Backing Lesson - Courtosey Werner Transport Driver

[Camscape]

I've only been to the Budweiser company in Columbus once. My company always D+H's there, only time we dock it is if we are over loaded :). Always hated having to wait to get into a dock there...

[mr1000rx]

surely someone makes a blind side mirror that flips out an becomes twice the width for ease of parking. ...

[mastercom389]

If I was in that werner truck once I got in the hole I would have got out of that truck and smacked that camera out of ur hand and let me do what I want how I won't and mind your own business.

[MrPent9295]

you not suppose to blind side a truck DUMBASS!!!!

[AndynAllie06]

dont know maybe its just me but I bet he could have gotten it a lot quicker if you would have stepped out of your truck and spotted for him???

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@AndynAllie06 as I have said before... you could not cross this lot without high visibility safety gear which I was not equipped with at the time. Also, the one who SHOULD have helped spot him was the WERNER truck he was parking NEXT to. It is not my fault or complication that he decided to blind side TWICE. After parking the truck he did it AGAIN to move over one spot... hence... the filming of it.

[mikew1236902010]

did anyone notice the tandams were all the way to back of trailer? i drove spred axle flatbed so i am not 100% sure what the limit is but i know they cant be slid all the way back.

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@mikew1236902010 The reason his tandems are all the way back is because it is the receiver's policy that all trucks entering the facility MUST have their tandems slid all the way to the rear due to the weight of the product being loaded and unloaded from the trucks. Indeed it does make backing more difficult in some aspects, but honestly, this guy just made it harder on himself than he had to. Especially after getting backed in, and then deciding to move and AGAIN blind siding.

[pitguy89]

I'm a new driver also, and yea blind side is a bitch! but some times its easier then drivers side because, like you mentioned, the way the spots were angled. good video man

[HarleyGoat02]

Great video Blackwolf ... I'm a new driver, and yes, you make a great point, regards sight/blindside backing!

[dumbenoughou812]

I was a trainer for Werner for almost all of 2010. That's the only decent way to make a real paycheck with big companies. I'm proud to say that I turned out 5 drivers that are still driving today with zero accidents (knock on wood), but there were just as many trainies that I put off the truck at the terminal with a ngative report card. Some people have it, some people should never be allowed to touch a steering wheel. Unfortunitly it's up to the trainers to decided that and not the schools!

[dumbenoughou812]

@dumbenoughou812 But after tired of never being home to see the wife and kids, and my only off time being spent at my Reservist unit, I took a leave of absence for military duty. They translated that as I went to Iraq, and I didn't tell them otherwise (I know, shame on me). So I've been home for 8 months and I'm still on the books at Werner! It sure is nice getting a good nights sleep without worrying that a student might roll your truck off the side of Vail Pass!!!!!!

[linoleumcarving]

@dumbenoughou812 did you ever see big foot when OTR driving the back roads

[Symmes1]

Were you ever a new driver? I bet he is new. Give the guy a chance. He parked and he didn't damage his equipment.

[CannibalCarp]

I just completed CDL training and part of the test was to pararell (however you f'n spell it) park sight side and blind side. I just looked at my instructor and said "You want me to do what in that?" The instructor was cool and gave a lot of pointers. Never degraded you for trying 200 times but always helped you out, treated you like a person. I was greatful for that. Now lookin for a truckin job and a whole new view of what truckers go through and have a lot more respect for them.

[Nancycarigen]

The cdl handbook says its always better to go around to and just avoid the blind side dock. I dont understand whats the problem here is. I would never do a blind side unless I absolutely had too

[JonolanFairchild]

I do confess that that is STILL me behind the wheel of a truck; my trainers had the nasty habit of directing me rather than actually guiding me on how to back the truck. They'd tell me "Turn left" and tell me when to stop, and vice-versa, so I never actually got a feel for it, and subsequently failed two tests that lost me my job with (BIG SURPRISE) Werner.

