Man, someone's having a bad day

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GenX_Leo@reddit

That why you move your tandems forward for tight turns...

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So you’re telling me you pull over and slide your tandems every time you encounter a wide turn? Sorry but I’m calling b.s on this one. It’s called making wide turns and taking all the space you need. If the road isn’t clear, set your hazard, lane block and wait until you can take all the space you need to make the proper turn. City and rural food service driver here and trainer.

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GenX_Leo@reddit

Who would do that... obviously he is a dedicated driver... some one SHOWED him his route... who tf leaves their tandems all the way back knowing they need to make a tight turn... dont be effin stupid and trying to call me out...

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Correct_Writer_3410@reddit

Not all the way back, that's like 48 ft line or so

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GenX_Leo@reddit

Plus I dont care about 4 wheelers... my delivery comes first...

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Emergency_Ad1152@reddit

As soon as I would get in the city I'm delivering in, I stopped and slide my tandems all the way forward cause I know I'm about to go through some tight ass turns getting into those Dollar stores.

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taco_2325@reddit

Okay thanks for the clarification then. Our company trailers only have our tandems slid all the way forward for this reason unless we have a heavy backhaul the requires us to slide our tandems blah blah blah. But don’t forget about that tail swing. It’s another thing I frequently find myself explaining to the new guys. We deliver to C stores day and night with vehicles everywhere and it’s one more thing to think about before you begin your maneuver. Stay safe out there 👍🏽

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brasilkid16@reddit

Hey, you can't park there!

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ForgottonTNT@reddit (OP)

It was tempting, but he already looked mad 😂

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IndependenceStock417@reddit

Just help him discover a new level of anger 😂

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PutridContribution41@reddit

Insane part is that they hire actual rookies for those accounts. Those places are extremely tight and need experienced drivers. The experienced drivers know better not to mess with those accounts so they take rookies I guess.

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scottiethegoonie@reddit

If people would just stop being POOR, these stores wouldn't need to exist, and our driver wouldn't be in such a pickle. Simple math guys.

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Emergency_Ad1152@reddit

Started my trucking career as a Dollar Tree driver, go thrown into tight spots that just kept getting worse every week.

At no point did I ever make a tight turn without going slow, looking at my mirrors, or stopping once I see I wasn't going to make it.

How these drivers just keep going and hope for the best is beyond my understanding.

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taco_2325@reddit

Wide turns, drivers.

As a food service trainer, I can’t stress this enough -if the road isn’t clear, wait! Set yourself up properly, get over, and make the full swing.

No company is going to fault you for taking too much space on a turn, but they absolutely will if you put the truck in a ditch trying to rush it.

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IBringTheHeat2@reddit

Put that bitch in first gear, lock the diffs and floor it.

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ForgottonTNT@reddit (OP)

That wouldnt have worked; the tractor was off the ground , it only had 3 wheels on the ground 💀

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deezkeys098@reddit

That’s why when guys come on here asking about the dollar tree account I always say don’t do it!🤣

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JankyMark@reddit

They put them stores in the most craziest places

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Blackdogtrucking@reddit

I hate it when the ditch jumps out at you!

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Only-Canary-7306@reddit

It's a learning curve. Hopefully he doesn't get fired. He didn't roll it, that's a positive. Face it, we've all been there. If you have not needed a tow truck, you haven't been trucking.

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nick_soccer10@reddit

Typical dollar g drivers…. No experience

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ptk77@reddit

I feel like they'd have to have the most experienced seeing as how tight some Dollar Generals are.

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PeakNo6892@reddit

They don't even have to back up to the door, they use a lift gate and rolling carts.

I'm on a family dollar dedicated account and we have to get more or less lined up with the door and it ~80% blindside

It blows my mind when I get an easy sight side and get it in 1-2 pull ups and the workers at the store say they normally see truckers spending 20 minutes trying to get it.

What must they do on the hard ones lmao

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nick_soccer10@reddit

Absolutely not… they hire anyone and contract some of their loads. When our guys get fired from Sysco for hitting stuff, dollar g picks them right up.

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Songgeek@reddit

My guess he didn’t compensate for his tandems being all the way back and made that turn and the trailer dragged ass.

When I was with dollar general I never drove to a location with my tandems slid all the way back. Always all the forward. Maybe the weight was fd but the way we were routed was to get to the first store before a scale house, and the only way I was able to make some of those KY back road turns was making that trailer respond quicker.

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InvstrJester@reddit

Roads with a trench on the shoulder are dangerous. You can’t even pullover if you have an emergency

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AgreeableSource7473@reddit

damn, if that’s the parking lot to his destination I know he even more pissed

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jmzstl@reddit

Running Dollar General with the tandems that far back is crazy work.

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bridgesiib123@reddit

It wasn't even a sharp turn. I think Ray Charles coulda made that

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Unhappy-Bag4525@reddit

Yea....he should've been all on the left side of the road to take that turn. It's one thing if it was packed street ( I would've sat and waited for an opening), but an open road?...I'm driving like a FedEx or UPS delivery box truck driver

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Commercial_Raise3378@reddit

Even if he had made it past the ditch, he is on the fence. He didn't even try to make that corner.

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ForgottonTNT@reddit (OP)

Yea , he said he didn’t hit it wide enough

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sensefuldrivel@reddit

Hindsight is indeed 20/20

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ConsciousAwareness69@reddit

He was already having a shitty day being on that dollar general account

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badmechanic12345@reddit

"Swing wide, stay wide" was the motto my trainer drilled into my head. After the third cattle gaurd I took out he said that I'd get the hang of it

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st_psilocybin@reddit

LOL this in Kentucky? I think i know that guy

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ForgottonTNT@reddit (OP)

Na it’s Dallas Tx

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vanishing_point@reddit

Company I used to drive for did DG new construction. I showed up with the display racks and shelving, a guy from TN showed up with the shopping carts, cashier kiosks and some other stuff. It was hard enough putting a truck on that lot, and the parking lot was empty because the store wasn't even open yet!

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