RowdyRebel Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 This place REALLY wasn't designed for 102" trailers... 2 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RowdyRebel Posted March 4, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2017 ...but I got'er in there! 7 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
880joe Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Looks like you were at Tamko in Joplin Mo Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 Nope...KY. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 little vaseline & it slid right in 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 RR me nose the feeling A rear laneway Bhind houses........ cars dun park tight against buiding coz then passenger can't get out cya §wishy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmyb Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Looks tighter than OJ's gloves! 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastractorsvc Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Swishy you should have told you wife to move her car Quote Robert"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurstscrambler Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Well done guys, I must say I would have considered pin striping that white car on purpose to teach them a lesson. Andy 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 16 hours ago, RowdyRebel said: This place REALLY wasn't designed for 102" trailers... That's a place for steering wheel holders that can't back up! Just start it in and push. Hippy 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 we go to a place in baltimore for sheet metal thats damn near that tight for a 96 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 21 hours ago, thomastractorsvc said: Swishy you should have told you wife to move her car Or just fired up the excavator and slid it over. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Cya §wishy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 holy cow.....thats some tight quarters......next thing to that is backing in to the may company in downtown los angeles.....some of you fellas might be familiar with it.....bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Do you carry a feeler gauge? Was a place in Addison Ill with a whole collection of marker lights laying on the ground! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 When I was working the xtra list out of local 249 in Pittsburgh in 87 for OK Grocery ( Giant Eagle Mkts) there was a store whose dock was so tight that you were given a gmc astro day cab( instead of the usual R model day cab) and a 40 ft trailer instead of the usual 45! You had to go the wrong way down a one way street and go in the little tavern to get the patrons to move their cars from in front of the dock! It was an uphill dock and you were authorized to rub your trailer against the telephone pole to pivot into the dock! The local utility had installed a metal plate ( think half of a piece of pipe) on the pole to protect it! We carried an electric Jack in the trailer,was lotsa fun unloading the pallets uphill! I don't imagine they train the folks at Roadmaster truck driving school any of these obscure skills!Lol 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Ike Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Not that its as tough as backing in a trailer.... But there are some FDNY companies that are in the classic horse drawn steamer fire stations of old that are that close. Fast forward to the end of this video of Squad 18 in lower Manhattan... Check out the clearance to the mirrors. They do this a couple dozen times a day. The second piece (Frieghtshaker) is driven by a FF that isn't the normal chauffeur of the main piece so he's not as proficient at putting it back in the barn. 1 Quote Ed Smith1957 B85F 1242 "The General Ike" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) back in the late 70's Kings supermarkets in Maplewood NJ was across the street from the post office on a narrow street. unloading zone was in an alley between two buildings. to make a delivery you had to run the Mack MR cabover with a 23 foot pup trailer, and run the tractor over the curb, then up the 5 steps in front of the post office to the first landing so you could line up to get in the alley. then once in the alley you had to stop and fold your mirrors in to reach the dock. Edited March 8, 2017 by tjc transport fix typos 2 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 1 hour ago, General Ike said: Not that its as tough as backing in a trailer.... But there are some FDNY companies that are in the classic horse drawn steamer fire stations of old that are that close. Fast forward to the end of this video of Squad 18 in lower Manhattan... Check out the clearance to the mirrors. They do this a couple dozen times a day. The second piece (Frieghtshaker) is driven by a FF that isn't the normal chauffeur of the main piece so he's not as proficient at putting it back in the barn. I don't know what you mean by not as tough as a trailer. The guys at our station always made fun of me backing in. The damn thing turns the wrong way! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 My garage is narrower. I have to pull in my drivers mirror, then weazel the passenger side mirror in, then straighten up. I'm guessing it is a std 96" wide garage door opening? The rear fenders have 3-4" on each side? (I pulled it in when I started to stretch it. I typically back in) 1 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Freightrain ,that's a good lookin' B we'd like to see the rest of it! I've always thought white or cream with darker looking fenders would look good! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Actually a long straight job ( like a greyhound coach) takes a lot of skill to maneuver! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/48991-suck-in-that-gut/#findComment-363793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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