why? It's not like they get to go home. They should make at LEAST minimum wage when NOT driving. Truckers who arent driving have the job of a night watchman- being responsible for their rig. They sacrifice so much to make this country keep going. Next time you see a trucker, say "thanks". It's an otherwise thankless job demanding skills, time, and sacrifice. Thanks again for this video!
same ere, was watching ice road truckers and the drivers all talk about the importance of not missing a gear on slopes so I looked up hgv gear changing and noticed the video of some bloke playing with toy lorries - at first I thought he was a big kid but soon realized what a genius he is with this simple demonstration - I'd love to have a go tho
I learned 90% of my reversing skills from Grand Theft Auto. I played that for at least 2 years before I got my drivers license and was able to back up trucks and trailers with inches to spare on each side the same day. People don't believe me, but you learn a lot from the dynamics of it in a game or with a toy. You learn the physics of torque and the way to turn, correcting and visualizing.
TheCoolStuffHD thank you. You just proved im not the only one. I played gta before i got my cdl and now im the youngest guy (20) to be on the heavy haul team with the texas shell oil company. Just goes to show school go nothing on video games. Hell i learned more with games then school.
That's awesome! Congrats! It was always my favorite thing to do was to find the semi trucks with trailers and just simulate scenarios. At least I'm not the only one.
TheCoolStuffHD eye coordination, thanks to video games I can buck up easily even from my blind side. I guess I just have to see the spot take a mental picture and the rest is just eye coordination. I really never had a problem backing up. I drive sleeper too so I don't get that luxury window to look back lol
You guys should look into euro truck sim or American truck sim, I actually learned a ton about backing trailers by playing, I plan on getting my CDL next yesr
unhooking the trailer and adding around 7 minutes seems a very good option if you are at a narrow point and dont have experience with those trailers. well done.
I think the reason so many drivers can't do it is because they only reverse as a last resort. It's really not that hard to back them up accurately, but it does take some practice. If you're always avoiding it at all costs, then you'll never get good at it.
Brilliant. The simplicity of something that can be so overwhelming to an outsider is a testament to your experience and skill. Thank you very much. I didn't even get my truck drivers license yet but I understand this concept thanks to you.
I only drive trucks in American Truck Simulator, but damn that was great lesson to sit in on. Before watching this video those double trailers seemed so intimidating, but now I'm tempted to try them out. Such simple yet, invaluable information I would have never figured out on my own.
Thanks for uploading this. I really like the way you delivered the lesson and the use of the toys to demonstrate. So far this is the best video on here I have com across to explain this.
This was brilliant advice. Best thing i ever got told was dont worry about the "A" trailer, get that "B" on the right track then chase her in with the "A". Also that advice of just disconnect and get it done without incident is gospel, with the weight of these things the potential for serious damage isnt worth the risk sometimes.
This was super helpful and iv never driven a rig a day in my life..Iv been pulling in and out of my driveway in my excursion for about the past hour simulating these moves, don't understand why my neighbors are looking at me weird, but i plan on going to Uhaul to rent a trailer and work on more moves for the heck of it..
the way that i was taught is to imagine that instead of reversing a B double just reverse the A trailer and imagine that your B trailer is your truck it means that you are moving your truck to steer the B trailer dont worry about your truck until you get alongside another trailer definitely works but also alot of practice helps
I learned to back a trailer with the smart phone game CarPark. The physics directly transferred to real life and it completely blew my friends and family away when I seemed as if I had already mastered backing a real trailer on my first attempt. I don't have and don't claim to have professional experience though. I've never driven a semi so have only been told what it's like. In my daily life I pull a very short trailer with a very long vehicle, I've been told this setup is far more difficult to back than a 53' on a semi. But in my own experience there's three things needed. The most important is to get the physics of it completely in your head like he says in the video. The second is spacial awareness, knowing how much space you need for a maneuver and visualizing where you are from a bird's eye view. Points of reference are extremely important, both on the truck and trailer, and on your surroundings. The third most important is picking a good approach like he said. You would'nt bend over to pick something up off the floor while standing 4 feet up on a ladder so don't approach a dock bass akwards either. All this is doubly important when backing the trailer to the right of the truck like he demonstrated because you can't look straight at it, you are required to look in a mirror. The most most important thing is stop when you hear a crunch! 😂
Probably.. more like bring enough camping gear to hold you for a couple days, Swift hires some of the worst out there it seems I've seen them do some things that make me shudder and some things I still laugh about years later.
