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<blockquote data-quote="retiredTxfeeder" data-source="post: 1919213" data-attributes="member: 52978"><p>The yard I was domiciled in wasn't designed for the 53' trailers that are so popular now. There are times that you cannot safely pull them off an outbound door safely, especially if the carwashers park package cars along the fence. Plus the yard isn't big enough, and sometimes people park stuff where it shouldn't be. like blocking other stuff in. As a result, about 20% of the time, a dispatched trailer couldn't be pulled without moving something else, sometimes more than 1 trailer had to be moved. I kept snacks in my lunch for just a situation. You'd be suprised how much a shifter will help you out of a bind for a bag of skittles. I'd try to flag one down, and if I couldn't I'd call dispatch, who would then send them over. Sometimes more than 1 would show up, cause they knew I had treats. lol. I shifted in the yard for a year when I first came into feeders, so I know what these guys go thru. My son is a shifter on the yard now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="retiredTxfeeder, post: 1919213, member: 52978"] The yard I was domiciled in wasn't designed for the 53' trailers that are so popular now. There are times that you cannot safely pull them off an outbound door safely, especially if the carwashers park package cars along the fence. Plus the yard isn't big enough, and sometimes people park stuff where it shouldn't be. like blocking other stuff in. As a result, about 20% of the time, a dispatched trailer couldn't be pulled without moving something else, sometimes more than 1 trailer had to be moved. I kept snacks in my lunch for just a situation. You'd be suprised how much a shifter will help you out of a bind for a bag of skittles. I'd try to flag one down, and if I couldn't I'd call dispatch, who would then send them over. Sometimes more than 1 would show up, cause they knew I had treats. lol. I shifted in the yard for a year when I first came into feeders, so I know what these guys go thru. My son is a shifter on the yard now. [/QUOTE]
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