[yamahonkawazuki]

agreed with you 100% blackwolf. i drove wiht werner as my second employer. as an FND. or FNG f^&*(^g new driver. i made this mistake ONCE. and never again. cause hte 5 minutes id spend aiming my truck, i could hafe spent sleeping or finishing my logs, then sleeping lol.

[2wheeltripper]

This guy must like hearing himself talk.

[zerilllious]

Werner should hire more drivers out of country...that way when their drivers fuck up...the can blame it on Canada.

[RDIGlobal]

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[BlackwolfTrucker]

@RDIGlobal um... never said it was werner... as the titles says "Werner Transport DRIVER" It is not a comment upon the company but rather that driver in particular. Methinks that perhaps you need pay a little more attention rather than just assuming because you glanced at something. Also... way to try and shamelessly promote your own videos.

[Tyler193]

in some trucks you could open the passenger door and adjust the mirror i have done this in an xl classic and it worked for me pretty good i learned that trick from a friend of mine who drove for werner for fifteen years

[peterbird359]

hey budy its called ujust your right mirrors "yea youy can do that"

[exel234]

What he should have done is just pull up far enough and just back up straight ,

[BANANADAIQURI]

I went to truck driving school in early '08 here in Ky. after being a bus driver in San Diego,Ca.The training was 16 days.I went 20 days and flunked out.I just could not get the backing thing down.

[dexterr88]

Is this in metarie,I'm a werner driver from Louisiana and I drives dedicated out west

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@dexterr88 Well since I no longer work for this company for trucking so they can't exactly sensor what I say and more... NOPE! Columbus Ohio is where I was at when I taped this. The company I was working for was getting pissy with me and was making me take down a few videos because they were "filmed on customer property" or "Identified their company"

[eatminenow]

@BlackwolfTrucker @ YOU!! YOU SOUND LIKE A LITTLE LITE IN THE LOFFER'S KIND OF DRIVER.. THE KIND THAT DOULBEL CLICK'S THE MIKE? LIKE B.J CH 22 B.J CH 22 !! YA FUCKEN GOOF!!! FAGGOT!!

[eoaroadshow]

@BlackwolfTrucker Are you kidding? That's a load of bull huh. You should have a right to film whatever is available to see in the public without your company being pissy.

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@eoaroadshow Well that was their issue entirely, that I am back in on customer property where it is fenced off from the outside, and of course they do not want me giving away "Trade Secrets"... by filming the parking lot >.<

[eoaroadshow]

@BlackwolfTrucker Hahahaha I hear ya, "trade secrets" in the parking lot ... I guess how they have the Bud trailers parked is a secret cause that's the only unique thing I saw that identified anything about them in this vid. Man people are so uptight. These corporations can have 50 cameras watching us while we are in their lots but God forbid we film another driver backing in to a spot there.

[187MOMURDA187]

When most these guys record their not meaning any harm, their just pointing out in a way a driver could of saved himself time and stress by simply thinking out the best way to perform a maneuver....We're all human but at the same time they're supposed to be professionals....Rookie or Veteran

[Amazingaxe]

It doesn't matter how he did it, he didn't hit anything

[JJRaff18221882]

Also, there is another thing that U can sometimes do: G.O.A.L. = Get Out And Look! when you can't see particularly well.

[JJRaff18221882]

I HATE BACKING!!! The absolute hardest thing U have to do as a driver. U should never attempt a blind-side unless you have NO other choice.

[boarderfreak21]

a good side backing would have been fine but with the tandems all the way to the back it changes the responce when u try to cut it the truck has to move more just to get the trailers turning ....basically it all comes down to timing you wait 1 second to long or turn a second to soon can make a big difference on the outcome , every one has thier good days and bad days for backing, you could get it in 1 shot 1 day and the next day you could look like you've never been in a truck before

[dumbenoughou812]

Wow. So what. He had a bad day. It happens. At least he didnt hit anything.

[floddy3831]

why have you so small mirrrors on american trucks?

in sweden we have bigger and can turn it round electrisk way.