I loaded trailers for kmart, and the swift trailers always had a label inside with threats not to damage it or be prosecuted or something. none of the other trailers had that though.
Perfectly sensible stuff. If you had a few extra bucks id get an rc truck to practice. Excellent teaching method, nothing better than seeing how things work.
I dont drive trucks or B-Doubles but ive known the pain of a public trailer reverse, and this bloke is the man !. Great knowledge, but also great vid - LEGEND
I had a junky driver so good at reversing his b double he flew in the gate did a u turn in side the yard tires squeeling then revere to the dock faster than i reverse my car. First shot every time. Unbelievable.
That's cause the "half decent drivers" who are on the shit actually focus or are more in the zone of doing what is at hand so to speak like reversing a B-double, but oblivious to most other things around them at the same time.
I was about to comment till I see this haha. I reverse 737 aircraft all day long into and out of parking spots doing 90 degree turns etc. I used to think it was impossible. This guy is wrong by saying someone has to show you because I taught myself.
BRANDON CUEVA Let me get this right here. You were signed off to push and tow aircraft without being shown? Just left to go out and play with multi million dollar aircraft? Do you happen to work for Swissport....
I drive an ag tractor with a rake baler combo. The toughest part is the length of the rake (from pivot point to axle) is probably 3X that of the baler. In the 2nd year I finally could get it moving in the right direction. In my 3rd year I have mastered backing. I challenge anyone towing doubles to consider if the 2nd trailer has 1/3 the wheel base...very tricky.
Yeah, its like 3 trailers with the middle one being crazy short and mashed up under the front one...back a set of American doubles up more than 100 ft and you become a legend
@richard cunningham maybe.. I don't know the names of them... That's why I put the ? Lol. Around here we're rarely see anything more than a single with a pup trailer
swn02 Obviously it wouldn't. I was simply saying to try it with a dolly where it has 3 pivot points. Nowhere in my message did I talk bad about what he was teaching or try and discredit the video.
I don't think it really is possible to drive backwards with 3 pivot points. You need to turn wrong first, then right, wrong and lastly right. But you either need so much space or you fuck up the rear part if you want to straighten out. I'm not a truck driver but from my experience with American Truck Simulator, you can't do it.
Never driven a truck in my life (and probably won't unless the Zombie apocalypse occurs), but I found this very informative and watched the whole video. Good explanation.
Even though this was made 7 years ago. I’m sitting my HC licence in 2 days and in 2 weeks sitting my MC licence. I also just ordered 2 semi trucks from Bunnings will pickup tomorrow and will practice in my mind so I will be set for the test. Thank you so much for sharing.
billy joe. good for you mate, you must be a expert, a waste of talent, you need to come operate our live cattle double deck 3 trailer roadtrains in Australia, instead of pussyfooting around in Europe.
OMG I clicked on this video because I had the same thing that he has on the table as my carpet in my childhood. Exactly the same carpet I saw years ago in my house, now I see on video in my recommended.
I'm glad you said that last bit, because I've watched loads of these and I just keep thinking why would you spend 30-40 minutes struggling when you could just do two singles... Figured there must be a catch, like they're harder to unhitch or something.
I think this video is great, firstly to help people back up a B-Double, secondly for expressing the cost of $100, when you can buy the smaller version and a couple of conversions and $20, you got the same thing.
Hat off to you old mate I've had an MC lic for years but have not had to driven one for about ten years. Lost my Mo-Jo a bit and this was so helpful. Would love to buy you a beer sometime.
