No we don’t all spin round in order to reverse in on the good side, quite sure i don’t need to give the reasons, with enough practice you can become as good blind siding as you can on the driver’s side.
Helps if you keep windows and mirrors clean, and the secret is to learn it where the chances of damage are minimal, NBG trying to learn it blind siding between two lorries in typical MSA ■■■■■■■■■■■■.
Wot’s all this about electric mirrors, wide angle mirrors. We had to do it with a 6x4 flat mirror each side.
Bloody amateurs. 
peterm:
Wot’s all this about electric mirrors, wide angle mirrors. We had to do it with a 6x4 flat mirror each side.Bloody amateurs.
No power steering either… 
However we almost always had a decent window(s) set in the back of the tractor, something i’m amazed that the vast majority of fleet vehicles only going to be used for the odd night out, if ever, are not default fitted with, you just know the people unspeccing the lorries have never had to do the job in really tight places even if they’ve ever been behind the wheel. 
Oh and a manual box for a bit of close control helps no end.
Rowley010:
Well I’d always try and pick a driver to watch me because at least they will know where to stand so you actually see them!/quote]Don’t you just love they guy who toddles off and stands behind the trailer. Then, when you don’t move, comes back and says “Whatcha waitin for mate - I wus wavin you back.”
Had one stand at the front once, felt like I was putting a 747 on the bay. I couldn’t look at him though coz he made me laugh at how serious he was taking it.
For me it all depends how tight it is and what’s around to hit, in a tight spot with things to hit I will try and do it in stages, so that I can keep the trailer in my main mirror as much as possible, so I’m minimizing the blind part of the equation.
If it’s just backing around the front of another lorry to get on a bay then I do it by putting the back of the trailer where I want it and judging where it’s going from that point by looking at the front corner of the trailer poking out (the right front corner in a RHD lorry)
Having RHD and LHD experience is a big help I find, as the right way round reversing in one gives you a good idea of the front corner poking out bit when you’re blindsiding the other.
I hated blind siding, so my first advice would be to look for every alternative first before doing it, if that involves spinning around and going the wrong way round a one way system for a short distance, do it, sod their rules they should have designed their yard better. Remember the words “risk assessment”
If you really need to blindside, then get up and look out of your passenger window as often as you need to or even get out to check and keep everything safe, just remember everyone will remember the ■■■■ that hit another wagon, they’ll quickly forget the driver that was a bit slow to get into a space.
peterm:
Wot’s all this about electric mirrors, wide angle mirrors. We had to do it with a 6x4 flat mirror each side.Bloody amateurs.
+1
well,…spinning around isnt good for the Tyre
Don’t have any issues with blindsiding. That’s what the BLIND SPOT mirror is for 
If possible when reversing on the blind side, look for features on the floor that you can track with the trailer wheels. A seam or crack on a concrete apron can help you guide the trailer in the right direction. If it is too dark to see anything at all, you can either use the force…and regret it, or get out and look a few times. It is not a dark art, you need a reference point to work against, so use anything that you can. When you have nothing, you really are blind-siding.
Glue a mirror on passenger sun visor, added visibility
Juddian:
peterm:
Wot’s all this about electric mirrors, wide angle mirrors. We had to do it with a 6x4 flat mirror each side.Bloody amateurs.
No power steering either…
However we almost always had a decent window(s) set in the back of the tractor, something i’m amazed that the vast majority of fleet vehicles only going to be used for the odd night out, if ever, are not default fitted with, you just know the people unspeccing the lorries have never had to do the job in really tight places even if they’ve ever been behind the wheel.
Oh and a manual box for a bit of close control helps no end.
Sssssh, don’t let on we had windows in the back of the cab.
Dipper_Dave:
Had one stand at the front once, felt like I was putting a 747 on the bay. I couldn’t look at him though coz he made me laugh at how serious he was taking it.
That’s brilliant haha
happysack:
the nodding donkey:
Ask any Stobrat driver.Come on then you [zb] boring prick. Ask me. I regularly turn in here. 0
Every time is a blindside. The ditches are about 4 feet deep. To get an angle so you can get out of the turning area you need to put the back axle over the edge, which has a 6 feet drop. I normally go in there very early morning so it’s pitch black (actually is in a dark sky area). No one to ask for help either.
So go and stick your head back up your mother’s chuff and stick to your boring baiting of immigrant.
Charming . That looks like a very difficult spot. Almost as difficult as some of the farms I used to have to go to. Where shall I send your medal?
(and if you want a good example of immigrants pathetic posting style, Look below. The one below here in pretty good English. A bit further down back to garble… )
Immigrant:
Dan Bear 87:
Just a question for you artic drivers, in regards to the reversing do you have a certain technique or a way of doing things, can you adjust the near side mirrors to angle out a bit to see a bit more?Obviously there’s no substitute for learning on the job, and I guess any reverse without hitting anything Is a plus lol!
I appreciate your comments, cheers
D’B
Step out and check if you not sure,before you hit anything.
After a While you are either good or you never learn it
A bit like learning English?
Thank you please.