[flight2510]

And he was in a large car kw with a hood not a set back where you can't see the hood. You should try doing that with that kw and two wagons up here in canada the bitch about the other guys backing lol.

[ibbrooks57]

You have too much time on your hands if all you can do is spy on other drivers and put it on youtube. . He didn't hit anything so what is it to you how long it takes him to back in Anouther supertrucker tring to drive his truck and someone elses.Can't wait to see you on here messing up

[5150ramjet]

when no one is around i park like a pro,but when at truck stop or warehouse i totally choke

[reddeb92503]

lol, you got that right backing is a beast, you ought to see my daughter do it...tho pisses me off. so easy for her.

[camhaines]

Like the video. Back in the day, I would go to hell and back not to blind side back. When i started, backing was my biggest challenge, however, in time, I learned it was very easy as long as you don't over-think it. Best wishes.

[MedicineMan601]

Not a wrong side, it's a non-driving wheel holder who has no idea what to do.

Only had 40 acres to get it done.

Shoulda swung in wider and just backed into the hole.

[burntskull77]

shut up dude. Please.

[ripperwayne]

as long as he get's parked hell man if it take's me a bit to get parked ill be happy lol

[tzebra]

I drive a tanker for the petroleum industry, and there have been days/nights when I have had to back onto a rig location in conditions so tight, around moving equipment and chemicals of various sorts, that it would make your hair stand on end, and then there are those days when I couldn't back on six clear acres. We each have our good and bad days, it happens. Wish I had a video capability to show both the good/bad/ugly as a training tool.

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@tzebra I much agree with you!! This one was not pretty, but I wish I had a chance to capture some BETTER backing stuff to show it as a tool as well. Sadly I am not going to get much for a while here. It's been a year since I posted a video. Change of career and situation. I promise I am going to come back soon with more!!!

[MamboInferno]

Probably 90% of all good backing is the set-up. The actual backing part is important, but if new drivers spent more time practicing their setup rather than just pulling up willy-nilly and expecting to correct as they go, they would save themselves a hell of a lot of trouble. I know they have you slide your tandems back at Budweiser for loading so you also really need to take into account how tandem position will affect the pivoting of the trailer. And don't be afraid to redo a bad set-up.

[toyerrie]

@MamboInferno I fully agree with you on this because that was one thing that i had to figure out the hard way was trying to correct as you put it a bad setup... But once i figured out that if i took a longer stride to start with all i had to do was keep the trailor streight and back it in slow an steady... And i must say i am not a trucker by any means but i can understand what they go through and would LOVE to be able to get behind the wheel of one an rack up the miles....

[Muzz733]

Since when did they allow cameras at the Brewery? Last time I was there it was strictly prohibited. That yard is terrible!! Period!

[Muzz733]

Since when did they allow cameras at the Brewery? Last time I was there it was strictly prohibited.  That yard is terrible!! Period!

[Robocline]

To the guy who said truckers are a family. Thats bullshit, truckers will argue overweather or not the sky is blue. but anyway originally what the werner driver was doing was ok he had plenty of room for it why he didn't pull up and make small adjustments, I don't know. Sight side backing is always preferable to to blindside. sometimes I do into places where they have the parking spots angled for us to back in on the blind side but if I have the room I will back 135 degrees just to be safe

[frostymoonlight]

wish i could drive for wiener then maybe i could a pro

[NenskiTrill]

How is it driving for werner as a first timer? I want to make the right choice.

[KeepitGHOE]

WERNER ther cheapest truck Compant there is .21 cents a mile fuck you werner.

hope they go bankrupt...and fuck you too dispatchers bunch of fags.....

[shawnsworld2000]

I do understand there may be rules as for what you said," The yard guys should have helped him." But,,,,, if I was you I would have took that chewing and went and helped him. In another 6 years I'm looking to start my second career in trucking. Hopefully you would have retired my then. You the kind of dude that would throw a stone then hide the hand you threw it with, coward !