I used to do draughting and had a vehicle backing simulator. I watched this video to learn how to do this and design loading docks that were easier to back B-trains into.
So, forget that I only use this info for gaming, you make this look so easy. I think it’s get me in the right frame of mind, but this has boggled me for years.
I’m not a truck driver at all the only truck I drive is my SR5 Hilux... this guys is a legend makes so much sense in all he said... 10 points to you buddy👍👍👍
Split the trailers, great advice. The amount of times I've watched someone spend 15mins putting the double on the dock whilst holding up other trucks wanting to pass at a DC, yet it could have been done in ten minutes without blocking traffic, simply by splitting the trailers.
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Him suggesting drivers carry around a toy was brilliant. Always great to take on a safe challenge every now and then. The greatest advice was at the end. DON'T DRIVE ABOVE YOUR ABILITY.
As a driver, it’s not a bad idea. I’ve been in very stressful situations where I needed a plan
That piece of advice ("Don't drive above your ability") is applicable to a *lot* more than just truck driving.
@@__Razerto a BMW driver that means stay off the roads.
I am a beginner, first thing I did was to buy a toy and download a simulator. Its been very helpful, I got my CDL license. Now for actual driving, will cay my toy.
That goes with everything in life...DON'T DRIVE ABOVE YOUR ABILITY.
Know what you are able to do and know what your limits are with everything in life. Know when to ask for help or when to further educate yourself before you make a mess of things.
I always admired people that was honest with their self and wasn't afraid to say it out loud.
I have hired many workers in the glass business and those that spoke up and told me they are un-sure if they can do a job that might be out of their skill set. I would take them to the side and find out their uncertainties. Then give them a few tips and listen to their plan then turn them loose. Most times they did the job with zero issues and got a little bonus.
I would have guys volunteer for an average job with all the confidence in the world and the customer would call with concerns that would take me showing up with a couple my top guys to start from the beginning just to satisfy the customer enough to where I was able to leave to job with those top guys by themselves to finish.
Never fired anyone but got rid of a few. I would run those hotdogs off over time that could do it all. No one can do it all but not everyone know they can't.
Huge respect to the guys and gals who drive these B-Double's. Most car drivers have difficulties maneuvering 4 wheels in a straight line, never mind reverse. Truckies are the lifeblood of commerce .. give them plenty of room when you're driving, and put yourself in their shoes when things get tight. Cheers from Melbourne.
Could not agree more !!
Could not agree less!!
Thank you ✊🏾
No worries mate
Also pay them well, don't exploit them and let them rest often, after all, the freight and rig they're responsible for cost a small fortune.
" Don't drive above your own ability. If you can see you can't do it- Just don't do it! " Spot on boss! - Absolutely dead on.I Love it
they are gonna list a name of guys who have done it and DEMAND to get the job done
@@Thechist781industry problem drivers need to say no more, not to force trucking companies to do anything but talk to customers and demand they incorporate a lay down plan that works for the trucks they expect to receive, improving their throughput and everyone’s profits.
A driver who spends time planning, time fixing up a mess, time in an accident or incident involving another company can be fixed with ingress and egress sensibility.
That carpet is my childhood
Mine was bigger.
Yep, i had the same one...
Yep, mine, too. Played hours on this thing. No trouble reversing doubles, or better say, the European Turntable Trailers. Same story, two pivot points, just a different structure.
Mine was bigger but still
Same
I give this teacher best respect. He just gave the best advice at the end! Don't overextend yourself or your skills and you'll be fine.
I'm Always impressed by the abilities of individuals who can drive and reverse B-doubles. He explains it so well. What a weapon!
This guy is one of the best instructors I have ever heard - brilliant video. Almost makes me want to go and get my MC licence all over again.
Dont do it!...Its our time to relax...drink beers...and laugh at others mistakes...hehe
So funny. The dry humour of a blokey Aussie truckie teaching a novice. Very enjoyable and informative -- even for someone (me) who's never driven any truck!
