My employer gave me a super B train one day ago. My first time to drive B double. Told me to deliver and pick up loads for the day. This video is very helpful thank you.
I work for Collins Transport in Adelaide, just as a forklift driver though but we are required to drive Prime movers hooked up to b doubles in the yard. Just reversed my first b double successfully onto the dock. Thats without even having an MR license
Just wanted to say thanks,i just passed my mc license today i was having trouble reversing,then found this vid it helped me to do it properly thanks again!
Thanks Dave great to have someone show us how it is done! As well as letting us know what you guys are trying to get us to achieve. Its the little things that help! I appreciate your help .
Thank you. I went on this training yesterday and i did not pass my test coz i did not understand my instructor properly. Thanks for this video i think i know what to do now.
Some good instruction there, she's not as easy as it looks! The Aussie road freight industry is heading for a wall fast, so many of the drivers I know will be retired within the next 5 years and there's none coming in behind them. It's getting harder every year to reach MC + the ever increasing regulation, paper work, laws, wait times at depots etc etc.. Has got me buggered if I can understand why people would want to get into this industry for an average of $28/ hour ?! (2013). Something's got to give here, will we see more rail freight in the next decade or better conditions for drivers, it has to be one or the other..
The exact same thing as this vid shows can be explained differently - if that helps. I don't mean to confuse. If the headboard of the B trailer is slightly sticking out to the right when reversing, then turn steering 90deg right (3 O'clock posi), then 180 deg left ( 9 O'clock position), then centre 12 ( O'clock posi). Opposite for if the B trailer headboard sticks out to the left. I prefer the B trailer headboard method because it is closer than noticing the rear of the B trailer AND in my mind the connection is headboard RIGHT steering Right (and vice versa).
B trailer headboard right, steering right. Headboard left, steering left. Recentre to gain lines of sight to the corners of the headboard. Recentre again. I'm hypnotising myself to learn this by repetition.
reversing a b double into a staggered bay and reversing into a dock should be part of the test. This is immediate real life situation. It is a failure of the system. reversing a b double is a unique skill. observe the amount of steering corrections for a very experienced driver who knows what he is doing.
Do you only go back in a straight line for mc test? Is there any test where you have to turn the rear trailer into a gap or do you take off one trailer to do that?
I watched a guy pull in like a snake and then put a b double put it straight down the centre of a finger dock without stopping once. He got out and smiled at us and made us feel weak and pitiful.. lol..
google? phone? ask your boss? I see these questions posted from Africans. I thought usually people contact an employment centre, or research and call employers overseas? Am I missing something? And why do you 'need' to work overseas? adventure? Money? The good life? You'll be lonely, confront racism and have culture shock. Do you want to deal with that? Maybe start your own youtube channel, show your driving, and use the self promotion as an opportunity to ask other Africans who have made the move to advise you.
All good if you are backing up in a yard but what about those who get them self in a real jam, turning a corner and miss judge the corner then they have to back around the corner or those who have to back a trailer on to a dock....yeah all good say unhook it but some people will try back it up onto the dock and if they can't that's when things get broken, bent and mangled.....I have tried giving on the job training to blokes who have never backed a b-double before...some got it no problems and others well that's another story.....It takes time to get the knack for it, so I think driver training establishments should also teach how to back around a corner on/off sides.... most of the time you don't back into places in a straight line, the world is not that perfect..........:)
My employer gave me a super B train one day ago. My first time to drive B double. Told me to deliver and pick up loads for the day. This video is very helpful thank you.
I work for Collins Transport in Adelaide, just as a forklift driver though but we are required to drive Prime movers hooked up to b doubles in the yard. Just reversed my first b double successfully onto the dock. Thats without even having an MR license
Just wanted to say thanks,i just passed my mc license today i was having trouble reversing,then found this vid it helped me to do it properly thanks again!
Thanks Dave great to have someone show us how it is done! As well as letting us know what you guys are trying to get us to achieve. Its the little things that help! I appreciate your help .
Thank you. I went on this training yesterday and i did not pass my test coz i did not understand my instructor properly. Thanks for this video i think i know what to do now.
Some good instruction there, she's not as easy as it looks! The Aussie road freight industry is heading for a wall fast, so many of the drivers I know will be retired within the next 5 years and there's none coming in behind them. It's getting harder every year to reach MC + the ever increasing regulation, paper work, laws, wait times at depots etc etc.. Has got me buggered if I can understand why people would want to get into this industry for an average of $28/ hour ?! (2013). Something's got to give here, will we see more rail freight in the next decade or better conditions for drivers, it has to be one or the other..
William that's more than drivers get in the U.K. Probably only average around £11 $17aus an hour
The exact same thing as this vid shows can be explained differently - if that helps. I don't mean to confuse.
If the headboard of the B trailer is slightly sticking out to the right when reversing, then turn steering 90deg right (3 O'clock posi), then 180 deg left ( 9 O'clock position), then centre 12 ( O'clock posi).
Opposite for if the B trailer headboard sticks out to the left.
I prefer the B trailer headboard method because it is closer than noticing the rear of the B trailer AND in my mind the connection is headboard RIGHT steering Right (and vice versa).
awesome answer/clarification, thanks.
B trailer headboard right, steering right. Headboard left, steering left. Recentre to gain lines of sight to the corners of the headboard. Recentre again. I'm hypnotising myself to learn this by repetition.
@Wilson yeah its the same, just that your dolly catches up quicker, and you also have to chase it quicker to, hope that helps!
reversing a b double into a staggered bay and reversing into a dock should be part of the test. This is immediate real life situation. It is a failure of the system. reversing a b double is a unique skill. observe the amount of steering corrections for a very experienced driver who knows what he is doing.
There wouldn't be any drivers if that was the case.
Do you only go back in a straight line for mc test? Is there any test where you have to turn the rear trailer into a gap or do you take off one trailer to do that?
Thats awesome music and thanks for the lesson, im going to school for these trucks
Keep putting up more vids very informative
I watched a guy pull in like a snake and then put a b double put it straight down the centre of a finger dock without stopping once. He got out and smiled at us and made us feel weak and pitiful.. lol..
Thanks Brittany, Thanks David
great advice
wonder if thats an old QLD transport trailer
In SIMPLE terms... back it like a REALLY LONG single.
Audio is fucked as soon as the actual reason for this video begins.
recorded with a potato
So who do I ring to get some info on training please
UHAVIN ALAUGH Where are you?
Very gooood.
Nice one.
It's just a money thing.
I am a professional truck driver, I need a job overseas,I am from south Africa,I have been driving for over ten years,somebody help please,
google? phone? ask your boss? I see these questions posted from Africans. I thought usually people contact an employment centre, or research and call employers overseas? Am I missing something? And why do you 'need' to work overseas? adventure? Money? The good life? You'll be lonely, confront racism and have culture shock. Do you want to deal with that? Maybe start your own youtube channel, show your driving, and use the self promotion as an opportunity to ask other Africans who have made the move to advise you.
You in Australia Victoria and hold a valid Australian fork or HR/MC B/D license I can get you driving 40 ton forks OR super B's
All good if you are backing up in a yard but what about those who get them self in a real jam, turning a corner and miss judge the corner then they have to back around the corner or those who have to back a trailer on to a dock....yeah all good say unhook it but some people will try back it up onto the dock and if they can't that's when things get broken, bent and mangled.....I have tried giving on the job training to blokes who have never backed a b-double before...some got it no problems and others well that's another story.....It takes time to get the knack for it, so I think driver training establishments should also teach how to back around a corner on/off sides.... most of the time you don't back into places in a straight line, the world is not that perfect..........:)