Thanks you make more sense with your explaining than all Others I have watched . Junior Hernandez with prime is way to cocky thinks he can and doesn’t have training skills. Your video needs to be the one everyone uses. Thanks and God bless you for making these videos. Thanks again
I'm not a truck driver but have gotten into American Truck Simulator as a hobby lately. Watching these videos and playing this game has given me much more respect for the skills and mental power needed to do this in a safe way that makes customers happy. Mad respect!
The simulator is much much harder than in real life. If you’re confident and don’t give af you can drive a truck. Just don’t hit anything cause you can do some massive damage at 3mph
@@SkepticallySound awesome. I'm doing the simulators on my laptop and it helps the concept of backing and everything 😄 I'm a CDL student and hoping to get that license soon
I always thought I was crazy because at a certain point, your left is not your left anymore. I am SO glad you have acknowledged this! I always get stuck at that same point!
I don't intend to become a big rig driver, but these videos are really helpful with backing my travel trailer. It's amazing where campground managers will put a space. Thank you!
@@AdvancedTruckBacking I’m getting into trucking myself I love driving, but I have a hard time backing and I want to safe on the road for others and myself. I also want to be confident to drive anywhere in the world because I can maneuver a truck. I never was really taught the fundamentals in trucking school. Can you train me for a few days, week or weekend I’ll pay you for your time whatever you charge I’m just trying to perfect my craft. Thank you
Your videos are an eye opener and makes sense. The school that I’m going to tells us how far to turn by seconds and then turn back a few seconds. I wanted to know what to do when I don’t have someone there telling me how far to turn. I didn’t understand the concept until I watched your videos. Thank you so very much. I feel that once I apply your method I will be successful every time I back a trailer.
Reprogramming and I teaching my old bad habits this time around getting my CDL back after 15 years, this series of videos is golden going to use this in my driving school classes which I’m currently in. ThAnks a ton driver!
@@AdvancedTruckBacking yeah they are, sitting here waiting to get a mentor and head out with Swift since they paid for my class. Good to have that CDL back where it belongs, in my wallet. All of these will help even after getting my license back, keep doing what your doing man.
Very informative! The company I drive for gave me 2.5 weeks of training as a new driver, with 1 week being CDL training/testing. We worked with nothing but pups/ sets. I've been driving for 7 months now, and have the 53s down ok, but your content has provided a great foundation for me to build further on. Thank you, sir!
I just became a mobile equipment specialist at a coal mine and I’ve been training on driving a coal hauler. I been screwing up backing the trailer up. There’s a lot of great information in this video.
FINALLY ! A video that explains the “theory” and what to focus on. Most videos out there explain specific setups and made up “recepies” that can’t address every situations. When I approach a parking spot, what I want is a thought system. Thank you for that.
@@AdvancedTruckBacking Anyone who is good at backing a STRAIGHT truck can QUICKLY transition to backing a trailer. You only need to understand ONE thing. What is steering your trailer ?? NO, not the steering axle of your tractor. Instead, It is the DRIVE axle of your tractor that becomes the steering axle for a trailer. Now, if you are good at backing a straight truck, you know how to change direction of your drive axle (and entire vehicle). Next, manuver your tractor so that drive axle is pointing in desired direction to act as steering axle for a trailer. In other words, your steering axle (or steering wheel) DOESN'T steer the trailer. Your steering axle changes direction of (steers) your drive axle. Then your drive axle steers the trailer.
I thoroughly appreciate your style of training. Explaining each of your steps when backing and most importantly the setup for each of your backs is crucial; I absolutely agree with you on that! I too am a student to the CDL world and find your “calm” style of training invaluable. I also appreciate how you show in your videos all of the details of setup, tractor and trailer positions, and the factors of the offset law and speed. I went thru CDL training with the company I work for (FE) and my instructor was very knowledgeable about the fundamentals but, not very good at helping me stay calm and relaxed while driving on road. I wish you had been my instructor. Please keep the videos coming.
Your camera work and editing are top notch. Nice to see the blue and orange stripes. My first job out of school was line haul for Reddaway in Denver CO. Then I moved to P and D. I try and hit marks with my trailer tires moving forward and while backing. Thanks for the time and effort you put in to these videos. I'd like to see you with 1 M subscribers.
I started a month ago driving a big rig for the first time. I'm hauling garbage in walking floor trailers at a landfill. Although I never even sat in a truck until I started this job, my driver training consisted of being told to 'get in that truck and drive it.' That's it. I had to look up youtube videos just to get driving and shifting. I have gotten shifting strategies down pretty well, my backing skills are severely lacking. the problem is that at the landfill they consistently require that I back into and dump in different areas. Often there are tracks or even another truck I can line up next to and back in, but even then I have to continually pull forward and get lined up again. This video offers me hope because up until now I have been using the opposite method, trying to steer the back of the trailer to keep the tandems in the tracks or simply trying to end up parallell with the truck I need to dump next to. I can get quite frustrated because I end up jack-knifing the trailer repeatedly and having to start all over again, but realizing that I'm just moving back and forth along the same track without really getting anywhere. Fortunately, most of the other drivers and the dozer drivers are pretty patient and joust me a little but don't get frustrated and lose it but I worry that I will continue struggling to adjust to lining up and backing in a straight line. Recently I have had to start doing this in the dark in a truck that isn't equipped with trailer lights or any form of reverse lights in general, the trucks out here tend to be the ones with everything wrong with them and are no longer considered road-worthy and I end up relying only on the dozer's spotlights to try and get it where it needs to be. So I've been worrying myself sick over feeling like I'm not picking up on things fast enough to deal with the upcoming winter months where I will be doing this for hours early in the morning when things are the busiest.