I'm not a RL trucker. Just a trucking enthusiast and an e-trucker, but my, this explanation was worth a million dollars.
This guy must have been the hero of the neighborhood sand box as a kid !
I had so many toy trucks as a kid
Have been? dude, this guys is still the king of the sand box. look at the number of toys he has.
This is so helpful even for the ets2/ats, truck simulators which recently introduced doubles. Thanks a lot for sharing!
That's why I'm watching it haha
me2
me3 lol
We have doubles now?! Been waiting for years! Time to fire it back up :D
"It might take you years to master" and all this time I thought it took only a little effort to learn something
Absolutely LOVE the hands on unbiased approach. Where most would scoff at the idea of using a toy, you have easily created a visual bridge between the mental planning and physical accomplishment phase
I once had to drive all the way around the world because I couldn't figure out how to back up
MegaJohnhammond Were you the original driver for the old country song, "give me fourty acres and I'll turn this thing around!". There has been times I have heard that old song in my mind as someone with no truck driving ability is telling me where they want me to get my rig into. "Well my neighbor got his pickup truck in there once several years ago!"
Had the same problem it's very annoying when it happens 🤬
I know the feeling
Liar, the earth is flat
Give me 40 acres and I'll turn this rig around.
Great idea and good video about this!! I learned how to back trailers with my 1983 wired-remote control toy semi tractor trailer. At 18, I drove semis to deliver equipment, and was good at it because I could "see it in my mind" like the man says in the video. You have to envision what you're trying to do. By the time I was in my 20's, I was excellent at it and became an instructor. I'd recommend to people to practice backing up a trailer in an empty parking lot behind a car or SUV using only their mirrors (looking forward). People never practice. They wait until they're hooked up and trying to back a boat down the ramp and get crossed up all over the place. Practice. Goto a parking lot and practice backing up around it until you can back into a parking spot with ease. Growing up around trucks, I always heard that "the longer the trailer, and the shorter the pull vehicle wheelbase, the easier it is to back a trailer." So true. If you can master backing a tow dolly trailer behind a car, truck, or suv, you'll easily transition to semis. If the distance from the rear axle to the front axle of the car, pickup, or SUV (pull vehicle) is greater than the distance from the rear axle of the pull vehicle to the trailer axle, then it's really hard to back it up. Conversely, if the distance from the rear axle of the pull vehicle to its front axle is SHORTER than the distance from the rear axle of the pull vehicle to the trailer axle (or mid point between multiple axles), like a semi truck, than its MUCH easier to control backing it up. From the driver seat, if you line up the side of your trailer with where you want it to go, it'll go there if you keep it lined up as you back up. It's almost like theres an imaginary arrow down the side of the trailer that is pointing to where you want it to go, and then you keep steering as needed to keep it lined up. Getting used to trusting your mirrors and doing so on reflex takes a LOT of practice because everything is backwards, but eventually becoming second nature, like driving a stick shift transmission. Good luck, and good video about this. Truck drivers don't get enough recognition for their skills. For example, Fire-fighters are great people, they sacrifice to help others, and it is a noble calling. They are heros. Although I'm not comparing the two directly, truck drivers deserve at least a little recognition for what they do for this country. Its because they have to be responsible ALL THE TIME for handling 40 TONS of steel and product moving at 70+mph next to 4,000 pound cars and SUVs that they could tear through like toilet paper. Truckers have to leave their friends and family behind, miss holidays and birthdays, and weekend cookouts, and live in a hot or cold small cabin sleeper of a truck sleeping in parking lots for weeks at a time and worry for their safety. It's a hard life. A 40 hour work week is standard in most jobs. Truckers put in 40 hours by the 2nd day of their work week, and many have to work 6 or 7 days straight. They don't get off work because they are ALWAYS responsible for the truck and the load and what happens to it, or if it hurts someone or something. They spend 168 HOURS A WEEK baby-sitting the truck and the load, often for weeks at a time before getting to go home, but usually they don't get paid for anything except the miles they drive. Why? It's not like they get to go home. They should make at LEAST minimum wage when NOT driving. Truckers who arent driving have the job of a night watchman- being responsible for their rig. They sacrifice so much to make this country keep going. Next time you see a trucker, say "thanks". It's an otherwise thankless job demanding skills, time, and sacrifice. Thanks again for this video!
best comment i ever read in social media +++
I really enjoyed reading that. Interesting, diverse and all good. Appreciated.
