How to Reverse A Turnpike Double or Rocky Mountain Double

[colgrey.col]

Does anyone have any tips for reversing double trailers? I’m not talking about he simple B double, that’s easily doable. I mean the ones with the dolly in between that gives an extra degree of articulation like the turnpike double and Rocky Mountain double? Are you supposed to disconnect them somehow? And do one one by one? If so how does that work in gameplay?

[Ragequit Inc.]

Don't. :)

[Trucker_71]

No one does that in real life.

[colgrey.col]

But what do you do when you have to?

Originally posted by Ragequit Inc.:

Don't. :)

[colgrey.col]

That’s a fair point. But seems like you have to do it in the game? So when you do? How do you do it? Are you meant to disconnect trailers? Is that even possible in gameplay?

Originally posted by Trucker_71:

No one does that in real life.

[gallagher4005]

I know a Fed Ex driver that can back up a set of doubles.
Saw it done out East (Kentucky).
It's not easy to do.
In real life, you drop one, go deliver the other, come back, get the other one, deliver it and you're empty.

[colgrey.col]

So what do you do in gameplay then?

Originally posted by gallagher4005:

I know a Fed Ex driver that can back up a set of doubles.
Saw it done out East (Kentucky).
It's not easy to do.
In real life, you drop one, go deliver the other, come back, get the other one, deliver it and you're empty.

[Goggles56]

You choose the parking option that goes something like "where should I place it" when dropping off. When picking up, try and get close to the pickup spot and when prompted by the game to skip parking and go right to loading, hit enter.

[Reese]

There is no requirement in ATS to ever have to reverse doubles. Doesn't matter if it's B-doubles or A-doubles, or lowboy with jeep and stinger, the game by default doesn't even let you try. You have to modify a config file to be allowed to.

The game does not allow you to disconnect doubles from each other, unfortunately. In real life, you'd typically have a front hitch on the front bumper with a simple drop pin(since they're pintle hitches) and you'd drive forward to reverse a pup with the dolly itself. Again, unfortunately this isn't modeled in-game. This can also be done with a hitch on the rear of the tractor, which seems more common in North America, whereas the pintle on the front is more of an Australian thing. Yard dogs(terminal tractors, etc) would typically have a hitch on the rear, and those would typically be the vehicles connecting and breaking down A-double combinations, not your average trucker.

I've looked on YouTube quite a bit for videos of reversing A-doubles, both "how-to" and "just to show." Most of the results are about B-doubles. It appears much more rare than I thought previously to back A-doubles in day-to-day trucking.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYZXNNAry40

So can it be done? Absolutely. Both in-game and real life. Is it worth the headache? Not really. I don't have any tips for you, as I've only done it a couple of times, but what I can say is that you should never attempt to 90-degree back a set of A-doubles. You should only ever go straight back. You need several hundred feet of curve to turn unless you want to jackknife instantly.

Have fun.

[Dewy519]

sooo...triples are fine thou??? asking for a friend lol

[meatballs_21]

Take this bloke’s advice:

https://youtu.be/udwquuBwCkk

[toto3002]

Originally posted by meatballs_21:

Take this bloke’s advice:

https://youtu.be/udwquuBwCkk

thats a b-train

[ThunderDownUnder]

Unhitch and then nudge them into place with your truck ;)

[Rusty Nail]

I think that - at least in game - but also in some cases in RL the triangle between the trailers is (too) short. You can't "catch" in time as we call it. On the A-doubles, a pebble is enough to get the stuff out of the track, and you'll turn too early and lose it, before you know it you'll be in a knot. The same goes for the HCT Turnpikes, although they don't turn so quickly. I always pray that I don't end up in a situation where there is no place to turn... - think of a narrow one-way street that ends in a dead-end, between cars - because then it will be a long day....

[KaMe]

It's doable IRL. But even drivers I saw it do usualy respond with: "Just don't!"😂
In-game I don't even bother driving doubles or triples because sometimes you get the most braindead "delivery spots" ever. They are easier to drive around than long singles (around corners and such) but as soon as you need to reverse you are usually ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

So I guess pray for a easy "delivery spot" or lose your mind once you arrive at your destination lol.

[mr_bman]

You mean like for getting the parking bonus?
If you can't get that on the first try then just skip it because the lots aren't nowhere big enough to be backing up and re-positioning. If you're incredibly stuck on something where you can only back out, hit F7 to call a towtruck.