I have had fifth wheels and gooseneck trailers for a long time and always seemed to just "Get By" with my backing skills. I'm also a victim of the so-called opposite think. Thanks for the great explanations in your videos. After almost 29 years in law enforcement, I am going for my CDL to for a second career and possibly my own business eventually. One thing I can completely relate this to is the firearms training in the police academy. The instructors always told us that teaching someone who had never had a gun in their hand was much easier to teach than someone who learned the wrong way and developed bad habits.
Thanks Allen! You're welcome! And, Yes! I'm amazed at the way some cling to the bad habits. Well, thanks for your service to the community, and good luck on your new venture.
I just started my cdl course last week , And I'm struggling to make sense of how it all works ... Trying desperately to unlock my brain because my instructor is a horrible teacher so I spend all my off time trying to learn by video ... Waiting for that epiphany moment ...
Such a treat to watch the videos not only most fantastic intro videos, but also for most informative and well explained truck backing stuff. Underside and sideways cameras showing wheel positions while the tractor trailer are backed are especially useful and unique to this channe. Thank you for teaching mate.
I have been driving for 7 years. It took me years to get to this realization. I wish my instructor would have explained this in the way you are. Bravo, if I were an instructor I would use your videos to teach. Great job.
Fantastic advice and training. Memorable images. Going over the set ups was very helpful. Getting a peak at the approach to the customer's facility and their bay on Google Earth before you even start is my SOP.
*'Rounded Rectangles* ", You are way better than me at explaining stull than me in my videos. I love what you are doing! I will be taking a few pages from your book.
@@AdvancedTruckBacking do you think you could do a video on understanding the clutch and the gears for new drivers… most of the videos on UA-cam are so confusing and don’t break anything down very well. So any tips or tricks to get the timing down would be huge for so many people
Where have you been? YOU SIR have truly helped make my backing improve. Just started driving about a month. Have had a CDL for long while decided I wanted to utilize it. Thank you for your in-depth explanation of backing. Thanks you area great teacher!!
Having experience only with backing up 4-wheelers and garden/car trailers (poorly), I have the utmost respect for truckers who can back their rigs up into tight spaces. It seems other-wordly to me. I'm not a stupid person, but I think I would need a year of training before I could do that. Your videos are excellent. Well thought-out and explained.
Thank you so much for sharing all this great info. I am a yard jockey and starting cdl school next week. I have a much greater understanding of how they move now. the trainer I had was not the best. I have some knowledge from growing up around trucks and such. But Priceless is not a big enough word to use for you video's and knowledge. Again Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for your tutorial, I am in school now and unfortunately my trainer was unable or unwilling to bring up this details, his instructions are go left or go right figure on your own, not quite sure how or why he ended up as a trainer but the experience is cringe worthy.
You're welcome! Unfortunately the industry is in short supply of good trainers right now. I hear horror stories from students all of the time. They don't know how to describe what they do, so they lie to themselves and their students and say it can't be taught, and that you have to figure it out on your own. Then they get frustrated and yell at you for making mistakes. Don't let that trainer get you down. You'll be done with him soon enough. Stay positive and Good luck. Let us know how it goes.
I am so late here, but I thank you for these videos and tricks, very helpful even for those of us that played trucking simulators and had problems backing up. Man how many hours of frustrations and bad advice you could have saved me for if I had these videos back in 2010! But I do hope at least from here on out, the era of having to figure it out and being frustrated over not getting it, is over. Still struggling with the B trains and backing them up and getting them straight.
As a logical thinker rather than someone who just memorizes strategies like many schools teach this has broken through and given my brain something to understand to deal with almost any situation. The tires first trailer length second thinking is the simple logical three-dimensional understanding that is often overlooked in trucking schools that want to teach students who can't visualize simple rules to follow.
I have always practiced this technique. Although i didn't have a name for it, and now i do! I also tell those i see struggling with tight hole situations. They're usually spinning that steering wheel trying to catch up with the trailer after over correcting their correction. I suggest to them to make small adjustments rather than hand over hand adjustments. And to trust but not overtrust what they see in their mirrors.
Thank you for your efforts! This is instruction as good as it gets. You have great insight to what the drivers brain is going through. My drive test is tomorrow. Gods speed!
Great advice, thank you Hands at 3 & 9 + elbows at your sides = mimics the front and back of trailer. Turn your elbows where you want the trailer tail to go. Or, if you've ever played hockey, put the stick in your hands and shuffle backwards. Watch where your elbows go. It's the same dynamic
If you have power mirrors you can also bump the passenger side mirror out as you go to keep the back of the trailer in sight. Just don't forget to adjust it back when you're done.
This is huge I see you're videos in every tractor trailer schools playing in the future because wow sir do you have an amazing way of breaking things down in such an understanding way
OMG - Thanks!!!! This SO happened for me... At some point in my offset backing i stop and stare 💩 baffled by the realization that to stick with the "opposite rule" will further skew my desired alignment. 🙈 Brain turns into a hampster wheel unable to solve the equation. 🤯 You cleared the looming ???? and immovable blockades from my mind. I can see clearly now. Hopely my muscles will allow my mind to push it like a wheel barrow. 😂
One thing I watch most is the angle between the tractor frame and the trailer. You can view the drive axles of the tractor as the "steer axles" on a straight truck when backing
I was also taught the opposite rule. Sometimes it helps but often times it just confuses me.😂 My co-driver gets so frustrated with me over my lack of backing skills. We joke that I don’t know my left from my right when backing. Like you mentioned, I also found that terms like ‘left’ and ‘right’ just weren’t helpful to me. Backing is still very challenging for me but I am enjoying your videos. Hopefully I will improve soon!