#@southernwaytransport… you are 100% correct! Nice write up you did!
I don't even drive truck, why am I here? xD
lmao me too but you never know when this comes in handy :P
Because knowledge is power
because trucks are cool
The same concept works with trailers such as boat trailers.
same ere, was watching ice road truckers and the drivers all talk about the importance of not missing a gear on slopes so I looked up hgv gear changing and noticed the video of some bloke playing with toy lorries - at first I thought he was a big kid but soon realized what a genius he is with this simple demonstration - I'd love to have a go tho
I learned 90% of my reversing skills from Grand Theft Auto. I played that for at least 2 years before I got my drivers license and was able to back up trucks and trailers with inches to spare on each side the same day. People don't believe me, but you learn a lot from the dynamics of it in a game or with a toy. You learn the physics of torque and the way to turn, correcting and visualizing.
TheCoolStuffHD thank you. You just proved im not the only one. I played gta before i got my cdl and now im the youngest guy (20) to be on the heavy haul team with the texas shell oil company. Just goes to show school go nothing on video games. Hell i learned more with games then school.
That's awesome! Congrats!
It was always my favorite thing to do was to find the semi trucks with trailers and just simulate scenarios. At least I'm not the only one.
TheCoolStuffHD eye coordination, thanks to video games I can buck up easily even from my blind side.
I guess I just have to see the spot take a mental picture and the rest is just eye coordination. I really never had a problem backing up. I drive sleeper too so I don't get that luxury window to look back lol
You guys should look into euro truck sim or American truck sim, I actually learned a ton about backing trailers by playing, I plan on getting my CDL next yesr
Lol it's like you can just scan the environment and than magic happens haha.
Excellent explanation.Things get easy when you work it out in your head first and set things up properly on the way in.
I couldn't agree more.
there are truck simulator to laren how to reverse
and there is school to learn how to write english
*laren*?
Jurre Marien lmao 😂
unhooking the trailer and adding around 7 minutes seems a very good option if you are at a narrow point and dont have experience with those trailers. well done.
I think the reason so many drivers can't do it is because they only reverse as a last resort. It's really not that hard to back them up accurately, but it does take some practice. If you're always avoiding it at all costs, then you'll never get good at it.
Agreed… Practice makes one better! Take a moment to ‘think it through’ & formulate a plan! Have Confidence in yourself!
Brilliant. The simplicity of something that can be so overwhelming to an outsider is a testament to your experience and skill. Thank you very much. I didn't even get my truck drivers license yet but I understand this concept thanks to you.
This dude knows what he is doing, the best advise is at the end, if you know u can’t do it don’t do it👍🏻
I only drive trucks in American Truck Simulator, but damn that was great lesson to sit in on. Before watching this video those double trailers seemed so intimidating, but now I'm tempted to try them out. Such simple yet, invaluable information I would have never figured out on my own.
You're a legend and a great instructor. now I'm off to bunnings for my "B Double"
there are truck simulator to laren how to reverse
Only spend $8..ok..lol
there better be a fkn sausage sizzle on when i get there
Thanks for uploading this. I really like the way you delivered the lesson and the use of the toys to demonstrate. So far this is the best video on here I have com across to explain this.
Very good teacher this fella ,i did my double licence with him,.thanks for posting.
where is he located bro?
Raja Sidhu he was at munruben near browns plains in brissy.wouldnt have a clue where he is at now.
We are now in Loganholme QLD www.ddtindustries.com.au
How many cars have you reversed into?
The accent is unmistakable heh
Ridiculously simple the way he explained it. Great instructor.
