During Top Gun you’ll learn 1/4 turns coupled with slow approach and GOAL will prevail in most situations. I have trouble at times visualizing my pivot point for my tandems when docking at some locations. For that I carry two small orange cones about 12” tall. GOAL, set my pivot points and go from there usually make myself proud. Remember it takes 8-12’ to see reactions from 1/4 inputs. Originally, I’d become impatient and crank more steering than needed setting myself up for doing it the hard way. In my short experience there have been docks that required quicker turns due to maneuver room or lack there of you’ll become confident in your ability with practice. Once you gain confidence, learn the reaction of the equipment with given input and paired with instruction received you’ll be backing like a boss.
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
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Lol that docking looks like a challenge 😂