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@shawnsworld2000 I am not casting stones at the driver's abilities. It may have simply been a bad day trying to back up. I saw it as an opportunity to give an example of what not to do when backing a truck. And why am "I" the one critiqued when another COMPANY driver was just sitting in the truck next to him, no guiding on the radio, OR offer to help. There was another werner truck right there who was in a position to help this guy, and rather just let him twist in the wind.

[ruckusitas]

@BlackwolfTrucker Shit!!! I'll never be as good as you! Guess i just put my truck up for sale now.

Thankfully there is PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVERS like you out here.

I just go home now and get a job in a corner store. You the man!!!!

[WernerScrewsDrivers]

Most drivers at Werner are fresh meat, just out of Truck Driving School. If you look at most of the Werner trailers they are banged up pretty good. The Government pays Werner and other Companies big money to flood the job market with fresh new drivers daily. Your wages will never go up to the level it should be at. I keep hearing that their is a shortage of drivers. Yea right, shortage of good drivers.

[cgspeeddemon1]

@WernerScrewsDrivers and you know if theyd pay what it was trully worth for us to give up our fammilies and our lives to live on the road i guarantee the shortage would be over in a week! i mean how many people would CHOOSE to sell the quality time with thier kids for less than 100k? once your little boy or girl is grown thats the end of it.....you can never make up that time.

[linoleumcarving]

@cgspeeddemon1 so don't breed more kids for this earth to feed. Hit the road and dig it !

[linoleumcarving]

@WernerScrewsDrivers I am re-entering the OTR market after being out of it for 11 years. I will start [again] truck driving school as no Co. will touch me. SO....what IS and good co. to start [again] with upon graduation.{?}

Bill

Clearwater Fl.

[Evilmike42]

@linoleumcarving Try Conway Truckload. If they won't take ya, check out Stevens Transport...they have their own training school on site. I hear Maverick is ok, too, but they are primarily flatbed.

[warrior350yam]

it doesn't matter if you have been driving for a month or 50 years, there will always be days that you just were having a bad day and fucked up. now in this video what exactly did he do wrong? besides not doing it the way you felt it should be done.... So really by putting a video up such as this can kinda give us the viewer an idea of the huge ego you have. surely you would never put a video up of yourself backing because im sure we the viewers could find a lot wrong with it.

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@warrior350yam Actually I would have loved to put up a video of my own backing. If I actually had a camera crew to shoot the darn thing. Showing right and wrong ways of backing up. Most of my videos are to educate people who don't know about trucking. They think it is an easy ho-hum job to get into and that it has no challenges and requires no skills whatsoever. If I can get together a crew and a couple cameras this spring, I'll take your advice and you can see me back up.

[TheZoelzer2]

@BlackwolfTrucker put a mirrow on your passenger sun visor.

[MisterFlaherty]

I just want to say something about this guy that made the video.

Truckers are family. How well did you do the first few (or 20) times you tried parking in a crowded yard? Saying that you aren't making this video to critique his manuverability is horseshit.

By the way, you sound gay. ;)

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@MisterFlaherty Very mature there... And I did fairly well backing into crowded yards thank you. The critique on the driver was simply a poor choice on his setup. There were many better things he could have done, especially since he had the perfect setup to do a sight side back, which he tried badly as he made it more complicated than needed. Not to mention it is designed for a setup and straight line back. Don't pick on me for making a point about bad decisions.

[MisterFlaherty]

@BlackwolfTrucker - I was in a bad mood.  :-)

If he could have straight lined it in, then I agree somewhat that he made it more difficult. But that is part of the learning process.

[67500fan]

im a rookie havent started driving yet but i know setup is the key to making it easier

[couragio235]

Good narration buddy. I agree with you 100%. Why do it the hard way!!!

[fireball7375]

Dude your an Idiot! I think the guy did fairly well.

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@fireball7375 Well ya weren't there and in all fairness I did not get the camera going right away. He nearly clipped the truck that I made mention of backing well. My issue with his back was that after all the struggle, he changes places when almost backed in. It's a lesson about how hard these things are to back up, and how some drivers make it harder than necessary.