This was brilliant advice. Best thing i ever got told was dont worry about the "A" trailer, get that "B" on the right track then chase her in with the "A". Also that advice of just disconnect and get it done without incident is gospel, with the weight of these things the potential for serious damage isnt worth the risk sometimes.
That is one of the best videos I've seen. And the end bit is the best. You always have curbside drivers. And to beat them is lovely.
This was super helpful and iv never driven a rig a day in my life..Iv been pulling in and out of my driveway in my excursion for about the past hour simulating these moves, don't understand why my neighbors are looking at me weird, but i plan on going to Uhaul to rent a trailer and work on more moves for the heck of it..
How did you go mate? Did you end up renting that trailer to practice?
i was'nt going to watch this entire video but this guy was a good teacher so i ended up watching the whole thing. makes me wana be a truck driver
What a champion instructor, I'm looking at training for HC, and this made sense.. thanks team
Thanks i really enjoyed the wisdom here, so much respect for the veterans who teach young fellas how to do stuff properly.
I've unloaded a few road trains with 3 trailers... I've only ever seen one reverse once. This was really informative thanks.
the way that i was taught is to imagine that instead of reversing a B double just reverse the A trailer and imagine that your B trailer is your truck it means that you are moving your truck to steer the B trailer dont worry about your truck until you get alongside another trailer
definitely works but also alot of practice helps
Wow, what a great video and excellent instructor. Well done!
One of the best tutorial and educational videos on TH-cam, great work.
would help a lot if the model actually had a steering wheel on top of it to turn the wheels too
I learned to back a trailer with the smart phone game CarPark. The physics directly transferred to real life and it completely blew my friends and family away when I seemed as if I had already mastered backing a real trailer on my first attempt. I don't have and don't claim to have professional experience though. I've never driven a semi so have only been told what it's like. In my daily life I pull a very short trailer with a very long vehicle, I've been told this setup is far more difficult to back than a 53' on a semi. But in my own experience there's three things needed. The most important is to get the physics of it completely in your head like he says in the video. The second is spacial awareness, knowing how much space you need for a maneuver and visualizing where you are from a bird's eye view. Points of reference are extremely important, both on the truck and trailer, and on your surroundings. The third most important is picking a good approach like he said. You would'nt bend over to pick something up off the floor while standing 4 feet up on a ladder so don't approach a dock bass akwards either. All this is doubly important when backing the trailer to the right of the truck like he demonstrated because you can't look straight at it, you are required to look in a mirror. The most most important thing is stop when you hear a crunch! 😂
Wow I would pay to see a Swift driver back a double trailer. I would probably have to bring a snack.
blackericdenice 😀😁😁😂😂😂 ot would be pretty comical to see that 😬👻
Bring the BBQ and a carton for that one.
Probably.. more like bring enough camping gear to hold you for a couple days, Swift hires some of the worst out there it seems I've seen them do some things that make me shudder and some things I still laugh about years later.
It would be a good sized block party lol
I loaded trailers for kmart, and the swift trailers always had a label inside with threats not to damage it or be prosecuted or something. none of the other trailers had that though.
Perfectly sensible stuff. If you had a few extra bucks id get an rc truck to practice. Excellent teaching method, nothing better than seeing how things work.
This guy needs a bumper sticker, "Don't Drive above your own ability".
All he forgot was, "Mic Drop".
I dont drive trucks or B-Doubles but ive known the pain of a public trailer reverse, and this bloke is the man !. Great knowledge, but also great vid - LEGEND
I had a junky driver so good at reversing his b double he flew in the gate did a u turn in side the yard tires squeeling then revere to the dock faster than i reverse my car. First shot every time. Unbelievable.
That's cause the "half decent drivers" who are on the shit actually focus or are more in the zone of doing what is at hand so to speak like reversing a B-double, but oblivious to most other things around them at the same time.
That's bcz he doesn't give a shit if he breaks something in truck, around truck or crush someone.
i dont even drive a truck but i watched the whole thing just because of how goof of an instructor/teacher that man is.