I saw your sticker at the j in Edwardsville I wish I would have known about this whenever I was learning to drive instead of having to figure out all this stuff on my own
I was taught a while ago the trick of putting your hand on the bottom of the wheel. You essentially push the ass end of the trailer in the desired direction. Last year when I got my CDL, had an experienced driver tell me about watching where my tires go. Picking lines kinda like you said in your last video. I was a backup driver for drop and hook day cab. Had to do some blind side in a few of the spots. Once I got my tires in line, or close to it, I switched my focus to the docking pads. Sounds a little similar to you talking about squaring up the trailer in the box. The company had either dirt lots, or lines barely visible. So docking pads were easier for me. I didn't do it enough to get really good at it. Was still working on the last part of squaring the truck when I left that job.
Good video content. I want to add some tips for those who are in CDL school. 1st backing is probably the hardest part of the exam, but don't worry if you built the skills and confidence for training, ask if the school has a day cab and a 40ft trailer for test and evaluation In fact see if they have a flat bed , these are easier to look down the length IMHO Once you have managed to back 100ft or more and offset, move up your skills with aligning the approach . Getting the tractor trailer combo aligned on the approach is the key to it all for backing IMHO. If you start with a bad approach you will have troubles. Also do not be afraid to GOAL ( GET OUT AND LOOK ) , the author mentions this on blindsided but in reality you should always do GOALs in real life. For that have bad instructors, ask for a different instructor or find a new school. Why pay for bad training.
You are a mistro! Thank you for your help, I am Relatively new to trucking and this is what I needed, this is not how I was trained. One of my biggest concerns was getting to a customer and how to back it in. Thank you.
Damn!! 💡.... Now I understand that over/under hand on steering wheel technique. It's really obvious,but if not told to you, it could be confusing. It is true that you would need to turn the opposite way for the trailer to go the way you want. But by keeping your hand under steering wheel, it relates to your brain that you're turning the steering wheel in the direction you want the trailer to go, left or right. But on top of the steering wheel, in that position you will have to turn opposite you want trailer to go, from the START. Because of position of hands. Hands on bottom gives the illusion you're turning the direction u spin the steering wheel, when in fact the wheel is still rotating in the opposite direction....Mind blowing how dumb the mind can be when you "overthink" it !🤯😂
I'm learning how to drive and the first thing I mention to my instructor was how I was paying attention to the front end of the trailer move.... he looked at my like I was crazy..... I knew I was right
I had to pick up a load at a crazy spot and needed some help from the shipper to get to their doors due to having very little room to move. The guy who helped me get into the door said I got in quicker than anyone else he saw. I only had maybe a few months' experience at that point in time
I 🐌 slowed this expert voice.. by 0.75x.. it makes the expert sound more human than computer generated.. but the content 😌 editing of the 📹 videos are top notch.. thanku 4 the quality of time ⏲ put in2 ur videos .. its quite evident..😎..
Between 13'42'' to 13'54'' in which Shelton said " I don't want the front of this vehicle to leave my sight for too long. I will monitor the direction that my tractor is pushing against the front part of the trailer. The more sideways pressure I put on it, the faster the trailer rotates around its pivot point. Every time I watched and re watched the above video scene and hearing Shelton said that, my tears start to flow down my cheek due to Sheldon's total compassionate concern displayed in his facial expression warning me about the gravity of the maneuver. It's like before I am going on a life and death mission I have someone pointing out all the dangers that I have to avoid. (Someone here = Sheldon). I owe you my life Shelton. I paid 10K Dollars for an AZ course. At the end of the course I don't know anything about backing. They booked the road test for me and not to my surprise, I failed the offset to the left backing, I hit the cone. I went home and decided to look up on youtube to find help, no one clicked, until I came across Advanced Truck Backing which hit right into my heart/mind and soul in terms of the logical, clear, concise explanations accompanied with second to none graphics and video filming angles with great editing.
Wow Jason! Sorry you didn't find me sooner. 10k? Really? That's nuts! Thank you for the kind words! I know how important this is to people. People are struggling with backing, they are trying to better their lives, trying to get a better job so they can have a nicer house, a nicer car, put their kids in a better school. I have a chance here to make an impact and leave something behind..that makes me feel good. I remember the day I became passionate about teaching - I had a grown man that had been with 2 other trainers and was still struggling. At the end of our second day together, he finally had some positive results. We parked the tractor and were walking towards the terminal and he stopped me and shook my hand. With tears in his eyes he thanked me for being so patient with him. He finally felt some hope that he could do this. That's why I do this. Maybe someday you will become a trainer. Send me an email. I want to get your feedback on some premium content I'm working on. shelton@ltlmentor.com
I'm really enjoying this video series. Very well explained and logical. Every now and then I would think. Man this is handy to know. Then it hits me. I don't drive trucks! (I do use the knowledge though to back my boat down the ramp!)
The trailer your backing up next to is from the company I work with but I like having the info to maybe learn something that wasn't explained to me 7 hrs ago when I started with prime
New driver here. I've noticed people using SWIFT drivers as examples of what not to do. Would that be because there are so many of them or for some other reason? I await your responses with great anticipation.
Swift has good training, they've really stepped it up. There's just so many drivers there compared to other mega's that it seems they get ridiculed more. I think it's wrong but just ignore it.