[zfreak1981]

it is a w900 bro. not a single axle volvo day cab

[kultangel2]

just listening to the sound of this guy's voice is irritating in and of itself.

[vmgr252]

what's the problem? He got it in there and didn't hit anything. If you're such an expert, why didn't you get off your fat ass and spot him? Tool. I think your head sits up your ass.

[apachepanson]

my friend thah small trk u have is way easier to handle 4 my bad luck in yhe company i work 4 i have to drive 1 like yours every once when at wrne had a freightliner classic thah i love it another think he or she is just stating on the industry if i was u i get out and offer my help i was a trainner at thah companyand some people are not 4 this but they want to do it god bless every trk driver including u

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@apachepanson The issue here, is that we are not allowed out of the trucks as we are not issued safety vests. They are very strict about the drivers moving around the lot, due to the fact that the yard drivers are flying all over, and the lot is VERY busy. So the only person who SHOULD have helped, was the other werner driver parked next to him.

[Higgieman68]

hey have  a few pics 2 live 5 mins from budweiswer plant

[killer2600]

I can't even figure out what your view or point is. You start with saying he should have just blinded sided, then you say you can't see anything blind side, then you criticize him for sight siding it in, and then you back to you can't see anything blind side. And how exactly is this teaching anything when you can't even settle on one point.

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@killer2600 the point was on that that the blind side got him so messed up, and he was almost backed in, when he decided to CHANGE what spot he was backing into and do it sight side. All he needed to do was pull up with a slight adjustment, but instead he decided to completely change where he was backing in, and sight side into a DIFFERENT spot. It was teaching how hard it is to back this in for people who have never driven. Not everyone drives a truck you know.

[killer2600]

@BlackwolfTrucker I know the point but your narration in the video is extremely confusing to those that don't know. You can't just be all over the place, i.e. you can't tell someone to turn left but don't turn left.

[maidenrulz73]

@killer2600 thats what i was thinking....this is just too confusing.....NEXT!!!

[TheHighwayjunky]

AAAAAHHH shut up already... may I should go for about 3 minutes to explain to you how to spell Columbus.

[laurentiu1790]

HE IS TRAINING , SMART GUY

[foneill9]

The whiney kid voice drills a hole in my head...hope it's not too much longer before you get laid.......drama queen. YOU give us a lesson???...don't think so, kiddo.

[masterlee123]

I never drove a truck but im sure its hell driving those things. And the trucks drivers is what keep America going with out you guys there would not be a United States of America. We got the Army and truck drivers. The truck drivers is the blood of the country.

[floridacrackerish]

Ive been driving for werner about a year now and i still have a litle trouble with backing, but ive definitely improved, theres no doubt about it. your definitely right about practicing making it easier haha thanks for the upload man

[TheKingtrucker]

Coulda been better but if he was new i see 2 things against him,, One ..driving a Big ole W9 and 2nd Tandems all the way back, Hate backin w tandems all the way

[quest2drive]

He didnt hit anything! Who cares how he backs it or how longit takes.

[hectorzit]

I guess he did better than the new Canadians we get up here driving...He didnt smash anything!! lol pretty sad i conside r a good now driver one that doesnt smash your truck...lol What a disaster. Rickshaw last month Truck and trailer this month. Shameful.

[famapublica]

You can see everything on the blind side... if you use the spot mirror. Also if you have power mirrors you can rotate the west coast mirror out.

[taylababy14]

did you perhaps think that the driver is exhausted and that's why it took so long? But then, your obviously the super-trucker, not me.

[roadie673]

someday when you grown up you might worry about your own truck and not other people's, an old man once told me "if you don't have anything good to say about someone, then don't say anything at all"

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@roadie673 Again... teaching tool... not ridicule of that particular driver. This was a video put up to inform people who know little or NOTHING about the industry of trucking and what we all have to deal with. Hate to say it... but probably 70% of the general driving public has NO idea what we have to deal with. If ya don't like the commentary on it, or see it for what it is... then just don't watch it!

