Backing Practice

Its hard to tell but the whited out area next to that small driveway between the buildings has a steep ramp going into the basement of the building so you can't get too close to the other building. Mr Curmudgeon outlined exactly what I did the first time I went as the lot was completely empty, though I was able have my tandems ride the edge around the spots to the left in photo. That was the time I had to get pulled out of the dock and to street by their backhoe (got my terminology incorrect referring to it as a excavator in this post) due to ice/snow . This time due to the cars in the lot I opted to back in sight side from the road and utilize the empty spots next to the dock. Tandems were all the way up. Kept getting my angle wrong and after a couple pullups trying to hit the dock square on decided to take the front end to the corner and back similar to the previous time as my back end lined up in the dock area. Davy I prefer coming in sight side even though it does have a few houses because the only other option is the main drag of this small town where lots of tourists are and I felt I had more room to make my turn coming in that way as opposed to making a left and running over the landscaping.

BK I'm not sure when they put that trailer back there, or how they did it. I've heard from our drivers that have been here a long time the dock used to be back there but when they added on to the facility they moved it up front. I wonder if it's just stuck back there now. The only other way I can think of it getting in there is one of those things similar to a pallet jack that allows you to move trailers. Something similar to this

Makes me wonder how the self driving units will do it...

Makes me wonder how the self driving units will do it...

They will get the “blue screen of death” as seen on a windows computer probably 😂😂

I see a two point back. If you look at the space in that lot it seems to me the way to do this is come in from F street and go all the way forward to the building on the north end. Then, start a 90. You won't finish the 90 but go as far as you can and then pull up into the little driveway to the northeast, then finish your back with an offset.

The 5 parking spaces to the southwest have nothing to do with your entrance to the lot, they have to do with giving you space for your exit back to F street.