Wish I saw these videos back in '12. The CDL school I attended gave us specific formulas to use when backing, and parallel parking, but with you lining up with specific markings on a specific tractor-trailer combination. While it helped with the driving portion of the test, you were pretty much high and dry when it came to the job. I was told that lie too, and it eventually failed me. I came to the realization that was the entire school's purpose: to get you to pass the test.... not to be a driver. In retrospect, I could have done everything on my own... they simply streamlined the process (tell you what you needed, when you needed it) and took care of the rental.
You do a good job of explaining backing and I know this has nothing to do with backing but the tandem tires can turn if they're out of alignment which will make your trailer go sideways down the road it took me 2 weeks to explain to my boss that that was the problem that's why I was blowing tires before they would let the trailer go into the shop to get fixed he just thought the front end of the tractor could be out of alignment needless to say I don't work there anymore
I make sure I know the dock space is clear ahead of time. When I make my drive by during my set up 8:09 I will drive slow enough to be able to see if there is anything in my way. From the ceiling to the floor. This part of the video was sped up obviously. On your way back in, stop and get out and look as many times as you need to.
This guy is able2explain things the way my brain works,,,,for the ‘’over thinkers’’ but he is also able2capture the minds of the ‘’under thinkers’’ great content 💪🏾🐐
It causes confusion. It's unnecessary. I've found that drivers who are taught that method struggle the most. They over focus on two areas: the steering wheel and the back end of the trailer. You need more information to control the trailer..where are the tires?, where is the trailer pointing? Which direction is your tractor pressuring the kingpin?
I love these videos I actually work for the same company and went through the academy and just about done with my 160hrs. I would love to give your channels name to the instructors and my trainer you have explained it better then they did.please let me know if your ok with this.
Sure! The more views and subs I get the better. Share the playlist link with whoever you wish. Thanks! ua-cam.com/play/PLmRkduLQXefZVCS2MGKDERPAr2TVCvVo3.html
Wow, when you setup that twister board, explained the pivot point and how I’m basically pointing an arrow my brain just sorta clicked.
Thank you.
Awesome Glad to hear that! You're welcome!
Me too !!! 👍🏼
Made zero sense to me.
Thanks you make more sense with your explaining than all Others I have watched . Junior Hernandez with prime is way to cocky thinks he can and doesn’t have training skills. Your video needs to be the one everyone uses. Thanks and God bless you for making these videos. Thanks again
Thank You David! Glad you found it helpful. Getting another vid out soon.
@@AdvancedTruckBacking yes, these videos are very well explained and very, very, helpful... thanks for making them!
I agree that guy junior gets on my nerves he thinks he's a know it all and is way too cocky!
I'm not a truck driver but have gotten into American Truck Simulator as a hobby lately. Watching these videos and playing this game has given me much more respect for the skills and mental power needed to do this in a safe way that makes customers happy. Mad respect!
Hahaha you're awesome. I love that game
yeah, good truckers have high responsibility level as responsibility is ability to handle energy and mass
The simulator is much much harder than in real life. If you’re confident and don’t give af you can drive a truck. Just don’t hit anything cause you can do some massive damage at 3mph
@@SkepticallySound awesome. I'm doing the simulators on my laptop and it helps the concept of backing and everything 😄 I'm a CDL student and hoping to get that license soon
I always thought I was crazy because at a certain point, your left is not your left anymore. I am SO glad you have acknowledged this! I always get stuck at that same point!
I believe it causes a lot of needless confusion. Good luck Karen!
And beyond 90°, backwards isn't backwards anymore, per sey... 😂 Geometry is fun
I'm in CDL refresher class. Your tutorials are priceless. Thank you for doing what you do
Awesome! Thank you!
This should be explained before students get into a truck. Sadly some schools dont. Thanks Shelton.
These are really some of the most invaluable truck driving videos I've come across.
I don't intend to become a big rig driver, but these videos are really helpful with backing my travel trailer. It's amazing where campground managers will put a space. Thank you!
Glad to help!
Thank you, Sir!! Totally appreciated the video analysis and instructions!!
Glad it was helpful!
@@AdvancedTruckBacking I’m getting into trucking myself I love driving, but I have a hard time backing and I want to safe on the road for others and myself. I also want to be confident to drive anywhere in the world because I can maneuver a truck. I never was really taught the fundamentals in trucking school. Can you train me for a few days, week or weekend I’ll pay you for your time whatever you charge I’m just trying to perfect my craft. Thank you
Bro is scientific. The best video I’ve ever seen in backing. You’re doing the lords work! Blessings to you
Your videos are an eye opener and makes sense. The school that I’m going to tells us how far to turn by seconds and then turn back a few seconds. I wanted to know what to do when I don’t have someone there telling me how far to turn. I didn’t understand the concept until I watched your videos. Thank you so very much. I feel that once I apply your method I will be successful every time I back a trailer.
Thanks Carmen! Glad you found it helpful. Let me know how schooling goes. Good Luck to you!
I need training send me your contact information
Everything from the narration, explanation and the graphic visuals in these videos are of excellent quality. 2nd to none.
Thank you for the kind words!
One of the best videos on UA-cam for new drivers. Thanks man!! 😎🙏
I appreciate that!
Reprogramming and I teaching my old bad habits this time around getting my CDL back after 15 years, this series of videos is golden going to use this in my driving school classes which I’m currently in. ThAnks a ton driver!
Thank You! and glad you find them helpful. Good Luck!
@@AdvancedTruckBacking yeah they are, sitting here waiting to get a mentor and head out with Swift since they paid for my class. Good to have that CDL back where it belongs, in my wallet. All of these will help even after getting my license back, keep doing what your doing man.
