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**dagnabbitt** · 03-04-2021, 06:09 PM

... you always back it in. Because you might need to jumpstart it.

**3757chevy** · 03-04-2021, 06:24 PM

We always back in 'Cause "IT'S A

TRUCK SHOW " where ever we park.

lil hoodlum · 03-04-2021, 06:38 PM

I always back in or pull through a parking spot if I can because I have armstrong steering and a long bed.

**cwcarpenter98** · 03-04-2021, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by lil hoodlum

I always back in or pull through a parking spot if I can because I have armstrong steering and a long bed.

Same here

CG · 03-04-2021, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dagnabbitt

... you always back it in. Because you might need to jumpstart it.

That's actually pretty funny. I've had a vehicle or two in the past I've made sure I did that to. Irritating back then, kinda funny now ... Memories heh.

**Sheepdip** · 03-05-2021, 01:35 AM

I always back in whenever possible because it's that much easier to get out or pull thru to the backwards position of the other stall if its open.

Invariably when backing out some moron doing 30 mph in a grocery store parking lot who had to be on the other far side of the lot when you start backing out will lay on the horn.

**FleetsidePaul** · 03-05-2021, 03:30 AM

I almost never back my junk up. Which is a bad idea because I have a tricky driveway.

I'm just too lazy to do it.

Rich84 · 03-05-2021, 10:49 AM

When I started my business I had a '79 GMC van. Drove it with no reverse for about a year. I never backed into a parking space.

1976gmc20 · 03-05-2021, 01:07 PM

When I was logging, I always turned my pickup around and pointed out before I got out and started working.

57taskforce · 03-05-2021, 01:46 PM

I back in or pull thru most everywhere I go. It’s an oilfield thing, we are required to back in whenever we park our company trucks for whatever reason.(I don’t back in at my house)

1976gmc20 · 03-05-2021, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 57taskforce

I back in or pull thru most everywhere I go. It’s an oilfield thing, we are required to back in whenever we park our company trucks for whatever reason.(I don’t back in at my house)

If somebody gets hurt on a remote job site (which it always is logging), it's one less complication to get going for help/treatment. I never had to test it out myself (well, I stabbed a branch into my wrist one time coming down a steep hill on a Cat, but I was in no way immobilized).

But my buddy ... he cut his knee one time (not the first time!) while my wife and I were gone for a few days, and sure enough he had pulled in. He said it was interesting getting turned around and driving about eight miles down to another friend's place, but at least he had an automatic.

Nobody ever listens to me ...

The guy working for me had a Ford, so maybe that's why he didn't listen to me and back it in

weasel29gm · 03-05-2021, 04:22 PM

After driving a route truck for 27 yrs always back in when possible.

**Stocker** · 03-05-2021, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 57taskforce

I back in or pull thru most everywhere I go. It’s an oilfield thing, we are required to back in whenever we park our company trucks for whatever reason.(I don’t back in at my house)

I used to work for a telecom company. Same rule, back in so you don't have to back out.

**70STOVEBOLT** · 03-05-2021, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheepdip

I always back in whenever possible because it's that much easier to get out or pull thru to the backwards position of the other stall if its open.

Invariably when backing out some moron doing 30 mph in a grocery store parking lot who had to be on the other far side of the lot when you start backing out will lay on the horn.

This...

**3757chevy** · 03-05-2021, 06:19 PM

I used to drive delivery trucks back in the day . So?..........Maybe that's where I got used to doing it.

1976gmc20 · 03-05-2021, 08:00 PM

Plus - you know the tools are in the back of the truck. Saves about 18 feet of carrying them

toms68cst · 03-06-2021, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by 57taskforce

I back in or pull thru most everywhere I go. It’s an oilfield thing, we are required to back in whenever we park our company trucks for whatever reason.(I don’t back in at my house)

I always wondered why 80 percent of the pickup trucks parked outside of a restaurant in the ND oil patch were backed in.

Black_Sheep · 03-08-2021, 07:44 PM

It’s always easier to back in or pull through than it is to back out...

1976gmc20 · 03-08-2021, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Black_Sheep

It’s always easier to back in or pull through than it is to back out...

Except it is easier to back out of our garage rather than backing into it uphill, which also puts the tailgate at the outside so we can load water jugs to take to the barn.

That's my only exception. Everything else is parked sidehill/pull through or backed in. I also try to keep the windshields out of the sun, and downwind in hail storm season. We're on a north slope so that fits anyway.

**Steeveedee** · 03-08-2021, 08:54 PM

You pull into a campground and get your trailer parked, and then your wife comes out a few minutes later and says that the whole magilla needs to be about 3 feet further to the right, and when you start it, everybody in the campground knows that you're due for a valve job.

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lil hoodlum Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denton, Texas Posts: 1,695	Re: You might have an old Chevy if... I always back in or pull through a parking spot if I can because I have armstrong steering and a long bed.

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Sheepdip Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Waterford California Posts: 2,376	Re: You might have an old Chevy if... I always back in whenever possible because it's that much easier to get out or pull thru to the backwards position of the other stall if its open. Invariably when backing out some moron doing 30 mph in a grocery store parking lot who had to be on the other far side of the lot when you start backing out will lay on the horn.

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Rich84 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Woodbury, Ct. Posts: 1,663	Re: You might have an old Chevy if... When I started my business I had a '79 GMC van. Drove it with no reverse for about a year. I never backed into a parking space.

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1976gmc20 Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: Montana Posts: 3,696	Re: You might have an old Chevy if... When I was logging, I always turned my pickup around and pointed out before I got out and started working. __________________ Current/past Chevy/GMC trucks: 1958 Chevy C-60; 1965 GMC C-50; 1965 Chevy C-10; 1971 Chevy K-10; 1973 Chevy K-20; 1976 GMC C-20; 1977 Chevy C-10 Suburban; 1980 Chevy K-10; 1989 Chevy K1500; 1991 GMC V1500 Suburban; 2016 Chevy K2500 HD Other vehicles: 1988 Jeep XJ; 2011 Toyota 4Runner

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3757chevy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Near Canon City ,Colorado Posts: 3,851	Re: You might have an old Chevy if... I used to drive delivery trucks back in the day . So?..........Maybe that's where I got used to doing it. __________________ '35 1/2 ton Pickup (bought 2020) '68 C10 Suburban (bought 2021) '72 K5 Blazer (bought 2013) '67 Stepside (bought 1997-sold 2021) '96 Bronco Eddie Bauer (inherited 2010) My 1st day here-'67 C10(sold)and '72 K5 Blazer http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=702056 "Another Blue Chevy"(1935) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=799203 '68 Burb...https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=822994 MIKE

03-05-2021, 08:00 PM	#16
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