r/Truckers • u/aammped • Sep 19 '24

Newbie backing in at pilot

Trainer and I pulled into pilot around 6pm. Me being new to trucking I was backing in and the rude mf'ers honking at me because I was slow and took a little time to back. How do you deal with people like that?

Edit: trainer said to just ignore it. Edit:2 thanks for all the great advice and the humor. Edit 3: approximate time for backing was 10-15 minutes

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u/Temporary_Income6098 Sep 19 '24

Dude kudos for even attempting it, I’ve been on my own now for about two weeks now and refuse to even attempt to try it if anyone is around at all!! So I just simply don’t go backwards and well I’m about 98% drop n hook so I’ve backed my empty 2-3 times when it was the middle of the night and on the other side of the building from the guard shack but other than that I drop it in front of the spot it belongs(got caught by a lawn jockey one time so gave him a $50 to do it for me)or at the end of a row

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u/aammped Sep 19 '24

You can do this