I am a future truckdriver all the info you can add you will be appreciated thank you for your time
Very informative! The company I drive for gave me 2.5 weeks of training as a new driver, with 1 week being CDL training/testing. We worked with nothing but pups/ sets. I've been driving for 7 months now, and have the 53s down ok, but your content has provided a great foundation for me to build further on. Thank you, sir!
That is awesome! Thanks for the feedback. Good luck on your journey!
I just became a mobile equipment specialist at a coal mine and I’ve been training on driving a coal hauler. I been screwing up backing the trailer up. There’s a lot of great information in this video.
I'm not new driver but still working backup sometimes is harder so we appreciate your maneuvers makes sense
Great! Thanks for the feedback. Stay safe.
FINALLY ! A video that explains the “theory” and what to focus on. Most videos out there explain specific setups and made up “recepies” that can’t address every situations. When I approach a parking spot, what I want is a thought system. Thank you for that.
Awesome, thank you!
@@AdvancedTruckBacking
Anyone who is good at backing a STRAIGHT truck can QUICKLY transition to backing a trailer.
You only need to understand ONE thing.
What is steering your trailer ??
NO, not the steering axle of your tractor.
Instead, It is the DRIVE axle of your tractor that becomes the steering axle for a trailer.
Now, if you are good at backing a straight truck, you know how to change direction of your drive axle (and entire vehicle).
Next, manuver your tractor so that drive axle is pointing in desired direction to act as steering axle for a trailer.
In other words, your steering axle (or steering wheel) DOESN'T steer the trailer.
Your steering axle changes direction of (steers) your drive axle.
Then your drive axle steers the trailer.
I thoroughly appreciate your style of training. Explaining each of your steps when backing and most importantly the setup for each of your backs is crucial; I absolutely agree with you on that!
I too am a student to the CDL world and find your “calm” style of training invaluable. I also appreciate how you show in your videos all of the details of setup, tractor and trailer positions, and the factors of the offset law and speed. I went thru CDL training with the company I work for (FE) and my instructor was very knowledgeable about the fundamentals but, not very good at helping me stay calm and relaxed while driving on road. I wish you had been my instructor. Please keep the videos coming.
Thanks for the feedback Andrew! It helps me stay motivated.
@@AdvancedTruckBacking Shazam fails to identify this song at the end. Can you help me out. What is that song?
@@davidallenjr4015 How I Do - James Curran
Your camera work and editing are top notch. Nice to see the blue and orange stripes. My first job out of school was line haul for Reddaway in Denver CO. Then I moved to P and D.
I try and hit marks with my trailer tires moving forward and while backing. Thanks for the time and effort you put in to these videos. I'd like to see you with 1 M subscribers.
Thanks J.S.! Appreciate the kind words.
I started a month ago driving a big rig for the first time. I'm hauling garbage in walking floor trailers at a landfill. Although I never even sat in a truck until I started this job, my driver training consisted of being told to 'get in that truck and drive it.' That's it. I had to look up youtube videos just to get driving and shifting.
I have gotten shifting strategies down pretty well, my backing skills are severely lacking. the problem is that at the landfill they consistently require that I back into and dump in different areas. Often there are tracks or even another truck I can line up next to and back in, but even then I have to continually pull forward and get lined up again. This video offers me hope because up until now I have been using the opposite method, trying to steer the back of the trailer to keep the tandems in the tracks or simply trying to end up parallell with the truck I need to dump next to.
I can get quite frustrated because I end up jack-knifing the trailer repeatedly and having to start all over again, but realizing that I'm just moving back and forth along the same track without really getting anywhere. Fortunately, most of the other drivers and the dozer drivers are pretty patient and joust me a little but don't get frustrated and lose it but I worry that I will continue struggling to adjust to lining up and backing in a straight line.
Recently I have had to start doing this in the dark in a truck that isn't equipped with trailer lights or any form of reverse lights in general, the trucks out here tend to be the ones with everything wrong with them and are no longer considered road-worthy and I end up relying only on the dozer's spotlights to try and get it where it needs to be. So I've been worrying myself sick over feeling like I'm not picking up on things fast enough to deal with the upcoming winter months where I will be doing this for hours early in the morning when things are the busiest.
I recommend Ep1 - Ep3. Opposite thinking will get you no where. You'll get it.
I work at MBI bro we do the same exact stuff, Its difficult but im leaving this place and doing P&D with R and L or Estes not sure yet
The way you think . Amazed me . Thanks man
So nice of you
From one vet trucker to another, dude, you got mad skillz!
Thanks James!
Finally!!!! This is Rock Solid. Quality instructions and quality filming. I got it now. Clarity on how this is supposed to work
Thanks a lot! Happy to hear that!
I can’t Thank you enough for all your good videos. They help me so much 🎉. Keep up the good work
These videos are supreme. AWESOME! Thanks.
I have had fifth wheels and gooseneck trailers for a long time and always seemed to just "Get By" with my backing skills. I'm also a victim of the so-called opposite think. Thanks for the great explanations in your videos. After almost 29 years in law enforcement, I am going for my CDL to for a second career and possibly my own business eventually. One thing I can completely relate this to is the firearms training in the police academy. The instructors always told us that teaching someone who had never had a gun in their hand was much easier to teach than someone who learned the wrong way and developed bad habits.
Thanks Allen! You're welcome! And, Yes! I'm amazed at the way some cling to the bad habits. Well, thanks for your service to the community, and good luck on your new venture.
I just started my cdl course last week , And I'm struggling to make sense of how it all works ... Trying desperately to unlock my brain because my instructor is a horrible teacher so I spend all my off time trying to learn by video ... Waiting for that epiphany moment ...