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@hectorzit Yeah... he did come darn close to clipping that black T-600... but had pulled a bit more clear by the time I got the camera up and running (which I commented on) You have to understand there what got recorded was his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th attempt. Also... after he was backed in properly... he decided he wanted the NEXT spot over, and made it just that much harder on himself. This was a lesson to help educate... not to ridicule that particular driver.

[famapublica]

@hectorzit If you think that newb did fine, you must be one too. Don't feel bad 15 years ago I could not back well either.

[yerwrng]

It certainly was not the best set up ,but easiy made to work as there was plenty of room werner just seems new b/c at 0:38 if he held that angle for a few more feet and then got under it he would be right in ...I did not see Werer come close 2 hitting anything in this video he was 100ft from that black t-600 ? ...By the way those are california mirrors not nose mirrors and the other 2 are your flat/convex mirrors.

[justkiddin08]

W900 with the tandom slid all the back can make it a little tuff. Just gotta take ur time.

[AnnaAnnaYes]

Courtesy.......thanks

[jessegl85]

I done some blind-side on a hill. thats is some scary Sh*&. All you have to do is take your time. Forget what other driver say. ( They started in the same postion) Nobody was born a trucker, they learned just like you and me!!! ( But Werner does suck I worked for the them awhile. Werner cares about Mr. Werner not his drivers...

[stormin108]

i just got my CDL...backing is my problem...this video taught me something,so thanks a lot

[theartonthewall]

ive never backed up a semi b4 but i think id be good at it

[5555ello]

why did werner hit the tellaphone poll in slc,Ut Joanne's gear jeamer with a brigh YELLOW light on it

[DieselMechanic09]

This guy sounds like my driving instructor...haha, but backing to your blind-side is tough...

[BlackwolfTrucker]

@DieselMechanic09 Well... that is somewhat because of the fact that I was trying to be instructional for those people who don't know a lot about trucks. I just saw the perfect opportunity to document a bad backing job. Two birds... one stone... grab the camera and GO FOR IT!

[NonsenseEraser]

1. NEVER back up unless you HAVE TO,

2. Team drivers SPOT each other.

3. England gives driver students Ramen noodles for their "free lunch".

[cw9tv]

@NonsenseEraser ramen noodles lol

[rthomas003]

i think its really cool that you actually gave advice on how to do it right and WHY what he is doing is not the best, alot of guys on here just post stuff like this to be assholes and act like there badasses

[DonTruman]

Makes me wonder why they don't put wider mirrors on the blind side.

Regardless, presuming he's a beginner, isn't it better to avoid blind side backing, even if it takes 10 times longer? Beats bashing into something, right?

[Blakem74]

This guy was perfect the first time. It just turned ugly because he foolishly chose to change spots and pull next to the other Werner truck. Commentary was a tad harsh though. He wasn't close to hitting anything and the second truck didn't blind side either. All that aside though, it still is funny watching all these Werner trucks going postal in the parking lots. Common sense goes a long way.

[Duskydriver]

Exactly.

When you can back a W900 hood with your tandems ALL THE WAY back you can comment.

Still parking...park should be "did it right, took his time, and didn't hit anything. My old Pete 387 would turn on a dime. My new T660 is sometimes an absolute sled to park.

Go jump in something with a hood bigger than your international, then comment.

[miazizdragon2]

@Duskydriver he is in a century class freight liner.....could have put my classic that is stretched in .....set up is everything (a lot of people fight the truck in and work way to hard chasing it in instead of slowly letting it fall in.) the guy was either inexperanced or real tired.

[BlackwolfTrucker]

Okay I will give that the 9400i eagle has a shorter hood... but it has steering stops that are extremely short. That XL can turn circles around my International... and I trained to drive in a Mack. I know all too well about wide turning trucks, and when I said he "almost hit" the other truck. I was referring to what happened BEFORE I could get my camera turned on. Trust me... this was most likely an inexperienced driver... commentary to learn from not criticize.

