Turning Maneuvers Flashcards
How do you park to the offset right?
- Turn the steering wheel to the left and back up slowly for three seconds
- Turn the steering wheel to the right until straight ( Fix the problem if there is one, make sure the truck is evenly in between both cones)
- Reverse straight back, Until the end of the trailer is 3 feet away from the cone on drivers side.
- Turn the steering wheel to the right until the front tire of the trailer is near the first parking line.
- Turn the steering wheel to the left to maneuver the trailer into both lines I’m straighten out if necessary.
How do you park Offset left?
- Turn the steering well to the right and back up slowly for three seconds
- Turn the steering wheel to the left until straight Straighten out the truck and fix problem if necessary. Make sure trailer is in between both cones
- Back up slowly until rear of trailer is 3 feet away from cone.
- Turn the steering wheel to the left for three seconds
- Turn the steering wheel to the right for three seconds. Pull up if necessary and straighten out truck.
How do you parallel park to the left?
- Back up trailer until tire is 1 foot away from cone and tail of trailer is near the cone
- Turn right then hit mark (Cover half of orange reflector) Then stop
- Turn left and get straight again then stop
- Check to make sure you’re 6 feet away from cone on passenger side, if not fix the problem
- Back up straight until cone on driver side is next to my shoulder
- Get off and Check and make sure the tires on driver side or in the middle of two cones if not fix problem.
- Turn left and back up until you get glimpse of tire on back window of trailer.
- Turn right and back up as far as you can Inside cones. One space is available pull into cones
Parallel to the right
- Back up truck slowly until rear of trailer is near cone and tire is 1 foot away from cone
- Turn left until you get a glimpse of back tire on the back window of truck
- Turn right to get straight
- Make sure back of trailer is 6 feet away from cone on driver-side (fix problem if any)
- Backup truck slowly until back tire of trailer is near the first yellow line. Then stop
- Get off the truck and make sure passenger wheel is 6 feet or in the middle of both cones
- Turn right and back up till middle axle is next to yellow line
- Turn left and back up as far as you can into cones and once you have enough space pull into middle of cones.
Alley dock
- Start off with passenger seat of truck on the red line so I have more space and straight.
2.Hard right until you see portion at least half of the outer portion rim - hard left so trailer can head towards cone ( once you see front driver side of trailer in mirror stop and get ready to turn back right)
- hard right until you see portion of rim
- Hard left until trailer is not heading towards cones
- Repeat and adjust how hard you turn
( count 1 one thousand, 2 one thousand, etc)
7 Get trailer in middle of both cones and 3 feet off of the cone on driver side. Pull up if necessary. - End of offset right: turn hard right until front of trailer nearly touches line.
- Turn hard left and push truck as much as possible. Pull up if necessary
How would I fix the problem going forward when My truck is at an angle and when my truck is straight?
- Angle turn towards the problem
- Straight is to turn away from problem
Make S pattern on all fixes
At what rpm should be shifting up
15-17rpms
At what rpm should you be downshifting?
10-12rpms
Should you ever make a decision if you’re tracking trailer is not straight
No
True or false? When backing up you should always turn towards the problem
True- turn towards whichever tire is showing more to get straight.
turn towards problem for however many seconds ( depending how bad problem is) then straighten out truck
What speed should you be going to downshift into 7th gear?
40mph
What speed do you have to be at to downshift into 6th gear?
25mph
What speed do you have to be at to downshift into 5th gear?
15mph
What speed you have to be at to downshift into 4th gear?
5mph