Such a treat to watch the videos not only most fantastic intro videos, but also for most informative and well explained truck backing stuff. Underside and sideways cameras showing wheel positions while the tractor trailer are backed are especially useful and unique to this channe. Thank you for teaching mate.
Thank you sir! Glad you like them!
I love the back round music you use. On the back up clips. Gets me motivated.
I have been driving for 7 years. It took me years to get to this realization. I wish my instructor would have explained this in the way you are. Bravo, if I were an instructor I would use your videos to teach. Great job.
Thanks Jeremy! I appreciate that.
Fantastic advice and training. Memorable images.
Going over the set ups was very helpful.
Getting a peak at the approach to the customer's facility and their bay on Google Earth before you even start is my SOP.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank You!! That was Great! I’ll be watching! I’m not a new driver however it’s always good to learn something new!!!
Great! Thanks for the feedback!
*'Rounded Rectangles* ", You are way better than me at explaining stull than me in my videos. I love what you are doing! I will be taking a few pages from your book.
Thanks for the feedback! If you could give me a shout out it would be much appreciated. I like your videos as well.
Best channel on trailer backing
Thanks! Good Luck to you!
@@AdvancedTruckBacking do you think you could do a video on understanding the clutch and the gears for new drivers… most of the videos on UA-cam are so confusing and don’t break anything down very well. So any tips or tricks to get the timing down would be huge for so many people
www.ltlmentor.com/how-to-double-clutch-smoothly-the-only-guide-you-need/
www.ltlmentor.com/never-grind-gears-again-know-your-acceptable-shifting-rpm-range-and-stay-within-it/
I have two blog posts on the subject.
Where have you been? YOU SIR have truly helped make my backing improve. Just started driving about a month. Have had a CDL for long while decided I wanted to utilize it. Thank you for your in-depth explanation of backing. Thanks you area great teacher!!
Glad to hear that! Thanks a lot Bridget. 😊
Having experience only with backing up 4-wheelers and garden/car trailers (poorly), I have the utmost respect for truckers who can back their rigs up into tight spaces. It seems other-wordly to me. I'm not a stupid person, but I think I would need a year of training before I could do that.
Your videos are excellent. Well thought-out and explained.
Thank you for the kind words.
When I was learning to back out muse the bottom of the steering wheel. What ever way you turn the wheel from the bottom is the trail cut direction.
I mention that option in Episode 8
Setup is king. Thank you again for all the valuable information 👍
My pleasure! 👍🏼
very like your videos do have video backing up b train
supercool timing: ."...or notice I am going to lose it" and right there we notice tires slightly exiting box.
I felt really getting there..
This was super helpful, I’m currently in CDL school and definitely had the focusing on the rear in my head. You rock man
Thanks! Watch them all. Good luck!
A lot of people seem to have their rears in their heads. LOL.
Need more videos. Your awesome. Thanks.
Need more videos yes!
Thank you so much for sharing all this great info. I am a yard jockey and starting cdl school next week. I have a much greater understanding of how they move now. the trainer I had was not the best. I have some knowledge from growing up around trucks and such. But Priceless is not a big enough word to use for you video's and knowledge. Again Thank you so much.
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much for your tutorial, I am in school now and unfortunately my trainer was unable or unwilling to bring up this details, his instructions are go left or go right figure on your own, not quite sure how or why he ended up as a trainer but the experience is cringe worthy.
You're welcome! Unfortunately the industry is in short supply of good trainers right now. I hear horror stories from students all of the time. They don't know how to describe what they do, so they lie to themselves and their students and say it can't be taught, and that you have to figure it out on your own. Then they get frustrated and yell at you for making mistakes. Don't let that trainer get you down. You'll be done with him soon enough. Stay positive and Good luck. Let us know how it goes.
Love the channel my man not many willing to teach and so far I love the way you do it, subbed.
Thanks brother! Watch them all! Good luck to you!
Yeah mannnn...ur videos are a blessing....they hav helped me graspe tha concept right away
Thanks Rickardo!
You're explaining more than I thought there was to know. Thanks
You're welcome!
I am so late here, but I thank you for these videos and tricks, very helpful even for those of us that played trucking simulators and had problems backing up.
Man how many hours of frustrations and bad advice you could have saved me for if I had these videos back in 2010!
But I do hope at least from here on out, the era of having to figure it out and being frustrated over not getting it, is over.
Still struggling with the B trains and backing them up and getting them straight.
My pleasure! Thank you for the kind words!
These videos are so helpful. I watched them as a new driver and I'm back to refresh. Are there any hours of new videos for more advanced stuff?
You got it on blindsiding. GOAL, GOAL and GOAL. Great instructive videos.
Make more videos! Love your material! Thanks for what your doing for the community!
Thank You ! and You're welcome!
As a logical thinker rather than someone who just memorizes strategies like many schools teach this has broken through and given my brain something to understand to deal with almost any situation. The tires first trailer length second thinking is the simple logical three-dimensional understanding that is often overlooked in trucking schools that want to teach students who can't visualize simple rules to follow.
I have always practiced this technique. Although i didn't have a name for it, and now i do! I also tell those i see struggling with tight hole situations. They're usually spinning that steering wheel trying to catch up with the trailer after over correcting their correction. I suggest to them to make small adjustments rather than hand over hand adjustments. And to trust but not overtrust what they see in their mirrors.
Thank you for your efforts! This is instruction as good as it gets. You have great insight to what the drivers brain is going through. My drive test is tomorrow. Gods speed!