[budking127]

my trainer did me like that i was like i need to blind side this and he nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo never blind side lol so i stuck it in ther took us 3 parking spots and droped it lol

[Manongjojo]

Wow! They paved the lot. Last I was in that place a number of years ago it was a dirt lot.

[ErikMesa]

I was a trainer and a fleet manager for Werner for six years back in the 90's. It was a good company then not sure how it is now. The big problem I've always seen with Werner is they buy Classics, KW's and big Pete's. Learning to drive with one of those is great on the freeway but lousy to park. I remember getting a Century when I started regional and I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Turned on a time.

[BlackwolfTrucker]

Granted those trucks are a bit beastly to drive, but I drive an international eagle... that has a worse turning radius than the XL Freightliner... and I back in there all the time these days, so it's really just a matter of learning and time behind the wheel, but then again I trained in a Mack which is the worst turning radius in the world XD

[dueltruck700]

amen to the last bit......my dad taught me on a mack.....horrible

[wiseguylt4]

He's new. I guarantee all the jokers that post negative comments we're rookie truckers once as well. That's why I take my job seriously and try to pass on what I know to the new boots.

[BlackwolfTrucker]

I agree whole heartedly with that comment. We were all new once... and thanks to an automatic transmission in my truck it pops the clutch when I back up so even 8 years later now almost I still end up looking like a rookie on occasion. You do what you can to help other truckers, cuz lord knows nobody else cares to help us out there!

[BurningSaviour]

That was a bitch for me when I was driving in South Africa. I was assigned a left hand drive truck in a country where they drive in the left lane, so most of my backing was blindside. Fortunately, I had the window in my sleeper, which helped out a lot. BUT, we're talking about Werner here, so...

[Brongaar]

yes straightline backing is the way to go....

[hendrickrocks]

You should do a reversing video.

[BlackwolfTrucker]

I would love to do a more detailed backing video, but I have just a couple small issues with it. Issue one... I only have one camera... and staring straight ahead out of the windsheild is NOT going to show ANYTHING. Problem two... I don't have a cameraman to run said camera, so I can not get proper angles and blah blah blah. I have been trying to work on fixing that to some extent, but no luck so far. I'll do my best, been busy and sick lately, little behind, but great new stuff soon I promise!

[06Katana1]

thats is the difference between rookie and professional i drove for werner and i can back a truck in anywhere no problem so there not all bad

[BlackwolfTrucker]

I am not implying in the least that all werner drivers are bad! For example you see that he is parking next to another werner truck. That truck pulled up and backed in textbook with no issues at all... the other driver... well... every company gets em including mine! Some people just have or MAKE a harder time of backing up than they need to.

[TheProTrucker]

that parking job was the difference between amateur and professional drivers....Werner drivers are the worst!!

[TheBigfootman]

backing up a truck is as hard as you want to make it I think....

[btjohnson83]

Well... Why didnt ya leave the camera running on the dash or tripod, walk over and explain to HIM what he did wrong, what to do in this situation and why, then come back and make fun of him on camera instead of just rambling about it to us. IMHO, that is a BIG part of whats wrong with our industry. Speed safely and be cool on your stool driver

[BlackwolfTrucker]

I would have gotten out and helped him, but with how busy that lot is with the yard dogs and the fact that I did not have a yellow reflective safety vest. I could not go out to help him. Not to mention he had it backed in, then decided he wanted to be another spot over instead of just squaring up in the spot he was in. Litterally the driver just provided me with a chance to explain backing, which was a video I had been scripting anyway but had not had time to make yet.

[barnesjrw900]

Hey Mr 7 years accident free. I have 42 yrs accident free and over 3 million miles. I just want to express a point. I aint perfect , you aint perfect and that werner fella aint perfect. You all with these camera devices and the opinions made aint right. Sit back, remember your first couple years as a solo driver and remember how perfect you was. He might be brand new, he might be squeezing off some crap in his exit route, he might have his old lady in the sleeper yellin at him. TRUCKERS R FAMILY

[BlackwolfTrucker]

Well I am glad that you have managed to keep such and excellent record. That many years and miles is nearly epic propotion. And I understand how there are times when we all make mistakes. I never claimed to be perfect, I was just making a point of how not to back up, and using that as an example. This is to explain the world of trucking for those who do NOT know about it. There is a right and wrong way, and it was simply an explination, not an insult.

