… to get onto the bay ■■?
I nearly always take just the one.
I reckon I could hit the spot first time every time if I concentrated, but to be honest half the time I lose track of which bay I should be on until I start backing up … bit of a lazy ar$e I guess 
I do, however, like to end up in a dead straight line bang on the line when I apply the handbrake though, all nice and neat.
Are you a first time every time, or a 1, 2 or 3 shunts kind of drive ■■?
First time every time
When I do it in one go the yard is empty … not the same when I ■■■■ it up
If there’s a “Y” in the day,i can’t normally reverse onto a bay first time for toffee!..
When no one is about 1 shunt for a tight blindside
When someone is watching - anywhere between 2 and 20 for an empty yard. 
parking is like ■■■, always a few attempts to get it in
but you can always get out in one
I have my good days and bad days… 
Driving trucks 10 years and never had to reverse onto a bay!
If it’s a tight bay with trucks either side and assorted obstacles to negotiate I’ll do it in one.
If there’s an acre of space either side and a nice straight reverse I’ll find a way to balls it up
I know what you mean dai I tipped in Newcastle in a scaffolding yard once blindside in off a main road about 200 yards down a narrow pathway with scaffolding and crap everywhere and not one shunt needed later on that day I tipped in marks and spencers at bellshil had a empty yard a mile off room was backing up to a bay and for no reason I just turned the wheel and missed the bay god knows why I even done it.
on a night shift always do it in one… any other and it all goes pete tong… some days i look like ive borrowed my dl from a kellogs pack 
as many as i need to get where im going…safely.
I rarely do it first time with just over or about 3 shunts being the norm
i seem to do better when its tighter and i have to leen out the window
but i cant do that for long as it hurts my neck
and i am not a contorshenist
so i use the mirrors as soon as i am heading in the general direction of the bay
but the trailer goes all over the place
Normally 1.
BUT, have been known to take a few - and not just when I was a n00b either.
Also, I rarely managed to do it without a shunt when I was on a-frames, them ■■■■■■■ be tough
I take as many or as few shunts as it takes to get onto the bay without hitting anything.
To be honest I don’t get the question, I’ve backed onto easy to get onto bays first go and backed onto a bay that was previously left vacant because no-one wanted to have a go and needed a few shunts.
I’m sorry but anyone who says they always get onto a bay first attempt has never had to get onto difficult to reach bays.
DaiDap:
If it’s a tight bay with trucks either side and assorted obstacles to negotiate I’ll do it in one.If there’s an acre of space either side and a nice straight reverse I’ll find a way to balls it up
Yep, I’m same lol
tachograph:
I’m sorry but anyone who says they always get onto a bay first attempt has never had to get onto difficult to reach bays.
And maybe just a little full of crap 
About 20
dominicpriestley:
About 20
Is that with or without an Eminox stuck in the fuel tank
As many as it takes the important thing is that you get on without damaging anything surley, rather than a willy waving contest about how many shunts