He forgot to mention about the Bunnings snag
I can't believe I watched a 10 min video on this topic, I can't even back a small trailer. Smart bloke, real world experience trumps ego every day.
Great vid mate and great advice really made lots of sense thank you very much
What a down to earth, quality, instructor. Gentleman and legend i'd say
very good advice would have never thought of that thank you
Seen those B Dubs on TV from the states, but never knew what they were called. Now I'm another one of the "experts!" Thanks!
You want to learn how to back a double?
Get yourself a part time job as a baggage handler at an airport👍
parklifelee hell yes that’s where I learnt
This. spent 15 minutes today reversing two LD7 dollies for the first time. It's not easy!
Aww jeez....
I was about to comment till I see this haha. I reverse 737 aircraft all day long into and out of parking spots doing 90 degree turns etc. I used to think it was impossible. This guy is wrong by saying someone has to show you because I taught myself.
BRANDON CUEVA Let me get this right here. You were signed off to push and tow aircraft without being shown? Just left to go out and play with multi million dollar aircraft? Do you happen to work for Swissport....
Good good ,i have had afew people ask me where i got my double licence lately ,keep sending em your way !.
Im buyin toy trucks again...makes perfect sense...dont drive pass your own abilities..good job mate
I drive an ag tractor with a rake baler combo. The toughest part is the length of the rake (from pivot point to axle) is probably 3X that of the baler. In the 2nd year I finally could get it moving in the right direction. In my 3rd year I have mastered backing. I challenge anyone towing doubles to consider if the 2nd trailer has 1/3 the wheel base...very tricky.
We're all just watching a man play with toy trucks for 10 minutes.
This is probably the best instructor I have ever seen everything sunk In from the get go
awesome! I agree 100% model practice is a great tool! great video!
Please make more of these videos, there absolutely brilliant and so educational
Great tutorial. Great instructor.
I got my MC from this fella about 10 years ago. Thanks for the advice
*were gonna turn to the right a very sharp right and were gonna crash into these trucks* hope you dont do this in real life
The reaction time of the camera man when the instructor yells "Cut!" is quite impressive.
@9:33 words of a very wise man💯
thank you old mate ive been there many times ,i learnt here and give you my thanks 5 years later
The real trick is trying to back up a single after you've been driving b-trains for years, lol.
Greatest tip (even for single trailer) that most miss & you made: Get the trailer pointing in the direction you want BEFORE backing up!
So your wife comes home to see you on the living room floor playing with a toy truck. And you have to explain that your working
I'm not a truck driver and I still thoroughly enjoyed this presentation.
Try to do with independent dolly between trailers.
then its not a B double
but it is much harder I think, because you need to turn much faster between the phases.
kempo 95 it behaves like 3 trailers... So its the equivalent of a.. B triple? Its a whole other ball game your bringing into the light
Yeah, its like 3 trailers with the middle one being crazy short and mashed up under the front one...back a set of American doubles up more than 100 ft and you become a legend
@richard cunningham maybe.. I don't know the names of them... That's why I put the ? Lol. Around here we're rarely see anything more than a single with a pup trailer
The main guy explaining stuff here is great. Cheers.
Why didnt my parents tell me i could have a job where i play with my toys. Dafuq
Have you seen the people who create the kits for Lego they sole purpose is to play lego at work every day...
What a bloody mission. I'm going for my MC next week. Looks daunting
Now try it with the dollies we have in the US where you have 3 pivot points instead of the two shown in this video.
then it wouldnt be a B double would it
swn02 Obviously it wouldn't. I was simply saying to try it with a dolly where it has 3 pivot points. Nowhere in my message did I talk bad about what he was teaching or try and discredit the video.
I don't think it really is possible to drive backwards with 3 pivot points. You need to turn wrong first, then right, wrong and lastly right. But you either need so much space or you fuck up the rear part if you want to straighten out. I'm not a truck driver but from my experience with American Truck Simulator, you can't do it.