[heinzhofmann]

hm 42 Yrs accident free? Respect, 3 Mio Mi? hu! That means he`s doing (let me pull out my Calc) assuming we only work 260 Day`s a Year? 42 Years times 260 Day`s that makes 10920 Day`s? 3 Mio Mi divided by 10920 is ... uh. gotta take a p. uh that was good ok that makes 275 Miles per Day. wow . he`s not a Truck driver, he`s a Truck parker. Just slamming nr around doesn`t cutt it.... and you do not need to explain your self, you taped it for our plesure, good Job, well done, keep up the good work!

[heinzhofmann]

If anyone backing in has a hard time, I get out of my Cab and help looking, maybe five some advise what had helped me, but if Mr Cool pulls up and knows it all, I take my Cam out and get it all taped up. It doesn`t hurt to get out of the Cab and ask, we all are Family, just some wanna be better

[yankeegal01]

The thing to remember about this is a person's skill. He might have done it the hard way howerver, at least he didn't hit anything. Remember (and you can thumbs down me for this "line") safety is first. And honestly, it should always be first (other half is an 18 year driver for Werner and nearly 2 million miles accident free). And remember, Werner does not recommend doing blindside backs. For all we know, this could have been the driver's first day/week/month on the road.

[BlackwolfTrucker]

I have 7 years and about 800K accident free safe driving miles on me and agree fully with what you say, however, this was a scenario where all you needed to do was pull up and back straight in. Not to mention that he came within 2 feet of putting his trailer squarely in the side of the other Werner truck's cab before I got my camera running. I do not know how much experience that driver had, but he needs to think more about his approach and what is safest, rather than always trying to sight side

[yankeegal01]

But again, as a newbie driver he may not have had the know-how and skills to execute the back correctly. This in addition to him having the feeling eveyone was watching him (due to so many trucks around), and the fact that trucks are going around him, would probably cause the trainee to be extra nervous. Remember the days when you got frustratied because you seemed like you couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.

[BlackwolfTrucker]

Under normal circumstances I would agree with you, however... if you do not have the skill to turn the truck and back straight up... then you really shouldn't drive a truck. This isn't a busy truck stop with trucks buzzing around everywhere, it is a fairly laid back plant in Columbus OH. There are only a few trucks in and out per hour. There is TONS of room there. Approach, turn out slightly left, straighten out, go straight back. There were three spots open there.

[binarycode10110]

you sound as clueless as the werner driver....but i do have to defend the werner drivers plan of action unfortunately execution ended up defeating the purpose... there have been many times that i siteside backed into a parking space that was facing the oposite way, piece of cake when you know what your doing...but if you drive a werner truck the verdict is already out.

[BlackwolfTrucker]

I am not clueless thank you very much. I have been driving for 7 years currently, but I am doing this to explain it in simple terms to those who may not know. I never have and never will drive for werner. I spent 3 years driving for farm companies going into some of the worst blindsides and tight spaces you ever see with a truck. My point was blindside is hard, but with the room there, it isn't a blindside, but a pullup, and straight back in. No call for what he did.

[binarycode10110]

ok i didnt realize he had that kind of room. your right

[BlackwolfTrucker]

It's alright. We all make mistakes. I know it is kind of hard to see in the video, for the simple fact that it IS video and you can't gauge the room real well. But evidently Werner had very bad depth perception skills. I mean really... even in a bit tighter of an area the LAST thing you want to do is try and jacknife in beyond 110 degrees.

[newCDLdriver]

I do lates butter then that ( I have one month experience from Truck Driving School)

[keystrucker]

lol...that guy is totally clueless. hopefully he will get better :)