Backing Lesson - Courtosey Werner Transport Driver

Recorded this in Colombus OH. I was sitting there and saw the perfect oppertunity to give a quick lesson about backing up a truck. Some of the do's and don'ts if you will. Hope you enjoy it

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Werner
• Semi
• backing
• stupid
• funny
• International
• 9400
• Eagle
• Freightliner Peterbilt

[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.

[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.

[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.

[tpcsouthphilly]

if that was me i would have slid my tandems back AFTER I got backed into the hole

[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. ...

[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.

[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 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.

[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.

[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.