Great advice, thank you
Hands at 3 & 9 + elbows at your sides = mimics the front and back of trailer. Turn your elbows where you want the trailer tail to go.
Or, if you've ever played hockey, put the stick in your hands and shuffle backwards. Watch where your elbows go. It's the same dynamic
Thanks. Never heard that one before.
If you have power mirrors you can also bump the passenger side mirror out as you go to keep the back of the trailer in sight. Just don't forget to adjust it back when you're done.
This is huge I see you're videos in every tractor trailer schools playing in the future because wow sir do you have an amazing way of breaking things down in such an understanding way
Thanks a lot Ethan!
Thanks for putting these videos out, your editing and camera skills are as top notch as your driving.
I appreciate that! Thanks Bruce!
I’ve yet to see some one set up backs as plays like in sports, man that’s awesome and really helps, as a new driver this will help a lot. Subscribed
Glad to help!
OMG - Thanks!!!! This SO happened for me... At some point in my offset backing i stop and stare 💩 baffled by the realization that to stick with the "opposite rule" will further skew my desired alignment. 🙈 Brain turns into a hampster wheel unable to solve the equation. 🤯 You cleared the looming ???? and immovable blockades from my mind. I can see clearly now. Hopely my muscles will allow my mind to push it like a wheel barrow. 😂
Wonderful! 🙌🏽
One thing I watch most is the angle between the tractor frame and the trailer. You can view the drive axles of the tractor as the "steer axles" on a straight truck when backing
I can see that. Thanks Chase!
Your channel is great both for practice and for meditation
Glad you think so!
Regarding arrow analogy, it's also in the wheel: top hand is controlpoint, bottomhand pivot
I wish you are my mentor. Thanks for the video!
Happy to help! Be sure to watch the others Ben. Good Luck with everything.
I was also taught the opposite rule. Sometimes it helps but often times it just confuses me.😂 My co-driver gets so frustrated with me over my lack of backing skills. We joke that I don’t know my left from my right when backing. Like you mentioned, I also found that terms like ‘left’ and ‘right’ just weren’t helpful to me. Backing is still very challenging for me but I am enjoying your videos. Hopefully I will improve soon!
you will improve quickly when you abandon the left and right thinking. Good Luck to you!
I saw your sticker at the j in Edwardsville I wish I would have known about this whenever I was learning to drive instead of having to figure out all this stuff on my own
That's awesome! Thanks a bunch!
THE BEST in the class information, tutorial and videography!!
Thank you my friend!
I was taught a while ago the trick of putting your hand on the bottom of the wheel. You essentially push the ass end of the trailer in the desired direction. Last year when I got my CDL, had an experienced driver tell me about watching where my tires go. Picking lines kinda like you said in your last video. I was a backup driver for drop and hook day cab. Had to do some blind side in a few of the spots. Once I got my tires in line, or close to it, I switched my focus to the docking pads. Sounds a little similar to you talking about squaring up the trailer in the box. The company had either dirt lots, or lines barely visible. So docking pads were easier for me. I didn't do it enough to get really good at it. Was still working on the last part of squaring the truck when I left that job.
Wow!!! Extremely informative and helpful! Thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful!
More technical and mathematical skills and good explanation I appreciate and waiting more episode .Thank you
Good video content.
I want to add some tips for those who are in CDL school.
1st backing is probably the hardest part of the exam, but don't worry if you built the skills and confidence
for training, ask if the school has a day cab and a 40ft trailer for test and evaluation
In fact see if they have a flat bed , these are easier to look down the length IMHO
Once you have managed to back 100ft or more and offset, move up your skills with aligning the approach . Getting the tractor trailer combo aligned on the approach is the key to it all for backing IMHO. If you start with a bad approach you will have troubles. Also do not be afraid to GOAL ( GET OUT AND LOOK ) , the author mentions this on blindsided but in reality you should always do GOALs in real life.
For that have bad instructors, ask for a different instructor or find a new school. Why pay for bad training.
that so fulfilled content ill have to see it all more than once so much experience is provided by incredible
You are a mistro! Thank you for your help, I am Relatively new to trucking and this is what I needed, this is not how I was trained. One of my biggest concerns was getting to a customer and how to back it in. Thank you.
You are very welcome!
I really Love your video. You explain everything very well. Thank you.
I really like your style of illustration.
Thank You!
This series is awesome 💯
Thanks! Glad you like them.
I understand the tire side of trailer last trailer, My problems it the steering wheel positions at times
7-up in Vernon California is not fun. You should do a video from there
Damn!! 💡.... Now I understand that over/under hand on steering wheel technique. It's really obvious,but if not told to you, it could be confusing. It is true that you would need to turn the opposite way for the trailer to go the way you want. But by keeping your hand under steering wheel, it relates to your brain that you're turning the steering wheel in the direction you want the trailer to go, left or right. But on top of the steering wheel, in that position you will have to turn opposite you want trailer to go, from the START. Because of position of hands. Hands on bottom gives the illusion you're turning the direction u spin the steering wheel, when in fact the wheel is still rotating in the opposite direction....Mind blowing how dumb the mind can be when you "overthink" it !🤯😂
Glad to hear that! Good luck with everything Alonzo!
I'm learning how to drive and the first thing I mention to my instructor was how I was paying attention to the front end of the trailer move.... he looked at my like I was crazy..... I knew I was right
Yes you are right! You will be backing circles around that instructor soon enough! 😁
I had to pick up a load at a crazy spot and needed some help from the shipper to get to their doors due to having very little room to move. The guy who helped me get into the door said I got in quicker than anyone else he saw. I only had maybe a few months' experience at that point in time
Nice video. Man an ariel view with a drone would be awesome
I 🐌 slowed this expert voice.. by 0.75x.. it makes the expert sound more human than computer generated.. but the content 😌 editing of the 📹 videos are top notch.. thanku 4 the quality of time ⏲ put in2 ur videos .. its quite evident..😎..
