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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by equinox</i> <br /><br />this might be a dumb question, but how does a driver back up those doubles and triples any appreciable distance without the trailers going every which-way? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Trucking is a pull ahead industry. Most times when you have arrived at the destination its drop and hook untill everything is spotted. But, there are exceptions. At Fernley, NV and the MSC distribution center, there was a UPS guy on the Southern California pull, that always, without breaking his set of doubles, would back his rear box to the dock at MSC for the Southern California pull off. <br /> <br />At our barn, there are two that can smartly back the rear box of a set of doubles to a spot, without breaking the set. Me, I've backed a set out of a dead end situations a number of times. <br /> <br />Triples, never seen or heard of anyone doing that... <br /> <br />Jimmy B
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