How many months/years did it take you to become confident with your "backing" skills?

613073

{"text":"Just checking on how long it would take me. lol  ","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

106326

{"replyTo":"","text":"well let me tell ya ive been drivin 10 years now and i still get anxiety when backing key is to get out and look and slow and put the trailer where you want it","replyToPid":0}

827089

{"replyTo":"","text":"I was a little nervous up until roughly 6 months. Eventually you just get a feel for how you need to approach subconsciously and it sorta becomes routine. I’m at almost a year and I’m totally comfortable at this point. ","replyToPid":0}

654739

{"replyTo":"","text":"practice your set up.(how your truck is positioned for backing up) you wont get it right everytime as every spot is different and how much room you have in front of you matters. but you will get a hang of it. i used to turn all the way right as soon as i passed the trailer/truck next to the spot and do an S shift. makes life a lot easier. hope that helps!","replyToPid":0}

829219

{"replyTo":"","text":"just take your time. its always harder after you've drivin for 11 hours.","replyToPid":0}

821441

{"replyTo":"","text":"As Russ said set up is key. Also there are just days you can nail it and other times it’s a struggle to get it in the hole.","replyToPid":0}

280160

{"replyTo":"","text":"Everybody has different strengths and weaknesses.\n\nBacking came easy to me but I came from working in warehouses so was used to judging distances due to putting pallets in high racks.  I had trouble going forward ","replyToPid":0}

779898

{"replyTo":"","text":"Your set up is key. I will utilize all space necessary and back slowly this way you can correct things more easily while moving. Don’t worry about what other drivers are doing and just keep windows down and listen and keep head going left to right watching what your trailer is doing. I have been doing this a long time and I about 1 shot it with that same technic over and over.","replyToPid":0}

612264

{"replyTo":"","text":"No time at all, some of us are born with it\nLike aids, sometimes u got it, sometimes u don’t ","replyToPid":0}

522845

{"replyTo":"","text":"In my first year of driving, I hit a flatbed while backing. he was parked 6 feet over the line, and I tapped him so lightly that I wasn't sure if I actually hit him. He came out and was screaming at me so hard that his dentures flew out of his mouth. Kept screaming for me to get out of my truck and fight him like a man. I'm 30 years younger than him, and 100 pounds heavier. If I hit this dude, he'd turn to dust. So he started yelling that he was going to mess with my truck overnight. I left and parked at a rest area.\n\nEver since that happened, my hands shake every time I back up. I doubt I'm ever going to be confident when backing.","replyToPid":0}

106326

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613073 发表于 2019-11-19 11:23:17 I feel like this is whats going to happen to me

","text":"youll gain more confidence longer and more you do it dont let it discourage you ypu got this driver😉","replyToPid":256957}

705502

{"replyTo":"","text":"Only u can answer that question within your driving skills.","replyToPid":0}

829054

{"replyToPid":0,"replyTo":"","text":"if you get the right training backing is very easy...Proper set up is the key to backing.when backing keep rolling...if your turning the steering wheel and not moving you can't see the reaction of what turning the steering wheel is doing...fyi...when in doubt ...Get out and look.remember to get trailer going the direction you want than follow with truck..."}