Thanks J A! 😊 sorry about the speed. I'm still learning. Good Luck to you!
Between 13'42'' to 13'54'' in which Shelton said " I don't want the front of this vehicle to leave my sight for too long. I will monitor the direction that my tractor is pushing against the front part of the trailer. The more sideways pressure I put on it, the faster the trailer rotates around its pivot point.
Every time I watched and re watched the above video scene and hearing Shelton said that, my tears start to flow down my cheek due to Sheldon's total compassionate concern displayed in his facial expression warning me about the gravity of the maneuver. It's like before I am going on a life and death mission I have someone pointing out all the dangers that I have to avoid. (Someone here = Sheldon).
I owe you my life Shelton. I paid 10K Dollars for an AZ course. At the end of the course I don't know anything about backing. They booked the road test for me and not to my surprise, I failed the offset to the left backing, I hit the cone. I went home and decided to look up on youtube to find help, no one clicked, until I came across Advanced Truck Backing which hit right into my heart/mind and soul in terms of the logical, clear, concise explanations accompanied with second to none graphics and video filming angles with great editing.
Wow Jason! Sorry you didn't find me sooner. 10k? Really? That's nuts! Thank you for the kind words! I know how important this is to people. People are struggling with backing, they are trying to better their lives, trying to get a better job so they can have a nicer house, a nicer car, put their kids in a better school. I have a chance here to make an impact and leave something behind..that makes me feel good. I remember the day I became passionate about teaching - I had a grown man that had been with 2 other trainers and was still struggling. At the end of our second day together, he finally had some positive results. We parked the tractor and were walking towards the terminal and he stopped me and shook my hand. With tears in his eyes he thanked me for being so patient with him. He finally felt some hope that he could do this. That's why I do this. Maybe someday you will become a trainer. Send me an email. I want to get your feedback on some premium content I'm working on. shelton@ltlmentor.com
Very usefull stuff. Would be even better if you would have a drone, filming your moves from above.
Invaluable content sir great job.
I'm really enjoying this video series. Very well explained and logical. Every now and then I would think. Man this is handy to know. Then it hits me. I don't drive trucks!
(I do use the knowledge though to back my boat down the ramp!)
Awesome ! Thanks for watching.
The trailer your backing up next to is from the company I work with but I like having the info to maybe learn something that wasn't explained to me 7 hrs ago when I started with prime
I hope you find all of them helpful. Good luck Jay!
New driver here. I've noticed people using SWIFT drivers as examples of what not to do. Would that be because there are so many of them or for some other reason? I await your responses with great anticipation.
Swift has good training, they've really stepped it up. There's just so many drivers there compared to other mega's that it seems they get ridiculed more. I think it's wrong but just ignore it.
Wish I saw these videos back in '12. The CDL school I attended gave us specific formulas to use when backing, and parallel parking, but with you lining up with specific markings on a specific tractor-trailer combination. While it helped with the driving portion of the test, you were pretty much high and dry when it came to the job. I was told that lie too, and it eventually failed me. I came to the realization that was the entire school's purpose: to get you to pass the test.... not to be a driver.
In retrospect, I could have done everything on my own... they simply streamlined the process (tell you what you needed, when you needed it) and took care of the rental.
I hear that about schools all the time
You do a good job of explaining backing and I know this has nothing to do with backing but the tandem tires can turn if they're out of alignment which will make your trailer go sideways down the road it took me 2 weeks to explain to my boss that that was the problem that's why I was blowing tires before they would let the trailer go into the shop to get fixed he just thought the front end of the tractor could be out of alignment needless to say I don't work there anymore
Thanks Karla. Yes I have been behind trailers that have tandems out of alignment.
at 8:18, I guess my question would be. How do you know when to stop reversing? Like what if there is an object in that warehouse that you can't see?
I make sure I know the dock space is clear ahead of time. When I make my drive by during my set up 8:09 I will drive slow enough to be able to see if there is anything in my way. From the ceiling to the floor. This part of the video was sped up obviously. On your way back in, stop and get out and look as many times as you need to.
@@AdvancedTruckBacking Thanks man.
Thanks a lot! I'm definitely guilty of the opposite rule :D
Thank you, fantastic work. Sense your passion to help correctly.
You're welcome! Thanks for noticing Chris! It bothers me to see people struggle.
This guy is able2explain things the way my brain works,,,,for the ‘’over thinkers’’ but he is also able2capture the minds of the ‘’under thinkers’’ great content 💪🏾🐐
Thanks for the awesome compliment!
The Ed bassmaster reference is great. I looked at it...
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👍Very helpful but I still don't understand why no opposite thinking! Could you summarize it?
It causes confusion. It's unnecessary. I've found that drivers who are taught that method struggle the most. They over focus on two areas: the steering wheel and the back end of the trailer. You need more information to control the trailer..where are the tires?, where is the trailer pointing? Which direction is your tractor pressuring the kingpin?
I love these videos I actually work for the same company and went through the academy and just about done with my 160hrs. I would love to give your channels name to the instructors and my trainer you have explained it better then they did.please let me know if your ok with this.
Sure! The more views and subs I get the better. Share the playlist link with whoever you wish. Thanks! ua-cam.com/play/PLmRkduLQXefZVCS2MGKDERPAr2TVCvVo3.html
Goal......get out and look....set up is everything