You mean articulated
The best way to back up a 3 pivot point load is to stay as straight as possible. Don't ever try turning it'll never work.
Never driven a truck in my life (and probably won't unless the Zombie apocalypse occurs), but I found this very informative and watched the whole video. Good explanation.
Need a mic on your chest there buddy
Even though this was made 7 years ago. I’m sitting my HC licence in 2 days and in 2 weeks sitting my MC licence. I also just ordered 2 semi trucks from Bunnings will pickup tomorrow and will practice in my mind so I will be set for the test.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Did you pass?
@ sure did
98 % of b double drivers cant back what bullshit were did you get those figures from
Relax mate he is only being checky
I would say 98% can reverse, not can't!
I would say he is pretty spot on - maybe a 'bit cheeky' but if you spend much time around the container docks of Melbourne you would agree with him.
he got that from first fleet , they drove forward out of one yard and nosed in their destination and the yard driver split the combo to turn it around
No idea why this was a suggested video. But the last line was the best.
This is every day food for Swedish truckers. We drive 25.25 meter 63 tons every day.
Billy Joe -- Swedish trucker called "Billy Joe" 🤔🙄😂😂😂😜
AFAIK Swedish doubles use an *independent dolly* which makes them as hard as an Australian triple to reverse.
can't talk shit about Euro truck drivers they are crazy us in Australia who have road trains don't have many obstacles but flat open roads
KastaRules nope not all, i drive a 74 ton b-double just as this one...
billy joe. good for you mate, you must be a expert, a waste of talent, you need to come operate our live cattle double deck 3 trailer roadtrains in Australia, instead of pussyfooting around in Europe.
Now that’s a natural teacher 👍🏻
I'm sure glad the car mat i learned to drive on when i was young is approved by talented instructors.
OMG
I clicked on this video because I had the same thing that he has on the table as my carpet in my childhood.
Exactly the same carpet I saw years ago in my house, now I see on video in my recommended.
use and carry with you a toy truck is a great idea to help you to visualise what is going to happen. great tip!
I appreciate your time making this I'm a hc driver thinkin of doin my b double you make fkn sense thanks mate for the help.
I'm glad you said that last bit, because I've watched loads of these and I just keep thinking why would you spend 30-40 minutes struggling when you could just do two singles... Figured there must be a catch, like they're harder to unhitch or something.
Out with a B double for the first time,thanks.it was a huge help:)
I think this video is great, firstly to help people back up a B-Double, secondly for expressing the cost of $100, when you can buy the smaller version and a couple of conversions and $20, you got the same thing.
I figured this out in Euro Truck Simulator 2. Excellent way to test things and practice! No real damage, no trouble!
Same here. Did my MC like walk in park.
Hat off to you old mate I've had an MC lic for years but have not had to driven one for about ten years. Lost my Mo-Jo a bit and this was so helpful. Would love to buy you a beer sometime.
"Don't drive above your own ability. If you see you cannot do it, then don't!" Best advice ever!"
Great video. Now the experts standing around the front gate are really gonna know some stuff. They will be scary clever now.
I used to do draughting and had a vehicle backing simulator. I watched this video to learn how to do this and design loading docks that were easier to back B-trains into.
So, forget that I only use this info for gaming, you make this look so easy. I think it’s get me in the right frame of mind, but this has boggled me for years.
I’m not a truck driver at all the only truck I drive is my SR5 Hilux... this guys is a legend makes so much sense in all he said... 10 points to you buddy👍👍👍
geez mate... your a gun.. awsome teacher.. wish i had a instructor like you buddy.. good on ya!!
I have absolutely no idea why this video came up as a suggestion.... I watched it all though - very interesting
I've got HR and all the respect in the world for truck drivers who master this licence and skill.
The carpet brings back memories
Split the trailers, great advice. The amount of times I've watched someone spend 15mins putting the double on the dock whilst holding up other trucks wanting to pass at a DC, yet it could have been done in ten minutes without blocking traffic, simply by splitting the trailers.
The best instructions I've ever heard